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In WWII's final years, a soldier in the German army, a British glider pilot, and a Dutch resistance fighter's paths intertwine. Their choices shape destinies, impacting not only their freedom but also that of others.

A man who has been having visions of an impending danger begins an affair with a woman who may lead him to his doom.

At the deathbed of his used-to-be militant mother, an older man looks back at his childhood, when he was in love with his sensual aunt Coleta.

Four women in the Miller family: teen daughter Eva, her mother Judith, aunt Barbara and older half-sister Anna, work their way through the chaos called love. The result is a roller coaster ride of first crushes, lust, affairs, baby fever, and indestructible love. The four women are beautiful, courageous and sensible, but are also sometimes a bit lost. Can their male counterparts handle this dangerous cocktail of determination and female hormones?

As the Dutch title indicates, this series chronicles magnificently the life of William I "the Silent" of Orange, who grew up with his Lutheran family in the princely castle of a minor German countship of Nassau at Dillingen, till at eleven he inherited the vast riches of the prince of Orange (in southern France, with major possessions in the Low Countries), and was sent to the Holy Roman emperor Charles V's sister Margareth's gubernatorial court in Brussels to receive a Catholic education. He soon became a Habsburg confident and high councilor, a gifted diplomat and military officer. However when the persecution of the Protestants -and some other measures- arouses great resistance with the people and many nobles, it gets ever harder to remain loyal to the crown for the Lutheran at heart, who ends up leading the opposition once Charles' heir, king Philip II of Spain, ceases all negotiations and tries to impose his absolute rule by military force, which however only succeeds in splitting the Low Countries in a southern Catholic half under Habsburg control and a northern one, dominated by Calvinists, which ultimately becomes the 'crowned republic' of the Seventeen United Provices under William (and later his heirs, for centuries maintaining his title of Stadholder, theoretically Habsburg governor), painstakingly seeking a diplomatic course amidst the wars and religious civil wars throughout Europe. His personal life is also sketched, including several marriage alliances and a recognized son out of wedlock.

Tate, a young and crooked businessman, thinks he can get rich quick by buying a Russian freighter in the port of Rotterdam. This turns out to be a fiasco because the ship has been arrested, the freight has been sealed by the customs and the crew has been waiting for months for their wages. When his girlfriend falls in love with the ship's mate, Tate makes a decision. He takes pity on the suffering crew and tries to save them from their helpless predicament.

9-episode travelogue through The Netherlands of 1823, following the itinerary and words as jotted down in the diary of young Dutch author Jacob van Lennep, who hiked -by foot and coach- during three months in the rainy summer of 1823, through the young Kingdom of the Netherlands, eight years after its becoming independent. Author Geert Mak, as narrator, joined me during the sunny summer of 2000 on a trip retracing the footsteps of Van Lennep, with the amazing result that most of the 19th century's locations could be found intact, following the original footpaths and coach-routes. Thus this mini-series turned out to be a living testimony of cultural-history of The Netherlands of 200 years ago.

Film adaptation by Marnix Ruben of the eponymous thriller by Rinus Ferdinandusse from 1971, in which Amsterdam journalist Rutger Lemming finds himself in precarious situations while investigating a mysterious organization attempting to curb tourism in Zeeland.

A young woman travels, through the desolate countryside and her pensive thoughts, back to meet a love from childhood. She remembers the boy with his dreams, of making it big and making meaning of his life and this world, and his intense passion for music. The boy who is now a rock star. Does he remember her, in the same way she remembers him? Will their worlds fall away or will they meet again? Taking inspiration from Hugh Everett's many-worlds interpretation, Everred tells of a journey towards one's destiny, and how it remains true, no matter which paths we may take. For when destiny endures, time shall ever redeem.

Short film about a man (Alex) who goes home after work to meet his daughter again after 25 years. He left her when she was 5 years old. This will be the reunion with his daughter he has been waiting a long time for. But on his way home he hears a scream and finds his colleague unconscious on the floor. He dials the police, and when he checks the security cameras to see what has happened, she is suddenly gone. Everything happens while the lights go out for just a second. He goes back to the place where his colleague was just a minute ago, only her walkie-talkie remains. At that moment the police arrive, questioning him. The story sounds very weird to the officer and thinks it's a false alarm. When the officer leaves, the lights go out again. Alex is strangled. Then we see the woman who has strangled Alex, it's his daughter.

A moving and humorous portrait of Holland's oldest greengrocer and his wife, who have been putting their heart and soul into running their shop for 65 years and don't want to hear about quitting.

Thijs and Eva fall in love, have a good time together and a lot of friends around. A nice party, alcohol, a meeting in the toilet and a scooter.

Freek feels like a prisoner in the rut of ordinariness of his retirement home 'The Tartarus Ward' and decides to escape. But the evil Nurse Riefenstahl doesn't make that an easy task.

Singing Hopsa, heisasa makes Willem feel less lonely. But when he meets the drowned ghost of Isra, who's afraid to go on to the afterlife without her lost teddybear, he discovers there's more behind the song than merely giving love and solace.

Who benefits when a human life is extended? Is getting older becoming barbaric in this day and age? Or does life extension only have meaning when it is meaningful to the one who's life is extended?

In 1811, the Netherlands is in turmoil: Napoleon Bonaparte arrives. The Emperor is at the height of his power at that time. Napoleon starts his journey in Vlissingen and travels via Dordrecht, Gorinchem and Vianen to Utrecht.

The Dutch Republic becomes a world power in the seventeenth century. Not only thanks to the typical commercial spirit, but also through robbery and war. A small elite gets rich by exploiting others in the black pages of this Golden Age.