Nick Cremers | Animation | 14’08’’

In a sleepy snow-covered village, a young playful Timmy Benson is being watched by a dark presence from the past.

Michael Zomer | Documentary | 11’17’’

A tribute to the nomadic Ciganos (Gypsy) in Alentejo, Portugal. Portraying the offbeat lifestyle of a group of people who co-exist in modern society. It reveals their perspective on the future as their horse-trading business is on the brink of extinction.

Ilya Vierhout | Live-Action | 09'14’'

Two brothers reunite and reminisce about their childhood while driving to the forest.

Marijn Liek | Live-Action | 04'36''

When Peter walks into a lunchroom, he instantly falls in love with Anne, who works there. He wants to impress her with the right order but can't seem to make up his mind.

Lavinia Xausa | Documentary | 20'48’'

So Loud The Sky Can Hear Us is a documentary where an Italian director investigates how the sense of faith, community, belonging, conformism and exclusiveness, traditionally professed by Christian culture, can be found in Rotterdam in the encounter with a group of Feyenoord supporters.

Pim Christian de Vries | Animation | 04'25''

Autumn brings the wind that carries a falling, withered leaf through the memories of a woman’s youth and her relationship with a once young man. But spring brings new light and life to withered leaves and lives.

Arjen Schotel | Live-Action | 20'00’'

Humanity is tested when a global pandemic breaks out, and the government takes drastic action. Millions of people die, and those who remain are divided into 2 camps: the top of society and the bottom, the 'subhumans'. Amid this chaos, some people do not put their own interests first but those of others. Lucius belongs to the elite but risks his life for the fate of a subhuman.

Lotte Salomons | Animation | 04'06''

Chris' mother disappears without a trace, and he and his father, Toon, are both confronted with great sadness. While Chris can cry and emote, Toon cannot bring himself to be vulnerable and literally swallows his tears. His body starts to fill up, and he grows away from Chris.

Jorn Koning | Documentary | 19'23’

A documentary about the ugly side of the beautiful Koen Verdurmen and the high fashion industry.

Thomas Born | Experimental | 17'00''

A modern dance tragedy on Sicilian soil, about a search for common ground. This independent film is a Gesamtkunstwerk, inspired by the architectural installation 'The Forbidden Garden of Europe'.

Emma Branderhorst | Live-Action | 15'41'’

Spotless tells the story of 15-year-old Ruby, who lives in a small flat with her mother and younger sister. Her mother works overtime to make ends meet, and Ruby feels responsible for her sister. When Ruby realizes she is having her period, she notices they are out of period products. She doesn’t want to bother her mother by asking for them because she is aware of their money problems. To make sure she doesn’t trouble anyone with her problem, she tries to solve it herself.

Guido FG Jeurissen | Experimental | 11'35''

In 'Rotterdam, don’t leave us', Rotterdam city poets Dean Bowen and Vienne Haagoort enter into a fictional conversation with their city to talk about their broken relationship and how it can still be healed.

Guillaume Versteeg | Live-Action | 13'11’'

After his wife's death, Johan has trouble sleeping in the bedroom where she passed away. The Cold is a short story about grief, where Johan has to confront both the literal and figurative cold in which he feels abandoned.

Niels Bourgonje | Live-Action | 14'59’'

When Jonas visits his father after a long time, he's shocked to find him in a confused state. Has his father's mental state badly deteriorated, or is something more sinister going on?

Ken van Mierlo | Live-Action | 07’30’’

Saar and Robert, a young couple from the city, get invited by their friend Walter to his hometown in the South of the Netherlands. An area where the people have traditionally been at odds with Northern city folks. Saar and Robert are visiting to participate in the village's traditional, annual nighttime scavenger hunt.

Jan van IJken | Documentary | 15’23’’

Planktonium is a short film about the unseen world of living microscopic plankton. It is a voyage into a secret universe inhabited by alien-like creatures. These stunningly beautiful, very diverse, and numerous organisms are unknown to most of us because they are invisible to the naked eye. Renowned Norwegian artist Jana Winderen made a sound composition for the film. She recorded sounds of all kinds of aquatic creatures, waves, icebergs, etc.

Jan van Gorkum | Live-Action | 08’43’’

Fifty-year-old Barry is a special kind of cleaner: he cleans crime scenes where demons have wreaked havoc. While making a corporate film about his work, a typical working day for Barry gets out of hand in a bloody way.

I AM HERE | Documentary | 17’00’’

Welcome to Zuidoost, the Bijlmer. Directed by I AM HERE, the trailer for the latest short doc from Mrs Frank explores the story of the Bijlmer; the history, its figureheads, subculture and the fast-growing gentrification looming on the horizon.

ARIV | Live-Action | 20’00’’

After finding out that his father was admitted to the hospital and refused medical treatment in Indonesia, Budi has to convince his father to take medical treatment while cleaning up his wild party in The Netherlands. All in 20 minutes.

Leon Golterman | Animation | 02’15’’

A stop-motion animated film about ten-year-old Kevin, who dreams of becoming a pilot so he and his sister Jaimy can escape from their tyrannical father. But when Jaimy gets her hands on her brother´s brand new model aeroplane, the bond between the two children is put to the test.

Thomas Bos | Experimental | 13’00’’

Patrick is angry, and he wants to break everything around him. When attending a forced anger-management course, he meets other enraged people from different backgrounds. An experimental therapist tries to force their brutal energy out through dance. Can Patrick find a way to direct his violent energy toward something valuable for him or even worthwhile for others?

Susan Schoonwater | Live-Action | 14’16’’

Father Erik and daughter Femke go on a camping trip for a weekend. The two of them have always been close, but something seems to be driving a wedge between them during this holiday.

Sander Blom | Live-Action | 12’00’’

Cornelia tells the story of Cornelia Johanna van den Berg–van der Vlis, the only woman among 290 men on the Frisian Resistance monument in the North of The Netherlands. Who was she? Why were the Germans so desperate to catch her? And how did their hunt end? We hear glimpses of it while a firing squad is transporting Cornelia toward the place of her execution.

Rosita Wolkers | Live-Action | 06’28’’

Seven-year-old Rose is on holiday with her mother when she wakes up alone in the Sunshine Motel. Longing for a dive in the pool, ice cream and the kids’ disco, Rose tries to convince herself that this will be a memorable holiday. With or without her mother.

Janna Grosfeld | Live-Action | 19’40’’

After the failed suicide attempt of Willem's wife, their relationship changed forever due to this incautious incident. Willem has to deal with Leny's depression and suicidal feelings while he struggles with the fractured loyalty between them. Willem needs to redefine the value and fulfilment of their relationship to realise he should set Leny free.

Bart Peters | Documentary | 20’00’’

I Am Not a Number is an intimate documentary portrait series in which five transgender women take space to tell their own often sidelined stories in their own often silenced words. Each woman shares her experiences of migration, the struggles she faces, and where she finds strength. I am not a Number: Alejandra is the first in the series.

“The story I will share with you, albeit sad, is about love for life and a very human resilience to survive despite the odds.” - Alejandra.

Wout Malestein | Live-Action | 14’59’’

A cage fighter visits his father in a nursing home. Their relationship is complicated, and they have become alienated. Does it make sense to open old wounds?

Jottum Kok | Documentary | 09’20’’

In this poetic and observational documentary, we follow the Ukrainian Yusuf during an ordinary day in his life in a Dutch asylum centre. Slowly, he transforms into his alter ego Grizolda, who gives him hope and strength outside the walls of the asylum centre.

Jos van Meerveld | Drama | 08’28’’

Bram, a family man from the Bible Belt, is caught with a man by young Tess. How far will he go to keep this side of him a secret?

Idriss Nabil | Live-Action | 12’00’’

Revelinho (12) is a deep admirer of the traditional dutch “songs of life”. His walls are filled with folksinger Tommy Tijgers, and when he has the chance, he convincingly sings about things he can’t quite grasp yet. When his parents are on the brink of separation, Revelinho knows exactly what to do. His two best friends manage him, and he gives everything he’s got to sing his parents back together.

Tomas Ponsteen | Documentary | 14'00’’

Elkin left his family in Colombia and came to Europe to explore his gender identity. As a sex worker, he searches for himself through his various alter egos: Caroline, Gabriella and Brandon. Having no permanent residence, he travels continuously. Parallel to his physical journey, he is on a mental quest within himself.

Justin Heyl | Live-Action | 17’00’’

October 1944. Allied forces decided to destroy the sea dikes of the Netherlands. Their first target is the coastal village of occupied Westkapelle. Pamphlets warning the citizens of the impending danger to fall into the hands of two young lovers on a secret rendezvous in the dunes.

Katarina Jazbec | Documentary | 20’00’’

Before container ships leave port, lashers secure the containers using heavy metal bars. They are the last port workers to do such dangerous jobs surrounded by self-driven vehicles and remotely operated cranes. Each body tells its own story: from grieving for a colleague who died on the job to just keeping going. Stowaway animals appear as visions of a more natural world.​

Sonia Commandeur | Live-Action | 15’51’’

Donna is a slice of life, coming-of-age fiction movie about the thirteen year old Donna who hides her personal identity to avoid the powerlessness she feels in relation to others. Identity develops in relation to a person’s environment. But what happens when the different social environments a person moves between don’t match and don’t share the same values, rules and understanding?

Salma Chafouk Idrissi | Live-Action | 11’15’’

After PM Rutte’s appeal to all Dutch people to stay home as much as possible, Amsterdam's usually crowded shopping streets were completely deserted. This short film seizes the exceptional opportunity to tell the story of Hussein, who has been suffering from agoraphobia since his parents’ sudden death. He locks himself into the house and avoids the most important people in his life. When nobody is on the streets, does Hussein dare to go out?

Nicole Jachmann | Live-Action | 16’09’'

Fifteen-year-old Robin and her best friend Merel share everything and are inseparable. Except for Robin's budding sexuality and curiosity. Robin is ashamed of this and keeps it anxiously hidden.

Naomi Pacifique | Live-Action | 21’00’’

Nights are long inside Naomi and Ram’s room. They’ve invited Marina over tonight, and their messy space is under scrutiny. Exploring intimacy as a personal playground, skin as an intimate map, Naomi’s docile body is coming to lose amidst the tension inside a room she continues knowing and unknowing. The small expressive child inside her is itching to ring its giggle through the night before day breaks.

Roxanne Stam | Live-Action | 12’06’'

When 52-year-old Nora plays her supporting role for the umpteenth performance and again undergoes the toxic behaviour of the theatre company and the bullying of the lead male actor, she decides to take matters into her own hands.

Yazan Rabee | Documentary | 07’10”

A chase, footsteps are closing in, your home getting further away as you approach it. It's a recurring nightmare shared by many Syrians who have fled their homeland. Where did it originate? Did the trauma start at the beaten-down protests against Bashar al-Assad? The war? Or do we have to go back even further?

Thijs Bouman | Live-Action | 15’00’’

When nine-year-old Sven discovers that the power in the house has been cut because his mother can no longer pay the bills, he must look for a solution to avoid embarrassment.

Erik van Schaaik | Animation | 16’00’’

The Smile is a story about beauty and horror, the definitive biopic documentary about the life and the downfall of Knud Dendermonde, the world-famous damsel-devouring horror-movie actor we all know as The Smile. In this documentary, we trace every step of Knud's turbulent life. There will be interviews with many of his colleagues, movie trailers and clips and unique behind-the-scenes footage. Finally, we get to hear the shocking truth, what REALLY happened!

Razan Hassan | Documentary | 14’25’’

Anne couldn’t accept her own child Felix, who was born with Down syndrome. Anne tries to process her struggle by making theatre with Sara, a 32-year-old woman with Down syndrome. Will it be possible for Anne to connect with her motherhood through her encounters with Sara?

Robin Kikic | Live-Action | 15’15’’

A mandatory drinking party turns into a hostage situation.

Floris Tils | Documentary | 15’04’’

Lasse Walker is one of the best kitesurfers in the world. To be successful, you have to control your nerves and conquer your fears time and time again. Dealing with pressure and nervousness, he is on a journey to overcome mental and physical setbacks. Follow him as he goes deep with a mental coach and freedives to the bottom of the ocean to train his mind for competition.

Niels Bourgonje | Live-Action | 15’21’’

When Jonas visits his father after a long time, he's shocked to find him in a confused state. Has his father's mental state badly deteriorated, or is something more sinister going on?

Kees-Jan Mulder | Live-Action | 15’57’’

When some boys in Jordi's class don't come to school after being filmed in the shower, the school questions all the girls in his class.

Angelo Raaijmakers | Live-Action | 14'38”

Nicky’s world revolves around fitness, to get bigger and stronger. But when hidden childhood memories emerge, Nicky starts losing control, and his body obsession sets off in an unhealthy direction.

Kim Kokosky Deforchaux | Live-Action | 19’00"

Lies, an elderly widow from the Dutch East Indies, has been living in the Netherlands ever since Indonesia became independent. She talks to her son on the phone daily but doesn't want to burden him with the traumas of post-colonial turmoil that still haunt her every night.

Alma Tabernero | Documentary | 19’00’’

Women on a Roll is a short documentary that travels through the past, the present and the future of the roller skating culture in the city of Amsterdam through the eyes of women skating at iconic places in the community. In a cinematic style, we explore the feeling that women experience while practising this urban sport and how the public spaces have been redefined to accommodate this reviving trend.

Rumi Kaul | Live-Action | 07’12’’

Omar (13) spends every day in a soccer cage with the boys in his neighbourhood. His group of friends is close, but they are also hard on each other. They constantly challenge each other, and vulnerability is constantly punished. One day Omar's younger brother Abdul wants to join them. At first, he is laughed at, but over the course of the day, Omar sees his sweet little brother change. He is shocked by Abdul's sudden aggression and tries to get him out of the cage. At the same time, he also begins to doubt the behaviour of his friends.

Eva Zoë Heijnen | Live-Action | 07'00''

Successful hot tub streamer Maisha oozes confidence in her online streams but is actually drowning in depression. During a stream, viewers provoke Maisha to drop her fake happiness act and show them the ‘real Maisha”, leading to unforeseen tragic consequences.

Bart de Piraat | Animation | 10’00"

Tipping Point tells the story of Sustania, a world that is, in a sense, literally thrown off balance when its inhabitants start exploiting a previously inaccessible part of their world.

Jordy Tempelman | Experimental | 09'19''

Entangled in a dark dream, HIM finds HER- searching for the true meaning of happiness. When HIM begins to lose himself in his endless search, he is confronted with the truth about his reality.

Jonas Smulders | Experimental | 06’45"

Every individual long for love. Feeling, receiving, and giving love is an essential part of a worthwhile life. What you desire from another is more often a reflection of yourself. In a laundromat that seems to have no end, Joep (29) and Gonda (45) are waiting for someone who can fulfil their wish for love.