Olga Zuiderhoek

An extremely weird comedy revolving around the life of 31- year-old Abel, who has never left home (literally). After failing with doctors and psychiatrists, Abel's father Victor brings home Christine, a friend, in an attempt to teach Abel basic social skills. But Victor's wife Duif accuses him of having an affair, and in the ensuing row Abel is thrown out into the street. (imdb)

Bob and Annie separate. After the court case Annie gives Bob two airline tickets for a tropical island to save their relationship. However, Bob takes someone else with him on holiday: Carmen, the daughter of Mafioso Don Gorgonzola. Annie lags behind in Holland, where she falls in love again with other men. (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)

We hear the voicemail recordings of Onno. Onno has disappeared without a trace. Lots of friends and relatives leave a message, but Onno doesn't ring back. We see what the callers see. But we don't see Onno. The messages illustrate how his friends and relatives cope with his disappearance.

The plot follows a Dutch horticulturist from the day he leaves his farm to be admitted to hospital for cancer treatment to the inevitable sad ending. The film displays intensely how the different people concerned deal with the taboo of cancer (which was very strong in the 70s). Nobody tells the protagonist that he is in fact fatally ill so that he has to discover that by himself and come to terms with it. (imdb)

Hes, an uptight and disaffected social worker reaching retirement, discovers a young woman, Anna, in the closet of an acquaintance who has committed suicide. Realizing that she has been kept in the apartment all her life, he moves in and helps her comes to terms with the complexities of the real world. (imdb)

"Red Sunset" - A realistic fairy tale about old people in the no man's land between life and death, set in a retirement home.

"Hello Fellow Man" - Three lovely ladies of the class invite homeless people, homeless people and junks to spend a pleasant evening with them. To promote communication and integration. They celebrate this party live on television.

The fascinated confessions of Joan Crawford.

Twenty-year-old Wolf is living in the boxing village of the Netherlands. When he has to fight against his best friend Alexander during a weekly match, he refuses. A rematch is confirmed, which brings Wolf's feelings and emotions to a boiling point. He tries to convince Alexander to join him leaving the village, but his overly romantic message runs into a wall.

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.

There are two couples. The four characters are played by eight actors. There is little dialogue. Sometimes a couple does not seem to live together, just to be alive together in the same room. Each one of them at one time walks through an anymous part of Amsterdam. They put their feet down with a will, clicking their way through town. We do not know where or why they are going. To a meeting, to get some exercise, nowhere? (Letterboxd)

An unlikely friendship blossoms between Elsa, a preppy, idle, spoiled blond who calls herself Gino, and Nina, a wannabe anarchist who plots with three others to blow up an arms factory. Nina is often sour and tempestuous, but with Gino she's spontaneous and funny. Yet the friendship often founders, as the feckless Gino spoils Nina's frequent and demanding plans. They decide to rob Gino's rich uncle to pay for bombs and creature comforts, they sneak into a stranger's house, they steal a painting

In 'The Oldenheim 12' we follow the lives of the residents of the extremely traditional Dutch village of Oldenheim. The locals are shaken to the core when they suddenly face a series of mysterious disappearances.

The manager of a pub in the middle of nowhere wants to break the world record for time spent underground in order to promote his business. For a long time the media seem to ignore his effort, until one day a TV crew pays the place a visit.