Mattijn Hartemink

Berend Botje is a tough girl with a lively imagination. She is the youngest member of the mysterious captain family Botje, which also consists of father Berend and grandfather Berend. The Botjes' adventures are so special that no one believes they really happened. But Berend knows better. When the city falls under the spell of an unusual bird egg, she is convinced that it is a Knoetel Egg, which only opens on a hidden island. She decides to make the daring trip to the island herself. Because nothing is impossible for Berend.

A curse that is centuries-old. An island full of annoying people. A contaminated prime-minister. A boy full of dreams who can turn this around. But how? A movie full of raps that don't rhyme, talking dolls and heroic actions.

한여름 열기 속의 벨기에와 네덜란드 국경 지역 작은 마을. 십 대 여덟 명의 일상은 무료하기 짝이 없다. 장난삼아 서로에게 짓궂은 행동을 일삼던 그들은 어느덧 더 짜릿한 자극을 원하게 되고, 질풍노도 청소년기의 왕성한 성적 호기심은 그들을 더욱 위태로운 게임으로 몰아넣는다. 치기 어린 장난으로 시작된 이들의 행동은 성매매와 협박, 갈취, 폭력에 이르는 범죄행각으로 발전한다. 르네 엘러의 데뷔작 는 최근 전 세계적으로 문제시되는 청소년 범죄를 가까이 들여다보지만, 주인공들의 행동을 분석하거나 그 이유를 찾아 설득하는 데는 관심이 없다. 결손가정 출신이라거나 학대의 경험을 가졌다는 둥 뉴스를 통해 흔히 등장하는 원인이나, 이들의 행동에 대한 규범적, 법리적 해석 등은 등장하지 않는다. 대신 영화는 범죄적 행동들을 서슴없이 자행하는 아이들의 태도와 심리, 그리고 그저 장난일 뿐인 행동들이 순식간에 끔찍한 범죄로 발전하는 그 독특한 동학과 리듬에 주목한다. 그 흐름 속에서, 설명할 수 없는 이들의 행동은 섬뜩함을 넘어 우리 스스로와 주변을 반추해보는 어떤 순간을 던져준다. (박진형/2018년 제23회 부산국제영화제)

The young Sem wants to go to Iceland and the place where is late father left his mark. Together with his best friend Mo, he sets up a crew for the expedition. But is everyone just as determent as Sem to reach Iceland?

After being disappointed in love for the umpteenth time, motorcycle rider Tina is full. From now on she will no longer commit to a man and only date sex. For the emotional part she has her best friend Fleurtje, the most intimidating kindergarten teacher in the Netherlands.

A zoo veterinarian gets caught up in a grisly adventure as she finds herself leading the city-wide hunt for a monstrous lion terrorizing the Dutch capital of Amsterdam.

Jennifer, an Australian girl on the run from her past, turns up in Amsterdam and, in a desperate attempt to blend in, joins a coach-load of tourists on a tour of Holland's old windmills. When the bus breaks down in the middle of nowhere, she and the other tourists are forced to seek shelter in a disused shed beside a sinister windmill where a devil-worshiping miller once ground the bones of locals instead of grain. As members of the group start to disappear, Jennifer learns that they all have something in common – a shared secret that seems to mark them all for doom.

Karen (32) and Michel (36) move with their daughter to an exclusive residential area. She soon finds a new close circle of friends: the women of the Dinner Club, and their husbands. But when two of the Club members commit suicide under suspicious circumstances, Karen starts to have second thoughts about her new friends. She has to choose: will she reveal the truth and dish the dirt, or will she protect the interests of the Dinner Club?

A romantic drama that charts the lives of three women from different backgrounds, forever changed when they emigrate to New Zealand as war brides.

February 2002. An Argentinian mother and her daughter visit Amsterdam during the wedding of prince Willem-Alexander and princess Máxima. She is looking for a miracle, the reappearing of her husband Alejandro, who got lost during the regime. She experiences difficulty as the police don't believe her story. On top of it all her daughter disappears in the crowd. Police officer Felix Bos also has a problem. His girlfriend Min has just heard some bad news. She's going to be evicted from the country. The situation brings Felix into trouble with the police. This is also the day he finds out his mother couldn't have been his mother.

A man explains how he was obsessed when he was younger by a mysterious room and an extraordinary rarefied piano music that drifted through its open window during the night. Forty years later, returning to his home town after having spent most of his life abroad, in "a bunch of different places", he asks one of his friends to rent a room for him. As chance would have it, it turns out to be the same room which attracted him when he was a young man. What drew him again to this room?