Country Focus 3 Breakdown and Breakup

Unexpected setbacks happen to everyone. Some people are thrown off course easier than others. Only sometimes it takes a little delay until the journey takes a new start and moves on unswervingly to its desired course. Not only outside the Netherlands is the wheel turning. Looking at kinks in the speed diagram of life.
(Kleiner Saal)
Volksbad Jena

Scrambled

Scrambled

film still Scrambled
Animation Netherlands
direction: Bastiaan Schravendeel

After Esra misses her train late one evening, a discarded, living Rubik’s cube tries to get her attention in an attempt to get solved.

A Day off

Een Vrije Dag

film still A Day off
Fiction Netherlands
direction: Wouter Stoter

When Erik sees the au pair of the neighbouring house, he wants to prove that he is by no means a 44-year-old family man who is supposed to mow the lawn.

Rocknrollers

Rocknrollers

film still Rocknrollers
Documentary Netherlands
direction: Daan Bol

Three teens have been playing in a rock band for years. When one starts suffering from depression the band’s future is at stake. A lively youth rockumentary about friendship, growing up and the power of music.

For Free

Gratis

film still For Free
Fiction Netherlands
direction: Merijn Scholte-Albers, Tobias Smeets

A price-conscious older couple wins a one-minute free supermarket purchase. Unexpected problems arise.

Hold on

Houvast

film still Hold on
Fiction Netherlands
direction: Charlotte Scott-Wilson

A young, talented cellist suddenly develops stage fright after one of her cello strings comes lose during an important performance.

Through You

Through You

film still Through You
Animation Netherlands
direction: Lucette Braune

The anonymity and serendipity of city life come into focus in this visual narrative of a young woman working her way through the masses to complete simple daily errands.

97%

97%

film still 97%
Fiction Netherlands
direction: Ben Brand

Via an app on his phone, Bert discovers that a 97% love match is close by. Will he be able to find her before the subway train reaches the final station?