Film Producers Netherlands
Companies, Films & Projects | 2019
Film Producers Netherlands | index Film Producers Netherlands Finance possibilities in The Netherlands Netherlands Film Production Incentive Selective Funding Netherlands Filmfund
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Netherlands Film Fund Netherlands Film Commission EYE International Project markets
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Members Film Producers Netherlands An Original Picture 8 BALDR Film 9 Circe Films 10 Cool Beans / Richard Claus & Co. 11 De Familie Film & TV 12 De Productie 13 Family Affair Films 14 FATT Productions 15 Graniet Film 16 Halal 17 Hazazah Pictures 18 House of Netherhorror 19 IJswater Films 20 Johan Nijenhuis & Co | JOCO Media 21 Jos Stelling Films 22 Kaap Holland Film 23 Kaliber Film 24 Keplerfilm 25 KeyFilm 26 Lemming Film 27
Moving Dreams 28 Mulholland Pictures 29 New Amsterdam Film Company 30 Nuts & Bolts Film Company 31 OAK Motion Pictures 32 PVPictures 33 REVOLVER AMSTERDAM 34 Rotterdam Films 35 Sigma Pictures 36 Sluizer Films 37 SNG Film 38 The Film Kitchen 39 The Rogues 40 Topkapi Films 41 VENFILM 42 Viking Film 43 Volya Films 44 Wild at Art 45 24FPS Features 46
Film Producers Netherlands
Film Producers Netherlands Welcome to the world of Dutch cinema! Dutch film producers have extensive experience with international co-productions and are always interested in broadening their horizons. We proudly present Companies, Films & Projects on behalf of our members. In this brochure, you will find completed films as well as projects in development in search of international partners for financing, co-production, distribution or sales. The diversity of the projects gives a good impression of the variety and vivacity of Dutch film culture. Dutch cinema offers excellent opportunities. The Netherlands Film Production Incentive (NFPI) offers up to 35% cash rebate on film production costs spent in the Netherlands. The NFPI has proven to be highly successful. The NFPI budget for 2019 is â‚Ź 19.25 million excluding the budget for high-end TV-series, of which at least 70% is intended for international coproductions. With the overview in this brochure, we hope to continue to stimulate international coproduction and distribution between Dutch film producers and international partners. Welcome to the world of Dutch cinema!
Marleen Slot Chairman Film Producers Netherlands
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Anna Pedroli Managing Director A.I. anna@filmproducenten.nl
Film Producers Netherlands Film Producers Netherlands is the association of Dutch film producers. Our aim is to stimulate and support a dynamic and creative film industry. We represent the majority of Dutch film producers, promoting their common interests and collaborating with (international) parties in the film industry.
Board members Marleen Slot, Viking Film - Chairman Maarten Swart, Kaap Holland Film Sander Verdonk, New Amsterdam Film Company Laurette Schillings, Topkapi Films Digna Sinke, SNG Film Trent, OAK Motion Pictures Elsemijn Teulings, Lemming Film
Contact Korte Zoutkeetsgracht 2 1013 MC Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 627 0061 info@filmproducenten.nl www.filmproducenten.nl
Finance possibilities in The Netherlands Netherlands Film Production Incentive Film Productions up to 35% cash rebate
High-end TV Series 30% cash rebate
Eligible requirements
Applications can be submitted by a production company based in the Netherlands which has operated consistently for at least two years in NL, the EU, EEA or Switzerland and is legally represented by a producer who has produced/theatrically released 1 film or 1 TV series distributed by Dutch broadcasters or on VoD platforms publicly accessible in the Netherlands.
Minimum requirement production budget and running time
Feature films: € 600,000 (120 min.) Feature animations films: € 600,000 (100 min.) Feature-length documentaries: € 250,000 (120 min.)
Drama series: € 12,000 per min. (40 min. per ep) Children’s drama: € 10,000 per min. (10 - 25 min. per ep) Children’s drama: € 8,000 per min. (25 min. per ep) Animation series: € 8,000 per min. (10 min. per ep) Children’s animation: € 8,000 per min. (3 - 10 min. per ep) Documentary series: € 4,000 per min. (40 min. per ep) Single episodes: € 1 million.
Distribution guarantee
A guarantee for theatrical distribution in the country of origin of the main producer is required, and a guarantee for (at least) a non-theatrical release in the Netherlands.
A guarantee is required by Dutch broadcasting or VoD platform(s) publicly accessible in the Netherlands is required.
Financing conditions
At least 50% of the financing should be demonstrably committed by third parties upon application. The productions should be completely financed within 6 months after the decision of the application.
Points system
Applications are ranked with a points system to define the impact of the production. At least 75 out of 200 points should be met, including 2 Dutch head of department.
Eligible production expenses
Productions expenses must be spent on (film) professionals/companies based in the Netherlands related to the filmmaking process - multiplied by 30% cash rebate with a minimum of € 150,000.
Deadlines application 2019
7 May 2019 27 August 2019 15 October 2019 5
Selective Funding Netherlands Filmfund Selective production support for minority Dutch co-productions How much can be applied for?
• Up to € 200,000 for a feature film. • Up to € 50,000 for a documentary, a short animation, an interactive or immersive. Priorities in co-producing:
• European-based production companies and countries with a co-production agreement with the Netherlands. • Creative co-productions with a strong artistic and international appeal and substantial creative Dutch input. • Productions with a strong festival potential. • Directors previously selected at international festivals and/or with films released in multiple countries. • Directors of films previously released in NL. • Projects of which reciprocity (previous or future) is proven. What are the primary conditions?
• The grant must be fully spent on Dutch services, cast and crew. • A written statement of a third party 6
committing to the release and exploitation of a film production in NL is required. • The Dutch share totals at least 10% of the production costs, including a possible Dutch share from Eurimages. • Projects should have substantial financial support in place from the country of origin of the main producer totalling at least 50% of his own share including a selective production grant from a regional or national film fund. Apply: applications can be submitted throughout the year by a Dutch producer who has produced at least one theatrically released feature length (animation) film or documentary in the Netherlands. Selective distribution support • Distributors of Dutch minority co-productions that have been backed with a selective production grant can receive up to € 10,000 to cover distribution costs for the theatrical release in the Netherlands. • Foreign distributors of Dutch films that have been backed with selective production funding can apply for a matching
international distribution or dubbing grant up to € 20,000 (50% of total costs) to release a Dutch film outside the Benelux. Co-production treaties and agreements The Netherlands has treaties with Canada, France, Germany, China, South Africa and the French Community of Belgium. The Netherlands Film Fund also runs reciprocal international funding schemes with: • Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), supporting (animated) features up to € 200,000 and documentaries up to € 50,000. • Norwegian Film Institute (NFI), supporting documentaries up to € 50,000. • NFF+HBF Co-production Scheme, supporting features developed through the Hubert Bals Fund with production funding up to € 50,000. • Dutch Post Production Award (NFF+HBF+NPA), supporting 2 HBF backed projects with € 50,000 for post-production in the Netherlands. • NFF+IBF Co-production Scheme, supporting documentaries backed by the IDFA Bertha Fund with production funding up to € 50,000.
Netherlands Film Fund
Project markets
Doreen Boonekamp, CEO Ilse Ronteltap, Production manager Incentive Frank Peijnenburg, Head of development & production, Screen NL Dany Delvoie, Coordinator International department www.filmfund.nl
Holland Film Meeting Nederlands Film Festival 28 September - 1 October 2019 Meet the Dutch through one-on-one meetings, expert discussions, project pitches and works-in-progress presentations. You will be given front-row access to the best and latest in Dutch film/TV fiction, interactive media, animation, family film and documentary in the central Dutch city of Utrecht. It also offers international project development through BoostNL. Contact: Rianne Poodt , +31 6 3072 5752, professionals@filmfestival.nl, www.filmfestival.nl/professionals.
Netherlands Film Commission The Netherlands Film Commission is the official liaison between the Dutch creative media industries, foreign producers and production companies. Contact: Bas van der Ree, Netherlands Film Commissioner www.filmcommission.nl.
EYE International EYE International is responsible for the international marketing and promotion of Dutch films. It provides the international film circuit with information, films and current activities within the Dutch film industry. Contact: Marten Rabarts, Head EYE International www.international.eyefilm.nl.
Cinekid Junior Co-production Market 21 - 23 October 2019 The Junior Co-production Market is an integrated two-day co-production market that enables financiers, broadcasters and producers to assess new and innovative children’s projects across the film and television sectors. Next to 20 film and TV projects in development, we also accept up to 5 film and TV projects for the work-in-progress section.
Application deadline: July 1st, 2019. Contact: Nienke Poelsma, +31 20 531 7896, professionals@cinekid.nl, www.cinekid.nl/professional. IFFR PRO Days - CineMart 26 - 29 January 2020 IFFR PRO covers; the Hubert Bals Fund, BoostNL, IFFR PRO Hub – including, expert panels, talks, masterclasses, Rotterdam Lab and CineMart. CineMart - Co-production platform. Criteria: • Viability and quality of the plans, international production/financing strategy, proven talent of the directors and/or producers • Projects should be new or recent on the market • Feature film with theatrical potential • A presentable screenplay should be available during CineMart, different stages of development allowed • The budget should not exceed € 6 million Application deadline: August 16, 2019. Contact: Marit van den Elshout/Inke van Loocke, +31 10 890 9090, cinemart@iffr.com, www.iffr.com/pro.
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An Original Picture After being CEO of renowned production company Lemming Film for over 20 years and establishing a considerable international trackrecord, Joost de Vries decided to (once more) become an independent producer. With his new company An Original Picture he is working closely with exceptional filmmakers with international ambitions in changing alliances with other producers and distributors.
Joost de Vries
An Original Picture Ertskade 65 1019 BB Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 6 5113 9934 joost@anoriginalpicture.com 8
Blind Willow Sleeping Woman
The Cineaste
Director & Screenwriter: Pierre Foldes. Cast: n/a. Country: FR/CA/BE/NL/HU. Main producer: Tom Dercourt - Cinema De Facto (FR). Status: financing/pre-production. Sort: feature animation based on short stories by Haruki Murakami. Duration: 90 min. Genre: drama. International Sales: The Match Factory.
Director & Screenwriter: Aboozar Amini. Cast: tba. Country: NL/FR/IR. Co-producer: Silk Road Film Salon (NL). Status: in development. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 90 min. Genre: drama. Distribution/ Sales: tba.
Tokyo, a few days after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Kyoko suddenly leaves her husband after having watched the earthquake news for five days on. Her husband Komura, at a loss, takes a week off and undertakes a journey up north to deliver a mysterious box to two young women. His colleague, Katagiri, a lonely unattractive debt collector, comes home one evening to find a frog, 2 meters tall, standing upright asking for his help to save Tokyo from another earthquake.
In a remote mountain village in Afghanistan the 90’s, a Taliban unit becomes infatuated with classic cinema when they decide not to execute Asif, a passionate film lover running a local cinema. What does The Great Dictator have to say about Sharia law and are the Taliban soldiers the bandits or rather The Seven Samurai protecting the villagers?
BALDR Film BALDR Film (2012) is the production company of producers Frank Hoeve and Katja Draaijer. They focus on (co-)producing high-quality features and documentaries of a select number of filmmakers with a distinctive personal signature. Their latest credits are Those Who Feel the Fire Burning by Morgan Knibbe (IDFA, Dutch Academy Award), Etgar Keret: Based on a True Story by Stephane Kaas (International Emmy Award, Prix Italia), Brothers by Bram Schouw (Premiers Plans) and Sick, Sick, Sick by Alice Furtado (Cannes 2019).
Mitra
ALPHA.
Director & Screenwriter: Kaweh Modiri. Cast: Jasmin Tabatabai, Mohsen Namjoo, Shabnam Tolouei, Sallie Harmsen, Avin Manshadi a.o. Country: NL/DE/DK. Co-producers: IGC Films (DE), Snowglobe (DK), NTR. Status: in production. Release: 2020. Sort: featurelength film. Duration: 100 min. Genre: drama. International Sales: NINE Film. Distribution: Cinéart (Benelux), Camino Film Verleih (DE), Angel Scandinavia (DK). Selected for Torino ScriptLab 2017 and CineMart 2018 (Eurimages Co-Production Development Award).
Director & Screenwriter: Jan-Willem van Ewijk. Cast: tba. Country: NL/CH. Coproducer: tba. Status: in development. Release: 2021. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 100 min. Genre: drama. Distribution: Cinemien. A young man and his father who head into the mountains where they collide head-on with nature and each other.
37 years after het daughter’s execution in Iran, Haleh discovers the woman who betrayed her. Frank Hoeve, Katja Draaijer
BALDR Film Oudezijds Achterburgwal 77 1012 DC Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 303 2670 info@baldrfilm.nl www.baldrfilm.nl 9
Circe Films Circe Films produces feature films and high end TV drama for the national and international market since 1996. Stienette Bosklopper has been establishing enduring relationships with unique and innovative filmmakers, such as Nanouk Leopold, Radu Jude, Sebastián Hofmann, Sacha Polak, Dominga Sotomayor, Martijn Maria Smits and Peter Hoogendoorn.
Stienette Bosklopper
Circe Films Krophollerstraat 17 1064 DB Amsterdam The Netherlands info@circe.nl www.circe.nl 10
Whitetail
Mnk Boy
Director & Screenwriter: Nanouk Leopold. Country: NL/CA. Co-producer: tba. Status: financing. Release: 2021. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 100 min. Genre: drama. Distribution/Sales: tba.
Director: Mete Gümürhan. Screenwriter: Chris Westendorp. Cast: tba. Country: NL/TR/ DE. Co-producers: Kaliber Film (TR), Liman Film (TR). Status: financing. Release: 2021. Sort: young audiences feature-length film. Duration: 85 min. Genre: drama. Distribution/ Sales: tba.
Jen is a woman of 35 who works as a professional hunting guide. She still lives with her father and seems unable to embrace life, pushing her former boyfriend Bobby to marry somebody else. Jen has a twisted relationship with Harlan, a man of her own age who lives in a trailerpark close by. When Jen comes across Harlan’s beaten up wife and decides to hide her in her forest cabin, a chain of events leads to Jen’s reconciliation with her own and Harlan’s past.
Zeki’s a freerunner of 12 years old living in Rotterdam. When his father decides to move back to Istanbul, Zeki feels trapped inside the posh gated community that is their new home. Zeki befriends a group of young pick-pockets living on the street in a poor neighbourhood close by and soon is torn between the two worlds he’s belonging to.
Cool Beans / Richard Claus & Co. Cool Beans / Richard Claus & Co. is a Dutch based production company. In addition to making films in the Netherlands, Claus has been producing in Germany, the United States and more recently South Africa. Richard’s productions include the international co-productions Mute Witness, An American Werewolf in Paris, The Little Vampire, The Thief Lord, Black Butterflies and The Price of Sugar. His most recent productions are the multiple award winning drama An Act of Defiance and the international co-production The Little Vampire 3D, an animated movie with worldwide theatrical release.
AINBO – Spirit of the Amazon Directors: José Zelada, Richard Claus. Screenwriters: Brian Cleveland, Jason Cleveland, Richard Claus, Larry Wilson. Cast: tba. Country: NL/US/PE. Co-producers: Tunche Films (PE), CMG (US), Epic (PE). Status: production. Sort: feature-length animation. Duration: 84 min. Genre: adventure, children. Distribution/Sales: Cinema Management Group. Ainbo was born and grew up in the deepest jungle of the Amazon. One day she discovers that her homeland is being threatened by illegal and ruthless mining. Using the help of her spirit guides Vaca and Dillo she embarks on a journey to save her land and save her people before it’s too late.
Richard Claus
Cool Beans / Richard Claus & Co. Asterweg 19-D3 1031 HL Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 589 6060 +31 6 5028 1410 rc@coolbeanspix.com 11
De Familie Film & TV De Familie Film & TV is an international award winning production company in the Netherlands, founded in 2005 by Monique Busman and Michiel van Erp. We produce documentaries and drama for theatre and television. The documentaries cover subjects such as the international motorcycle gang Satudarah, elderly transgenders (I am a Woman Now), the murder of Barnett Newman’s famous piece of art Who’s afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue (The End of Fear) or the vice-president of the European Commission Frans Timmermans. Since 2014 we also produce feature fiction films and drama series.
Monique Busman, Michiel van Erp
De Familie Film & TV Schollenbrugstraat 4 1091 EX Amsterdam +31 20 663 3303 monique@defamilie.net www.defamilie.net 12
Life on Mars
Daddy and the Warlord
Director: Michiel van Erp. Screenwriter: Marnie Blok. Co-producers: Phanta Film (NL), AVROTROS. Status: first draft. Sort: featurelength film. Duration: 90 min. Genre: drama. Life on Mars is also a project in development during EAVE Producers Workshop 2017.
Director: Shamira Raphaëla. Country: NL. Co-producer: BNN VARA. Status: released. Release: 2019. Sort: documentary. Duration: 53 min. Genre: documentary. World premiere 2019 Movies that Matter, International premiere 2019 Vision du Réel, North American premiere 2019 Hotdocs.
When Joris, at his 50th birthday, confesses to his family and friends that he is going to Mars, a one-way ticket, it blows everyone away. Life on Mars is a film about the courage to keep questioning ourselves: what is really important in your live.
Daddy and the Warlord is a journey through post war torn Liberia in search of the connections that Clarice Gargard’s father maintained with dictator and convicted war-criminal Charles Taylor.
De Productie Annemiek van Gorp and René Goossens have been working together at De Productie since September 1998. De Productie produces art house drama and documentaries with a strong social involvement and an artistic challenge. De Productie does not only intend to be a meeting place for local and national talent, but also a reliable partner in international co-productions. Our films are often a mix of fiction, documentary and art. We are especially looking for universal stories straight from the heart, as varied and colorful as the creators of these stories are.
Annemiek van Gorp, René Goossens
De Productie Oostelijke Handelskade 35 1019 BW Amsterdam +31 6 1453 5162 (Annemiek) +31 6 5151 3744 (René) info@deproductie.nl www.deproductie.nl
Happy Together
Shangri-La (paradise under construction)
Director: Ger Poppelaars. Screenwriter: Rogier Proper, Ger Poppelaars. Cast: tba. Country: NL/BE/FR. Co-producer: tba. Status: in development. Release: 2021. Sort: featurelength film. Duration: 95 min. Genre: drama.
Director & Screenwriter: Mirka Duijn. Country: NL/FR. Co-producer: Momento / IDA|IDA. Status: in development. Release: 2021. Sort: feature-length documentary. Duration: 85 min.
Dutch-Surinamese Dennis and his new Dutch-French lover Katja are both recently divorced. To get to know each other and their children better, they decide to spend a holiday hiking with a donkey through the Auvergne and Cévennes, the region in France where Katja grew up. After the death of her father twenty years ago, Katja left her village and abandoned her French boyfriend Guy. When Katja and her new family bump into Guy, the situation turns south. When Guy finds out Katja did not come back for him, his suppressed resentment comes out. Slowly the idyll of this new family on their trek through the magic wilds turns into a nightmare.
A travelogue through Shangri-La; a fictitious paradise from the British classic novel Lost Horizon. Twenty years ago a Tibetan tourist spot in China presented scientific proof that it was the real Shangri-La. In her search for the truth behind the supposed evidence the filmmaker excavates layers of fact and fiction of the area. What words and images have attached themselves to facts? How do stories come into being and how do they shape reality?
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Family Affair Films Family Affair Films is an Amsterdam based film production company specialized in contemporary fiction of high artistic quality with strong author driven visions. Their credits include Bloody Marie (IFFR 2019), Light as Feathers (Toronto 2018) and Beyond Words (Toronto 2017). FAF is currently developing Urszula Antoniak’s 5th feature Stranger and financing Steve McQueen’s documentary Occupied City.
Floor Onrust, Noortje Wilschut, Chris Stenger
Family Affair Films Entrepotdok 77A 1018 AD Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 707 1713 info@familyaffairfilms.nl www.familyaffairfilms.nl 14
The Hague Hilton
When we lost to the Germans
Director: Boris Paval Conen. Screenwriter: Anjet Daanje. Country: NL/DK/BE. Coproducers: Zentropa (DK), A Private View (BE). Status: financing. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 110 min. Genre: drama.
Director & Screenwriter: Guido van Driel. Country: NL/BE. Co-producer: Polar Bear (BE). Status: financing. Release: 2021. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 90 min. Genre: drama.
The Hague Hilton is a battlefield. Not with guns and mortars, but with sandwiches, dirty laundry and clay sculptures. It is an arena where the men will have to secure their place over and over again. The prisoners have no place where they are safe; not in their room, not with their compatriots. They are always on guard and can not let their vigilance down. Although the Yugoslav civil war has stopped, the struggle within the prison walls continues. The men are no longer fighting cities, villages and enclaves but for their position at the breakfast table.
Summer 1974. The city is empty, all friends are on holiday, classmates Daan and Jonas (both 12 years), not friends, have to get by with each other, but their head is full of Heleen, who’s gone – and not on holiday.
FATT Productions Producing Films, Arts, Television & Theatre (FATT) for a wide, international audience, FATT Productions is the production company founded by Hans de Weers, who joined forces with Elwin Looije since FATT’s start in 2013. In his previous companies, De Weers produced many award-winning films including Antonia’s Line (Oscar) and Bluebird (Crystal Bear). FATT recently produced the International Emmy nominated Netflix series and feature Tokyo Trial and Mike van Diem’s Tulipani.
Hans de Weers, Elwin Looije
FATT Productions Burgerweeshuispad 201 1076 GR Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 341 9469 info@fatt.nl www.fattproductions.com
TULIPANI – Love, honour and a bicycle
Tokyo Trial
Director: Mike van Diem. Screenwriter: Peter van Wijk, Mike van Diem. Cast: Gijs Naber, Giancarlo Giannini, Ksenia Solo, Lidia Vitale, Donatella Finocchiaro, Giorgio Pasotti, Michele Venitucci, Anneke Sluiters. Country: NL. Co-producer: CA (IT). Status: release. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 90 min. Genre: comedy, drama. Distribution: September Film. International Sales: Atlas International Film.
Director: Pieter Verhoeff, Rob King. Screenwriter: Kees van Beijnum, Rob King, Max Mannix, Toru Takagi, Pieter Verhoeff. Cast: Marcel Hensema, Irrfan Khan, Jonathan Hyde, Paul Freeman, Michael Ironside, Stephen McHattie, William Hope, Tim Ahern, Hadewych Minis, Porgy Franssen. Country: NL. Co-producer: CA (JP). Status: release. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 100 min. Genre: drama. Distribution/Sales: Gusto Entertainment.
TULIPANI tells the story of a romantic Dutch farmer named Gauke who after losing his farm during the floods of 1953 is determined to never ever have wet socks again. He cycles to the sizzling hot south of Italy to start a new life and ends up at the outskirts of a small village in Puglia. Due to his fairylike and miraculous tulip trade, his passionate love-life and his turbulent scuffles with the dubious local business practices, he becomes a living legend - to then suddenly disappear.
At the end of 1945, Bert Röling takes his seat on the Tokyo Tribunal. ‘The International Military Tribunal for the Far East’ is the Japanese version of the German Nuremburg Trials, where war criminals were tried after the Second World War. Through political interference, conspiring colleagues and conflicting legal opinions, tensions rise amongst the group of eleven international judges. As the tribunal threatens to derail, Röling is filled with doubt: should he align himself with the majority, and give in to international pressure, or follow his conscience as an independent judge? 15
Graniet Film Graniet Film was founded to produce all of Alex van Warmerdam’s future films. It resulted in eight nationally and internationally appreciated films including Borgman, which was in the official selection for the Cannes competition in 2013. All films were made possible by long-term partnerships with distributors, sales agents, broadcasters, funds and foreign co-producers. Graniet Film is a strong believer in international co-operation. It gives new insights and it enhances the overall quality of European film.
Donbass Director & Screenwriter: Sergei Loznitsa. Country: DE/UA/FR/RO/NL. Co-producers: Ma.ja.de (DE), Wild at Art (NL). Status: NL release February 2019. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 110 min. Genre: crime. Distribution: Imagine Film Distribution. Sales: Pyramid Films.
Angel (Un Ange) Director & Screenwriter: Koen Mortier. Cast: Vincent Rottiers, Fatou N’Diaye. Country: BE/ NL/FR. Co-producers: Czar Film&TV (BE), Anonymes Films (BE), Tobina Film (FR). Status: NL release July 2019. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 92 min. Genre: psychologic drama. Distribution: Paradiso Filmed Entertainment.
Marc van Warmerdam, Marten van Warmerdam
No.10 (Nr. 10) Graniet Film Archangelkade 15 1013 BE Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 606 0630 info@granietfilm.nl 16
Director & Screenwriter: Alex van Warmerdam. Cast: Tom Dewispelaere. Country: NL/DE/BE. Co-producers: Ma.ja.de. (DE), Czar Film&TV (BE). Status: pre-production. Sort: featurelength film. Duration: 100 - 110 min. Genre: drama, suspense. Broadcaster NL: BNNVARA. Distribution: Cinéart (Benelux). Sales: Nine Film.
Halal Gijs Kerbosch started Halal with hit series New Kids and co-produced New Kids Turbo and New Kids Nitro, which had over 2 million admissions. Feature film Prince (2015) received a Special Mention at the Berlinale and eight nominations for the Dutch Acadamy Awards. The co-production Necktie Youth (2016) also premiered at the Berlinale. Feature film Cargo (2017) had its international premiere in San Sebastián. Halal is currently working on Stranger’s Arms (directed by Emma Westenberg), The Tree (SA co-production with URUCU Media) and The Sound of Philadelphia (FR/US/BE co-production with Cheyenne Films, Killer Films, Brookstreet and Gapbusters).
Red Sand
The Last Ride of the Wolves
Director & Screenwriter: Sam de Jong. Cast: tba. Country: NL/SA/DU/BE. Co-producer: tba. Status: financing. Release: 2020. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 90 min. Genre: comedy drama. Distribution/Sales: tba.
Director: Alberto de Michele. Screenwriter: Alberto de Michele, Simone de Rita. Cast: Alberto de Michele, Pasquale de Michele. Country: NL/IT. Co-producer: JOLEFILM. Status: in final phase of financing. Release: 2019. Sort: feature-length documentary/ fiction. Duration: 90 min. Genre: crime, drama. Distribution/Sales: Gusto Entertaiment.
Red Sand is a fairy tale about a young boy, David (15), who wants to save his parents’ marriage by buying them a bigger house. He lives in a village on the biggest road in East Africa that connects the port of Mombasa to the rest of the continent. The fast cash that is to be made from poaching in the neighbouring elephant sanctuary seems to be the only way to achieve his goal. When an American philanthropic security expert arrives, David discovers a way out of his predicament.
My father is an Italian criminal in his seventies who lost everything through gambling. When he told me about his retirement plan to rob an armored truck transporting pension money to bank branches in the Venetian province, I decided to follow the preparations of the heist.
Gijs Kerbosch, Christine Anderton, Max de Wolf
Halal
Prinsengracht 546 1017 KK Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 639 1402 gijsk@halal.amsterdam, www.halal.amsterdam 17
Hazazah Pictures Hazazah Pictures is a young and independent production company based in Amsterdam. We love creative storytelling and we are always on the lookout for new talent to collaborate with, which has resulted in over 25 productions up to date. Our repertoire covers both documentary and drama productions ranging from original, lighthearted stories to urgent social matters. Master of the ship is Maarten Kuit with an extensive trackrecord in film production.
Maarten Kuit
Hazazah Pictures Spui 24-2 1012 XA Amsterdam +31 20 422 6422 info@hazazahpictures.com www.hazazahpictures.com 18
The Anthill
Playboy Priest
Director & Screenwriter: Hanna van Niekerk. Country: NL. Status: in development. Release: 2019. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 90 min. Genre: science fiction drama.
Director: Arne Toonen. Screenwriters: Thomas van der Ree, Joost Reijmers. Country: NL/BE/ LU. Co-producers: Rinkelfilm (NL), Samsa Film (LU), Zilvermeer Productions (BE). Status: pre-production. Release: 2019. Sort: featurelength film. Duration: 90 min. Genre: drama. Distributor: Dutch FilmWorks.
In the near future, the world has become so overpopulated that countries are forced to cut down on their citizens. Before making the difficult decision who is allowed to stay alive, people get a last opportunity to defend their value in front of a commission. A young woman named Nana Bird is one of them. If she fails to convince the commission of her worth, she will be ‘recycled’. The Anthill is a sci-fi drama film about performance pressure and the countless ways human beings will fight for their existence.
After being educated at a 1970s seminary where you can sin as long as you’re really sorry, Koen Kusters moves easily between Sunday mass, brothel and bar. How can he warn his flock against life’s temptations, if he hasn’t experienced them himself? When he starts spending collection plate money on his partying with drugs and women and selling off church treasures, it’s clear to everybody but Kusters that things have gotten out of control… It is the story of Koen Kusters whose ambitious death drive is taking him all the way to the Vatican – to become Pope.
House of Netherhorror House of Netherhorror was established by producers Jan Doense and Herman Slagter with the sole purpose of (co-)producing low to medium budget Dutch and international horror films.
Jan Doense, Herman Slagter
House of Netherhorror Amsterdam office / Jan Doense Prinsengracht 770, 4th floor 1017 LE Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 6 5426 5661 jan@houseofnetherhorror.nl Rotterdam office / Herman Slagter Hildegardisstraat 8 3036 NW Rotterdam The Netherlands +31 6 5510 7533 herman@houseofnetherhorror.nl www.houseofnetherhorror.nl
Amsterdam Gothic
Dick Maas: The Documentary
Director & Screenwriter: Chris W. Mitchell. Cast: tba. Co-producer: tba. Status: financing. Release: tba. Sort: feature-length film, English spoken. Genre: supernatural thriller/horror. Target audience: young adults and crossover. Financers: Netherlands Film Fund. Sales: tba.
Director & Screenwriter: Jeffrey De Vore, Martijn Smits. Cast: Dick Maas and others. Country: NL. Co-producer: n/a. Status: financing. Sort: documentary. Duration: 60 min. Distribution/Sales: n/a.
The four-hundred year old De Witte House stands brooding on its Amsterdam canal, waiting... When Robin Taylor accepts the offer to take part in an art restoration project at the De Witte House, she does not realize that she will be plunged into a terrifying maelstrom of malevolent forces and traumas well buried beneath her busy life. For the mysterious organizer of the project has brought her here for a dark purpose; as a sacrifice to his master, the great Floris de Witte, who learned that an artist, if prepared to perform the necessary grisly tasks, can indeed live on in his work.
Dick Maas: The Documentary is a portrait of the Netherlands’ one and only consistent writer/director of genre films. The film will be a companion piece to Maas’ recently published autobiographical book about filmmaking in the Netherlands “Neighbor, what are you doing now?”. With The Lift (1983), Flodder (1986), Amsterdamned (1988) and, more recently, Killer Babes (2007) and Saint (2010), he created some of the most successful Dutch films of all time. In this action-packed film Dick Maas talks freely about the many ups and downs in his long career.
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IJswater Films For almost 25 years IJswater Films (‘Ice water’) is (co)producing high quality award-winning feature films, shorts, docs and TV drama by emerging or established talent, for an adult as well as a young audience. Starting out with The Polish Bride (Cannes Critics Choice) followed by titles like Win/Win (Best Actor Brooklyn FF), Contact (Golden Bear Best Short), Paradise Trips (Best Camera Sopot FF), The New World (Emmy Award Best Actress), Supernova (Berlinale Generation), In Blue (Best Narrative Feature Austin FF, 3 Dutch Academy Awards) and L’été et tout le reste (Venice/TIFF 2018, Best Dutch Short 2018).
In Alaska
Marc Bary, Steven Rubinstein Malamud, Eline van Hagen
This is Jaap van Heusdens’s 4th featurelength film, graduated with A complicated story, simply told (Cannes Cinefondation 2005), he directed a.o. Win/Win (Best Actor Brooklyn FF), The New World (Emmy Award Best Actress) and In Blue (Winner Dutch Academy Awards Best Director/Screenplay/ Actress 2018)
IJswater Films Kromme-Mijdrechtstraat 110-2 1079 LD Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 4421760 films@ijswater.nl, www.ijswater.nl 20
Director & Screenwriter: Jaap van Heusden. Co-producers: VolterraGroup (NL), Caviar (BE). Status: in financing (script available). Sort: feature-length film, English spoken. Genre: drama, action, coming-of-age. Selected for Cannes Cinefondation l’Atelier Programme 2019, supported by the Netherlands Film Fund. Woody, a seventeen year old boy from a tiny village in Alaska, is so depressed he wants to end his life. Instead he does something epically stupid: he shoots the oil pipeline that crosses the state and overnight becomes a most wanted criminal, hunted by experienced special agent Susan Tarheel (54). While Woody has to run for his life, he’s learning for the first time what it truly means to be alive.
El Azul Bajo Sus Pies Beyond the Blue Bridge | Director & screenwriter: Isabel Lamberti. Co-writer: Lenina Ungari. Co-producer: Tourmalet Films (ES). Status: in production, shot on location in Madrid. Sort: featurelength film, Spanish spoken. Genre: family drama, hybrid. Selection Torino Film Lab 2016, HFM|Cinemart Boost NL 2017/2018. Supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, NL Film Production Incentive, Dutch Cultural Media Fund, ICAA Spain, Film Madrid. El Azul Bajo Sus Pies follows the daily life of members of a gipsy family, living in the Madrilenian district La Cañada Real. While the uncertainty rises over the continuity of the slum, each member struggles in their individual way with their life being in transition. This is Isabel Muruzábal Lamberti’s 1st feature, graduated in 2015 with Volando Voy (San Sebastian FF Torino Award), in 2017 she directed AMOR (Winner Best Live Action Short-Zubroffka FF).
Johan Nijenhuis & Co | JOCO Media Johan Nijenhuis & Co and JOCO Media are film and television production companies, specialized in (romantic) comedies, drama, and family content. We focus on recognizable subjects with a high entertainment value for a wide audience. Our projects include mainstream box-office hits like Loving Ibiza, Tuscan Wedding and Boys Will Be Boys, and TV-series like Trollie and The Swell. We are always developing new screenplays and offer continuity to our filmmakers.
Johan Nijenhuis, Ingmar Menning
Summer with Rana
Cuban Love
Director: Sanne Vogel. Screenwriter: Kate Brown. Cast: Polleke van der Sman, Nuraan Darwish, Anneke Blok, Katrien van Beurden. Country: NL. Co-producer: KRO-NCRV. Status: completed. Release: 23 February 2019. Sort: television film. Duration: 68 min. Genre: drama, children. Distribution/Sales: Dutch Features Global Entertainment.
Director: Johan Nijenhuis. Screenwriter: Annelou Verboon. Cast: Susan Visser, Jan Kooijman, Abbey Hoes, Rolf Sanchez. Country: NL. Co-producer: n/a. Status: completed. Release: 14 February 2019. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 105 min. Genre: romantic comedy. Distribution/Sales: Entertainment One Benelux / Dutch Features Global Entertainment.
Suzan (10) spends her summer with her grandmother, because her mother – Connie – is a war correspondent in Syria. She visits a recently built refugee camp near Grandma’s house and befriends Rana, a fascinating girl with brightly coloured clothing. It turns out they have much more in common than just their favourite flavour of ice-cream, and they help each other in their ‘summer without mum’.
After her divorce, Loes (Susan Visser) has lost her faith in love. When her daughter Maartje (Abbey Hoes) decides to get married to a Cuban, Loes is on the next plane to the Caribbean island to prove that her future son-in-law is only out to get a green card. Once on the mesmerising island, Loes learns more about love than she ever had expected.
Johan Nijenhuis & Co | JOCO Media Karperweg 45 1075 LB Amsterdam +31 20 760 1960 info@nijenhuisenco.nl info@jocomedia.nl www.nijenhuisenco.nl 21
Jos Stelling Films Founded in 1975, Jos Stelling Films is an independent film production company. It produces feature films and shorts by director and scriptwriter Jos Stelling. It has established co-productions with producers from Belgium, Germany and Russia. Its films (including The Pointsman and The Illusionist) have won many awards, both in the Netherlands and beyond. Stelling’s first feature Mariken van Nieumeghen was in the official competition of the Cannes Film Festival (1975).
Jos Stelling, Inge van Hoesel
Jos Stelling Films Springweg 50 3511 VS Utrecht The Netherlands +31 30 231 3789 inge@stellingfilms.nl www.stellingfilms.nl 22
Natasha’s Dance
The Girl and Death
Director: Jos Stelling. Screenwriter: Jos Stelling, Bert Rijkelijkhuizen. Co-producer: FATT Productions. Status: pre-production. Release: 2020. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 90 min. Genre: tragicomedy.
Director: Jos Stelling. Screenwriters: Bert Rijkelijkhuizen, Jos Stelling. Cast: Sergey Makovetsky, Sylvia Hoeks, Leonid Bichevin, Dieter Hallervorden, Renata Litvinova. Co-producers: TV Indie Film Production (RU), AVROTROS (NL). Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 127 min. Genre: drama. Released: 2012. Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, CoBO, MdM, DFFF, Cinema Fund Russia, Media Programme i2i.
Natasha’s Dance is about the love between the eccentric and unworldly Daantje and the Russian dancer Natasha, who is scarred by life.
A timeless story of love and death. Russian doctor Nicolai returns to the old, abandoned hotel/brothel where he once met the courtesan Elise. His reliving of this intense love story causes past and present to become one. Leitmotifs include Sehnsucht, Chekhov and Pushkin. Won the Golden Calf for Best Film at the Netherlands Film Festival.
Kaap Holland Film Kaap Holland Film is a Dutch film production company, managed by producer Maarten Swart, that consists of a team of passionate professionals that strive to bring high quality projects to a wide audience. Kaap Holland Film has a solid track-record for crossover films with international appeal and projects that were amongst the highest grossing in The Netherlands. The slate for the next years includes (co-)productions Sea of Time, Red Sandra, A Shining Flaw, The Goldfinch, Krazyhouse, The Book of Everything and Hannah’s Paradise.
Maarten Swart
Kaap Holland Film Kromboomssloot 22-1 1011 GW Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 346 3737 info@kaaphollandfilm.nl www.kaaphollandfilm.nl
Sea of Time
Krazyhouse
Director: Theu Boermans. Screenwriter: Marieke van der Pol. Cast: tba. Country: NL/ BE/PT. Co-producer: Eyeworks Film & TV Drama Belgium. Status: script polish/ financing. Release: 2020. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 110 min. Genre: epic love drama. Distribution: Dutch Filmworks. International Sales: tba. Financiers: Netherlands Film Fund, CoBO, OCW, Dutch Filmworks, VAF, KRO-NCRV.
Director & Screenwriter: Steffen Haars, Flip van der Kuil. Cast: tba. Co-producer: Impossible Objects (CA). Country: NL/US/CA. Status: in financing. Release: 2020. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 90 min. Genre: comedy. Distribution/Sales: Splendid Film. Sales agent: XYZ.
Two young people with a young kid, living in the seventies, are full of ideas and dreams. They are madly in love with each other, but a disastrous accident during a sailing trip over the Atlantic ocean drifts them apart. Thirty-five years later, they meet again and there is still much love between them. Does she dare to entrust him a big secret from the past? Are they capable to cope with their loss together and has their love a second chance?
A politically incorrect sitcom-film about religious home maker Bernie and his family. When the Russian workmen in their house turn out to be wanted criminals, they force Bernie and his family to tear down the house in search for an old hidden loot. Bernie has to man up to free himself and save his enslaved family while slowly going crazy... From the team behind the critically acclaimed comedies New Kids Turbo, Bro’s Before Ho’s and Ron Goossens Low Budget Stuntman.
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Kaliber Film Founded in 2007, Kaliber Film is a creative and internationally oriented independent production company based in Amsterdam and Istanbul. We develop and produce author driven original narrative productions, making no distinction between fiction and documentary form or style. Kaliber Film productions have screened at several international film festivals, such as Berlin, Locarno, Toronto, Rotterdam, IDFA and Cinekid. Most recently Kaliber Film produced Young Wrestlers, the directorial debut of Mete Gümürhan, which-world premiered at the 66th Berlinale and won a Special Mention of the Generation Plus Jury. We’re a member of EAVE-network since 2011.
Bas Broertjes, Aydin Dehzad, Mete Gümürhan
Kaliber Film Ernest Staesstraat 47 1061 CC Amsterdam The Netherlands info@kaliberfilm.nl, www.kaliberfilm.nl 24
The Millenials
Ms. X
Director & Screenwriter: Wout Malestein. Country: NL. Status: in development. Release: 2021. Sort: web series and feature-length film. Duration: 8 episodes, 10 - 15 min. Genre: not a high-school comedy.
Director: Mete Gümürhan. Screenwriter: Marta Parlatore, Mete Gümürhan. Country: NL. Status: in development. Release: 2020. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 90 min. Genre: coming of age thriller.
It’s 1999 in a small Dutch village that is very strict and closed. The 15-year-old twins Celine and Abel are bored with their lives and when they finally get connected to the internet, Celine finds out about the anarchist movement. It inspires her to create a hangout in an old shitty barn where she and Abel just do what they want and not caring about the expectations of the town. They want to decide their own future and by doing this they accidentally create an apocalyptic amount of damage.
Bilge and Mo are too young to know what love is, but they do know how violence feels – intense, stirring, and familiar. They run away together, hide because of something they didn’t mean to do. But even in a place where they should be safe, they will have to fight for survival. The need for human connection becomes a quest for sensual intensity in this emotional road movie, a coming of age thriller.
Keplerfilm Before founding Keplerfilm in April 2016, long-time friends Derk-Jan Warrink and Koji Nelissen worked at several Dutch production companies. They’ve coproduced awardwinning projects such as Monos (Alejandro Landes), The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos), Bullhead (Michaël R. Roskam) and Blind (Eskil Vogt). With a strong focus on developing and nurturing talent, Keplerfilms’ business is telling stories; whether funny or sad, always deeply human and with a heart, and aiming to intellectually entertain the audience.
Methusalem
When Fish Start Flying
Director: Floor van der Meulen. Screenwriter: Bastiaan Kroeger. Cast: tba. Country: NL/SK/ IT. Co-producer: Staragara Production (SK). Status: financing. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 100 min. Genre: tragi-comedy, drama. Distribution/Sales: tba.
Director: Eché Janga. Screenwriter: Eché Janga, Esther Duysker. Cast: tba. Country: NL/ CW. Status: financing. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 90 min. Genre: family. Distribution/Sales: tba.
Just when Iris is about to announce her pregnancy at a family celebration, her father breaks the news that he’s done with life. It’s complete. On his upcoming birthday he will end it. Done. Deal. These words turn Iris life upside down. How is one supposed to react to such news?
A tough but introverted girl discovers by her grandfather’s spirituality to open up to her emotions and is finally able to see his end is near, and it’s not necessarily a reason for a heavy heart. Shaped on the hand by her father’s stark, realistic outlook, she manages to find a balance between realism and fantasy and thus a way to deal with death.
Koji Nelissen, Derk-Jan Warrink
Keplerfilm Eerste Hugo de Grootstraat 62 1052 KT Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 6 2122 6767 (Koji) +31 6 5243 7509 (Derk-Jan) hello@keplerfilm.com www.keplerfilm.com 25
KeyFilm KeyFilm producers, nominated for an Oscar, winner of a Crystal Bear and 3 times the Prix Europe, have built an extensive international network of co-producers, funds and financiers and (co-)produced numerous feature films, tv series and documentaries. Vital to their approach is the close collaboration with writers and directors to develop intelligent, character driven audience favourites (Soof and Soof 2, Ventoux) and accessible art-house films (Nena, Berlinale Generation Plus 2014, Beyond Sleep, opening film IFFR 2016, The Reports on Sarah and Saleem, Tiger Award Best Scenario IFFR 2018).
Hanneke Niens, Hans de Wolf, Marten van Warmerdam
KeyFilm Danzigerbocht 45T 1013 AM Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 423 1596 info@keyfilm.nl, www.keyfilm.nl 26
So What Is Love
Lost Transport
Director: Aniëlle Webster. Screenwriter: Dorien Goertzen. Cast: Elise Schaap, Maarten Heijmans, Teun Luijkx. Country: NL. Coproducer: BNNVARA (NL). Status: completed. Release: 17 October 2019. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 103 min. Genre: comedy. Distribution/Sales: Independent Films.
Director & Screenwriter: Saskia Diesing. Cast: tba. Country: NL/LU/DE. Co-producer: Amour Fou (LU). Status: financing. Release: 2021. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 100 min. Genre: post-war drama. Distribution/Sales: Picture Tree International.
Big shot lawyer Gijs, who makes big money for his law firm from lucrative toxic divorces, is well on his way to become a partner. His credo is ‘All is fair in love and war’. But his idealistic co-worker Cato her vision is ‘Love is a verb, and it is a lawyer’s job to make sure people separate peacefully’. When it turns out that Cato is also in the race for the coveted position of partner in the company, they are both forced to re-examine their beliefs on love, marriage… and careers.
By the end of WWII, German girl Winnie (17) loses her mother when her village is occupied by the batallion of the Russian sniper Vera (21). When a train with ex-prisoners of concentration camp Bergen Belsen is stranded close to the village, the diseased and weakened people are accommodated in the village. Among them the Dutch Jewish Simone (29), and her ill husband Isaac. In this context of deep distrust, despair and revenge the three women unexpectedly develop a friendship against all odds and their own recent experiences.
Lemming Film Established in 1995, Lemming Film is one of the leading film and television production companies in the Netherlands. It has a proven track record in delivering quality film and television productions and is specialized in family, cross-over and international arthouse productions.
Leontine Petit, Fleur Winters, Erik Glijnis
Lemming Film Valschermkade 36F 1059 CD Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 661 0424 info@lemmingfilm.com www.lemmingfilm.com
Taking Leave
Flores
Director: Lourens Blok. Screenwriter: Jeroen Scholten van Aschat, Wander Theunis. Cast: tba. Country: NL/IE. Co-producer: Blinder Films (IE). Status: in development, financing. Release: 2021. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 90 min. Genre: dramedy. Distribution/Sales: tba.
Director & Screenwriter: Ena Sendijarevic. Cast: tba. Country: NL/tba. Co-producer: tba. Status: in development. Release: 2021. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 90 min. Genre: drama. Distribution/Sales: tba.
74-year-old Anthony is a mild-mannered former librarian spending his retirement days in a loveless marriage avoiding contact with his domineering wife and visiting more funerals than birthdays. Anthony decides he’s had enough. His solution – to fake his own memory loss and escape to a care home. But keeping up the charade isn’t all fun and games. Now that Anthony isn’t talking back, his daughter finally opens up to him; once-beautiful Rosa might be too far-gone to return his affections; and our hero begins to suspect he might not be the only one acting...
It’s the year 1900. Out on the lush, flowery island of Flores, Agathe (56) and her husband Jan (59) are running a plantation. Their marriage is loveless, their relationships conservative. When Jan suddenly dies, Agathe decides to keep it a secret and continue running the plantation in his stead. Then, her niece Josephine (30) comes over from the Netherlands. Her progressive and somewhat naive ideas disrupt the status quo and create tension in the relationships with the Indonesian workers. How long will these white women continue to be able to hold on in this endlessly colorful environment? 27
Moving Dreams Moving Dreams is an Amsterdam based company (co)producing feature films, television drama and documentaries. For the Dutch and for an international public. We work with talented and creative young and experienced makers. Our goal, driven by our passion for telling stories, is making films that matter. High quality productions who stand out. With a longtime experience in producing in Italy we also offer our expertise and production services in that beautiful cinematographic country.
Loes Kamsteeg
Moving Dreams Woubruggestraat 17 II 1059 VN Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 845 8611 info@movingdreams.nl www.movingdreams.nl 28
La Superba
Biopic about the life of Anton de Kom
Director: Ben Verbong. Screenwriter: Arthur Umbgrove. Country: NL/IT/US. Co-producers: FATT Production (NL), MIR Cinematografica (IT), Deep Vellum (VS). Status: in development. Sort: feature-length film. Genre: drama.
Screenwriters: Sjaak Vlaming, Jenny Mijnhijmer. Country: NL. Status: in development. Sort: feature-length film. Genre: drama.
Tempting, but inaccessible, the north Italian harbor Genua is the omnipresent protagonist of this story, in which the universal hope for a better life is held. Different storylines of different characters are intertwined, like a city is a collection of isolated stories of randomly related people. What connects them is their struggle and downfall. This tale about identity and migration in Genua tells the story of Europe today. Based on the book La Superba written by Ilja Leonard Pfeiffer.
Anton de Kom (1898-1945) is without a doubt one of the most meaningful people that Suriname has ever known. His greatest success was the book ‘We Slaves of Suriname’. The writer, nationalist and pioneer of anti-colonial historiography eventually gave his life for the colonial ruler of the Netherlands as a resistance fighter during the Second World War. But his great love, which inspired him all his life, was for his native Suriname.
Mulholland Pictures Mulholland Pictures aims to produce quality international features. We produced or coproduced films such as Enigma (starring Kate Winslet), The Discovery of Heaven (starring Stephen Fry), Left Luggage (starring Isabella Rossellini and Maximilian Schell), Fogbound (starring Luke Perry and Ben Daniels) and Deadly Virtues: Love, Honour, Obey (released in 2014). Our most recent production is Love is Thicker Than Water (starring Johnny Flynn, Lydia Wilson, Juliet Stevenson) US and UK release February 2018.
CLICKS Director: tba. Screenwriter: Anonymous. Coproducers: Barnsbury Picturs Ltd (UK). Status: script development, financing. Sort: featurelength film. Duration: 105 min. Genre: sci-fi. Financers: National Funds, UK Cash rebate, Dutch Film Incentive, Private equity + EIS.
A young woman can interact with her famous ancestors via advanced brain technology. She needs their help to retrieve her kidnapped child. The virtual world however has laws beyond her understanding with unexpected dangers and challenges.
Ate de Jong
Mulholland Pictures Amsterdam/London/LA +31 20 627 4339 +31 6 4293 9157 +44 75 1901 7124
Drop Dead Fred (US) - Phoebe Cates & Rik Mayall. Director: Ate de Jong. 29
New Amsterdam Film Company We are New Amsterdam and we are storybuilders: a passionate group of thinkers, creators, producers and makers. We help to find true stories and bring them to the right audience in a truly great way. We love to collaborate with talented people, creative companies and strong brands. We make great work.
Sander Verdonk, Julius Ponten, Thomas den Drijver
New Amsterdam Film Company Raamgracht 6 1011 KK Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 820 2308 info@newams.com www.newams.com 30
The East
Porcelain
Director: Jim Taihuttu. Screenwriter: Jim Taihuttu, Mustafa Duygulu. Cast: Martijn Lakemeier, Marwan Kenzari. Country: NL/BE/ ID. Co-producers: Wrong Men (BE), Salto Films (ID). Status: in production. Release: 2020. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: tba. Genre: epic war film. Distribution: Splendid Film (Benelux). Sales: XYZ (world).
Director: Jenneke Boeijink. Screenwriter: Jenneke Boeijink, Thibaut Delpeut. Cast: Tom Vermeir, Laura de Boer, Johan Heldenbergh, Gene Bervoets. Country: NL/BE/IT. Coproducers: Wrong Men (BE), Verdeoro (IT). Status: post-production. Release: 2019. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 90 min. Genre: dark fairytale about our time. Distribution/ Sales: all rights available.
During the Indonesian War of Independence in 1946, Johan (Martijn Lakemeier), a young Dutch soldier, like a hundred thousand others, is sent overseas to restore order in the DutchIndies. Gradually, Johan falls under the spell of Westerling (Marwan Kenzari), a charismatic army captain. When the war escalates and Westerling’s handling of the people’s resistance becomes more and more brutal, the line between good and evil blurs for Johan.
Paul is a ruthless businessman who leaves nothing to chance. After making a fortune by tearing apart vulnerable businesses, he has created an artificial ecosystem of material wealth for his son and wife. Anna is a leading expert in porcelain restoration in the serene world of universities and laboratories. When eight-year-old Thomas becomes ill, without explanation and seemingly without a cure, the first cracks appear in their perfect lives. With all his might Paul tries to keep control, while the world he has created slowly shatters into pieces.
Nuts & Bolts Film Company Producers Marijn Wigman, Rosan Boersma and Denis Wigman combine a young, energetic view on film and media and more than 40 years of experience within the film business. We value quality over quantity, are looking for strong collaborations with filmmakers of various backgrounds and always work with an audience in mind. We strive to make films that move, shock or motivate; that reveal universal truth in individual human stories. In short, we want our films to move you.
Marijn Wigman, Denis Wigman, Rosan Boersma
A most Annoying Island
No Such Thing As Housewives
Director: Albert Jan van Rees. Screenwriter: Tim Kamps, Wart Kamps. Cast: Matsen Montsma, Jacob Derwig, Ivy Ribbens, Tjitske Reidinga, Ilse Warringa, Noortje Herlaar, Henry van Loon, Leny Breedervelt, Martine Sandifort, Albert Jan van Rees, Ellen Parren, Wart Kamps, Randy Fokke, Sadettin Kirmiziüz, Stefan Stasse. Country: NL. Co-producer: VPRO (NL). Status: completed. Release: February 2019. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 75 min. Genre: children, comedy, family, adventure. Distribution/Sales: Incredible Film.
Director: Aniëlle Webster. Screenwriter: Richard Kemper. Cast: Loes Luca, Jelka van Houten, Eva van de Wijdeven. Country: NL. Co-producer: REP Film (NL). Status: released. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 103 min. Genre: comedy. Distribution/Sales: Incredible Film. In the comedy No Such Thing As Housewives two sisters and their mother find themselves forced to put their differences aside and reconsider the way they lead their lives and household.
A curse that is centuries-old. An island full of annoying people. A contaminated primeminister. A boy full of dreams who can turn this around. But how? A movie full of raps that don’t rhyme, talking dolls and heroic actions.
Nuts & Bolts Film Company Balthasar Floriszstraat 8H 1071 VC Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 6 1534 5120 marijn@nutsbolts.nl www.nutsbolts.nl 31
OAK Motion Pictures We aim to stimulate, inspire and challenge our directors and writers. We work on a select number of projects in order to produce daring and accessible quality films for an international audience. We strive for transparency and integrity, and we believe that it takes time to grow and develop layer by layer, in order to end up with a solid company and films to match. We are a member of both EAVE and ACE.
Trent
OAK Motion Pictures Jacob van Lennepkade 334P 1053 NJ Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 717 3504 contact@oakmotionpictures.com www.oakmotionpictures.com 32
When Fucking Spring is in the Air Director: Danyael Sugawara. Screenwriter: Heleen Suer, Danyael Sugawara. Cast: Joanna Jarmolowicz, Julia Kijowska. Co-producers: Manana Films (PL), Heimathafen Films (DE), Fox the Fox Productions (BE). Status: financing. Release: 2019. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 95 min. Genre: punky road movie. Financers: Creative Europe, Dutch Filmfund, EO Television, CoBO Fund, Production Incentive, September Films. Sales: Pluto Film. A punky feel-good roadmovie about the 17-year-old, rebellious Kasia and her worthless family. When her grandma dies, and Kasia hits rock bottom, it’s about time to seek redress through her emigrated parents and their money. She goes on the inevitable ‘coming of age’ trip on which she finds out her family is not at all like she expected.
PVPictures PVPictures is a successful production company existing in its present form since 1986. Since than, we have produced more than 20 feature films and hundreds of hours of TV drama. PVPictures is specialised in entertainment (films, series and gameshows) for children and historical drama. Our ‘trademarks’ Mr. Twister, Dummy the Mummy, Master Spy and Super Miss have been awarded on many international filmfestivals and are sold worldwide.
Mister Twister in the clouds Director: Martijn Smits. Screenwriter: Tijs van Marle. Cast: Leendert de Ridder, Sanne Wallis de Vries, Jochen Otten. Country: NL. Status: pre-production. Release: winter 2019. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 80 min. Genre: children. Distribution/Sales: Entertainment One/Incredible Films.
With the big class party coming up, everybody gets excited about who will be taking whom. When Tobias’s friends give him bad advice about girls, things with his big crush Hasna go off the rails. Meanwhile, Mister Twister is totally confused when all of a sudden, Marie Louise seems to like his brother. Will things turn out all right in time for the big party?
Paul Voorthuysen
PVPictures Joop van den Endeplein 1 1217 WJ Hilversum The Netherlands +31 35 677 4776 mail@pvictures.nl www.pvpictures.nl 33
REVOLVER AMSTERDAM Revolver Amsterdam produces feature films, documentaries and hybrid media projects for an international audience. Our focus is strongly on bold stories with both upcoming and established directing talent. We work between Europe, US and Latin America as well as on international co-productions, and we are part of EAVE and Inside Pictures network. Recent title includes: I dream in another language by Ernesto Contreras (Sundance Audience Award, six Mexican Academy Awards).
Crossing
Puertas
Director & Screenwriter: Jacqueline van Vugt. Cast: tba. Country: NL/MT/GR. Co-producer: tba. Status: financing. Release: 2020. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 100 min. Genre: drama. Distribution/Sales: tba.
Director: Tamara Miranda. Screenwriter: Tamara Miranda, Celine Linssen. Country: NL/ ES. Status: financing. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 90 min. Genre: drama. Development support from Netherlands Film Fund.
Three stories intertwine on a ferry crossing from Morocco to Spain. In the course of the journey, fear of loss turns the tide for all.
“Everyone has a landscape in his eyes that he belongs to. If you have lost your soul, you must start looking for it in the landscape that remembers you.” This is what Natalia’s Spanish grandmother always told her. One day, life itself forces the thirty-year-old Natalia to return to the landscape of her past and face the demons of her youth.
Raymond van der Kaaij, Kirsi Saivosalmi, Germen Boelens
REVOLVER AMSTERDAM Lijnbaansgracht 316 1017 WZ Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 820 8987 welcome@revolver.amsterdam www.revolver.amsterdam 34
Rotterdam Films Rijneke & van Leeuwaarden produced and co-produced more than 45 films mainly for cinematic release. They worked with directors from all over the world like Béla Tarr, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Balthasar Kormakur, Ricky Rijneke. Their core-business is to support directors; emerging talent as well experienced filmmakers, whose perspective and approach don’t result in a middle-of-the-road film, but will be a proof of original and interesting auteur cinema intended for an international audience.
Dirk Rijneke, Mildred van Leeuwaarden
Rotterdam Films Provenierssingel 33 3033 EG Rotterdam The Netherlands +31 10 465 8565 info@rotterdamfilms.com www.rotterdamfilms.com
The Hunter’s Son
Hier (Tegnap) 2018
Director & Screenwriter: Ricky Rijneke. Cast: tba. Cinematograpy: Michal Englert (PL). Sound and composer: Andrey Dergachev (RU). Co-producers: Balapolis (PL), Vintage Pictures (IS), De Wereldvrede (BE), Caviar (BE), Wild at Art (NL). Status: pre-production. Shooting: 2019/2020. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 100 min. Genre: thriller/drama. Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Production Incentive, Polish Film Institute, Icelandic Film Center, Flemish Audiovisual Fund, Tax Shelter BE. Distribution: Filmfreak (NL), Bedazzle (BE), Gutek Film (PL), Sena (SI).
Director: Bálint Kenyeres. Screenwriters: Balint Kenyeres, Matthieu Taponier. Cast: Vlad Ivanov, Johanna ter Steege. Coproducers: Mirage/Tegnap (HU), Les Films de l’Après-Midi (FR), One-Two Films (GR), Chimney Pot (SE), LaProd (MA). Release: 2018. Status: post-production. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 110 min. Genre: drama. Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, Hungarian Film Fund, CNC, Arte, Film-i-Väst.
The Hunter’s Son is the second feature film by multi-award winning director Ricky Rijneke. Supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, The Hunter’s Son has been selected for Script&Pitch of the Torino Film Lab, The Toronto Talent Lab from the Toronto International Film Festival and The Sam Spiegel International Filmlab Jerusalem. A father and a son face a range of conflicting emotions when the son commits a random act of violence.
50-year-old Victor Ganz (Vlad Ivanov) owns a thriving civil engineering company that operates worldwide. Due to problems on a building site in North Africa he has to go there. In this country he is confronted with memories of his youth. Ganz slowly plunges into a labyrinthine world where present and past intertwine. 35
Sigma Pictures Founded in 1974, Sigma Pictures has produced many shorts and 40 feature films. Their first, Melancholy Tales, opened the Berlin Film Festival in 1975. The film library includes international co-productions and some of the most successful films in the history of Dutch cinema. Sigma is still going strong in the 21st century. Their film The Fury by André van Duren premiered in March 2016 and got seven nominations at the Netherlands Film Festival. Hannah Hoekstra and Anneke Blok won the Golden Calf for their performances.
Matthijs van Heijningen Guurtje Buddenberg
Sigma Pictures ‘t PC Hooft Huys Singel 132 1015 AG Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 535 3320, +31 6 5316 0620 info@sigmapictures.com www.sigmapictures.com 36
Life is Wonderful Director: Frans Weisz. Screenplay: Theo Nijland; based on the novel by Remco Campert. Cast: Reinout Scholten van Aschat, Géza Weisz, Romy Louise Lauwers, Anniek Pfeifer, Teun Kuilboer, Willeke van Ammelrooy en Stefan de Walle. Status: released January 2018. Sort: romantic comedy. Duration: 97 min. Distribution: Just Film Disribution. Sales: Incredible Film. Life Is Wonderful is a feel-good movie about love and longing. Best friends Mees and Boelie are spending a beautiful spring day in Amsterdam’s Vondelpark. It seems like just a normal day, until they meet the young and attractive Panda. While the heat rises in the park, it’s nowhere to be found between the long-married couple Etta and Ernst-Jan. Ernst-Jan suspects Etta of cheating and has his own ideas of how to catch her in the act. We also meet Rosa and Kees, old lovers whose paths cross after decades of not seeing each other. On this spring day in Amsterdam, their love starts blooming again.
The film was sold to China and was awarded Best Fictional Film and Best Film 2018 at the Festival International de Cine de Autor in Guadalajara/Jalisco, Mexico.
Sluizer Films Sluizer Films was founded by producer, director and screenwriter George Sluizer (1932-2014) and producer Anne Lordon. With Spoorloos (The Vanishing, 1988) they received worldwide recognition. The film won many awards and was the Dutch entry for the Academy Awards in 1989. George Sluizer directed the remake of The Vanishing in the US and Dark Blood, the last film of River Phoenix. George Sluizer died in 2014 at the age of 82. The production company is continued by Anne Lordon, Anouk Sluizer and Filine Ledeboer.
Anne Lordon, Anouk Sluizer, Filine Ledeboer
Sluizer Films Stadionweg 212 1077 TE Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 778 6188, +31 6 2052 8098 sluizerfilms@neuf.fr, anouksluizer@gmail.com www.sluizerfilmproductions.com www.georgesluizer.com
The Clock
The Tragic Death of Branka Djukic
Director: tba. Screenwriters: George Sluizer, Nick Fisher. Country: NL/UK/CA. Status: in development. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 95 min. Genre: psychological/ philosophical thriller.
Director & Screenwriter: Slavisa Drobnjakovic. Country: NL/RS/DE/AU. Co-producer: FILM THE WORLD (RS). Producer: Mihajlo Jevtic. Status: financing. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 90 min. Genre: existential drama.
At the beginning of this tense, disturbing philosophical thriller, Professor and bestselling author Richard Hargreaves leads a perfect life. He is specialised in notions of time and cosmos and owns an amazing collection of clocks. His handsome younger wife, Samantha, is a successful photographer. After a fascinating lecture given by Richard, Jonathan Tempray, a strange antique dealer, tempts Richard into buying a fabulous ancient astronomical clock. Richard becomes obsessed with understanding the complexities of this extra ordinary clock. Meanwhile Tempray insinuates himself in Richard’s life and particularly making intimate contact with Samantha. By the time Richard discovers the true nature of Tempray and the clock it might be too late to save his perfect life.
The tragic death of Branka Djukic is based on a true story. A Gusle singer introduces us into the story and becomes an (un)reliable narrator and participant in the drama itself. We follow the Serbian highlander Rade after the mysterious murder of his teenage daughter. When customary law fails to meet the laws of humanity, begins a story of a father looking for justice.
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SNG Film Studio Nieuwe Gronden, nowadays known as SNG Film, was founded in 1979 out of the legendary film collective Amsterdams Stadjournaal (ASJ). SNG Film still seeks to produce distinctive documentaries and feature films (and everything in between). What is important is the involvement of the filmmaker. SNG Film likes to work with young talent, but does not limit itself to that. Moreover, it is not only about the urgency in which somebody wants to tell something, but primarily the form chosen to do so. International co-productions can be a means to initiating exceptional, artistic films.
Digna Sinke, Hugo Naber
SNG Film Van Hallstraat 52 1051 HH Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 686 7837 info@sngfilm.nl, www.sngfilm.nl 38
Kala-a-zar
Highway NL
Director & Screenwriter: Janis Rafa. Cast: Penelope Tsilika, Giorgos Lalos. Country: NL (majority Dutch film, shot in Greece). Co-producer: Heretic (GR). Status: postproduction. Release: 2020. Sort: featurelength film. Duration: 75 min. Genre: experimental drama.
Director & Screenwriter: Ben van Lieshout. Country: NL. Status: completed. Release: autumn 2019. Sort: feature-length documentary. Duration: 90 min. Genre: creative documentary.
Kala-a-zar describes of a place that cannot sustain animal life any longer. In a big city somewhere in the south of Europe, a couple takes care of dead animals and abandoned roadkill as an act to give meaning to their life. Kala-a-zar is a meditation on the paradox of life circle among beings of different species. A film about existence, on the boundaries between living and dead, human and non-human.
Highway NL is a cinematographic ode to, but also an elegy on the phenomenon of the ever-growing highway infrastructure in the Netherlands; a poetic and biting road movie about the intriguing and fascinating world on and next to the highway.
The Film Kitchen The Film Kitchen specializes in producing and co-producing feature films for the international market. It also produces short films and series for television for the national market. The production company cooperates closely with strong and experienced filmmakers as well as with young remarkable talents, nationally and internationally. The Film Kitchen develops and produces art house films as well as feature films for a mainstream audience.
Jan van der Zanden, Ineke Kanters
The Film Kitchen Willemsstraat 20-hs 1015 JD Amsterdam The Netherlands + 31 6 5239 3626 (Jan) + 31 6 2237 8254 (Ineke) info@thefilmkitchen.nl www.thefilmkitchen.nl
Sleep.
Mr. K
Director & Screenwriter: Jan- Willem van Ewijk. Country: NL/BE/US. Co-producers: Savage Film (BE), Uncorked Productions (US), Propellor Film (NL). Status: financing. Release: 2021. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 100 min. Genre: drama. Distribution/Sales: Cinemien. Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, MEDIA Creative Europe, NTR, CoBO.
Director & Screenwriter: Tallulah H. Schwab. Country: NL/BE/tba. Co-producers: Beluga Tree (BE), A Private View (BE). Status: financing. Release: 2021. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 90 min. Genre: absurdist thriller (dark comedy). Distribution/Sales: Paradiso Filmed Entertainment. Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, AVROTROS.
Traumatized by a gun violence incident, Jacob slowly loses his sense of reality as he drives across America with his beautiful, witty and troubled teenage daughter Sophie.
As the illusionist Mr. K walks into a remote hotel. Trying to leave the next day he finds it is not as easy as he thought. People are welcoming towards him, but questions concerning the exit are carefully evaded. Looking around he makes a bizarre as well as terrifying discovery. Slowly but surely the corridors of the building are becoming more narrow. The hotel is shrinking. In order to escape he will have to expand his mind and uncover the hidden secrets of the hotel.
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The Rogues The Rogues, led by Guusje van Deuren, Rianne Poodt and Harmen Kreulen produce fiction and documentary film, theaterproductions and podcasts. The company name was inspired by the tale of Robin Hood and refers to our mission to work in close collaborations with an ever evolving, inspiring band of free spirits who aim to challenge and touch the world around them. Our first feature De Libi | About that life by Shady El-Hamus premieres June 2019.
Guusje van Deuren, Rianne Poodt, Harmen Kreulen
The Rogues Prinsengracht 439A 1016 HM Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 6 3072 5752 (Rianne) +31 6 4219 5662 (Guusje) info@therogues.nl www.therogues.nl 40
De Libi | About that life
I Don’t Wanna Dance
Director: Shady El-Hamus. Screenwriter: Jeroen Scholten van Aschat. Cast: Bilal El Mehdi Wahib, Daniël Kolf, Oussama Ahammoud. Country: NL. Status: postproduction. Release: june 2019. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 98 min. Genre: comedy drama, coming of age. Distribution/Sales: Gusto film.
Director: Flynn von Kleist. Screenwriter: Jeroen Scholten van Aschat. Cast: Romana Vrede. Country: NL. Status: in production. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 100 min. Genre: coming of age drama. Distribution/ Sales: tba.
Bilal (17), Gregg (17) and Kev (17) can’t wait for ‘real life’ to finally begin. While the three boys are all driven by a lust for life, they couldn’t be more different. Bilal is a force of nature with heaps of self-confidence and no regard for rules. Gregg is Bilals calm counterpart. Kevin is struggling to be more self-confident. In De Libi | About that life Bilal, Gregg and Kev are driven apart by the looming end of high school life, only to ultimately learn their friendship doesn’t depend on their chosen paths.
I Don’t Wanna Dance is a coming-of-age story about Joey, a 14-year-old boy who needs to decide whether to pull out of the destructive dance with his mother, or stay with her at the cost of his own happiness.
Topkapi Films Topkapi develops and (co)produces feature films, television drama and nonfiction productions for the Dutch and international market. It strives to build long-term relationships with writers and directors. Topkapi Films is run by Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld and Laurette Schillings. Idse Grotenhuis is responsible for Topkapi Series and Robert Oey leads Topkapi Nonfiction. Titles successfully (co)produced include Girl, Layla M., A Noble Intention, Land and Shade, The Commune, Land and Belgica.
Tailgating
Instinct
Director & Screenwriter: Lodewijk Crijns. Cast: Jeroen Spitzenberger, Willem de Wolf, Anniek Pheifer. Country: NL/BE. Co-producer: Savage Film. Status: post-production. Release: tba. Sort: feature-length film. Genre: drama, thriller.
Director: Halina Reijn. Screenwriter: Esther Gerritsen, Halina Reijn; based on an idea by Halina Reijn. Cast: Carice van Houten, Marwan Kenzari. Country: NL. Status: post-production. Release: tba. Sort: featurelength film. Duration: 90 min. Genre: drama.
Hans, a self-confident man, on his way together with his family, causes a traffic fight with another driver: Ed – who, in revenge starts to follow the family and confronts Hans with his ego. As Hans starts to lose control of his family, Ed pushes him until nothing but the fearful, vulnerable child he once was remains.
Nicoline an experienced psychiatrist working in a penal institution, starts an affair with a psychopathic serial rapist, who appears to be ready to return to society.
Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings, Idse Grotenhuis, Robert Oey
Topkapi Films Kloveniersburgwal 131 III 1011 KD Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 303 2494 info@topkapifilms.nl www.topkapifilms.nl 41
VENFILM VENFILM wants to work with passionate visual authors, who are eager to tell stories that intend to make a difference for the audience they where created for. It has produced several award winning shorts and docs, and a succesfull feature film, Waterboys by Robert Jan Westdijk. Owner Maarten van der Ven has line produced for renowned Dutch companies and took part in the Creative Producers Lab at the Binger Filmlab and the Berlinale Talent Campus.
Maarten van der Ven
Venfilm Wouwermanstraat 26 2023 XG Haarlem The Netherlands +31 6 4187 8497 venfilm@gmail.com www.venfilm.nl 42
The idylle and other exotic species
Re-entry
Director & Screenwriter: Aaron Rookus. Country: NL. Status: in development. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 100 min. Genre: tragicomedy.
Director: Ben Brand. Screenwriter: Ben Brand; based on and including a story by Andy Weir (The Martian). Cast: tba. Country: NL/FR. Co-producer: eddy. Status: financing, pre-production. Release: end of 2019. Sort: short. Genre: drama.
Sadly comic mosaic about 7 human beings between the age of 10 and 84. All at a cross road in their life, trying to make sense of it within a hyper-individualistic world.
When a man dies in a traffic accident, he gets the biggest answer on life during a talk with a divine being.
Viking Film Viking Film is the Amsterdam based film production company founded in 2011 by Marleen Slot. International in scope, Viking Film wants to make high-quality films for both Dutch and international audiences with a special focus on arthouse, children films and animation films. Marleen worked as a producer at Lemming Film for many years. She is part of EAVE and member of the board of ACE. Marleen is chairman of Film Producers Netherlands.
Marleen Slot
Dirty God
Rojo
Director: Sacha Polak. Screenwriter: Sacha Polak, Susanne Farrell. Cast: Vicky Knight. Country: NL/UK/BE/IE. Co-producers: Emu Films (UK), A Private View (BE), Savage Productions (IE). Status: completed. Release: Opening Film IFFR 2019, International Premiere Sundance Film Festival 2019. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 104 min. Genre: drama. Distribution/Sales: Independent (International sales), CinĂŠart (Benelux), Modern Films (UK),The Jokers Films (FR), Lemon Tree (CN).
Director & Screenwriter: Benjamin Naishtat. Cast: Dario Grandinetti, Alfredo Castro, Andrea Frigerio. Country: AR/FR/BR/NL/DE. Co-producers: PucarĂĄ Cine (AR), ECCE Films (FR), Desvia (BR), Sutor Kolonko (DE). Status: completed. Release: premiere at TIFF Platform and San Sebastian 2018. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 100 min. Genre: drama. Distribution/Sales: Luxbox.
Dirty God is a compelling portrait of a young mother named Jade (a powerful debut role for actress Vicky Knight), and deals with themes of courage, self-acceptance and motherhood in contemporary London.
As unprecedented political violence unleashes through the mid 70s in Argentina, some people find just the perfect setting for hiding very bad deeds.
Viking Film Raamgracht 6 1011 KK Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 6 4143 0708 marleen@vikingfilm.nl www.vikingfilm.nl 43
Volya Films Volya Films produces author films, fiction and documentary, mainly in the form of international co-productions. Recent films include A Land Imagined (Yeo Siew Hua; Locarno 2018 - Golden Leopard), Centaur (Aktan Arym Kubat; Berlinale 2017 - CICAE Award), Waiting for Giraffes (Marco de Stefanis; IDFA 2016), The Grown-Ups (Maite Alberdi; IDFA 2016), Problemski Hotel (Manu Riche; IFFR 2016), Big Father, Small Father & Other Stories (Di Phan Dang; world premiere Berlinale Official Competition 2015), Kurai Kurai - Tales on the Wind (Marjoleine Boonstra; Competition Dutch Film Festival 2014).
Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts
Volya Films Graaf Florisstraat 110A 3021 CM Rotterdam The Netherlands +31 10 415 5621 info@volyafilms.com www.volyafilms.com 44
A Land Imagined
Black Salt
Director & Screenwriter: Yeo Siew Hua. Cast: Peter YU (Lok), LIU Xiaoyi (Wang), Luna KWOK (Mindy), Ishtiaque ZICO (Ajit), Kelvin HO (George), George LOW (Foreman Lee), Andie CHEN (Ming Ming). Country: SG/FR/NL. Co-producers: Akanga Film Asia (SG), Films de Force Majeure (FR). Status: released. Release: 2018. Sort: feature-length film. Duration: 95 min. Genre: drama.
Director: Marjoleine Boonstra. Screenwriter: Bastiaan Tichler. Status: script development. Financers: Netherlands Film Fund. Genre: drama.
Set in industrial Singapore, police investigator Lok must find missing migrant worker Wang. Wang suffers a worksite accident and is anxious about repatriation. Unable to sleep, Wang starts frequenting a dreamy cybercafĂŠ in the dead of the night. Hoping to look for some form of human connection in this foreign land he feels alienated from, Wang forms a virtual friendship with a mysterious gamer that takes a sinister turn. When Wang suddenly disappears, Lok digs deep into the trail leading to a land reclamation site, in order to uncover the truth beneath all that sand.
A rickety and rusty old van is moving through a desolate, wintry landscape where we distinguish dilapidated leftovers of ambitious Soviet plans. Salome and her husband Oscar are staring out the window at the landscape they are crossing. The trip visibly weighs heavy on Salome. She feels like accepting her fate after being on the run for years.
Wild at Art Wild at Art is a film production company specialized in international co-productions and contemporary art installations based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It was founded in 2011 by film professional Peter Warnier (1959) who is besides producer an award winning sound designer / re-recording mixer and is also the founder of Peter Warnier Studio (WarnierPosta) in Amsterdam.
Peter Warnier
Wild at Art Koivistokade 58 1013 BB Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 6 5332 1122 peter@wildatart.nl www.wildatart.nl
The Trail
Pink Martini
Director & Screenwriter: Sergei Loznitsa. Cast: archive footage. Country: NL. Co-producer: Atoms & Void (NL). Status: completed. Release: 2019. Sort: feature-length documentary. Duration: 125 min. Genre: documentary. Distribution/Sales: Maria Choustova - Atoms & Void.
Director & Screenwriter: Sergei Loznitsa. Cast: Pink Martini orchestra. Country: NL/tba. Co-producer: Atoms & Void (NL). Status: in development, financing. Release: 2020. Sort: music documentary. Duration: 100 min.
Moscow, USSR. 1930. The Pillar Hall of the State House of the Unions. A group of top rank economists and engineers is put on trial accused of plotting a coup d’état against the Soviet power and restore capitalism. The drama is real, but the story is fake. The film gives an unprecedented insight into the origins of a deadly regime, which made the slogan “Lie is Truth” its everyday reality.
The magic of live performance and the mystery of musical creation are captured in a portrait of an artist, whose songs inspire millions. Music is the most abstract and ephemeral of Arts. The challenge is to capture this enigma on film.
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