Nils Verkooijen

During tender years, a companion can guide you through awkward moments when the heart rules the head, or be a partner in crime in the face of danger. Follow these young men through the highs and lows of early learning, when all around us is new, and peer pressure is at its most pervasive. The 6 short films are: It Was Dark [Il faisait noir] (2015); Suspendu (2015); Keep Going (2016); Headbutt (2017); Out of the Blue [Ud af det blå] (2016); Mars Colony (2020).

When a successful TV personality is robbed of her new film camera, she exaggerates the story to get the most out of her insurance. However, when the young suspect unexpectedly gets arrested, this trivial lie ignites a chain reaction of unforeseen consequences that will know only losers in the end.

Una adaptación del texto de Doblin al Berlín de 2015 para contar la historia del refugiado de 30 años Francis, el único superviviente de un barco que cruzó el Mediterráneo ilegalmente. Sin los documentos de ciudadanía, Francis se ve arrastrado a lo más vulnerable de la ciudad.

A fatally-timed invasion of privacy forces two male roommates to an all-too-intimate heart-to-heart.

La historia de un joven holandés-marroquí que intenta mantenerse en una academia de música de élite en un elegante barrio del sur de Amsterdam, mientras su hermano está en prisión.

Headbutt portrays the desire of Tobias (15) to restore the old relationship he had with his brother Lucas (18). While they used to do everything together, Lucas now has no interest in his younger brother anymore. When Tobias fantasizes that Lucas will commit suicide, Tobias has no other option than to restore the relationship with his isolated brother.

With his familial bookshop on the verge of bankruptcy, Simon finds himself retreating more and more to his cabin in the woods. After witnessing the suicide of a stranger, a childhood trauma involving his bullied best friend resurfaces and he withdraws even further into the past, estranging himself from his wife and his responsibilities. The only glimmer of hope is a young girl who needs help with her book review. But there is more to the girl than there seems to be.

Cuando el salto con su coche se convierte en un éxito en YouTube, a Ron, siempre borracho, le ofrecen trabajo como especialista de bajo presupuesto.

Escaping his execution at the hands of Nazi Soldiers, a rebellious Dutch teenager writes a brutally honest love letter to the girl who changed his life.

La película cuenta la historia de amor entre Hans (Barry Atsma) y Margje (Noortje Herlaar) - novios desde la escuela. Hans crece en un ambiente religioso muy estricto, con un padre brutal. Huye de su casa muy joven y deja los estudios de horticultura. Después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, se inicia en un vivero en un pueblo de la provincia de Gelderland. Al principio, él y Margje disfrutan de una vida familiar feliz y amor sin límites. También tienen problemas, sin embargo, mantienen el negocio en marcha. Un día, conoce a Jozef Mieras (Marcel Hensema), quien le habla de Dios. Después Hans oye la voz de Dios en una visión, se convierte y cambia de fe - una fe va a determinar el curso de su vida, y la de su familia. Las divisiones entre los diferentes miembros de la familia se vuelven más y más grandes hasta que Hans cae totalmente en las garras de una secta religiosa. Sin embargo, el amor incondicional de Margje sobrevive, a pesar de todo.

Michiel de Ruyter (1607-1676) fue uno de los innovadores más grandes y apasionados en ingeniería de combate y por lo tanto se convirtió en un héroe naval en Holanda. A medida que la profundamente desgarrada Holanda es atacada desde todos los lados y se encuentra al borde de la guerra civil, él luchará por los intereses del país. Pero a los ojos de aquellos que ostentan el poder, sus éxitos le hacen demasiado popular y Michiel será enviado a una misión mortal.

Maarten is an ordinary 16-year-old. He likes to hang around in the park, listen to music, play videogames and dance as much as possible. Preferably with his dance partner Roxanne. But almost nobody, especially not Roxanne, knows he has a metabolic disease that could end his life. Despite the concerns of his parent, Maarten wants to live life to the fullest. But with his body failing him more and more, maybe the time has come to accept he is not ordinary.

Maarten is an ordinary 16-year-old. He likes to hang around in the park, listen to music, play videogames and dance as much as possible. Preferably with his dance partner Roxanne. But almost nobody, especially not Roxanne, knows he has a metabolic disease that could end his life. Despite the concerns of his parent, Maarten wants to live life to the fullest. But with his body failing him more and more, maybe the time has come to accept he is not ordinary.

Durante la ocupación alemana de Holanda, en 1943, en plena II Guerra Mundial, Tuur y Lambert son los mejores amigos. Sin ser del todo conscientes de la situación en que vive su pequeña ciudad, juegan a la guerra por el bosque y van al colegio con aparente normalidad. Pero todo eso va a cambiar pronto, entre otras cosas por la llegada de una nueva alumna a la escuela, de la que ambos quedan prendados sin saber que su destino está marcado. Inevitablemente, Tuur, cuya familia tiene lazos secretos con la Resistencia, y Lambert, cuyos padres colaboran con los alemanes, verán puesta a prueba su amistad, cuando el primero descubra que incluso la vida de su familia está en peligro.

El compañero de clase de David, Jochem, sufre acoso escolar por su sobrepeso. Aunque David intenta frenar el acoso, quizá sea demasiado tarde.

20 LIES, 4 PARENTS AND A LITTLE EGG tells the story of Sjors and Bert, a gay male couple who are unexpectedly introduced to the 15 year-old adolescent Dylan. Dylan was the product of a sperm donation that Sjors had forgotten he had ever made. But after his eviction by his mother and girlfriend, the boy has turned up on Sjors and Bert's doorstep, and the lives of everybody will be changed forever.

Sanne (Hanna Obbeek) loves stories about ghosts and other mysterious things. Her father Lucas, is a famous ghost hunter. During a holiday Lucas is asked to chase ghosts of the former cruise ship 'Rotterdam'. Sanne is very happy to hear she and her little brother Thomas can come along. On the ship she meets ghost Bobby (Nils Verkooijen), a boy of her age, who has been wandering the ship since the sixties. Sanne decides to help Bobby.

In this road movie, mediator Bram drives his elderly father, Kees, to a German village - assured that he wants to pay a visit to an old friend. Once they arrive, Bram discovers the true goal of the trip.

Akkie (Hanna Obbeek, 'Bobby en de Geestenjagers') es una chica que asiste a la escuela primaria a la que le apasiona el fútbol, tanto es así, que puede llegar a ser una auténtica bestia. El amor es lo único a lo que teme. Cuando los médicos diagnostican que Akkie padece leucemia, la joven deberá luchar por su vida. Apenas quedan unos meses para que empiece en el instituto y Akkie deberá sopesar si quiere permitir que el amor entre a formar parte de su vida y, por lo tanto, tener el valor de aceptar los inevitables caprichos del corazón.

Eleven-year-old Eva is upset by the many rows between her parents and decides to run away. She wants to hide at her best friends Jackie and Thomas’ house, but circumstances bring her to her mysterious neighbour’s garden. She finds a secret letter there, which tells her the man is a king pin in a criminal organisation. And he is not exactly happy with Eva’s unannounced visit. To convince her of the importance of secrecy, he reveals that Eva’s dad is also involved in his illegal affairs. Eva hesitates: is her father who he claims to be? From that moment on, the enterprising girl does her utmost to exonerate her father from being involved. A period dawns in which Eva discovers that grownups also lead their own lives. She wants to ask questions, but at the same time she is afraid of the answers.

Fat adolescent Dik Trom enjoys growing up in a hedonistic town devoted to food and fun. When a restaurant chain offers his father the life-long-dreamed opportunity to run his own, the Trom family moves. Their new home town Dunhoven is however inhabited by health freaks who prefer only fitness to dietary sobriety.

During his holiday, ten-year-old Joshua saunters around by the IJsselmeer and meets the tough boy Mick, who is a little older. The latter only wants to become friends if Joshua climbs the forbidden lighthouse. But Joshua lacks the courage. When a third boy arrives, they fool him into believing that Joshua did stand the test. So now it is the newcomer's turn. But then something terrible happens and Joshua does not dare tell his parents.

'Revenge is a dish best served cold', the saying goes. In this morbid tragedy, in which everything revolves around the interior and exterior of man, not a word is said. A little boy gets a slice of sausage from that sweet blonde butcher's wife, whom he, in his exploratory innocence, disgraces in front of the callous clientele. The Roald Dahl-like aftermath is extremely delectable. 'May she live on in all of us.'

Winky es una niña de seis años que acaba de llegar a Holanda con su madre, para vivir con su padre. Después de pasar un día bastante duro en el colegio, se encuentra con un potro muy hermoso.

A young boy and his young sister are playing on a rubbish dump, acting out their parents' divorce. For this they use their father's things which their mother brought to the dumping ground out of anger. The girl only wants to use their fathers things, but the boy finds something that he finds much more interesting.