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- A fictional photographer's quest to spiritually rediscover herself is interspersed with documentary footage of scientists and theologians discussing the philosophical aspects of quantum physics.
- On November 7, 2007, 18 year old Pekka shot and killed eight people at a high school in Jokela, a peaceful Finnish commuter town just north of Helsinki. Conversations with classmates, teachers and Pekka's parents lead into to a haunting reconstruction of the oppressive circumstances that led to this tragic act. We come to see that these circumstances are not necessarily unique to Pekka's life in Jokela.
- A cinematic documentary that illuminates the lives of individual animals living within and rescued from the machine of our modern world.
- In the days of Franco's dictatorship, a scandalous love affair between the elderly Pepet Tremolls and the eighteen-year-old Rosa Campos de Amor is bafflingly concluded by a suicide on New Year's Eve.
- A man creates a remarkable community for abandoned children, with no higher purpose than giving its young members the joys of childhood.
- Shy, thirteen year old Xenia doesn't feel comfortable in the overly-regulated society she lives in. In search of a place for herself she discovers an island on which time doesn't seem to exist. This is where she finds the key to her future.
- Dolkar is the only one in her family who has been given a chance to study. She studies at the Secmol School. The director of the boarding school supports the girls wish to play ice hockey. When the next year's tournament is approaching the girls make a new attempt to enter. They have to solve problem by problem: Thin Ice, bad equipment, no coaching. Finally when they find the American coach Deb, they travel over the mountain to the Muslim village Kargil and create a joint team. Side by side the Buddhist and Muslim girls challenge the men in charge. When they finally are allowed to take part in the competition, they still have to fight for their rights both on the ice and beside the rink. The men don't like Dolkar and her team, so they change the rules and push the girls around. Due to the injustices there is chaos with boycott and new wild protests. Dolkar is risking her education and reputation by leading the protests. But then she also becomes the important bridge between the Buddhist and the Muslim society in Ladakh.
- A teenage boy from a small Himalayan villages has to choose between his duty to tend to the family home, and his ambitions to study abroad.
- Hannah misses her father after he leaves for Argentina. Although they're not together anymore, they will always share their love of tango.
- When Jeroen van Velzen lived in Kenia as a child he was very susceptible to the stories told to him by an old fisherman. As Jeroen got older, his belief supernatural powers disappeared, but a part of him still longed for that open, unprejudiced way in which he looked at life and for the magic that filled everything with colour. That is why he wanted to return to the country where he grew up. On the coral island Wasini he met Masoud, and his steady helper Juma. Masoud is an old fisherman who still hopes of catching a large shark. How long Masoud also remains without a catch, every day he sincerely believes that tomorrow he will catch a shark. Jeroen would like to tell the story of Masoud in five days. Through this, stories of the past, told by three old people, are woven into the film. On their last day together Masoud shows him the sacred island Mpunguti, the place where his ancestors are buried. There Jeroen realises that the magic of this world rests in the simplicity of it. Wherein Masoud, like generations before him, hunts the impossible in perfect serenity and with confidence in his own abilities.
- Ten-year-old Tristan lives with his parents and younger sister in a small Dutch town. His favorite hobby is football. He and his friends love the regular practice sessions and matches against other local teams. His biggest wish is for the team to be coached by his father, who is just as passionate about football as he is, and who also played on the national team. But just like his mother, Tristan's father is deaf. Can Tristan succeed in convincing the team that his father can lead football practice despite his handicap?
- Documentary about the life and work of Sogyal Rinpoche, the most important contemporary Buddhist scholar after the Dalai Lama.
- The first day of high school is very stressful for 12-year-old Nadia. That may be true for any seventh grader starting at a new school, but Nadia has been worrying for weeks. So much so that she is feeling physically ill. She is a bright and openhearted young lady, but as her teacher says, there's something special about her. In the short documentary Nadia's tics, she tells us about the days leading up to her first day of school. She candidly explains how she struggles with her obsessive-compulsive neuroses and anxieties, aided by the motto: to think + to do = to dare. School isn't the only thing making Nadia uneasy; daily life has plenty of surprises that make her feel anxious as well.
- Remzi is a thirteen year old boy, who was placed in an institution for mentally challenged children when he was four and since then he has moved from one institution to the other, time after time, with a wrong diagnosis. Now it is clear to everyone that he has a normal IQ, but yet they don't know where to place him. Remzi himself would just like to go home.
- After losing his wife and son during the war in Kosovo, Migjen flees to the Netherlands with his daughter Iliriana. Now that he has rebuild his life and Iliriana has to start school, he is confronted with his past. The feeling of letting her go brings him close to insanity.
- Documentary about the daily life and routine of 73 year-old farmer Jan. Inhabiting a farm on his own plot in the northern Dutch province of Groningen, Jan managed to keep a lifestyle that became truly rare in the 21st century. During the course of a year the filmmaker carefully portrays an old bachelor within his own little universe.
- Over two thousand years ago, Vergilius wrote an ode to farming. Is there something to be found for a farmer in Flevoland that has not lost its relevancy?
- Allez, Viens! takes you to the industrial area of Maastricht (the Netherlands) where a motley crew of nine young women live in a close-knit community. They strive to live an anti-capitalist lifestyle by sharing all their possessions, food and spaces. While sisters Anna and Amber make plans for their futures apart, it soon becomes clear that adventure is waiting and the girls will each have to prepare to venture off into the unknown.
- How to act when you are in top shape mentally but the body doesn't respond that way? Bas, Roelof and Evert are physically handicapped. Nevertheless they embark on a 1000 km bike trip across the Himalayas. From Lhasa to Kathmandu conquering mountain passes over 5000 meters high. The documentary explores the fraction in their lives and the battle between the mind and the disobedient body in quest for new balance. THE CONQUEST OF HIGH PASSES is a moving portrait of people in search for their inner strength, traveling against the background of a breathtaking landscape.
- Up close and without comment this film shows how breast cancer throws the lives of three women into turmoil. Sabrina, Vicky and Ingrid fight to uphold their dignity and womanhood despite the pain and sorrow they have to go through. How do they pick up the pieces and who is there to help?
- The story of 14 year old Sem and his two friends, Berend and Max, who have decided to go on a summer vacation without their parents for the first time. With a small motorboat they go out to explore the world. It will be a trip which will put their friendship to the test. They have to conquer setbacks and learn freedom comes with responsibilities. For the first time they make their own choices and the boys definitely don't agree on everything. Sem tries to keep the group together, but carries a secret within him which could change everything.
- "Stuff Everywhere" is a personal documentary about the connection between people and their stuff. Things are handy, they make life easier and we think they will bring us joy. But they invade our houses, the streets, the sea and our minds. In how we think about ourselves, about the economy and about cubicle space. Stuff Everywhere is a poetical film filled with questions, numbers and searching words.
- Eighteen years ago Wim suffered a cerebral infarction. Since then he suffers from what is called 'locked-in syndrome', which means that he is not able to talk or move. For the last couple of years he has been living at home, taken care of by his wife. To allow their mother a weekend off, the three sons, Will, Edwin and Bram, take over care by themselves. For the first time the four men are totally reliant on each other for days.