To A Land Unknown

105 min | Mahdi Fleifel | Quinzaine des Cineastes 2024

TO A LAND UNKNOWN tells the story of how as a human being on the run, and without rights, one is forced into a life where humanity is completely dismantled. It's a film that depicts how reality is often stranger than fiction.

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Idyllic

99 min l Aaron Rookus l IFFR Big Screen Competition

A life affirming drama following different generations of an extended family searching for the same, near impossible thing: perfect fulfilment of life. Which proves to be a near impossible task.

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Kiddo

90 min l Zara Dwinger l NTR l Berlinale 2023

Eleven-year-old Lu is living in a foster home when her long-lost mother Karina shows up unexpectedly and takes her on a wild road trip in a beat-up sports car - all the way to her grandma in Poland.

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Sugar

90 min | Amira Duynhouwer | pre-production

When Chyna’s boyfriend Raoul becomes increasingly violent, she decides to pack up their baby Sugar and leave. But he doesn't let her go easily. We follow Chyna as she breaks free from old patterns, violence and everything she's ever known.

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Tout a Changé

90 min| Roxanne Stam | VPRO | Pre-production

When Gen Z'er Eli loses her father, her grandma Winnie loses her son. Overwhelmed by grief, Eli steps out of her comfort zone and joins her grandmother on a senior group vacation in France. While she hopes their shared grief will bring them closer together, the gap between them only seems to widen.

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The Original Karina Beumer

60 min | Karina Beumer | in post-production

To explore the root cause of her work addiction and to escape from herself, visual artist Karina Beumer posts an extraordinary job vacancy: She is looking for someone to replace herself.

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A Shot At Art

17 min | Ilke Paddenburg | in post-production

When two seasoned volunteers at an international art festival start participating in a highly controversial art installation, the situation spirals completely out of control…

… but who was actually crossing the line here?

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The Possessed

Ena Sendijarevic | In development

A desolate corner of Europe. Two women fleeing the 17th-century witch hunts and the man who becomes their captive find themselves caught in a heated love triangle. As a film director and her small crew attempt to capture their story, the boundary between past and present melts into a strange and surreal reality.

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Kittens

70 min | Nova van Dijk | in development

In this winter adventure filled with mischief, cheeky Max and clever Mia must work like true detectives to unravel the mysterious theft of a precious christmas star so they cansave their innocent father from jail. While their mother is light years away from home, they learn to stand on their own four feet.

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Daughter

90 min | Robert Jan Westdijk | In development

Two parents meet for the first time after the tragic death of their adult daughter. During wondrous days of mourning, single mother Nadra and her anonymous donor Seamus discover two decades of an unshared past, while a confusing sense of attraction grows.

 

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Femi

90 min l Dwight Fagbamila | Warsaw IFF 2022

When the birth of his first child is approaching, unstable Dennis must face the loss of his father who died at a young age to come to terms with himself.

 

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Smook

90 min | Dwight Fagbamila | in development

When Louise relocates with her partner and son to her hometown to look after her ailing father, she is haunted by a dark family secret buried in the soil of their family farm. As mysterious forces unveil ties between the secret and her own history, the safety of her family is jeopardized. Yet, the greatest threat emerges from deep within Louise

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The Girl Who Was Cursed

45 min l Zara Dwinger l Slamdance 2023

An intoxicating neo noir about outsiders and loneliness, about being in charge of your own (un) happiness, and about running in one direction even if you don't know where it's going. 


 

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Memory Dealers

45 min | Mila van der Linden | IFFR 2024

In this Sci-Fi meets Gangster film, Teo and her friends narrowly manage to escape having their memories reset. For the other inhabitants of The City, it is already too late - they are stuck in a grey mass of structure and order. It is up to the friends to set them free and help them rediscover the rough edges in life.

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A Holiday From Mourning

15 min l Zara Dwinger l Studio Ruba l 2020

A teenage girl attempts to flee the grief she has felt since her mothers' death by going on a post-exam trip to a Portuguese party town.

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HENK

25 min l Sarah Blok & Lisa Konno l VPRO l 2022

Most students at The Rietveld Academy see him as the janitor, but behind Henk's smile lurks a different life story. Dressed in an exuberant fashion collection inspired by his life, the Surinamese-Dutch Henk Shakison expounds on his idiosyncratic view of migration and success.

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Save It

45 min l stand- alone TV l Amira Duynhouwer l NTR l La Cabina IFF 2022

Delilah is practically intertwined with her best friend Melanie, who she loses to a clinical depression in their high school senior year.

 

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