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- DirectorVincent Boy KarsStarsLeyla de MuynckPierre BokmaElsie de BrauwAn experimental blend of documentary and fiction which challenges a young woman to cope with a number of key episodes from her recent past by reenacting them.
- DirectorOeke HoogendijkStarsTaco DibbitsWim PijbesChronicles the design of a new entrance to the Rijksmuseum Museum and complete rebuild of the interior. From 2003 it documents the multiple crises which slow the project's progress until the institution reopened.
- DirectorLukás KokesKlára TasovskáThey are 19 years old, lead normal teenage lives, and attend the same school in a small Czech border town. The film portrays Teo, Renata, Anicka, and Nikola at a time when looming adulthood is beginning to cast an anxious shadow over their carefree high school existence. Each of them faces a momentous challenge whose outcome will change their life forever.
- DirectorPeter LatasterPetra Lataster-CzischStarsKiet EngelHaya KhleifBranche JovanovskiImmigrant children have to find their way in a new classroom, with a new teacher and a language they don't understand. An ode to the teacher every child deserves.
- DirectorGodfrey ReggioStarsEdward AsnerPat BenatarJerry BrownA collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.
- DirectorEva Julia MannekeSearching for Aliens is about the human quest for alien life. Not answering the question of whether alien life exists, but showing how this affects our life on earth. Not only exposing the rational arguments, but also the intuition, the human emotion, and the new perspective that this gives to our own planet. Interviews with five people who deal with this question from different angles, sharing their story on the mysterious topic. Mike Garrett an astronomical whistle-blower and former director of ASTRON, Lucas Ellerbroek an astronomer, Lange Frans rapper and presenter, Heino Falcke professor and pastor, and Coen Vermeeren former TU Delft lecturer. "The quest for alien life is a search for ourselves" (Lucas Ellerbroek - astronomer)
- DirectorMorgan KnibbeIn search of love, the ghost of a drowned refugee frantically roams the fringes of Europe, the alleged paradise, while witnessing the brutal everyday reality of immigrants stuck in limbo.
- DirectorSophie DrosA story about five young people who neither feel male nor female, but rather position themselves somewhere in between. They all have their own struggles, but together they create a compelling story about acceptance.
- DirectorCoco SchrijberIn How to Meet a Mermaid, the sea becomes a haven for mankind, locked in its struggle with its 'indifferent universe'. Lex, Rebecca, and Miguel each have their own reasons to lay their lives in the hands of the capricious waters. The question remains, however, whether they will find what they so anxiously seek underneath the surface of the waters.
- DirectorBarbara VisserWho is still afraid of red, yellow and blue? It is one of the most important abstract paintings of the twentieth century and has evoked more than just this provoking question. Fifty years after the event around the painting "Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III" by Barnett Newman the question is asked: what is art?
- DirectorAlex de RondeStarsTobias de RondeJoachim de RondeChristina BihlTo forever be an outsider in your own country or roam freely in an international but tiny kingdom? That is the choice Tobias, who was born deaf, seems to be faced with.
- DirectorGuido HendrikxStarsValentijn DhaenensIn a classroom newly arrived refugees learn a lesson about multifarious Europe. Operating at the intersection of fiction and documentary, Stranger in Paradise reflects on the power relations between Europeans and refugees in a candid fashion.
- DirectorLola AriasTHEATRE OF WAR is an innovative feature documentary that reveals the personal stories of both British and Argentinean former soldiers whose lives were deeply affected by the Falklands war. The stylized individual narratives, where real experience is turned into fiction by men re-enacting their own memories, reveals deeper emotional truths about the consequences of war. It is a unique collaboration between Argentinean and British timed for the 35th anniversary of the war. In a film set turned time machine, those who fought are transported into the past to reconstruct their war and aftermath memories in acclaimed Argentinian artist Lola Arias' latest work.
- DirectorEd PerkinsStarsKai Francis LewisNikisha LewisLarry OlubamiwoAfter the high-profile killing of Damilola Taylor, Cornelius' family move out of London. But when they discover their new town is run by racists, Cornelius takes a drastic step to survive.
- StarsMary C. McKitrickOn August 4, 2006, the personal search queries of 650,000 AOL (America Online) users accidentally ended up on the Internet, where they were visible to everyone. It tells the story of one of those AOL users.
- DirectorDavid VerbeekIn the Chinese city of Chongqing, rappers try to figure out what can and can not be done since new censorship guidance has been issued, forbidding any form of improvisation.
- DirectorWillem BaptistStarsStefanie SchneiderStephen HerchenChris BonanosINSTANT DREAMS tells the story of a group of scientist who are trying to unravel the chemical formula of Polaroid and the Polaroid-users that eagerly await its rebirth. Each in their own way tries to keeps their instant dream alive.
- DirectorAnna van 't HekAli SafdariStarsNatalia PortnoyDocumentary about Yab Yum, once the most famous brothel in Amsterdam. It has been closed years ago because it was being used more and more for criminal activities.