The Breath of Life

The Breath of Life 2023

7.00

After a near-fatal accident, filmmaker Guido van der Werve muses about the highs and lows of his own life as he endures a long process of recovery. Instead of a linear narrative, Nummer achttien is structured as a series of movements: it departs from the classical documentary to present us with a series of vignettes that combine past and present, existentialist despair and deadpan humour, reflection and creativity, the joys and pains of remembering and forgetting.

2023

Messi and Maud

Messi and Maud 2018

7.20

Maud and Frank are on holiday in Chile. Their relationship is fragile and so is Maud. After many years of trying, it is now time to face the fact that they will never have children. However, Maud is in denial. After a huge fight with Frank she runs off and sets out on a road trip through Chile to get her life back on track.

2018

Due piccoli italiani

Due piccoli italiani 2018

8.00

The daring journey through Europe of two somewhat naive friends, Salvatore and Felice, fleeing a small town in Puglia, who find themselves catapulted to Rotterdam and then to Iceland. For the first time in their lives they will discover what it means to feel alive and happy. Through some mishap and with the help of the generous and extravagant Anke, they will overcome their fears and inhibitions. They will be overwhelmed by life, discovering the joy of existing and of experiencing and receiving affection and love in a strange triangle of relationships typical of a 'modern family', bizarre and reassuring at the same time.

2018

Amsterdam Alert

Amsterdam Alert 2024

1

Struggling to get home to her stranded baby, a young mother in Amsterdam receives an emergency alert on her phone: a nuclear missile has been launched at the city and residents have forty-five minutes to evacuate.

2024

Cage

Cage 2022

7.00

When Omar sees how his sweet little brother hardens in the local football cage, it opens his eyes to the harsh group dynamics. Will he manage to get his brother out of the cage?

2022

Where Is Kurdistan?

Where Is Kurdistan? 2016

5.50

An illegal immigrant is reminded of his origin by the melodies of an instrument of his birthplace Bumiyan, Afganistan. However, the musician playing the instrument claims that the melodies aren't from Bumiyan, but from Kurdistan. But where is Kurdistan?

2016

The Colour Of Spinach

The Colour Of Spinach 2021

1

On the edge of insanity, a young woman finds her moments of freedom and rebellion while shooting pebbles…Knowing the powers that hold her are fast approaching, she cherishes that short moment of rebellion.

2021