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Three third-generation Dutch-Indonesian youngsters bring their grandparents back to the Lloydkade, where they arrived some 75 years ago during the repatriation from the former Dutch East Indies. As the last witnesses recount the crossing, their story is transmitted to the new generation through reconstructions, shadow play and projections on the quay walls. What does it...

12-year-old Mikal was born and raised in a hotel room shared with his parents, who struggle with addiction. Driven by love and the desire for a better life, Mikal’s greatest desire is for his mother to stop drinking. But what does it really take for someone to change? The severe housing crisis in the US...