Nederlands Film Festival

When her mother suddenly dies, and her father having been in a mental institution for more than 30 years, 40-something Eva finds herself in an existential crisis.

Bram, a family man living in the Biblebelt, gets caught with another man by the young Tess. How far will he go to keep this side of him a secret?

A young woman vainly looks for help, but cannot find a helping hand anywhere. At her wits' end, she abandons what she loves most.

For the umpteenth time, 52-year-old Nora plays a supporting role. In the process, she once again suffers the toxic atmosphere in the company and the bullying of leading actor Peter. Nora decides to take matters into her own hands.

Saar and Robert, a young couple from the city, get invited by their friend Walter to his hometown in the South of the Netherlands. An area where the people have traditionally been at odds with Northern city folks. Saar and Robert are visiting to take part in the village's traditional, annual night time scavenger hunt. The goal of the hunt is to reach the end location, while being chased by villagers on four wheelers. When Walter doesn't show up at the start in the local pub, the couple decide to go ahead without him. What follows is a bone chilling journey through the countryside, when the young couple learns that the villagers interpret the rules of the game quite differently than they do. Who is left to trust?

A Dutch TV journalist finds himself challenging the police, courts and media as he attempts to uncover the truth about the controversial Deventer murder case.

An aspiring teenage dancer finds himself torn between his increasingly destructive mother and his own happiness.

A group of young and spoiled rich kids turn into vampires after a night out, changing the course of their lives and driving a wedge between them all.

After the sudden disappearance of their superior, three young soldiers are left to guard a military vehicle by themselves. As their situation and the scorching desert heat renders them increasingly disconnected from reality, an encounter with a local boy escalates into a fight that will mark their lives forever.

100UP is a film which investigates the will to live. It portrays a colourful selection of 100+ year old people from all over the world. They have lived for over a century and witnessed great historical events, but instead of dwelling on the past, they look ahead. With the clock inevitably ticking, these centenarians cling to life, set new goals with a joie de vivre, refusing to admit the betrayal of their deteriorating bodies. Time is both their enemy and their friend. They have overcome diseases, lost partners and some of them survived their own children. Nevertheless, these active, curious and creative 100+ year olds are amazingly good at restarting every new day.

Mona tries to break free from the stifling constraints of a life lived in the service of other people's egos.

When Rein suggests the only girl of color in class, Nila, plays the role of monkey in the school musical, for the teacher there is only one possible conclusion. But is it justified?

The acceptance speech of a sidelined majorette doesn't go quite the way she has been practicing in front of the mirror all those years.

When a cinema audience starts mocking the film they're watching, the events in the theater take an unexpected turn.

Shadow Game is a journey through the dark side of Europe with teenage refugees as our guides.

Visiting Harlem filmmaker Sherman De Jesus uncovers decades of breath-taking tales in a quest to discover his own history. Inspired by the work of James Van Der Zee the film will change the way you think about New York forever.

An all-male foster family tries to enjoy one last morning together, before their unity will be broken by what was inevitable all along.

On a stormy night, a strange creature washes up on a small island in the North Sea. It is found by scientists Ella and Alex, the only inhabitants of the island. Ella does not trust it, also because they have had no contact with the outside world for over a year. The creature seems to possess inexplicable powers and blurs the line between reality and illusion.

Found in the German woods as a four-year-old boy, Gunter grows up in a foster family. Four decades later he leads a normal life. When a man on a bridge whispers a single word in his ear, he starts to wonder about his origins.