Guusje van Deuren

Hotel Mokum

Pak Mokum Terug is the name of a group of Amsterdam activists that refuse to accept that the basic right to housing no longer appears to apply. The group’s name means “Take Back Amsterdam,” Mokum being the traditional nickname for a capital city in which today, for more and more people, a home is becoming unaffordable. Against this background, Hotel Mokum reports on the squatting of a dilapidated hotel in the city center, narrated in the voice of a fictitious activist.

Koet

Due to a new bridge, the skipper of a ferryboat is suddenly without passengers. A coot looking for stuff for its nest provides a solution.

I Don't Wanna Dance

An aspiring teenage dancer finds himself torn between his increasingly destructive mother and his own happiness.

About That Life

Determined to live the high life and make their mark, a trio of audacious teenagers sets out on a riotous quest across Amsterdam to get into the city's most exclusive nightclub.

Wild

A family takes a vacation in Limburg, where the annoying behaviour of the father soon causes tension. When the wife can’t take it anymore and leaves with the son, the man gets into trouble when he meets two hunters. Well-made short relies on its resounding punch line. Ouch, ouch!

13 Attempts To Shoot My Father

After his retired father, Franco, nearly dies from a heart attack, Francesco decides to make a film about him. Francesco’s ruthless directing methods, as well as Franco's dubious acting efforts, generate both absurd and intimate dialogues which mostly occur between the takes. Edited as the “making of” for a film that was never finished, '13 attempts to shoot my father' follows the tragicomic journey of the director-son and his actor-father attempts at overcoming, with the help of a camera, their inability to communicate

Fight Girl

Twelve-year-old Bo is a talented but hot-tempered kick boxer. However, Bo is distracted by her fighting parents who are in the middle of a divorce. Bo needs to learn how to control her emotions and at the same time accept the fact she can't control everything.

Ten-Minute Conversation

Mother Marit feels that her son’s primary school does not allow him enough room for his male energy. During the parent-teacher meeting, she seeks recourse. Miss Yvonne tries to keep up a professional attitude, but after the umpteenth reproach she can no longer restrain her pent-up frustration. The exasperation of a teacher who has had to endure countless changes through the years is embodied with explosive rage by Yvonne, in this brutal comedy with finger paint.

Nightshade

Tarik helps his father Elias transport illegal immigrants into the Netherlands. When an accident occurs, Tarik gains the acknowledgment from his father he has yearned for, but at a high price - the loss of his own innocence.

The Intruder

In this smart and incisive thriller, a Dutch cop of Moroccan heritage goes undercover in a Moroccan drug ring and finds there a feeling of belonging he never experienced in "normal" society.

Kluizenaar - de Film

Broeder Hugo is 35, katholiek en al 10 jaar kluizenaar in Noord-Groningen. Hij woont alleen in zijn kapel achter een hek met een slot. Stilte lijkt dan voor het oprapen te liggen, maar afleiding misschien nog wel meer. Een beschouwende documentaire over de menselijke beweging tussen iets heel graag willen en de weerbarstige praktijk.