Monstertje | Little Monster

This film is the search for answers to the questions the boy asked 30 years ago at the psychiatric institution in Pittem. He knows why Grandma was in the castle. His grandmother was an alcoholic and went from institution to institution in the hope of curing her illness. But the most difficult question is: why? What drives someone, with so much love around them, to drink everything to pieces?

script | director Glenn Dumortier | set sound Bram Meindersma | line producer BE Sarah el Allouch | director of photography Sven Aerts | editor Isidor Ilic | sound design Wolf Doyen | distribution by Lightlines | in co-production with Visualantics Steven Dhoedt & Michigan Films | supported by the Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Tax Shelter programme of the Belgian Gouvernement & the Netherlands Film Fund

Cirque de l ‘Homme

An eccentric, perfectionist director makes his rounds behind the scenes of his new show. For this performance, animals desperately try to squeeze themselves into a tight corset to be allowed to dance, but in the end, that corset doesn’t fit anyone.

script | director | animator Quita Felix | script coach Britt Snel | technical coach Jasper Kuipers | animator Jingyue Zwaan | music Maurits Overdulve | sound design & final mix Wiebe de Boer |  colorist & deliveries Laurent Fluttert | distribution by Kaboom distribution | supported by the Netherlands Film Fund in the framework of Wildcard

Catch & Cumbia

A young Mexican wants to become a Catch Fighter. He is inspired by the Cumbia music of the Dutch musician El Demasiado. Both have a strong imagination that inspires them to give the Cumbia Music and the Catch their own free form. In the film, they meet and prove that inventiveness and renewal of local cultures have a very universal value.

script | director Dick Verdult | with José Luis Hernandez & Dick Verdult | script coach Laura Minderhoud | director of photography Joost Conijn | set sound Bram Meindersma | production coordinator Edgar Kapp | line producer Mexico Orlando Jiménez Ruiz | line producer Japan Yoshiya Yoshimitsu | editors Jos Driessen & Peter Boonstra |sound design Jeroen Goeijers | image transformations 1646 collective | colorist & deliveries Laurent Fluttert | distribution by Cinema Delicatessen | in co-production with DOC Eye Film Frank van Reemst | supported by the Netherlands Film Fund in the framework of Caleidoscope

Sea Change

A fragile paper boat sails in the sun to a distant destination, but as soon as dark night falls it encounters obstacles and dangers that force it to develop courage.

script Marc Veerkamp & Boris Sverlow | director Boris Sverlow | line producer BE Kristof Lantin | music Jeroen de Brauwer| sound design Wiebe de Boer | supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, Flanders Audiovisual Fund & Tax Shelter programme of the Belgian Gouvernement | in co-production with Animal Tank Brecht Van Elslande & Everstory Michael Van den Eynde

My brother

My brother Bart died of AIDS in 1986, without him or the family knowing he had it. Growing up in a family and environment where talking was not evident at all, I want to break the silence I experienced around Bart’s illness and death.

script & director Koert Davidse | development script Jolein Laarmans | script coaching Hester Overmars | supported by the Netherlands Film Fund in the context of the OASE programme, Netherlands Film Fund Film Production Incentive & NPO-fund | commissioning editor KRO-NCRV Jelle Peter de Ruiter & Michiel Brongers | producer KRO-NCRV Yolande van der Blij & Zelda Nieuwenhuis

We, the clean

A poetic documentary about cleaning in an indifferent universe.

script & director Joep de Boer | development by Boondocs Jasper Boon | this film is supported by the CoBO-fund and the Netherlands Film Fund | in co-production with AVROTROS  Jessica Raspe (commissioning editor) & Syrine Krabman (editor) 

LouLou

An 8-year-old child saves a butterfly at the memorial of his father. The child desperately tries to keep the butterfly alive. He barely succeeds, but then his new friend announces his departure…

director Hanneke van der Linden | script Rob de Barbanson | this film is supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, City of Utrecht, K.F. Heijn fund, Stimuleringsfonds Rouw, Voordekunst,nl, Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Tax Shelter programme of the Belgian Gouvernement, in co-production with S.O.I.L. Geert van Goethem & Linda Sterckx | development producer Cineté Willem Thijssen & Nancy Fornoville

Squid

When an aspiring composer, Dune, is mansplained by her boss in a seafood restaurant about the proper skills needed to cut up a squid – she leaves work with a feeling that only worsens as her boyfriend breaks up with her once and for all.

Fearing failure in all areas of life, Dune cycles to the beach only to be surprised by her findings.

script & director Lucy Cordes Engelman | with Ishtar Bakhtali | editor Stephanie Sibbald | music Ishtar Bakhtali | supported by the Netherlands Film Fund & City of Rotterdam moving image

the Infinite Anatomical Theatre

THE INFINITE ANATOMICAL THEATRE is an animated re-telling of the myth of The Fall inspired by Baroque Anatomical Art in Holland. The film combines hand-drawn figures with digital scans of Baroque architecture to create a myth of our culture’s relationship to both the human body and technology.

script & director Simon Pummell | script coach Margot Knijn | VFX Barend Onneweer | 3D animation Ryan Cherewaty | editing Tim Roza | co-produced with Visualantics Steven Dhoedt | supported by the Netherlands Film Fund & Flemish Audiovisual Fund