Hans Heijnen

A deranged doctor gets in to a car accident and burns beyond recognition. Years later he awakes from his coma and stalks a young male nurse and his girlfriend, killing everyone along the way.

The Gert & Hermien Story shows the rise and fall of one of the most popular singing duos in Dutch history: Gert & Hermien Timmerman. Their career has seen great heights and deep valleys. Their personal lives, which were marked by scandals, were always widely covered in the tabloids. Daughter Sandra, along with some other intimates and confidants of Gert and Hermien, is our guide in the unlikely story of her narcissistic, manipulative father and driven mother.

Elderly brothers Pierre and Willie Pittie still live together in their parental home in Bemelen, and are members of almost every local club. The small village of Bemelen resides five kilometres away from Maastricht and gradually changes under pressure of city officials and the rising tourist industry. A loving portrait of a small Limburg community against the backdrop of big, societal changes.

"The Nether-Horror Collection is a compilation of ten remarkable short Dutch horror films. While feature films from our own country often fall short, short films often prove capable of surprising results."

Moving portrait of one of Rotterdam’s musical heroes: singing crane driver Lee Towers. After a lengthy period of absence, he is back on stage for one last gala concert in Ahoy. Behind the glitter and glamour, real life goes on, and that is above all hard work.

Achilles '29 from Groesbeek has been a top club in amateur football for years. In recent years they even surpass De Treffers, their bigger brother and competitor in the construction worker's village. When the club can promote to professional football via a pilot project, it takes on the challenge. It becomes a huge risk for the people who love the club.

A man is annoyed by a fly he just can't seem to kill.

On 7 February the Superbowl match in San Francisco kicks off, and there is a celebration across America. The kids of Frans and Tiny and their offspring are all sitting in front of the television. Uncle Frank stays home. He stares at his computer where via webcam he can see the market square in Sittard, watching if there isn’t too much rain during Carnival.

The Tegelse Passion Play, which is performed every five years, is about the last days of suffering of Jesus Christ. This tradition, in which almost the entire Limburg village in the Netherlands participates, goes back to 1931. It is also a tradition that is often accompanied by conflicts about texts, innovation and the design of the game. Because the Bible is serious business. In the shadow of the last Passion Plays unfold the passion stories of a few passion players who struggle with contemporary dilemmas such as abuse of power, domestic violence, homosexuality, migrants, equality, but also the suffering of Biblical themes such as betrayal, exclusion and misplaced pride.