PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT
ZWALUWSTAART
feature film | in post production | writer & director Vincent Tilanus | genre drama | co-producer HUMAN / VPRO
When the gay Tommy (17) is working at his father’s wood workshop to make money for his get-away-ticket out of town, he finds out that his father has been secretly gay for all of his life. Will he keep his fathers secret since their bond has been getting stronger lately or will he tell his mother, but possibly lose the new bond with his father forever.
MISTER L.
feature film | in post production | writer & director Thomas Stokmans | genre hybrid film | original title Meneer L.
An Asian tourist visits the touristic highlights that the Netherlands has to offer. After losing his passport - due to biased assumptions about his identity – he ends up in a refugee asylum. Awaiting a solution to his precarious situation, he manages to start special friendships with the residents of the asylum through non-verbal communication.
MIA
feature film | in development | writer & director Tamar van den Dop | genre thriller/drama | co-producer PRPL - Ellen Havenith | supported by Netherlands Film Fund, MEDIA/Creative Europe
In total disbelief, Mia (66) must face that her eldest son is suspected of committing a horrific crime. Like a detective she delves into the case in search of evidence to prove her son’s innocence, and thus her own.
THE PART OF THE DAY WHEN YOU ARE NOT HERE
feature film | in development | writer & director Nicole Jachmann | genre drama | original title Het deel van de dag dat jij er niet bent
Tessel (14) is enjoying her summer holiday and her budding first love when she finds out about a big secret which flips her whole world upside down. Her mother Celine works as a prostitute. Tessel and Celine have to find a way to restore their once symbiotic bond, whilst dealing with a secret and expectations from society.
PEPERKLIPS
feature film | in development | writer Jaime Levinas & Perla Vita Beerens | director Jaime Levinas | genre coming of age
When a supposed vacation to Rotterdam turns into a permanent relocation, Argentinean pre-teen Jonathan finds himself stuck in a place he detests. Expected to assimilate in Dutch culture, he instead befriends his classmate Hasin, a Syrian refugee. Together they spend their days ditching school and finding ways to escape the rainy city. As they navigate the challenges of homesickness, they discover a glimmer of hope in a class trip abroad, seeing it as their gateway to freedom and a chance to find a place where they truly belong.
THE MAN OF FEW WORDS
podcast | in development | writer & director Thomas van Noort | genre tragicomedy | original title Een man van weinig woorden
The emotionally unavailable WILLEM (32) hears from his doctor that he only has 2000 words left to live. 'Piece of cake' he thinks, since he doesn't like to talk much anyway. Until his mother calls to tell him that his father, from whom he is estranged, is dying and she pleads to Willem that he should say goodbye. Willem needs to choose to either finally open up and be truthful, or forever hold his tongue.
DON'T LET US DROWN
feature film | in development | writer & director Emiel Sandtke | genre drama | co-producer Lemming Film
Nico (17) has a troubled relationship with his father, a dedicated climate activist. When his best friend Mathis also joins an environmental activist organisation, the friendship comes understrain and Nico does everything in his power not to lose Mathis.
JASMINE
feature film | in development | writer Kate Brown | director Mischa Kamp | genre drama
Jasmine’s life is turned upside down when she discovers she is pregnant again. Already the mother of two and having had post-natal depression after the birth of her last son, deep down she knows she cannot have a third child.
DE VERSCHRIKKELIJKE BADMEESTER
feature film | in development | writer Alexander de Bruijn | director Jonathan Elbers | genre family film
Based on the novel by Jozua Douglas.
LIFE AFTER DEATH
documentary | in development | writer & director Tessa Pope | genre drama | original title Het leven na de dood
Life After Death is a film about the complexity of the grieving process. How does sadness find a place in one's life when a beloved one is gone?
