The Past Is a Foreign Land

The Past Is a Foreign Land 2008

6.20

A promising law student from a good family is driven by a cool cardsharper into a downward spiral of criminality, discovering a part of himself he had never known.

2008

Polska Warrior

Polska Warrior 2016

1

The small boy Eryk does the household and takes swimming lessons just to please his demanding father. The only way to break out is to be as courageous as his giant avatar Polska Warrior in the computer game Goldhunter.

2016

El mourabbi

El mourabbi 2007

1

Rachid is a pizza delivery boy in Amsterdam. He tears through town on his scooter, hangs with friends and squabbles with his boss. One day, he makes a remarkable find that puts his carefree life topsy-turvy. He discovers feelings in himself that he did not know he had: unconditional love for another being.

2007

Ruwe honing

Ruwe honing 2008

1

A tense father and mother prepare a visit to their son, whose birthday it is. The father is sent out to find a gift. When he comes home, his wife points out that he has chosen something inappropriate. That would only scare their son. They will have to bring something else. Their teenage daughter decides to stay home. It is soon clear that things are not going smoothly with the son and this family.

2008

Jigsaw

Jigsaw 2003

8.00

Wordless short film in which strange things happen when an elderly lady starts doing a jigsaw puzzle at night. What puzzle is she really trying to solve? Only when all pieces fit together, we get to know more.

2003

Stilte na de storm

Stilte na de storm 2011

1

A woman answers the phone at night. She learns something terrible has happened to her boyfriend David in Phuket. Her world collapses. Stilte na de storm visualises that single brief moment between the nocturnal phone call and the confirmation of the dreaded message. In a stream of consciousness, emotions, memories and reality sweep through her like a storm, before she realises she has lost David. Only silence remains.

2011

Birthday Boy

Birthday Boy 2006

7.00

It is Sjoerd's birthday and his mother has spared no trouble or expense to make this day a pleasurable one. Helped by the au pair, she takes the eleven-year-old kid on a search, where an unfortunate coincidence puts them in the middle of a raid. The criminals take the complete party bunch hostage and then it is a matter of surviving for the birthday boy.

2006

Waves from the Sky

Waves from the Sky 2019

1.00

Pedro, a bird who cannot fly in sync with his flock, decides to branch out on his own.

2019

Dreaming By Numbers

Dreaming By Numbers 2006

1

In the narrow streets of Naples a lottery parlour has been run by one family for a few generations. Each and every customer has their favourite numbers and theories as to what brings good luck and how to interpret dreams using numbers.

2006