Erik Hemmendorff

On a remote Indonesian island, during the waning days of the colonial era, Dutch sugar plantation owner Jan and his wife Agathe, are at the top of the food chain. That is, until Jan upon returning from his nightly visit to his native concubine Siti, suddenly drops dead in front of his wife. Desperate to keep the privileges of her status quo, Agathe forces her estranged son Cornelis and his heavily pregnant wife Josefien, to travel from Europe and take over the family business. In the midst of a worker’s uprising, Cornelis displays his plans for progressive change. But when Jan’s will puts Siti at the forefront of the family estate, ideals prove to be idle and blood thicker than water. 

A visually exuberant documentary that uses powerful collages edited out of archive footage, home videos, live-streaming material and private documentation to offer a glimpse at what (or who) is at work when an image of our reality is arranged.

Tras la Semana de la moda, Carl y Yaya, pareja de modelos e influencers, son invitados a un yate en un crucero de lujo. Mientras que la tripulación brinda todas las atenciones necesarias a los ricos invitados, el capitán se niega a salir de su cabina, a pesar de la llegada inminente de la célebre cena de gala. Los eventos toman un giro inesperado y el equilibrio de poder se invierte cuando se levanta una tormenta que pone en peligro el confort de los pasajeros

La joven Linnéa deja atrás su vida en un pueblo sueco para ir a Los Angeles y convertirse en la próxima gran estrella porno. El camino hacia su objetivo será más accidentado de lo que había imaginado.

Gira en torno a una pareja de cineastas estadounidenses que se retiran a la isla durante el verano para escribir guiones para sus próximas películas en un peregrinaje al lugar que inspiró a Bergman. A medida que el verano y sus guiones avanzan, las líneas entre la realidad y la ficción comienza a desenfocarse en el contexto del paisaje salvaje de la isla.

Apenas escapando de una avalancha durante unas vacaciones familiares de esquí en los Alpes, una pareja casada se ve desarreglada cuando se ven obligados a reevaluar sus vidas y cómo se sienten el uno con el otro.

Director Mikel Cee Karlsson is working on a film with and about his best friend Mathias – a young father who one day reveals that he is living a double life. Circumstances have driven Mathias into a criminal underworld where debts seem impossible to pay off. In a spiral of threats, lies and violence, Mathias is desperately looking for a way out. When things finally seem to look up for him, the pressure he has lived under for several years has fatal consequences, leaving Mikel forced to make crucial decisions about the film he is working on.

Durante un recreo en la escuela, Lykke, de 13 años, hija de un destacado miembro del Partido Laborista, hiere gravemente a su compañero de clase Jamie, hijo de un político de alto nivel de la derecha. Cuando Jamie muere más tarde en el hospital, las versiones contradictorias de lo que realmente sucedió corren el riesgo de empeorar una situación difícil y traumática. ¿Fue sólo un juego inocente? Liv, la directora de la escuela y amante secreta del padre de Jamie, debe encontrar la fuerza para enfrentarse a una comunidad en apuros, y a sus propias emociones, altamente conflictivas.

The story is composed of fragments of lives lived in northern Scania. Some of them are mundane, while others border on the magical. But like shadows over the landscape, some protagonists are distinguished: Beata, a seasonal worker who comes to Sweden for the first time; Aaron, a young man with a broken heart returning to the place where he grew up, and Billie, a girl lost in her first summer vacation. As the film follows their lives, which slowly merge with the landscape.

Divertida versión de la historia de Cyrano de Bergerac ambientada en un típico internado masculino británico, donde un estudiante desclasado ( sufre acoso tanto de compañeros como de profesores) intentará ayudar al cabecilla de la clase (un atlético chico con pocas luces) a conseguir el amor de la hija del nuevo profesor de francés.

Boys On Film comes of age with uplifting and powerful tales recounting the lives of everyday heroes striving for their own identities and fighting for the right for us all to be ourselves. Volume 18: Heroes includes ten complete films: Dean Loxton's "Dániel" starring Csémy Balázs, Hilda Péter, and Henry Garrett… Niels Bourgonje's "Buddy" starring Daniel Cornelissen and Tobias Nierop… Tamara Shogaolu's animated "Half A Life"… Victor Lindgren's "Undress Me" starring Jana Bringlöv Ekspong and Björn Elgerd… Sam Ashby's "The Colour Of His Hair" starring Sean Hart and Josh O'Connor… Hope Dickson Leach's "Silly Girl" starring Ciara Baxendale, Mollie Lambert, and Jason Barker… Søren Green's "An Evening" starring Jacob Ottensten and Ulrik Windfeldt-Schmidt… Alejandro Medina's documentary "AIDS: Doctors And Nurses Tell Their Stories"… Kai Stänicke's "It's Consuming Me" with Volkmar Leif Gilbert… and Mikael Bundsen's "Mother Knows Best" starring Alexander Gustavsson and Hanna Ullerstam.

Christian, mánager de un museo de arte contemporáneo, se encarga de una exhibición titulada "The Square" en la que hay una instalación que fomenta valores humanos y altruistas. Cuando contrata a una agencia de relaciones públicas para difundir el evento, la publicidad produce malestar en el público.

Dos cineastas provenientes de distintos países intervienen las memorias que tienen sobre sus propias madres para construir una ficción acerca de la recuperación de la vida.

Actor Micke and director Thommy try to create a one-man show together. With two weeks to go until the premiere, they still have no material. A relationship that started out professional has now turned into a private struggle that requires release and resolution.

The family's mother has absolutely no problems with her son having just introduced his boyfriend to her. She only wants to give him a little well-meaning advice.

10 Meter Tower is a short film taking place in a swimming pool with 6 cameras aimed at the tallest diving tower. All focus is on the 43 people between 9 and 78 years old. They have one thing in common, this is the first time in their lives they climb up to the platform to make the decision whether to jump or not. The situation itself highlights a dilemma: to weigh the instinctive fear of taking the step out against the humiliation of having to climb down.

Short film exploring various American film locations which have substituted for other locations all over the world.

The homeless brothers Brouk and Bile finds a place to stay with the mean dad Johan. Now they have to find jobs to pay the rent in one week. The easiest way seems to become rappers.

Una familia pasa las vacaciones de invierno en los Alpes. El sol brilla y las pistas están magníficas, pero cuando almuerzan en un restaurante, se produce una avalancha. Los clientes del restaurante se asustan, Ebba, la madre, llama a su esposo Tomas para que le ayude e intenta salvar a sus hijos, pero Tomas ha huido para salvar su vida… La avalancha se detiene delante del restaurante, sin ocasionar daños, y sin embargo, el universo familiar se ha resquebrajado. Persiste una duda sobre el padre, y Tomas busca desesperadamente recuperar su lugar de patriarca de la familia.

Finlandia /// Simo es un chico solitario que está empezando a descubrir su homosexualidad. El joven no tiene padre y su madre tiene una vida vacía y sólo trabaja para el cuidado de sus hijosEl joven tiene un hermano que debe volver a la cárcel a cumplir su pena. Sin embargo, pasarán un día juntos, algo que será una mala influencia para el chico, dado que su hermano es un maleante que no tiene aprecio por el mundo y sólo sueña con escorpiones.

A 12-year-old girl armed with a loaded hunting rifle walks down the main street of a small town. This film recreates the memory of that day. Things happened, but it's hard to remember in what order.How people got from one place to another. What people said.

Gustav and Oskar are twins. Oskar has Achondroplasia, a common form of dwarfism. Both have blue eyes and blonde hair.

Documentary about the making of José Gonzales' "In Our Nature".

Documentary about the making of José Gonzales' "In Our Nature".

Basado en hechos reales, cuenta la historia de unos niños negros de entre 12 y 14 años, hijos de inmigrantes, que robaban a otros muchachos con intimidación, utilizando a su favor el racismo y los prejuicios sociales. (FILMAFFINITY)

Basado en hechos reales, cuenta la historia de unos niños negros de entre 12 y 14 años, hijos de inmigrantes, que robaban a otros muchachos con intimidación, utilizando a su favor el racismo y los prejuicios sociales. (FILMAFFINITY)

Incident by a bank is a detailed account of a failed bank robbery: A single take where over 90 people perform a meticulous choreography for the camera. The film recreates an actual event that took place in Stockholm in June 2006.

Inside and outside the well-kept hedges life carries on as usual. The King buys his daily newspaper. Bertil searches the parking lot for dogs to photograph. Hans and Gun-Britt is planting a big, but still too small rock in their garden. Trying to get their minds off it all. As darkness falls over the little village in the woods, the Indians gather for a meeting in the town house as angst, frustration and silent prayer echoes in the night. With visual precision and attention to detail, director Mikel Cee Karlsson captures people and their existence in a small village deep inside the Swedish forest. Over a period of four years, the music video director and former professional skateboarder Mikel has been capturing singular scenes from a part of today’s Sweden where reality inexorably seeps in behind the colourful fasad. With a mixture of playful precision, humour and melancholy he portrays people’s dreams, their relationships and everyday destinies.

Presentado en la sección "Una cierta mirada" en Cannes 2008, el segundo largometraje de Ruben Östlund construye un retrato de la sociedad sueca en cinco episodios unidos por el mismo tema: el poder del grupo sobre el individuo. Mediante una estética que privilegia el uso de largos planos-secuencia y de encuadres poco convencionales, el filme contrasta las perspectivas de un par de jóvenes seducidas por el alcohol, una maestra que alecciona a sus alumnos y las de un grupo de hombres envueltos en una situación homosexual. Seleccionada por Suecia como candidada al Oscar 2010 en la categoría de película de habla no inglesa. (FILMAFFINITY)

Presentado en la sección "Una cierta mirada" en Cannes 2008, el segundo largometraje de Ruben Östlund construye un retrato de la sociedad sueca en cinco episodios unidos por el mismo tema: el poder del grupo sobre el individuo. Mediante una estética que privilegia el uso de largos planos-secuencia y de encuadres poco convencionales, el filme contrasta las perspectivas de un par de jóvenes seducidas por el alcohol, una maestra que alecciona a sus alumnos y las de un grupo de hombres envueltos en una situación homosexual. Seleccionada por Suecia como candidada al Oscar 2010 en la categoría de película de habla no inglesa. (FILMAFFINITY)

Despondent over his lovelife, Swedish director Patrik Eriksson decides to chronicle his existential crisis, with the aid of co-workers, via cell-phone video camera.

Despondent over his lovelife, Swedish director Patrik Eriksson decides to chronicle his existential crisis, with the aid of co-workers, via cell-phone video camera.

Daniel Lemma travels to Ethiopia together with his band The Cherrybombs. There Daniel gets to meet his biological family, while the band plays its first ever concert in the country.

Daniel Lemma travels to Ethiopia together with his band The Cherrybombs. There Daniel gets to meet his biological family, while the band plays its first ever concert in the country.

Daniel Lemma travels to Ethiopia together with his band The Cherrybombs. There Daniel gets to meet his biological family, while the band plays its first ever concert in the country.

Daniel Lemma travels to Ethiopia together with his band The Cherrybombs. There Daniel gets to meet his biological family, while the band plays its first ever concert in the country.

Eddy and Ylva have invited Björn and Lene to spend a perfect weekend in their cabin in the woods, but the vacation become disrupted by primitive creatures known as tree-cutters.

A 30-years old man is celebrating Midsummer's eve together with friends on the west coast of Sweden. He makes his friends come and watch as he is going to jump into the sea from a very high bridge.

A 30-years old man is celebrating Midsummer's eve together with friends on the west coast of Sweden. He makes his friends come and watch as he is going to jump into the sea from a very high bridge.

A 12 year old boy making basic punk songs, grown up men playing with guns, a neurotic woman with euphoric happiness targeting self destruction. A Swedish everyday life you've never seen before.

High school students from two different schools are interviewed about future plans and hopes.

High school students from two different schools are interviewed about future plans and hopes.

Human shortcomings in the pursuit of an idol. Two film school students travel to interview Taiwanese film director Tsai Ming-liang and actor Lee Kang-sheng in Oslo.

Human shortcomings in the pursuit of an idol. Two film school students travel to interview Taiwanese film director Tsai Ming-liang and actor Lee Kang-sheng in Oslo.

Human shortcomings in the pursuit of an idol. Two film school students travel to interview Taiwanese film director Tsai Ming-liang and actor Lee Kang-sheng in Oslo.

Human shortcomings in the pursuit of an idol. Two film school students travel to interview Taiwanese film director Tsai Ming-liang and actor Lee Kang-sheng in Oslo.

Human shortcomings in the pursuit of an idol. Two film school students travel to interview Taiwanese film director Tsai Ming-liang and actor Lee Kang-sheng in Oslo.

Human shortcomings in the pursuit of an idol. Two film school students travel to interview Taiwanese film director Tsai Ming-liang and actor Lee Kang-sheng in Oslo.

Documentary drama about Sweden's biggest natural disaster, which destroyed one of the biggest whitewater rapids in Sweden in 1796.

When the entertainment system suddenly stops working on board a long-haul flight, the passengers are stuck with no screens to look at.