Johanna ter Steege

A century of change in pictures (1915-2015). What makes Twente Twente? What changes have taken place in the last century? Twente op Film is a project by filmmaker Erik Willems, actress (and co-producer) Johanna ter Steege and producer André Oude Weernink. They used film archive images to make a film about what has changed in Twente in a century. In city planning, in industry, in every day life, in the countryside and in the city.

Jan has been married to Gedda for 35 years. Gedda loves Jan so much that she smothers him: before he can grab a glass from the table, she has already given him one. She picks out his clothing, his friends, his vacations and all their other activities. In an attempt to get some space Jan concocts a strange plan that literally transforms his marriage into a locked ward. Their daughter finds herself in a similar predicament with her exacting and jealous boyfriend.

The film follows a 30-year-old man named Gabriel, a French war reporter who was taken to hostage in Syria and then heads to India after months in captivity.

As a divorced father of two teenage daughters, with a head-strong ex-wife for a best friend, too many peculiar patients to keep up with and a new dog, psychotherapist Max certainly doesn't need another challenge. But when Sophie, a compulsive gambler with a boyfriend problem, regularly shows up late for her appointments, she rocks his world in ways he's not ready for.

50-year-old Victor Ganz owns a thriving civil engineering company that operates worldwide. But when some very costly problems on a site force him to go to Morocco, he is confronted with memories from his youth, that he had so far managed to bury. Between his meetings in ministries, the reappearance of a lost love who had mysteriously disappeared and an investigation into the local underground, Victor Ganz plunges into a labyrinthine world where present and past intertwine.

Fien de la Mar (1898-1965) was a Dutch actress with exceptional allure and extraordinary talent. With this she celebrated many triumphs, but her life ultimately ended in tragedy.

Losing his memory after a mugging, a man known only as 'MP' (Missing Person) leaves his home and sets out on a journey - in search not only for his memory but perhaps also for a new identity. MP finds himself confronted by a world in which there are no longer any certainties; an era of crisis on many levels. On his travels from country to country, portrayed via an associative image montage and through a series of strange, illuminating, sometimes comic encounters, MP attempts to gain insight into the complexity of life in the 21st-century West - into what commentators have called an age of 'rolling catastrophe'.

Sam and Do (short for Dominique) have been together for five years. They enjoy life and are very happy. But then Do gives birth to their son Max. Their whole life is suddenly upside down. Can their love survive after the arrival of their baby?

2차 대전 당시 수용소에서 만나 친구가 된 세 여인 엘렌(줄리 드빠르디유), 릴리(조한나 터 스티지), 로즈(수잔 클레망)는 전쟁이 끝난 직후 수용소가 해방되면서 행군하던 도중 헤어지게 된다. 프랑스로 돌아와 다시 일상에 정착해 살던 엘렌은 신문사 등을 통해 자매와도 같았던 릴리를 찾기 시작한다. 그 후 15년 만에 극적으로 연락이 닿게 되어 프랑스 베르크 해변, 낭만이 가득한 그 곳에서 여름 휴가를 같이 보내기로 약속하게 된다. 그리고 그 해 여름, 가장 힘들었던 시절을 함께 보냈던 친구와 15년 만의 첫 만남 그리고 첫 여행이 시작된다. [제4회 마리끌레르 영화제]

Lilet Never Happened is the rollercoaster story of how a young girl, struggling to survive in the streets of Manila, spirals down into child prostitution. She is a fighter. She is a dreamer. She is a rebel and she thinks she can handle the world with her wits. But she has to face up to reality when she runs out of innocent dreams.

Emma, a dissolute young woman with a strong desire to become a mother, has finally found the love of her life to settle down with. When she receives a mysterious postcard her new life is turned upsidedown. Her shady past has caught up with her: she has been traced by the company that wants from her what was agreed upon. She’s forced to pay her debt by making an impossible choice.

Housewife Katalin Munk (Johanna ter Steege) has her world torn apart when her lecturer husband János (Andor Lukáts) arrives home to tell her that he’s leaving her for a younger student of his. Katalin falls into a state of shock and wanders about the streets of Budapest in just her dressing gown carrying a pair of scissors. After a series of misadventures, Katalin eventually ends up in Turkey, where suddenly Katalin is awakened and decides to start a new life after meeting local man Hilal (Yavuz Bingol). Meanwhile her son Zoli (Norbert Varga) tries to hunt Katalin down.

Adaptation of one of Benelux most famous children's novels. Tough prime school girl Akkie loves soccer and can be a real bully. Love is the only thing she's scared of. When Akkie is diagnosed with Leukemia, she has to fight for her life. On the verge of going to high school, Akkie has to allow love to enter her life, and thus gain courage to accept the inevitable.

Jörgen's world is crumbling. Forced into early retirement and harassed by his ex-wife, the only part of his life which makes sense - his beloved daughter Tirza - is shattered when she disappears on holiday in Namibia. After weeks of terrifying uncertainty, Jörgen goes searching for her, but the heat, his drinking and bad memories combine to unhinge him. His only ally is a child prostitute called Kaisa. Together they journey into the wilderness on Tirza's trail to discover her fate.

At 18, Claire is torn between swim practice and the pangs of first love. The elderly and eccentric Maurice Reverdy takes her in in his big house, but the girl carefully avoids this faraway figure, who is none other than her grandfather. Proud, rebellious, solitary, they represent two generations that are simultaneously attracted to and repelled by one another. Their lives will intertwine, as one seeks out her future and the other is tormented by his past.

A woman drives in her car, wearing a grave look on her face. In the background, we hear the sounds of the freeway. The camera often captures her face, but occasionally we look at her from behind. Hypnotising lines on the road whiz by. Just like trees and other elements surrounding the road. Some short telephone conversations alternate with long silences. Meanwhile, the spectator travels along with the woman for many miles. Next, her phone rings for the third time. It turns out to be her lover. Gradually, the nature of the conversation becomes clear. It is their final, but intense and extensive talk. One time, the tone is very impersonal, another time defiant or even particularly emotional. More and more becomes clear about the two characters and their past relationship.

A tense father and mother prepare a visit to their son, whose birthday it is. The father is sent out to find a gift. When he comes home, his wife points out that he has chosen something inappropriate. That would only scare their son. They will have to bring something else. Their teenage daughter decides to stay home. It is soon clear that things are not going smoothly with the son and this family.

What at first appears to be a surprise family holiday turns into a kidnapping and ends in a nightmare, when Simone discovers her father is on the run from serious problems. As she slowly realises that he is losing his mind and on the verge of doing awful harm, she decides to protect her family. Loosely based on a family drama in the Netherlands.

Kate comes alone to Paris for the week-end. In this city she doesn't know, she is going to meet a man and his dog.

Guernsey is the story of a woman who suddenly looks at her own life and wonders how she became miles apart from the people she is closest to.

A dog who was named after the Beatles album, inherits his master's fortune. His owner's two children, however, devise a plan to make off with his wealth.

1969. Nine-year old Caro lives on a pig farm in a small town with her four other siblings and another on the way. She is curious and determined to understand the mysteries of the world around her. But her devout catholic father can't explain the new world and her mother is too busy for philosophy so she converses to God. One day at school she is horrified to learn that man will soon set foot on the moon. In her eyes it's not possible that God would allow anyone to get so close to Heaven. Her clowning father agrees and, unable to cope with modern-day progress, hits the bottle. Caro is preparing for her first holy communion to become 'a bride of God' but before that she seals a pact with her father to overcome her fear of swimming in exchange, he will not touch a drop of alcohol.

31 year-old Tristan remembers the time when he was 15 and had just hit puberty. But he is not alone in this, he is with a large group of friends: Specki, a fat kid who is always stuffing himself, Streusel, a cheeky boy covered with spots, Tümai, a pretty Turkish girl, Kerstin, best friend of Tümai and very sporty, Elrond, with a heavy stutter, but regardless extremely popular and good looking, Lars and Simone, so far the only couple in the class who spend most of their time smooching and Long Jana, a girl who is at least 6 foot tall and extremely skinny.

A family film, based on a well-known Dutch story from the Middle Ages. Mariken tells the compelling and poetic story of spirited young girl named Mariken. The orphan Mariken lives in a secluded forest with an eccentric old hermit. One day, she decides to leave her surroundings and sets off for town to buy a new goat. On her adventurous journey into the 'real' world, she finds out about the good and bad sides of people.

Young Dutch widow Emilie travels to a seaside resort in Italy, where she falls in love with Italian officer Aldo. Meanwhile, her deceased husband's assistant Hugo plans to propose to her as soon as the period of mourning is over.

This French-German-Dutch biopic on the life of 17th century Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn is told in flashbacks from the point-of-view of the aged artist. Soon after establishing his career as a painter in Amsterdam, he marries the radiant Saskia. As he makes a name for himself, he can soon afford to buy a large house by teaching wealthy aristocrats how to paint. However, the couple's happiness is short-lived; Saskia dies soon after bearing their son, Titus. Crushed, van Rijn seeks comfort first in the arms of his maid Geertje and then with his second wife, Hendrickje, who gives birth to a daughter. In spite of his genius, van Rijn's determinedly eccentric behavior alienates the very members of the elite who were paying his bills. At one point, the artist's home and belongings, including many of his paintings, are seized and sold for humiliatingly low prices in a rigged auction.

2차 대전 말기, 수마트라 오지의 일본군 포로수용소에서 있었던 실화를 소재로 한 영화. 일본기의 폭격으로 난파한 배에서 살아남은 민간인 여자 포로들이 비인간적인 일본군의 폭력에 대항해 '목소리 교향악단'을 만들어 그들을 정신적으로 감화시킨다는 휴먼 드라마다. 글렌 클로즈 등 연기파 배우들의 열연이 찡하다.

A life of little Maria who lives in a foster family breaks after a sudden appearance of her mother Melanie who was absent for five years...

Philippe is a middle-aged painter, he lives with Annie : they have two kids. Just after they split up, Philippe meets Justine. He starts thinking about love, the relationship between former lovers..

A woman falls in love with a married, Belgian man. She finds out that he's married too late... although it's the second thing he says. The rest of the film is about the struggle of the man between his two loves, and of the woman not able to finish the hopeless and dangerous relationship. The title "tot ziens" (au revoir, a farewell greeting that implicates that one will see eachother again), is the ironic description of the film, which is about going away for good and then coming back again, because something is always stronger than your ratio.

베토벤의 오랜 친구인 안톤 쉰들러는 어떤 의문점을 풀기 위한 조사를 시작한다. 베토벤이 모든 유산을 영원한 연인 앞으로 남겨놓고 죽었기 때문이다. 쉰들러는 친구의 마지막 소원을 들어주기 위해 그녀를 찾아나선다. 마침내 쉰들러는 카스퍼의 미망인이자 베토벤의 옛 연인이었던 조안나를 찾아 그녀에게 어떤 대답을 기대한다. 조안나는 처음에는 베토벤의 연인이었음을 부인하지만, 바덴에서 함께 지냈던 여름을 회상하고는 진실을 인정한다. 조안나는 카스퍼가 지기에게 접근하는 동안 베토벤과 사랑에 빠지고, 그들은 호텔에서 만나 함께 사랑의 도피를 약속했었다. 그러나 베토벤은 폭풍 속에서 마차가 고장나는 바람에 약속된 시간에 도착하지 못하고, 그녀는 베토벤이 서둘러 보낸 전보를 받지 못한 채 카스퍼에게 돌아간 것이다.결국 받지 못한 전보, 부숴진 마차, 그리고 자존심의 상처는 베토벤과 그의 연인 조안나의 비극적 결별의 원인이었다. 하지만 비록 헤어졌을 지언정 베토벤의 조안나를 향한 사랑이 끝난 것은 아니었는데..

The unhappy love lives of Paul and Marcus, two artists and friends who are neither particularly young or successful anymore.

The story shows Emma's and Böbe's fight for survival, for keeping their position in society which they achieved with hard work in the previous regime. They don't want to lose their place and become village girls again.

Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at the notion of working with obscure Hungarian conductor Zoltan Szanto. The much-anticipated production may never get off the ground, thanks to labor-management difficulties, intramural jealousies, and clashing egos. Amidst all this chaos, the mismatched Anderson and Szanto fall in love.

For those who were young, living under the delusions of love and soft drugs in Paris, May 1968 - even if the guitar is still playing, they can't hear it any longer.

선교사의 사명을 가지고 탄광촌에 정착했던 빈센트 반 고호(Vincent Van Gogh: 팀 로스 분)가 본격적인 전업화가의 길을 들어서려 하는 데에서 이야기는 시작된다. 이에 파리의 큰 화랑에서 미술품 중개상으로 취직해 일하고 있던 그의 동생 테오(Theodore Van Gogh: 폴 라이스 분)는 형의 천재적인 예술 세계를 가장 잘 이해하고 있으면서도, 바로 그 이유 때문에 형의 전업 선언을 반대한다. 벌써 오래 전부터 아버지의 이름으로 형에게 많은 액수의 생활비를 보내주고 있지만, 이제부터는 자기가 형의 그 괴상하고 인기없는 그림들을 팔아주어야 한다는 부담이 생겼기 때문이다. 한편 빈센트는 창녀 지앙(Sien Hoornik: 집 위가든 분)과 그녀의 딸을 사랑하여 서로 부담없는 동거 생활에 들어가고, 이 일 때문에 스승 모브에게 버림을 받기도 한다. 스승은 아카데믹한 제자가 되어 주길 원한 빈센트가 창녀와 놀아나는 것을 참을 수 없었던 것. 그러나 빈센트는 스승 모브 역시 자기 아내가 아닌 모델과 지내는 것을 참을 수 없다며 반발을 하고 둘은 쌈으로 관계를 끝맺는다. 상업적 화랑에서 일하는 테오는 능력을 인정받고 승진을 보장받는다.

실종이란 의미의 영화 베니싱은 두 남자의 집착과 운명을 그린 스릴러 물이다. 렉스와 시스카이는 휴가차 여행을 떠나는데 휴게소에서 시스카이가 실종이 되고 만다. 렉스는 여자 친구를 찾으려고 백방으로 뛰어 다니지만 찾지 못한다. 그는 여자 친구에게 사고가 생겼음을 직감한다. 실종은 기사화 되었고 TV를 통해 공개적으로 렉스는 여자 친구를 납치 한 범인에게 생사 여부와 무슨 이유에서 그런 일이 생겼는지 알고 싶다고 말한다. 시간이 흘러 3년 후 범인이 여자 친구를 잃고 궁금해 하는 렉스에게 접근한다. 여자 친구에게 무슨 일이 있었는지 알려 주겠다며 수면제를 탄 커피를 마실 것을 제안한다. 거부하던 렉스는 이를 마셔 버린다. 여자 친구를 잃은 렉스와 여자를 납치한 화학선생 레이먼드. 랙스는 새로운 여자 친구가 생겼음에도 시스카이를 포기하지 않고 오로지 무슨 일이 있었는지에 집착한다. 렉스의 이런 호기심은 결국 어떻게 된것인지 알게 해 주는 조건으로 그녀와 똑같이 수면제를 마실 것을 제안하는 범인의 요구에 응해 버린다. 렉스는 납치범의 정체를 알고도 신고를 하거나 하는 등의 행위를 하지 않는다. 다만 궁금할 뿐이고 무슨 일이 있었는지 만을 알고 싶을 뿐이다. 그리고 그의 이러한 집착은 끔찍한 결말을 향해 치닫게 되는데.......