Maarten Kuit

Growing up without a father can have a negative impact on children. Three young adult men talk openly about the impact their father’s absence had on them, and about the way they took their life into their hands. Inspiring and hopeful.

A bitter-aged man reluctantly drives to Spain to pay a last visit to a dying friend, along with his wife who's suffering from dementia. But as their journey unfolds, he slowly starts to soften up and rediscovers the meaning of love.

In a world full of deadlines and work-related stress, the number of burn-outs has hugely increased in recent years. One in six employees contends with chronic fatigue, so many companies are looking for a solution. In this short documentary, filmmaker Iris Grob looks behind the scenes of a large multinational that examines whether the presence of a dog can relieve the work stress. Can an office dog improve the atmosphere in the workplace and alleviate the workload? Or, on the contrary, will a dog in the building cause extra stress?

Everyone has to deal with loss at some point in life. And however large or small that loss may be, it always hurts. The three young children in this somewhat stylized film can attest to this, and they do, candidly and in detail. Their experiences are all different, as are their ways of dealing with them: whether it's losing a favorite stuffed animal, an important fencing tournament or an older sister. Fillmaker Arianne Hinz handles all of these losses with the seriousness they deserve. The children place the event in context, against the background of the places where the loss is felt most keenly: a tent made from blankets and towels, the gym where the fencing matches are held and the stables where the deceased sister’s favorite horse is kept. The children roam around in a dreamlike lost and found, looking for something that can illlustrate the sense of loss, that can fill the void or replace what is no more. But this is an impossible task: “A little piece of your heart is missing.”

In this hilarious short film we wander the desolate beaches of the Wadden Islands together with gold seeker Salomon. Just when the tides are about to turn, he discovers a giant submarine underneath his detector. To his own disgruntlement he releases the fanatical German crew, who have long passed the age of retirement..

After ruthless gangsters wrongfully accuse him of stealing from them, a retired criminal has 24 hours to creep back into his past life and retrieve a bag of coke before his fiancée is killed.

Nassim Guammaz wants to become the best skateboarder in the world. His father says he has to choose a secure future, and the boys from his neighbourhood think skateboarding is not for Moroccans. But Nassim follows his heart and does what he wants. This summer, for the first time, he is not going to Morocco with his family, but staying in the Netherlands to compete in important skateboard competitions.