Suzan de Swaan

Interpreter

Nine-year-old Tatiana is fine with her role as an interpreter for Mami. She can even use it sometimes to manipulate her mother who is poor at speaking Dutch. But then her mother’s health declines rapidly and they have a to consult a doctor.

Amsterdam Alert

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.

Genoeg

The insecure genderqueer Jae wants to make their mother proud by including her in their life. When their mother attempts to keep contact to a minimum, Jae confronts her in vain.

Jammed

70-year-old Edith, who has fallen into social and mental isolation, comes into contact with an equally lonely young man. Although they have absolutely nothing in common, he rekindles the zest for life in her.

Doestet Daram

When Farid’s mother dies, he and his father Dariush are both grieving in their own way. They’ve never been close and this escalates when Farid wants to play his mother’s favorite song for Dariush. What starts as a simple act ends in an outburst of emotions.

Emotional Girl

Amina is a successful CEO who doesn’t like to express her emotions to the outside world. While visiting her friend Keke, who is the opposite of herself, Amina feels attracted to the golden dance pole in the middle of the living room. As the night evolves, Amina gets challenged to step out of her comfort zone and embrace her vulnerability.

Fathers & Sons

Two emotionally stunted brothers convince an elderly stranger to pose as their deceased father in order to keep living off his retirement income, only to find their stand-in patriarch's cultured and sensitive personality having an increasingly profound impact on them.

Anne+: The Film

Just before Anne is moving from Amsterdam to live with her great love Sara in Montreal, her publisher criticizes the manuscript for her first novel. What exactly is the story she's trying to tell? Does she even have something to say at all? Anne is forced to search for what she wants in life, because it is not only the main character in her novel who seems to be a little lost.

Gutmensch

After babysitting Marjolijn’s child, Zohre is suddenly back on her doorstep. Can’t she stay overnight? For this one night, Marjolijn turns the living room couch into a bed for the Afghan refugee. However, one night quickly turns into months. Developing a close relationship, Marjolijn tries to improve Zohre’s unfortunate situation. Conversations about family, friends and even a soap series alternate with lengthy phone conversations with dreadfully bureaucratic Dutch authorities.