Jack Wouterse

A fictional version of the events that led to the assassination of the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn on May 6, 2002. The movie is based upon the book "The sixth of May" by Tomas Ross. (imdb)

A cat who turns into a young woman (Carice van Houten as 'Minoes'), retains some of her feline characteristics and helps a journalist (Theo Maassen as 'Tibbe') to gather news for the frontpage of a local newspaper. With the help of Minoes, who can talk to the cats in the small town, he soon discovers that the helpful and popular chairman of the "Club For Friends of Animals" and boss of a nearby factory has evil plans with the village. (imdb)

Bennie, a snack bar owner, is behind bars for five years after a failed attempt to rob a jeweller's. When he gets out he is unpleasantly surprised by the news that his foster father Mast is dying. And then the real son of Mast turns up: Koen, a nutcase womanizer, who falls in love with the suicidal Katia... (imdb)

A surreal black comedy set in a decrepit 1960's housing development. When his mother is drawn into sainthood and the resulting frustrations of his father become too difficult to manage, Thomas, a young boy, becomes obsessed with events on the broadcast news... (imdb)

A fairytale about a young girl who learns to play chess and at the same time finds her father. (imdb)

On the island Texel, Marie dreams about mountains; she collects postcards of mountains all over the world. The extreme religious and narrow minded population at the island expects her to behave. The arrival of a group of Georgian soldiers brings color, life en love in Marie's life at the colorless Nordsea island. (imdb)

The main character in the film is an old man. He is old enough to have seen, if not everything, certainly a great deal. He is the 'deadman'. But the 'deadman', in spite of the intended kitschy reference to the horror genre, is not a zombie, not an 'undead'. The old man is the 'deadman' because he is able to confront death in life.

Sometime in the future. The government's policy towards euthanasia and the public's demand for extreme fights meet. People with the 'aggression gene' go through a severe selection procedure and take part in in fights to the death broadcasted live on TV. Temmink is one of them. (motelfilms.nl)

A collection of classic fairy tales such as Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood, with a nod and a wink to contemporary times. The film offers characters such as the 'ugly sisters' Paris and Hilton, an updated relationship between Red Riding Hood and the big bad wolf, homosexuality and corny humor. Also musical scenes in which the characters sing the songs of current pop artists as well as many popular Dutch hits. (imdb)

A Portuguese immigrant in Holland dies in an accident and is buried in a cemetery in Amsterdam. Soon he discovers that his soul won't rest in peace until his body is laying down in his fatherland. This way he decides to go to Portugal to convince his sister to travel to Amsterdam and bring back his body. The only problem is that the only way for him to be seen or heard by the living is appearing in their dreams.

What does a person when a suitcase full of dirty money literally falls on his head ? Give the money back, hand it over to the police or spend it as fast as possible ? Frits and Franky resolutely opt for the latter.

Four ten-year-olds are kicked out of their favorite playground by two aggressive drunkards. When they realize their parents are not going to help them, there's only one solution. They have to find a way to get the toughest boy in the neighborhood to help them. From that moment on the four friends are in for an exciting adventure. (imdb)

Luuk is a truck driver who seems to be a goodhearted father for his eight-year-old daughter Isabel. After Luuk divorced from his wife Karen, Isabel lives with her mother. Whenever Luuk has the chance he takes Isabel to the sea or for a ride in his truck, which only carries sand. On one of those occasions Luuk discovers the horrific reason why Isabel is so quiet that day. From that moment on Luuk has to cope with a new and unexpected situation. Luuk kidnaps his daughter in an attempt to protect h

Dutch crime series

A comedy about a gay couple, a very needy waiter and all other types in a restaurant called 'De Vlaamsche Pot".

A group of regulars in a pub, who share their stories and their lives with lots of songs and joy.

Marc, a schmuck, dines on Christmas Eve in a crowded restaurant. When he finally gets his soup, it is very bland in taste. He goes into battle with a salt shaker and thus attracts the attention of the other guests.

Betriek lives at the edge of a peat bog in the North of the Netherlands. When she and her family are attacked by a random stranger one night, Betriek sets out to find an explanation. The more she digs, the more she becomes convinced that she is being hunted by something ancient.

Amsterdam surgeon Martinus Elsenbosch succeeds the old, popular only GP in country village Wourkem, where his aunt Jannie lives. The locals are as stubborn in their largely-outdated ways as snobbish wise-guy Martinus, whom they re-dub Tinus, is in upholding his status and proclaiming doctor's orders, which are often ignored, worst of all by the grossly-incompetent, irreverent assistant Kim, whom he 'inherits' with the practice. Naive sole constable Ken tries to mediate, and foxy teacher Lisa de

"Leven en dood van Quidam Quidam" is a futuristic miniseries from 1999 broadcasted by VPRO. The series presents "the Netherlands of the near future." This country differs in many aspects from the Netherlands of the 1990s."

The personal lives of a group of young lawyers; their cases, their ideals, and their personal lives tighten as well as jeopardize their friendship.

A Kurdish asylum seeker who is a poet and a member of the Kurdish Marxist Leninist Front can not escape the long arm of the Turkish government in The Netherlands. They submit a request for extradition, because he would have shot two Turkish soldiers. The practically-minded Dutch fear unrest among the Turkish communities in Dutch cities and decide that the intelligence agency should hunt him down.

The love couple Glenn and Yola is trying to build a life in Rotterdam. Although they both pursue their dreams, they become trapped between their own ambitions and their criminal friends and family.

In 1940s Amsterdam, Jewish Council co-chairman David Cohen and his daughter Virrie have their bond tested as they pursue increasingly opposing ways of safeguarding their community under Nazi rule.

A dark world of well-organised drug crime is hidden behind the calm life of Brabant. Jara and Rens both come to discover that when upon return to their birth province after a long time. She wants to clear the name of her father, he wants to distance himself from his criminal family - but they both get terribly entangled in the web of the upper and underworld, whose boundaries are becoming increasingly blurred. (imdb)