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- The human cost of US immigration policy reaches far beyond physical borders.
- A disarming, moving, and humorous story about a 53-year-old disabled woman experiencing intimacy for the first time in her life. What is she truly craving?
- How do you reinvent yourself when your partner goes through a change? This task awaits Corrie. Her partner Ashley is in transition from male to female. Increasingly, Corrie wonders to what extent she can follow her partner's transition. She will have to search for who she herself is deep inside to come to an answer. Corrie wants a relationship in which her partner is mainly there for her, and not just for herself. She feels short-changed and she is done with that. With her best friend Jet, she can pour her heart out and is encouraged to keep thinking of herself as well. Yet it is not all doom and gloom. The changes offer surprising new insights into the relationship and about themselves. Hidden flaws and dormant desires for self-fulfillment surface. The new situation offers opportunities for a clean slate and reinvention of herself. It also brings Corrie and Ashley closer together at unexpected times, in ways that might not have been possible before the change.
- Shabu, a 14-year old from Peperklip, Rotterdam, accidentally crashes his grandma's car. He then spends a summer trying to make money for the car while pursuing his passion: making music.
- Bullying is a shockingly common phenomenon which begins in the schoolyard and goes viral on social media. Filmmaker Eef Hilgers lends a platform to a seldom-heard voice, as 13-year-old Rosalie paints a picture of persistent psychological torment, which ends up tainting even the former sanctuary of her own bedroom. By speaking up about it and trading stories with other victims over the internet, she slowly recovers her self-esteem.
- Painter Raquel van Haver travels to her native Colombia in search of strong female leaders for her new exhibition 'Amo a la Reina". Back in Holland, Raquel starts painting these powerful women as contemporary Mother Mary figures, as she reflects on her personal history.
- What is on the minds of three young people who experience psychoses? Amid all the confusion, they look for the meaning of their mania, each in her or his own way.
- In a world where fantasy meets reality, Tengkwa leads a band of Dutch wrestlers and tries to train a new generation of superheroes. With slim chances of fame and glory, only the most die-hard of them will succeed.
- At the age of 15, can you know if you ever want to conceive or give birth to a child? The team coordinator at the gender clinic in the Dutch city of Zaandam is doubtful. And yet this is one of the questions he asks the young people who register for psychological guidance. A fellow psychologist trusts that young people know what is good for them. He is a trans man and one of the experts by experience who work at the clinic. Their added value is obvious, but can also cause friction. The use of language, already such a sensitive instrument, proves to be more complex than some expect. There are those who see it as unnecessary to mention your pronouns when you introduce yourself, but the majority are in favor. When a cis woman states that she's "simply" attracted to men, eyebrows are raised. Director Ingrid Kamerling switches smoothly between observation and interviews. Her investigative view drills into the complexity of the organization: the constant money issues, the administrative constraints, the unhealthy workload. Above all, there is a sense of the need to equip young people and their parents as well as possible for the emotional journey of drastic change that lies ahead of them.
- This documentary series follows three young people in Rotterdam-Zuid, each of whom is grappling in their own way with the trials of growing up. Tamia is an articulate girl with strong opinions, who wants to be a spoken-word artist, for which she is relentlessly teased: "They call me extra, unnecessary, different." Selena has a mouth full of braces, a distant sister, and a father who has a clumsy way of showing his love. She really wants to spend time with the whole family, and to have a good time together. "Nobody has manners here." Darlin, who was born on Curaçao and grew up in the Dominican Republic, wants nothing other than to work to support his mother, who has serious health problems: "I want to finish school and not get a criminal record." This series follows the three of them in their everyday lives, as they talk openly about their doubts, fears, and dreams. The loving camera exposes their vulnerability, but above all their courage and determination.
- Lovers Hetty (76) and Jeanne (91) are determined to enjoy themselves 'till they drop'. But Jeanne's worsening dementia puts a strain on their happiness.
- Ariana (12) loves to dance with her hairy friend, Mikey her dog. Sadly, she has a ticking bomb inside of her: two kidneys that are not working. If she wants to continue dancing, she must find a donor.
- CERES is a poetic and tangible documentary feature film that follows four children as they experience the natural cycle of life on a farm.
- Willpower, a community centre and music school, is a safe haven for the needy and outcasts from society. When the centre is threatened with closure because they have to make way for urban development, the question arises: Can they find the willpower to preserve their beloved place?
- Lenno and the Angelfish tells the story of a 10-year old boy, who tries his best to behave. But how to be 'a good boy 'when everybody has their own opinion of what the difference is between right and wrong?
- Ten-year-old Keet is a girl whose skateboard skills have attracted attention in a skate world dominated by boys. Keet rolls through a world of pre-conceived opinions on how girls should be, while carving out her own path.
- Noëll, an 11-year-old boy with autism, has a hard time connecting with people. When Noëll gets Gerrit, a though buddy with a motorcycle, appointed to him they head of on an adventure. On the motorbike Noëll is freed from the outside world that tells him how to be. A road trip full of dreamy and observing moments follows. Will they learn to trust each other and let their guard down?
- To what extent is our national history a breeding ground for the current fear of newcomers? 2Doc: Our Motherland uses the daily life of Constant Kusters, the controversial political leader of the right-wing extremist party the Nederlandse Volks-Unie, to sketch a picture of Dutch society and its dealings with 'the other' over the centuries.
- The adventurous Peter Paul worked his way up through the police force from the late 1990s to become a specialist in the Special Investigative Applications Service (DSRT), better known as the 'stealth section'. As an undercover agent, he found himself among the Netherlands' most notorious criminals, placing listening devices in cars, houses and flats, once even dangling from a block of flats. But after a period of highs - also on a personal level - Peter Paul finds himself in a free fall and several years later sits at home alone with his service weapon, full of compulsive thoughts about suicide. Eventually, he is diagnosed with occupation-related PTSD. Can Peter Paul regain his grip on reality?
- Merle (8) lives in a tiny village in the very south of the Netherlands. In a few weeks time, she will make her first Holy Communion in church. Just like her parents, grandparents and grandparents once did. That is a very special moment in the Catholic faith," says grandpa. Merle is looking forward to the beautiful clothes and gifts she will receive for her communion party, but is not yet sure what to think of what the religious teacher tells her at school about Jesus. For example, that by eating the host he comes very close to you. In conversations with Grandpa, Dad and her classmates, she tries to find out how that really works. Will things really change when Merle eats the blessed host?