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FILMS FROM THE NETHERLANDS
Films from the Netherlands
Berlinale 2020
Films from the Netherlands
Berlinale 2020
INDEX 1
Competition Berlinale Talents 13
Berlin Alexanderplatz 4
Visitors Programme 14
Berlinale Shorts
A Demonstration 5 European Film Market
The Barefoot Emperor 15
Generation Black Widow 15
Paradise Drifters 6 The Club of Ugly Children 16
En Route 7 The Columnist 16
Under the Skin 7 La Fortaleza 17
Kala Azar 17
Forum Marionette 18
Window Boy Would also Like a Submarine 8 Men at Work-Miami 18
Mi Vida 19
Forum Expanded The Mole Agent 19
Apiyemiyekî? 9 My Rembrandt 20
Pirates down the Street 20
Panorama Promise of Pisa 21
Days of Cannibalism 10 Shit Happens 21
Pari 11 Single Street 22
Sunburned 22
Berlinale Co-Production Market Tailgate 23
Co-Pro Series Tench 23
Precious 12
Berlinale Series Market
Berlinale Co-Production Market Stanley 24
Books at Berlinale
Shark’s Teeth 12
4 COMPETITION (MINORITY CO-PRODUCTION)
BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ WORLD
RE
PREMIE
Burhan Qurbani
The story of Francis, how Berlin beco- 180’ / colour
mes his undoing and how he finally Genre: drama
Original title: BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ
emerges as a better person. Prod: Sommerhaus (DE)
Co-prod: Lemming Film (NL) - Leontine Petit,
Erik Glijnis
As Francis, 30, gets washed up at a Sc: Burhan Qurbani, Martin Behnke
beach in Southern Europe, he swears D.O.P. : Yoshi Heimrath
Completed: February 2020
an oath to God: he will become a bet-
Language: German
ter man. Soon after Francis finds Cast: Welket Bungué, Albrecht Schuch, Jella
himself in Berlin, where he realizes Haase, Martin Wuttke.
how hard it is to be righteous when Burhan Qurbani:
you are an illegal refugee. When he a.o. WIR SIND JUNG. WIR SIND STARK (2014, fea-
ture), 20XBRANDENBURG (2010, TV film),
receives an enticing offer from the documentary), SHAHADA (2010, feature).
charismatic Reinhold to earn easy
NL Co-prod: Lemming Film
money, Francis initially resists the Ph: +31 20 661 0424
temptation. But eventually he is suc- info@lemmingfilm.com
www.lemmingfilm.com
ked into Berlin’s underworld and his
life spirals out of control. Beta Cinema
Ph: +49 89 673 469 828
beta@betacinema.com
Wed 26 Feb, 08:15 Berlinale Palast (Press)
www.betacinema.com
Wed 26 Feb, 15:30 Berlinale Palast
@EFM: GB#25
Thu 27 Feb, 09:15 Friedrichstadt-Palast
Thu 27 Feb, 15:00 Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Sun 1 Mar, 17:15 Berlinale Palast
BERLINALE SHORTS 5
24’ / colour
Genre: documentary, experimental
Original title: A DEMONSTRATION
Prod: Video Power (NL) - Hans van Hezik,
Daan Milius, CaSk (DE)
Completed: January 2020
Language: English
Sasha Litvintseva:
a.o. SALARIUM (2017,short), ASBESTOS
(2016, short), THE STABILITY OF THE SYSTEM
(2016, short).
Beny Wagner:
A DEMONSTRATION WORLD a.o. OUTSIDE (2017, short), EYE FARM (2016,
RE short), WE’RE ALL HERE (2016, short).
PREMIE
Sasha Litvintseva & Beny Wagner Video Power
Ph: +31 6 4354 1401
info@videopower.eu
The word ‘monster’ comes from the latin ‘mon- www.videopower.eu
strare’, meaning to show, to reveal, to demon-
Sun 23 Feb, 14:00 Cubix 6 (P&I)
strate. A DEMONSTRATION picks up on these Tue 25 Feb, 21:30 Cubix 9
themes in a poetic exploration of the boundaries Thu 27 Feb, 17:00 Colosseum 1
Fri 28 Feb, 13:30 Zoo Palast 3
of sight and the metamorphosis of form. Fri 28 Feb, 16:30 CinemaxX 3
6 GENERATION
14plus
INTER-
PARADISE DRIFTERS NATION
IE
AL
RE
PR E M
Mees Peijnenburg
A fragmented portrayal of three 85’ / colour
homeless young adults longing for Genre: drama
Original title: PARADISE DRIFTERS
money, security and human connec- Prod: Pupkin Film - Iris Otten, Sander van
Meurs, Pieter Kuijpers
tion. Creative Producer: Nathalie van der Burg
Sc: Mees Peijnenburg
D.O.P.: Jasper Wolf
PARADISE DRIFTERS is a fragmented por- Completed: January 2020
trayal of the homeless young adults, Language: Dutch, English, French, Spanish
Cast: Bilal Wahib (MALIK, BROTHERS), Jonas
Lorenzo, Yousef and Chloe. What Smulders (WE WILL NEVER BE ROYALS, BRO-
THERS), Tamar van Waning (DREAM SCHOOL),
starts off as an individual search that Joren Seldeslachts (BLIND, DOUBLE LIFE).
must lead to money, chances and new
Mees Peijnenburg:
opportunities appears to be a longing First feature film.
for human connection, security and A HOLE IN MY HEART (2015, short) Award: Dutch
Director’s Guild Award-Netherlands FF, WE
mutual affection. WILL NEVER BE ROYALS (2015, TV film) Award:
Golden Calf Best TV Drama-Netherlands FF,
EVEN COWBOYS GET TO CRY (2013, short).
Sun 23 Feb, 16:30 Urania
Mon 24 Feb, 13:30 CinemaxX 3 Pupkin Film
Wed 26 Feb, 15:30 Filmtheater am Friedrichshain Ph: +31 20 489 5088
Sat 29 Feb, 20:30 Urania info@pupkin.com
www.pupkin.com
Sales: Orange Studio
Ph: +33 1 5736 1111
contact.orangestudio@orange.com
www.orange-studio.fr
@EFM: GB#150
GENERATION 7
10’ / colour
Genre: children's, drama
Kplus Original title: EN ROUTE
Prod: Room for Film - Loes Komen, Eva
Verweij
Completed: October 2019
Language: Dutch
Marit Weerheijm:
BEFORE DARK (2018, short), WHEN GREY IS A
COLOUR (2016, graduation short) Awards:
a.o. Student Academy Award for Best
Foreign Narrative Film, Jury Award-TIFF
Kids FF.
INTER-
EN ROUTE NATION
AL Room for Film
Ph: +31 6 2936 2360
R E M IE RE
Marit Weerheijm P loes@roomforfilm.com
www.roomforfilm.com
Festival Distribution: Some Shorts
When Inay (9) and her little brother join their fa- www.someshorts.com
ther on a special trip through the city, she tries
Sun 23 Feb, 10:30 Zoo Palast 2
everything to force a delay. Because she knows Mon 24 Feb, 09:30 Filmtheater am
that if they arrive late at their destination, she Friedrichshain
Thu 27 Feb, 11:00 CinemaxX 11
will be rewarded with sweet desserts. Sun 1 Mar, 11:00 Cubix 8
20’ / colour
Kplus Genre: children's, drama
Original title: ONDERHUIDS
Prod: Eva Schaaf, Patou ten Cate
Sc: Janna Grosfeld
Completed: September 2019
Language: Dutch
Emma Branderhorst:
FEMME (2017, short).
Eva Schaaf
Ph: +31 6 1453 9894
eef.schaaf@gmail.com
INTER-
UNDER THE SKIN NATION
AL Sun 23 Feb, 13:30 Zoo Palast 2
M IE RE
Emma Branderhorst PRE Mon 24 Feb, 12:30 Filmtheater am
Friedrichshain
Fri 28 Feb, 10:00 Urania
Sun 1 Mar, 14:00 Cubix 8
The friendship between three young synchroni-
zed swimmers is plagued by vicious tensions.
The desire to belong destroys everything.
8 FORUM (MINORITY CO-PRODUCTION)
WINDOW BOY WOULD ALSO
LIKE TO HAVE A SUBMARINE WORLD
RE
PREMIE
Alex Piperno
A sailor aboard a cruiser discovers a 80’ / colour
hallway leading to an apartment in Genre: drama
Original title: CHICO VENTANA TAMBIÉN QUISIERA
Montevideo, while in the Phillipines a TENER UN SUBMARINO
group of peasants find an abandoned Prod: La Pobladora Cine (UY)
Co-prod: BALDR Film (NL) - Frank Hoeve,
shed on a hill. Katja Draaijer, Pelícano (AR), Desvia (BR),
Cinematográfica (PH)
Sc: Alex Pipero
Aboard a cruiser that coasts through
D.O.P.: Manuel Rebella
Southern Latin America, a sailor dis- Completed: February 2020
covers a hallway mysteriously leading Language: Spanish, Tuwali
Cast: Daniel Quiroga, Inés Bortagaray, Noli
to an apartment in Montevideo. Thou- Tobol
sands kilometres away, a group of Fili-
Alex Piperno:
pino peasants find an abandoned a.o. WEEP THE HEADLESS MADNESS OF THESE
shed on a hill, assigning it supernatu- FIELDS (2019, short), HELLO TO THE FJORDS!
(2016, short doc), THE INVIOLABILITY OF THE
ral powers. DOMICILE (2011, short).
Fri 21 Feb, 10:00 Cubix (Press) NL Co-prod: BALDR Film
Sun 23 Feb, 19:00 CinemaxX 3 Ph: +31 20 303 2670
Mon 24 Feb, 19:30 Colosseum1 info@baldrfilm.nl
Tue 25 Feb, 14:00 Delphi Filmpalast www.baldrfilm.nl
Wed 26 Feb, HAU 1
Sun 1 Mar, 13:00 Zoo Palast 2 Sales: Square Eyes
Ph: +31 6 2207 6717
info@squareeyes.com
www.squareeyes.com
FORUM EXPANDED (MINORITY CO-PRODUCTION) 9
28’ / colour
Genre: documentary, animation,
experimental
Original title: APIYEMIYEKÎ?
Prod: Spectre Productions (FR), Stenar
Projects (PT), Ana Vaz
Co-prod: De Productie (NL) - René Goos-
sens, Annemiek van Gorp
Completed: December 2019
Language: Portuguese
Ana Vaz:
a.o. AMAZING FANTASY (2018, short), ATOMIC
GARDEN (2018, short), HÁ TERRA (2016,
INTER- short).
APIYEMIYEKÎ? NATION
AL
R E M IE RE NL Co-prod: De Productie
Ana Vaz P
Ph: +31 6 5151 3744
info@deproductie.nl
www.deproductie.nl
A cinematographic portrait based on an archive
of drawings made by the Waimiri-Atroari, a pe- Sales: La Fabrique Phantom
Ph: +33 6 2043 2860
ople native to the Brazilian Amazon, during their diff@lafabrique-phantom.org
first literacy process. The drawings document www.spectre-productions.com/fr
and construct a collective visual memory from Sat 22 Feb, 17:30 Arsenal 1
their learning process, perspective and territory, Sun 23 Feb, 14:00 Wertstattkino
while attesting to a series of violent attacks they
were submitted to during the military dictator-
ship in Brazil.
10 PANORAMA DOKUMENTE (MINORITY CO-PRODUCTION)
DAYS OF CANNIBALISM WORLD
RE
PREMIE
Teboho Edkins
An exploration of the frontiers that 77’ / colour
Chinese face in Africa, and Africans Genre: documentary
Original title: DAYS OF CANNIBALISM
in China. Prod: Kinoelektron (FR)
Co-prod: Keplerfilm (NL) - Derk-Jan Warrink,
Koji Nelissen, Day Zero Films (SA)
DAYS OF CANNIBALISM is set in a remote Sc: Teboho Edkins
D.O.P.: Samuel lahu
rural region in Southern Africa. The ar- Completed: February 2020
rival of new settlers – economic mi- Language: Cantonese, English
grants from China – has upset the Teboho Edkins:
balance of power. a.o. COMING OF AGE (2015, feature), GANGSTER
BACKSTAGE (2013, short), GANGSTER PROJECT
The unbridled forces of capitalism are (2011, short).
felt deep in these rural communities as
NL Co-prod: Keplerfilm
a new order begins to evolve. Subtle Ph: +31 20 737 0608
hello@keplerfilm.com
moments and small gestures reveal www.keplerfilm.com
the effect of migration, personal sacri-
Sales: Indie Sales
fice, solitude, alienation and the expe- Ph: +33 1 4483 0227
rience of otherness. A latent violence info@indiesales.eu
www.indiesales.eu
threatens to erupt. As old structures @EFM: GB#31
begin to disintegrate one rule asserts
Sat 22 Feb, 16:30 International
itself above all others: eat or be eaten. Sun 23Feb, 16:15 Cubix 7
Mon 24 Feb, 13:30 CinemaxX 6
Tue 25 Feb, 14:00 HAU 1
Fri 28 Feb, 19:15 Cubix 7PANORAMA (MINORITY CO-PRODUCTION) 11
PARI WORLD
RE
PREMIE
Siamak Etemadi
Iranian Pari’s search for her son who 90’ / colour
has gone missing in Athens will take Genre: drama
Original title: PARI
her on a journey towards ultimate Prod: Heretic (GR)
freedom… Co-prod: Topkapi Films (NL) - Frans van
Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings,
Le Bureau (FR), The Chouchkov Brothers (BU)
Babak, an Iranian student in Greece, Sc: Siamak Etemadi
doesn’t show up to welcome his visi- D.O.P.: Claudio Bolivar
ting parents at the airport. Pari and her Completed: December 2019
Language: Farsi, English, Greek
older husband, both devout Muslims Cast: Melika Foroutan, Shahbaz Noshir, Sofia
abroad for the first time, are ill-prepa- Kokkali.
red to search for their son in an intimi- Siamak Etemadi:
dating and alien environment. First feature film.
Following the steps of her rebellious CAVO D'ORO (2012, short), PARAMYTHAS (2003,
short), VIGNETTE (2001, short).
son in the dark corners of the city, Pari
will exhaust her inner strength to NL Co-prod: Topkapi Films
Ph: +31 20 303 2494
achieve more than a mother’s search info@topkapifilms.nl
for her missing son. www.topkapifilms.nl
Fri 21 Feb, 12:20 CinemaxX 13 (EFM) Sales: Heretic Outreach
Mon 24 Feb, 15:00 cinemaxX 13 (EFM) Ph: +30 210 700 3325
Tue 25 Feb, 21:00 CinemaxX 7 outreach@heretic.gr
Wed 26 Feb, 10:00 Cubix 7 www.heretic.gr
Thu 27 Feb, 22:00 Cubix 7 @EFM: GB#C2 (Creative Europe MEDIA)
Fri 28 Feb, 22:00 Zoo Palast 2
Sat 29 Feb, 13:00 Zoo Palast 212 BERLINALE CO-PRODUCTION MARKET - CO-PRO SERIES
Genre: series
Dir: tbd
Sc: J. David Guerra, Joost van Gelder
Prod: Atlantic Films (NL) - Machteld van
Gelder, Lemming Film (NL) - Leontine Petit
Atlantic Films
machteld@atlanticfilms.com
www.atlanticfilms.com
Lemming Film
Ph: +31 20 661 0424
info@lemmingfilm.com
www.lemmingfilm.com
PRECIOUS
When the mild unassuming Hannah Metzger
takes control of her father’s once prestigious
diamond company Precious, she must fend off
Indian traders, foreign bankers, and a murder
investigation that threatens to reveal her father’s
disgraceful past.
BERLINALE CO-PRODUCTION MARKET - BOOKS AT BERLINALE
SHARK’S TEETH
Orginial title: Haaientanden
Publisher: Singel Uitgeverijen
Year: 2019
Anna Woltz Anna Woltz
Eleven-year-old Atlanta has A.o. MY EXTRAORDINARY SUMMER WITH TESS,
A HUNDRED HOURS OF NIGHT, ALASKA,
this amazing plan. She will PLASTER.
cycle 360 kilometres around
Singel Uitgeverijen
the IJsselmeer in 24 hours to Janny Nijhof
try to save her mother’s life. Ph: +31 20 760 7210
j.nijhof@singeluitgeverijen.nl
This is the most important www.singeluitgeverijen.nl
journey of her life and she
cannot give up, or else every-
thing will fail.
She has just started cycling
when she crashes into a young boy called Finley.
He is funny, cheerful and mysterious: he ran away
from his home and brought nothing but two shark’s
teeth in his pocket.
Together they embark on the journey that will fore-
ver change their lives.BERLINALE TALENTS 13 Five new and diverse talents from the Netherlands are selected for Berlinale Talents 2020. Christine Houbiers - Editor Wouter Jansen - sales agent Ph: +31 6 5579 4939 Square Eyes christine@houbiers.nl Ph: +31 6 2207 6717 www.houbiers.nl info@squareeyes.com, www.squareeyes.com Rogier Kramer - producer Noël Loozen – director, screenwriter Dutch Mountain Film noel.loozen@gmail.com Ph: +31 20 688 1843, rogier@dutchmountainfilm.nl www.noelloozen.com www.dutchmountainfilm.nl Ece Yüksel - actress Ph: +31 6 2843 3816 ece.yuksel97@gmail.com
14 VISITORS PROGRAMME Emerging Dutch producers attending the Visitors Programme at the Berlinale Co-Production Market: Jasper Boon - Boondocs Elize Kerseboom - Zeppers Film & TV Ph: +31 6 4821 1049 Ph: +31 6 1847 9732 jasper@boondocs.nl elize@zeppers.nl www.boondocs.nl www.zeppers.nl Layla Meijman - Studio Ruba Maaike Neve - Bind Ph: +31 6 4189 8869 Ph: +31 20 364 0030 / +31 6 3035 0192 layla@studioruba.com maaike@bindfilm.nl, www.bindfilm.nl www.studioruba.com Chris Stenger - Family Affair Films Ph: +31 6 2421 3430 chris@familyaffairfilms.nl www.familyaffairfilms.nl
EUROPEAN FILM MARKET 15
95’ / colour
Genre: comedy, drama
Original title: THE BAREFOOT EMPEROR
Prod: Bo Films (BE)
Co-prod: Topkapi Films (NL) - Frans van
Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette
Schillings, Wajnbrosse (BE), Propeler Film
(HR), Art Fest (BU)
Completed: September 2019
Language: Dutch, English, French,
German
NL Co-prod: Topkapi Films
Ph: +31 20 303 2494
info@topkapifilms.nl
THE BAREFOOT EMPEROR www.topkapifilms.nl
Jessica Woodworth & Peter Brosens Sales: Be for Films
Ph: +32 48 980 2123
info@beforfilms.com
How the last King of the Belgians became the www.beforfilms.com
first Emperor of Europe. @EFM: GB#151
Sat 22 Feb, 10:50 CinemaxX 17
116’ / colour
Genre: thriller, crime
Original title: PENOZA
Prod: NL Film - Sabine Brian, Kaja Wolffers,
Ronald Versteeg
Completed: November 2019
Language: English, Dutch, Spanish
NL Film
Ph: +31 20 574 7626
info@nlfilm.tv
www.nlfilm.tv
Sales: DFW International
Ph: +31 88 120 2020
BLACK WIDOW chenskens@dfw.nl
www.dfw-international.com
Diederik van Rooijen @EFM: GB # 112
Fri 21 Feb, 14:20 Marriott 1
After hiding in Canada for two years, former
drugs queen Carmen has to return to Amster-
dam to fight her demons and keep her family
safe.16 EUROPEAN FILM MARKET
90’ / colour
Genre: action/adventure, children's,
family
Original title: DE CLUB VAN LELIJKE KINDEREN
Prod: Umami Media - Niek Teunissen,
Casper Eskes, Wim Boven
Co-prod: Shooting Star Film Company -
Dave Schram
Completed: summer 2019
Language: Dutch
Umami Media
Ph: +31 6 2310 5532
niek@umamimedia.nl
www.umami.media
THE CLUB OF UGLY CHILDREN
Sales: Beta Film
Jonathan Elbers Ph: +49 89 673 469-80
beta@betafilm.com
www.betafilm.com
After Paul is transported to a camp for ugly chil-
Sun 23 Feb, 13:15 CinemaxX 12
dren he manages to escape, and hatches a plan
to free all the other ugly kids.
90’ / colour
Genre: black comedy, horror, thriller
Original title: KUTHOER
Prod: NL Film (NL)
Co-prod: BNNVARA (NL)
Completed: January 2020
Language: Dutch
NL Film
Ph: +31 20 574 7626
info@nlfilm.tv
www.nlfilm.tv
Sales: Dutch Features
Ph: +31 23 888 0168
THE COLUMNIST sales@dutchfeatures.com
www.dutchfeatures.com
Ivo van Aart @EFM: GB #164
Fri 21 Feb, 13:20 CinemaxX 19
Columnist Femke is an unlikely murderer, but Mon 24 Feb, 11:05 Parliament
when she's bombarded by hateful messages
and threats on social media, she decides to take
revenge on her trolls.EUROPEAN FILM MARKET 17
108’ / colour
Genre: drama
Original title: LA FORTALEZA
Prod: La Faena Films (VE)
Co-prod: Viking Film (NL) - Marleen Slot,
Mutokino (CO) , In Vivo Films (FR)
Completed: January 2020
Language: Spanish, Pemon
NL co-prod: Viking Film
Ph: +31 6 4143 0708
marleen@vikingfilm.nl
www.vikingfilm.nl
Sales: Reel Suspects
LA FORTALEZA Ph: +33 1 5851 4295
info@reelsupsects.com
Jorge Thielen Armand www.reelsuspects.com
@EFM: GB#152
When riots break out in Venezuela’s capital, Tue 25 Feb, 14:00 CinemaxX 2
Roque heads for the Amazon jungle to restore
the abandoned lodge he built during happier,
healthier days. As the jungle closes in on him,
good friends encourage bad habits and whisper
promises of finding gold.
85’ / colour
Genre: drama
Original title: KALA AZAR
Prod: SNG Film (NL) - Digna Sinke
Co-prod: Heretic (GR)
Completed: January 2020
Language: Greek
SNG Film
Ph: +31 20 686 7837
info@sngfilm.nl
www.sngfilm.nl
Sales: Heretic Outreach
Ph: +30 210 700 3325
KALA AZAR outreach@heretic.gr
www.heretic.gr
Janis Rafa @EFM: GB#C2 (Creative Europe MEDIA)
Tue 25 Feb, 14:30 CinemaxX 14
KALA AZAR describes a place that cannot sustain
animal life any longer, where a young couple
take care of dead animals to give meaning to
their own lives.18 EUROPEAN FILM MARKET
112’ / colour
Genre: psychological thriller
Original title: MARIONETTE
Prod: Accento Films (NL) - Claudia Brandt,
Elbert van Strien, BosBros (NL) - Burny
Bos
Co-prod: Samsa Film (LU), Black Camel
Pictures (UK)
Completed: January 2020
Language: English
Accento Films
www.accentofilms.nl
BosBros
MARIONETTE www.bosbros.com
Elbert van Strien Sales: Rock Salt Releasing
Ph: +1 310 458 7707
sales@rocksaltreleasing.com
A child psychiatrist loses her grip on reality www.rocksaltreleasing.com
when a ten-year-old boy claims he can control Fri 21 Feb, 18:05 CinemaxX 18
her future.
115’ / colour
Genre: romantic comedy
Original title: ONZE JONGENS IN MIAMI
Prod: Johan Nijenhuis & Co - Ingmar
Menning
Completed: January 2020
Language: Dutch
Nijenhuis & Co
Ph: +31 20 760 1960
info@nijenhuisenco.nl
www.nijenhuisenco.nl/film.php
Sales: DFW International
Ph: +31 88 120 2017
MEN AT WORK - MIAMI chenskens@dfw.nl
www.dfw-international.com
Johan Nijenhuis @EFM: GB #112
Sat 22 Feb, 17:10 dffb Atelier
With lots of humor, spectacular choreographies
and tempting muscles, four Dutch strippers try
to open a stripclub in Miami.EUROPEAN FILM MARKET 19
88’ / colour
Genre: drama, feelgood
Original title: MI VIDA
Prod: Phanta Film (NL) - Petra Goedings,
Maaike Benschop
Co-prod: All Go Movies (ES)
Completed: summer 2019
Language: Dutch, Spanish, English
Phanta Film
Ph: +31 20 626 0255
Mostra de São Paulo film@phantavision.com
www.phantavision.com
Santa Barbara IFF
Sales: Nine Film
MI VIDA Ph: +31 20 705 4941
info@ninefilm.com
Norbert ter Hall www.ninefilm.com
@EFM: GB#165
Retired hairdresser Lou decides it is time to Fri 21 Feb, 14:20 CinemaxX 13
make a long-time dream come true. She sells Sat 22 Feb, 16:40 Parliament
her salon and heads off to Spain. Inspired by a
sense of freedom, and encouraged by her Spa-
nish teacher Andrea, she decides to perma-
nently move to the coastal city of Cádiz.
83’ / colour
Sundance
Genre: documentary
Original title: EL AGENTE TOPO
Prod: Micromundo Producciones (CL)
Co-prod: Volya Films (NL) - Denis Vaslin,
Fleur Knopperts, Motto Pictures (USA)
Completed: January 2020
Language: Spanish
NL Co-prod: Volya Films
Ph: +31 10 415 5621
info@volyafilms.com
www.volyafilm.com
Sales: Dogwoof
THE MOLE AGENT Ph: +44 207 253 6244
info@dogwoof.com
Maite Alberdi www.dogwoof.com
@EFM: Marriott #1016
An unusual crossover between traditional police Fri 21 Feb, 09:30 dffb Cinema
fiction and observational documentary that, Sat 22 Feb, 15:00 CinemaxX 16
while humorous, offers a poignant reflection on
the lifestyle of the elderly today.20 EUROPEAN FILM MARKET
95’ / colour
Genre: documentary
Original title: MIJN REMBRANDT
Prod: Discours Film - Oeke Hoogendijk,
Frank van den Engel
Completed: November 2019
Language: Dutch, English, French
Discours Film
Ph: +31 6 5117 0099
discours@xs4all.nl
Sales: Cinephil
Ph: +972 3 566 4129
philippa@cinephil.com
MY REMBRANDT www.cinephil.com
Oeke Hoogendijk Mon 24 Feb, 13:45 CinemaxX 1
Rembrandt is the grandmaster of intimacy. Even
350 years after his death many people, even en-
tire nations, are obsessed by his paintings.
95’ / colour
Genre: children's, family
Original title: DE PIRATEN VAN HIERNAAST
Prod: Johan Nijenhuis & Co - Ingmar Men-
ning, Johan Nijenhuis
Completed: April 2020
Language: Dutch
Johan Nijenhuis & Co
Ph: +31 20 760 1960
info@nijenhuisenco.nl
www.nijenhuisenco.nl
DFW International
Ph: +31 88 120 2017
PIRATES DOWN THE STREET chenskens@dfw.nl
www.dfw-international.com
Pim van Hoeve @EFM: GB #112
Private screening, please contact
Michael (12) is very happy with his new friend chenskens@dfw.nl
next door, pirate Billy, but not everyone in the
area is pleased with the new neighbors…EUROPEAN FILM MARKET 21
110’ / colour
Genre: drama
Original title: DE BELOFTE VAN PISA
Prod: All Yours Film BV (NL) - Rolf Koot
Co-prod: BNNVARA (NL), Minds Meet (BE)
Completed: September 2019
Language: Dutch, Arabic
All Yours Film BV
Ph: +31 20 673 7998
mbfilm@planet.nl
www.rolfkoot.org
Sales: Dutch Features
Ph: +31 23 888 0168
PROMISE OF PISA sales@dutchfeatures.com
www.dutchfeatures.com
Norbert ter Hall @EFM: GB #164
Thu 20 Feb, 09:15 CinemaxX 17
A talented Moroccan boy from the hood must Sun 23 Feb, 16:40 CinemaxX 16
learn to survive at an elite music academy in
Amsterdam’s affluent South, while his brother is
in prison.
96’ / colour
Genre: comedy, drama
Original title: DE LIEFHEBBERS
Prod: Topkapi Films (NL) - Frans van
Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette
Schillings
Co-prod: Menuetto Film (BE), BNNVARA
(NL)
Completed: October 2019
Language: Dutch
Topkapi Films
Ph: +31 20 303 2494
info@topkapifilms.nl
www.topkapifilms.nl
SHIT HAPPENS
Sales: Incredible Film
Anna van der Heide Ph: +31 6 5394 8986
danielle@incrediblefilm.nl
www.incrediblefilm.nl
A recognizable story about one family’s strug- @EFM: GB#159
gles with Alzheimer’s disease.
Fri 21 Feb, 12:40 CinemaxX 1822 EUROPEAN FILM MARKET
90’ / colour
Genre: feelgood drama
Original title: SINGEL 39
Prod: Millstreet Films - Rachel van Bommel
Completed: spring 2019
Language: Dutch, English
Millstreet Films
Ph: +31 20 772 5499
info@millstreetfilms.nl
www.millstreetfilms.nl
Sales: DFW International
Ph: +31 88 120 2020
chenskens@dfw.nl
SINGLE STREET www.dfw-international.com
@EFM: GB #112
Frank Krom
Fri 21 Feb, 11:00 Marriott 1
Surgeon Mo (39) has only one focus in life: her
career. When the extrovert Max becomes her
new neighbor, a special friendship arises.
90’ / colour
Genre: drama, coming of age
Original title: SUNBURNED
Prod: Niko Film (DE)
Co-prod: The Film Kitchen (NL) - Ineke
Kanters, Jan van der Zanden, Staron Film
(PL)
Completed: September 2019
Language: German
NL Co-prod: The Film Kitchen
Ph: +31 6 5239 3626
info@thefilmkitchen.nl
www.thefilmkitchen.nl
SUNBURNED Sales: Picture Tree International
Yuan Rothbauer, Andreas Rothbauer
Carolina Hellsgård Ph: +49 30 4208 2480
pti@picturetree-international.com
www.picturetree-international.com
A lonely 12-year-old girl on holiday with her fa- @EFM: GB#04
mily in Spain meets a teenage Senegalese mi-
Thu 20 Feb, 15:30 dffb Cinema
grant and tries to help him escape his desolate
situation.EUROPEAN FILM MARKET 23
85’ / colour
Genre: horror, thriller
Original title: BUMPERKLEEF
Prod: Topkapi Films (NL) – Laurette Schil-
lings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel
Co-prod: Savage Film (BE), AVROTROS
(NL)
Completed: June 2019
Language: Dutch
Topkapi Films
Ph: +31 20 303 2494
info@topkapifilms.nl
www.topkapifilms.nl
TAILGATE Sales: Attraction Distribution
Ph: +1 514 846 1222
Lodewijk Crijns info@attractiondistribution.ca
www.attractiondistribution.ca
@EFM: GB#141
What happens when you tailgate the wrong guy?
Thu 20 Feb, 14:30 dffb Atelier
Mon 24 Feb, 17:00 CinemaxX 5
95’ / colour
Genre: drama
Original title: MUIDHOND
Prod: Prime Time (BE)
Co-prod: KeyFilm (NL) - Hanneke Niens,
Hans de Wolf, Versus Production (BE)
Completed: March 2019
Language: Flemish, Dutch
NL Co-prod: KeyFilm
Ph: +31 20 423 1596
info@keyfilm.nl
www.keyfilm.nl
Sales: Be for Films
TENCH Ph: +32 4 8980 2123
info@beforfilms.com
Patrice Toye www.beforfilms.com
@EFM: GB#151
Jonathan is released from prison due to lack of Sun 23 Feb, 11:15 CinemaxX 12
evidence and returns to his mother’s house. He is
determined to become a different and better per-
son. He strictly adheres to the rules, but his good
intentions are put to the test when a young woman
moves in next to him with her small daughter.24 BERLINALE SERIES MARKET
4 x 50’ / colour
Genre: crime series
Original title: STANLEY H.
Prod: NL Film (NL)
Co-prod : KRO-NCRV (NL)
Completed: October 2019
Language: Dutch
NL Film
Ph: +31 20 574 7626
info@nlfilm.tv
www.nlfilm.tv
Sales: DFW International
Ph: +31 88 120 2017
STANLEY chenskens@dfw.nl
www.dfw-international.com
Tim Oliehoek @EFM: GB #112
Mon 24 Feb, 11:30 Zoo Palast Club A
Based on the true story of notorious criminal
Stanley Hillis. With the help of the government,
Stanley evolves from 'gentleman' bank robber to
ruthless kingpin.You can also read
