Frans van Gestel

An all-too-ambitious playlist curator at a major music streaming company finds himself on a soul-searching summer day’s odyssey across his adopted Amsterdam.

Two promising dancers navigate the demanding world of ballet in 1970s Amsterdam.

Léo y Rémi, de 13 años, son amigos de toda la vida. Hasta que un suceso impensable los separa. Léo se acerca entonces a Sophie, la madre de Rémi, para tratar de entender.

When Eva’s mother unexpectedly dies, the life of Eva turns out to be built on secrets and lies. The fear of losing her mind, just like her father who has been living in a mental facility for many years, becomes more and more of a threat, propelling Eva on a quest into her past to face her demons.

Adaptación de la novela "Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy (Studies in the History of Sexuality)" de Judith C. Brown, que gira en torno a la sexualidad en un convento y la homosexualidad de una de sus monjas, que desde joven comenzó a tener visiones sin conocer el motivo. Ambientada en el siglo XVII e inspirada en hechos reales, narra la vida de la monja Benedetta Carlini, abadesa en el Convento de la Madre de Dios en Pescia, Italia, y de cómo empezó a tener extrañas visiones que la llevaron a recluirse en sí misma. Es cuando la jerarquía católica decide investigar y pronto encontrará que la abadesa Benedetta está teniendo relaciones sexuales con otra monja del convento, la hermana Bartolomea. Esto provocará un gran enfrentamiento con la Iglesia, en un momento muy complicado de la historia, en el que el protestantismo avanza con fuerza.

Cuando la joven iraní Pari y su religioso esposo, mucho mayor que ella, llegan a Atenas para visitar a su hijo, este no aparece para recogerles en el aeropuerto como prometió. Tampoco vive en la dirección que les había dado. Ambos salen en busca de su hijo, pero pronto se encuentran en medio de una ciudad atravesada por las peleas callejeras y las barricadas en llamas. Como su esposo no habla inglés, Pari debe salir de su tradicional rol de esposa musulmana sumisa y silenciosa para poder comunicarse con los habitantes de este país extranjero y localizar a su hijo. A medida que avanza la búsqueda de su hijo, Pari va logrando una independencia cada vez mayor y reuniendo un coraje que nunca supo que tenía.

How the last King of the Belgians becomes the first Emperor of Europe.

Hans tiene tanta seguridad en sí mismo que raya en la prepotencia. Un día, estando en la carretera con su familia, discute con otro conductor. El hombre, resentido por los malos modos de Hans, empieza a seguirlo, dispuesto a llegar a extremos inimaginables para aplicar un correctivo moral al protagonista.

When they are confronted with the disease of the pater familias, all the members of the Liefhebber family have to face their fears, faults and their troubled interrelationships.

A pesar de su experiencia y experiencia, un psicólogo experimentado está completamente enamorado del delincuente sexual que está tratando en una institución penal.

Patrick is the handyman on his father's naturist campsite. The remaining time he dedicates to his hobby, designing and creating wooden furniture. When Patrick loses his campsite hammer, his quest to retrieve it takes him to the farthest corners of the camping grounds.

On a brother with a burn-out and his two sisters. What does it mean: to care for each other? A shameless and present-day generation film.

Lara, de 15 años, sueña con convertirse en bailarina. Con el apoyo de su padre, se lanza de lleno a esta búsqueda interminable. Pero su cuerpo no se doblega tan fácilmente a la disciplina que le impone, porque en realidad cuando nació era un niño.

As the whole country is preparing for the World Cup, all characters are confronted with the Dutch ‘Orange Fever’, which seems to either bring them closer together, or drift them apart.

Hannah (32) a very popular vlogger on YouTube, lives the perfect life on camera. When her boyfriend decides to walk his own path, it is getting harder and harder to keep up appearances.

Sigue los pasos de dos hermanos totalmente opuestos pero que, aún así, decidirán abrir un bar juntos que pronto se convertirá en el nido en que caerán los pájaros perdidos de la noche. A pesar del éxito, los dos hermanos deberán enfrentarse a las dificultades que comporta llevar un negocio en familia. Su fraternidad se transforma, a su pesar, en rivalidad. (FILMAFFINITY)

En 1888, en Ámsterdam, un fabricante de violines testarudo se encuentra inmerso en peligro y tragedia después de que empresarios amenazan a su comunidad. Un grupo de inversores quiere construir un lujoso hotel enfrente de la nueva estación, el Hotel Victoria. Película holandesa basada en la novela homónima de Thomas Rosenboom.

A short – apparently innocent – announcement turns the lives of a couple of employees at a wellness centre down. An absurd tragicomedy.

This stylish, sexually charged thriller revolves around two men who kidnap a woman and chain her to a bed as they await the ransom money. As the clock ticks, the woman discovers that she may have a relationship with one of the kidnappers that she never expected...and that the two men may have a relationship with each other that no one could have expected.

Naomi, a fifteen year-old Dutch girl from South-Amsterdam, develops a crush on a beautiful Arabic girl of the same age living in the poor quarters of Amsterdam West. During one magical summer in Amsterdam, the two girls play an emotional chess game of love, seduction and attraction.

Juan y su familia urbana viven en el campo mexicano, donde ellos disfrutan y sufren un mundo aparte. Y nadie sabe si estos dos mundos son complementarios o si se esfuerzan por eliminar el uno al otro.

All the members of the De Roover family have ended up at a point of no return in their lives where crucial choices have to be made. Winnie wants a child. Her husband Rutmer wants to get in touch with his feelings. His brother Charlie doesn't want any responsibilities. Their brother-in-law Dick wants his deceased wife back. Head of the family Arend wants to be happy. Mother Jeannette wants somebody to want her. Written by Topkapi Films

Impactante historia de amor entre Elise y Didier. Ella se dedica a hacer tatuajes en su tienda y el toca el bajo en una banda a nivel regional. Recuerdan su amor a primera vista, su pasión, cómo la música bluegrass les acercó, el embarazo inesperado y la alegría de tener a la preciosa Maybelle. Un círculo completo de felicidad para una pareja muy poco convencional. Pero a los 6 años de edad la enfermedad de la niña ocasionará una gran brecha en la pareja. El estrés y la tristeza causados por la enfermedad de Maybelle empiezan a pasarles factura y Didier y Elise reaccionan de modos completamente diferentes.

Marian, a middle aged nurse, devotes herself to her patients like a saint. Sometimes she even takes on the role of a redeemer, by helping the gravely ill to the soothing order of ultimate silence. When she gets linked to a neighbor in an act of common voyeurism, she becomes fascinated by him. Faced with the fragility of these newfound emotions, Marian surrenders to her human needs

Una hermosa actriz holandesa (Halina Reijn), es secuestrada mientras esta de vacaciones en Bélgica por una mujer bastante menos agraciada físicamente (Tineke Caels). Movida principalmente por la envidia, las dos mujeres entran en una prolongada batalla psicológica, en que la confianza y el engaño van de la mano. (FILMAFFINITY)

Biopic sobre una de las más importantes poetisas de Sudáfrica, interpretada por Carice van Houten.

One hour before the State Opening of Parliament, something very unusual happens. The Prime Minister appears and demands an adjustment to the Queen's speech. The speech concerns aid to Africa. Even with all the pressure around the State Opening, Beatrix goes back in time, and remembers her banishment to Canada, the visit to the victims of the Flood disaster and the turbulence suffered by her parents at Palace Soestdijk during the Hofman case.

Joy is an emotionally damaged young woman of eighteen, who was given up at birth, to grow up in homes and with foster families. She lives on the fringes of society, getting by on benefits and earning a little extra by playing the accordion in the subway. In addition, she is a skilled shoplifter and has never been caught.

Karo, una niña de diez años, vive con sus padres en una comuna de Amsterdam durante la década de los setenta. Su existencia, marcada por el hecho de ser hija única y por vivir en aquella utopía creada por los adultos que la rodean, transcurre sin preocupaciones. Aunque conforme a los principios de aquel modo de vida todo lo que hay en la casa se comparte, pronto se hace patente que no todo el mundo está preparado para cumplir este precepto. Karo se encuentra dividida entre el amor que siente por su madre y la lealtad que les debe a su padre y a los ideales de éste.

Gunther, un joven escritor que no consigue que le publiquen nada, recuerda momentos del inicio de su adolescencia, con 13 años, marcada por una familia de perdedores, alcohólicos y violentos.

un thriller sobre drogas, hermandad y la delgada línea entre el bien y el mal. n esta producción, Hans, un religioso pescador, y su rebelde hermano, Stijn, tratan de salvar su barco pesquero. Su difícil relación parece mantener a raya el éxito, hasta que un día encuentran una cantidad considerable de drogas en sus redes. Lo que sucede después se convierte en una cuestión de vida o muerte para los hermanos, interpretados por Hensema y Bolhuis.

In his new film a young director puts his girlfriend through a love test. By doing so he risks his real life relationship with her.

A romantic comedy told with a set of interwoven Christmas tales about life, love, forgiveness and caring. A heroic vagrant becomes a TV sensation Santa Claws, while a prince takes a menial job at a department store to woo his sweetheart.

Slightly bored, two young Chinese people circle around each other in modern Shanghai. She works in a trance club, he is a DJ. In the daytime they are at home together, but their relationship seems to have reached a stalemate. They hardly communicate and have arguments about nothing. A meeting with her ex in the street sets the young woman thinking. She started dressing differently and took a new hairstyle, but has she really changed?

Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Tras la ejecución de su familia, una joven judía se une a los grupos de Resistencia que luchan contra la ocupación de Holanda por las tropas alemanas. Su misión será infiltrarse en el Cuartel General Nazi para seducir a un alto oficial alemán a fin de obtener información que permita liberar a un grupo de combatientes que han sido capturados...

Bennie, a clumsy criminal who's touchy about his weight, teams up with his adoptive father's biological (serial killer) son, his employees who in his absence turned his snack-bar into a quiche bakery, a suicidal manic-depressive woman and a Yugoslavian who keeps blowing things up unintended. They need to get 300000 Euro to get Bennies father a new liver.

Young Karel buys his first mobile phone, with digital camera, and discovers unexpected possibilities to make his sexual fantasies come true. A slightly absurdistic comedy.

An old farmer's wife lives alone on a secluded farm. In documentary-like observations, her idyllic life files past. Then, it is discovered that her house, as the last one in Belgium, has not been connected to the electricity grid yet. On their TVs and radios, the Belgians, living in houses that are filled with electric appliances, hear her story. `How has she managed to live like that?'

Gorgeous Dutch youngster Max has two passions, acting and girls. The first becomes his brilliant career, which takes off so well he gets invited to a prestigious New York theatre course for a year. But since he met fickle bitch Phileine in an Utrecht park, his flirting life is cut short while she cruelly plays with his feelings rather then his horny body. After refusing to follow him, she turns up uninvited later and still acts jealous and possessive. Grief follows for everyone, working up to a convoluted finale.

Fifteen-year-old Sammy has recently become aware of desires she awakens in men but one man to whom she is herself attracted is her older brother Jacob. With an institutionalized father and a mother neither sibling has seen for years, Jacob provides for the household through his trade in meat declared unfit for human consumption. This situation has sufficed for years but the dedication with which Jacob watches over his little sister leaves her no room to mature as a woman...

A young traveler picks up and elderly woman on his way from Holland to Monte Carlo.

Alex, a 28 year-old photographer, is no longer able to photograph people, for some mysterious reason. Every time he focuses his camera on someone, the same woman appears in his viewfinder - an image he cannot bear. When his brother Aram, whom he has not seen or spoke to for years, unexpectedly phones him and asks him to come to their parental home because their mother is severely ill and may not have long to live, he panics. The thought of a confrontation with the area where he grew up and the renewed encounter with his family makes him feel nervous. Nevertheless, that evening he leaves for AmnesiA: the estate of his parents, the spot where he spent his youth.

Different couples go to a hotel which has an special offer for staying over at the 31st of december 1999 in to the new millenium. The movie follows the different couples and their reasons to be in the hotel.

In this art-film, a famous multimedia artist abandons his former life for a new one in a hermetically sealed room filled with living portraits. His new space becomes a haven for the terminally dysfunctional. Trouble ensues when two strangers, the world-weary Col. Hardy and the handsome son of an aspiring presidential candidate, come to collect on a commissioned work of art.

In the wake of the disaster, a 15-year-old girl is treated by a community in mourning as a saviour with a special talent to heal.