Leny Breederveld

From the filmmaker's perspective, we follow the process of a possible feature film about a photographer (Lea) tasked with capturing the energy transition in Amsterdam's harbor area. This brings up a flood of memories and associations. What do you do with what hasn't gone well in your life? How well can you know someone dear to you? Filmmaker and character turn out to coincide more and more during the process.

11-year old Lampie lives wither Dad in a lighthouse and every evening lights the lamp for the ships. One stormy night, there is a catastrophe: Lampie gets separated from her father and ends up in the mysterious Black House. But there, nothing is as she expected. With new friends, Lampie puts all her efforts into being reunited with her Dad. A magical fairytale about friendship, courage and tolerance.

Failing novelist Herman Henkelman tries to regain his audience with socially engaged writing, but grapples with the question of what he really has to say.

Jaap and Maartje have been together almost 50 years. Grumpy old Jaap is no longer terribly interested in doing much, but Maartje, despite her occasional confusion, is still keen to embrace everything life has to offer. When the couple receive a letter from an old holiday friend, Maartje manages to convince her reluctant husband to visit him in Southern Europe. After many years, the pair get into their old car to embark once more on a journey through a completely changed Europe - bickering all the way, but also uncovering one memory after another. During their trip, Jaap reaches the painful conclusion that his wife is showing increasing signs of dementia. Realising that everything is about to change, they rediscover just what it is they love about each other.

Following a dispute with his father, a young man falls prey to cryptocurrency's allure and an entrepreneur's audacious promises of financial freedom.

The debut film by Suzan van Eck explores the transience of friendship through a surreal journey into memory and the subconscious. Drawing from personal experience, the filmmaker reflects on the emotional weight of losing a childhood bond. At age 12, Emma suddenly loses her cherished friendship with Sarah. Throughout her life, she struggles to let go, clinging to memories that gradually shift and fade.

Unemployed Jacob moves in with his elderly mother at the start of the corona lockdown. He falls under the influence of an internet conspiracy-theorist and goes slowly insane.

A down-on-his-luck Rotterdam dock worker struggles to get his financials and family life back on track.

The downtrodden alcoholic Herman needs professional help, and he never gets it. He decides that he should go to jail so that he will be taken care of there. He kills a local criminal but when he then tries to confess to the police, nobody believes him. Herman goes in search of a second victim. How far will he have to go to end up in jail?

The eccentric Miss Ank tries to pick up the pieces at her primary after the loss of their principal. Faced with a shortage of teachers, and increasingly demanding parents, the board hires an interim head to get things in order. Pretty soon e-teaching takes over, with an actual robot replacing the teachers, and CCTV enabling over-involved parents to keep a constant eye on what’s happening. Finding themselves up against this heartless new regime, pupils and teachers decide to join forces and rebel.