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Lana, a Dutch secondary school teacher, struggles to handle Benny, her new intimidating 17-year-old student and his dark attraction.

Follows a 13-year-old girl who dreams to become a writer. While she is learning to write with the help of her neighbor, she suddenly realizes that her life is actually becoming a novel.

A Good Life is about the unusual relationship between Helen, a widow who ends up in dire financial straits from one day to the next, and the student, Joeri, who finances his wild and luxurious lifestyle by working as a gay escort.

A Dutch TV journalist finds himself challenging the police, courts and media as he attempts to uncover the truth about the controversial Deventer murder case.

On a family vacation at the beach, Sam meets Tess, who carries her own secrets around with her and shows him how the present moment can win out over memories and anxiety about what's yet to come.

Moroccan-Dutch Karim returns to his family home and opens up to his parents about being into men. Their reaction inspires a journey of discovery through Karim's isolation as he attempts to break an ingrained culture of silence.

Jonas (29) and Dimi (27) are former lovers. When Dimi visits Jonas to collect the last of her personal belongings, it initially seems like a simple, awkward moment - a closure for the both of them. However, their meeting quickly unfolds into a painful encounter filled with suppressed emotions, as Jonas desperately tries to win Dimi back. Jonas's jealousy and need to control Dimi take over, revealing why they broke up in the first place.

Handsome, clever final year law student Koen avoids being beaten up by street thugs by claiming he's a maternal cousin of crime baron Henk de Koning. The next day, Henk praises Koen's wit and commandeers 'cousin's' help to retrieve the treasure presumably hidden by disloyal accomplice Sjon de Nooyer, who was released from jail to a retirement home, be volunteering as orderly, posing as his distant relative. Dirty police detective Uitenhaage is after the same fortune, and leans independently on innocent Koen to spy on Sjon.

In the impoverished southern Dutch province of Limburg, the bond between a former mine worker and his only son is put to the test as the latter takes it upon himself to pay his father's debts to a local gangster.

A family's stability is shaken by the teenage son's drift towards extremism.

Kees wants to go far away from home, but her mother doesn't seem ready for the cut-off as of yet. In light of the complexity and ambivalence of their good relationship, a joint road trip develops into an emotional tour de force.

At the International Butler Academy in a Dutch village students of all ages from all over the world are taught the intricacies of the butler's profession in ten weeks. What motivates these people who choose such an altruistic profession?

Raised in the poorest district of Curacao, international table tennis champion, womanizer and successful entrepreneur Robert Hosé became the role model for a new, self-confident generation of black Antilleans in the 70s.

In the Magway region of Myanmar, a country home to one of the oldest petroleum industries in the world, live husband and wife Thein Shwe and Htwe Tin. Running an unregulated oil field, they produce a barrel every few days. They wish above all else to see their youngest son succeed, to break the cycle of poverty.

Stranded in the infamous "Jungle" refugee encampment in Calais, France, a young aspiring Syrian actor bonds with a cynical countryman as they attempt to make the perilous crossing to England.

On his way to a foreign military mission, Max (30) is getting caught up in a war-game with his neighbor boys. As Max gradually loses his self control, the boys get involved with his internal warfare and loose their innocence.

When the young boy Mimoun needs to get his hands on some money to buy his big love Soraya a gift, he seems to get dragged into the criminal wake of his older brother Ab. Mimoun has to make a choice which will determine his future.

When Linde, a chambermaid in a luxury hotel, sees a distressed Nigerian girl of her own age, possibly a victim of human trafficking, she is suddenly aware of the hidden dark sides of society and her own position of privilege.

After moving to Amsterdam, Tygo gives a class talk about Carnival. What starts as a general explanation of the festival, turns into a personal poignant account. Although his father always says that anything goes with Carnival, his father also shows him that even with Carnival, one can go too far.

The 11-year-old Younes is selling his father's car parts at a lively street market. The day starts out festive, but when the young folk singer Kelvin and his menacing father arrive, the atmosphere deteriorates fast. A silent struggle develops between Younes and Kelvin, one that is not only waged between the boys, but also between their dominant fathers. As the day progresses in this park in Amsterdam, the two boys discover that even though they once seemed so different, their situations are actually the same.

Once upon a time, Nel and Gerard arranged to jointly end their lives whenever they had a sense of completion, as the ultimate symbol of their love bond.

On a Saturday night in the "City of Love", two sworn enemies are united in their hatred for someone they despise even more than each other: a gay man.

Drug addict Fausto dos Santos gets a pistol from his drug dealer and kills someone for a shot. Caught by guilt he wanders through the night. After his arrest, he seems to be a different person.