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Films from The Netherlands
Films from The Netherlands
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CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
Instinct 1
The Barefoot Emperor 2
GALAS
The Gold昀nch 3
SHORT CUTS
Human Nature 4
WAVELENGTHS
State Funeral 5
IN THE MARKET
Bloody Marie 6
Boy Meets Gun 7
Dirty God 8
A Most Annoying Island 9
My Extraordinary Summer with Tess 10
Romy’s Salon 11
Take Me Somewhere Nice 12
INDEX
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CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA 1
INSTINCT Halina Reijn
98’ / colour Genre: drama, thriller Original title: INSTINCT
Prod: Topkapi Films - Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette
Schillings Co-prod: Man Up, BNN-VARA Sc: Esther Gerritsen, Halina
Reijn D.O.P.: Jasper Wolf Completed: January 2019 Language: Dutch
Cast: Carice van Houten (BRIMSTONE, GAME OF THRONES), Marwan
Kenzari (WOLF, ALADDIN). Halina Reijn: First feature film. Topkapi
Films Ph: +31 20 303 2494 [email protected] www.topkapifilms.nl
Sales: Films Boutique Ph: +49 30 6953 7850
[email protected] www.filmsboutique.com Sat 7 Sep, 21:15
TIFF Bell Lightbox 2 Sun 8 Sep, 14:30 Scotiabank 5 (p&i) Mon 9
Sep, 22:00 Scotiabank 11 Fri 13 Sep, 21:30 Scotiabank 8
Nicoline, an experienced psychologist wor-king in a penal
institution, starts an affair with a serial rapist who appears to
be ready to return to society.
Nicoline, an experienced psychologist, starts a new job at a
penal institution. She meets Idris, a sex offender who committed a
series of grave crimes. After five years of treatment, he is about
to go on his first unaccompanied pro-bation. His team of
practitioners are enthusias-tic about his development but newcomer
Nicoline does not trust him and tries to push his probation. Idris
tries his hardest to con-vince Nicoline of his good intentions, but
slowly but surely, he transforms into the mani-pulative man she saw
in him from the begin-ning. A power play emerges between the two
and Nicoline, in spite of her knowledge and ex-perience, lets
herself be trapped completely.
Winner Variety Piazza Grande Award
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2 MINORITY CO-PRODUCTION IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
THE BAREFOOT EMPEROR Jessica Woodworth & Peter Brosens
How the last King of the Belgians became the first Emperor of
Europe.
On his way home from a state visit to Istanbul, the King of the
Belgians suffers a gunshot wound to the ear during an unfortunate
inci-dent in Sarajevo. When he wakes up in a sa-natorium on a
Croatian island, once Tito’s renowned summer residence, the
confused King learns that the recent collapse of his king-dom has
led to the implosion of the EU. An envoy arrives from Vienna and
Mama Wako-lux, one of the architects of a nationalist ‘Nova
Europa’, proudly announces that the King has been chosen to be
Europe’s first modern Em-peror. However, tired of having his
destiny de-termined by others, the King takes matters into his own
hands. Thu 5 Sep, 12:00 Scotiabank 9 (p&i) Fri 6 Sep, 17:45
Scotiabank 4 Sun 8 Sep, 09:45 Jackman Hall Thu 12 Sep, 14:45
Scotiabank 14 (p&i) Sat 14 Sep, 09:00 Scotiabank 13
95’ / colour Genre: comedy, drama Original title: THE BAREFOOT
EMPEROR Prod: Bo Films (BE) Co-prod: Topkapi Films (NL) - Frans van
Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings, Wajnbrosse (BE),
Propeler Film (HR), Art Fest (BU) Sc: Jessica Woodworth & Peter
Brosens D.O.P.: Ton Peters Completed: September 2019 Language:
Dutch, English, French, German Cast: Peter van den Begin, Lucie
Debay, Bruno Georis, Geraldine Chaplin. Jessica Woodworth &
Peter Brosens: a.o. KING OF THE BELGIANS (2016, feature), THE FIFTH
SEASON (2012, feature), ALTIPLANO (2009, feature). NL Co-prod:
Topkapi Films Ph: +31 20 303 2494 [email protected]
www.topkapifilms.nl Sales: Be for Films Ph: +32 489 80 21 23
[email protected] www.beforfilms.com
WORLD PREMIERE
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MINORITY CO-PRODUCTION IN GALAS 3
THE GOLDFINCH John Crowley
The film adaptation of Donna Tartt’s glo-bally acclaimed
best-selling novel, which won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.
Theodore "Theo" Decker was 13-years-old when his mother was
killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The
tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring
odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even
love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of
hope from that terrible day...a painting of a tiny bird chai-ned to
its perch: The Goldfinch.
149’ / colour Genre: drama Original title: THE GOLDFINCH Prod:
Color Force (US), Warner Bros (US), Amazon Studios (US) Co-prod:
Kaap Holland Film (NL) Sc: Peter Straughan, Donna Tartt (based on
the novel by) D.O.P.: Roger Deakins Completed: September 2019
Language: English Cast: Ansel Elgort, Nicole Kidman, Finn Wolfhard,
Sarah Paulson. John Crowley: a.o. BROOKLYN (2015, feature), CLOSED
CIRCUIT (2013, feature), A BOY (2007, feature). NL Co-prod: Kaap
Holland Film Ph: +31 20 854 5977 [email protected]
www.kaaphollandfilm.nl Sales: Warner Bros Pictures Ph: +1 818 954
6189 www.warnerbros.com Sun 8 Sep, 18:00 Roy Thomson Hall Sun 8
Sep, 20:00 Elgin Theatre Mon 9 Sep, 08:00 Scotiabank 2 (p&i)
Mon 9 Sep, 12:15 TIFF Bell Lightbox 1 Tue 10 Sep, 12:00 Scotiabank
12 (p&i) Wed 11 Sep, 14:45 Scotiabank 2
©2019 Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved
WORLD PREMIERE
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4 SHORT CUTS
A stop-motion animation that reverses the usual hierarchy of the
animal kingdom.
Enter a world where things are different than how we know it. We
see naked ladies laying in the field, an old man taking a nap
on a radiator while a fat man is stranded on the beach and
starts vomiting plastic. In this world humans and
animals have swapped places. HUMAN NATURE is a short animation
film about the love people have for animals, and the harm we
consciously or unconsciously bring to them.
HUMAN NATURE Sverre Fredriksen
2’ / colour Genre: stop motion animation Original title: HUMAN
NATURE Prod: Family Affair Films - Noortje Wilschut, Chris Stenger,
Floor Onrust Sc: Britt Snel Animation: Zaou Vaughan, Sverre
Fredriksen, Marike Verbiest Completed: June 2019 Language: no
dialogue Sverre Fredriksen: a.o. CLOACINAE (2017, short), POWER UP
(2005, short). Family Affair Films Ph: +31 20 707 1713
[email protected] www.familyaffairfilms.nl Sales: SND Films
Ph: +31 20 404 0707 [email protected] www.sndfilms.com Thu 5 Sep,
21:00 Scotiabank 3 Fri 6 Sep, 09:30 Scotiabank 6 (p&i) Thu 12
Sep, 18:00 Scotiabank 10
WORLD PREMIERE
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WAVELENGTHS 5
STATE FUNERAL Sergei Loznitsa
The enigma of the personality cult is revea-led in the grand
spectacle of Joseph Stalin’s funeral.
Unique, mostly unseen before, archive footage from March 1953,
presents the funeral of Jo-seph Stalin as the culmination of the
dictator’s personality cult. The news of Stalin’s death on March 5,
1953, shocked the entire Soviet Union. The burial ceremony was
attended by tens of thousands of mourners. We observe every stage
of the funeral spectacle, described by Pravda newspaper, as the
Great Farewell, and receive an unprecedented access to the dramatic
and absurd experience of life and death under Stalin’s reign. The
film addresses the issue of Stalin’s perso-nality cult as a form of
terror-induced delusion. It gives an insight into the nature of the
regime and its legacy, still haunting the contemporary world.
135’ / colour Genre: documentary Original title: ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЕ
ПОХОРОНЫ Prod: Atoms & Void (NL) - Sergei Loznitsa, Maria
Choustova Co-prod: Studio Uljana Kim (LT) Completed: September 2019
Language: Russian Sergei Loznitsa: a.o. THE PROCESS (2018, doc),
DONBASS (2018, feature), A GENTLE CREATURE (2017, feature), MAIDAN
(2014, doc). Atoms & Void Ph: +31 6 1100 6099
[email protected] www.facebook.com/atomsvoid Mon 9 Sep, 14:45
Scotiabank 9 (p&i) Fri 13 Sep, 15:00 Scotiabank 7 (p&i) Fri
13 Sep, 18:15 Jackman Hall Sat 14 Sep, 12:00 Jackman Hall Sun 15
Sep, 17:30 Jackman Hall
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6 IN THE MARKET
BLOODY MARIE Guido van Driel & Lennert Hillege
The life of graphic novelist Marie Wankelmut drifts between home
and the liquor store, until horrific events force her to take
action.
Graphic novelist Marie Wankelmut lives in Amsterdam’s Red Light
District where she spends her time at home, in the pub or in the
liquor store. Her life is empty, even after the success of her
graphic novel Porn for the Blind, but horrific events in her next
door neighbours’ house stir her into action…
90’ / colour Genre: thriller, psychological drama Original
title: BLOODY MARIE Prod: Family Affair Films (NL) - Floor Onrust
Co-prod: Bulletproof Cupid (BE) Sc: Guido van Driel, Lennert
Hillege D.O.P.: Lennert Hillege Completed: November 2018 Language:
Dutch, German Cast: Susanne Wolff (THE THREE MUSKETEERS, THE
STRANGER IN ME). Guido van Driel: Second feature film. THE
RESURRECTION OF A BASTARD (2013, feature), GREEN IS ALWAYS THE BEST
COLOR FOR GRASS (2007, TV film). Lennert Hillege: First feature
film. Family Affair Films Ph: +31 20 707 1713
[email protected] www.familyaffairfilms.nl Sales: Wide Ph:
+33 1 5395 0464 [email protected] www.widemanagement.com
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IN THE MARKET 7
All men experience a crisis in their lifetime, most of them are
unarmed when it happens.
When the bored evolutionary philo- sopher Maarten Moreau gets
caught up in an armed robbery that goes wrong, he accidentally gets
hold of the murder weapon. Seized by a renewed appetite for life,
Maarten decides to keep the gun. A true romance blossoms be-tween
the boy and the gun, not without consequences.
BOY MEETS GUN Joost van Hezik
84’ / colour Genre: black comedy, crime Original title: BOY
MEETS GUN Prod: Pupkin – Pieter Kuijpers, Sander van Meurs, Iris
Otten Creative prod: Layla Meijman Co-prod: VPRO Sc: Willem Bosch
D.O.P.: Joris Kerbosch Completed: July 2019 Language: Dutch Cast:
Eelco Smits, Victor IJdens, Mara van Vlijmen. Joost van Hezik:
First feature film. a.o. THE FUNERAL OF THE SHY (2017, short).
Pupkin Ph: +31 20 489 5088 [email protected] www.pupkin.com Sales:
Media Luna Ph: +49 221 5109 1891 [email protected]
www.medialuna.biz
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8 IN THE MARKET
DIRTY GOD Sacha Polak
Alienated from her young daughter after an acid attack leaves
her faci-ally disfigured, Londoner Jade finds solace in a
hedonistic lifestyle and in-ternet sex.
DIRTY GOD is a film about a young mo-ther from London who must
pick up the pieces after an acid attack leaves her with severe
facial burns. Prior to the at-tack, with limited education and
oppor-tunities, Jade's main currency was her looks. Her face has
been reconstruc-ted, but her beauty is gone. Jade must set about
rebuilding herself - which pro-ves to be a gargantuan task.
104’ / colour Genre: drama Original title: DIRTY GOD Prod:
Viking Film (NL) - Marleen Slot Co-prod: Emu Films (UK), A Private
View (BE), Savage Productions (IE) Sc: Sacha Polak, Susanne Farrell
D.O.P.: Ruben Impens Completed: January 2019 Language: English
Cast: Vicky Knight, Katherine Kelly, Rebecca Stone, Bluey Robinson,
Dana Marineci. Sacha Polak: a.o. ZURICH (2015, feature) Award:
CICAE Art Cinema Award for Best Film, NEW BOOBS (2013, doc), HEMEL
(2011, feature) Award: FIPRESCI Award-Berlin IFF. Viking Film Ph:
+31 20 625 4788 [email protected] www.vikingfilm.nl Sales:
Independent Film Company Ph: +44 20 7257 8734
[email protected] www.independentfilmcompany.com
Sundance Film Festival
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IN THE MARKET 9
A curse that is centuries old on an is-land full of annoying
people. A boy full of dreams can turn this around. But how?
A father tells his son the story of a strange island. It starts
in the Middle Ages when a group of angry citizens throw a witch
into the lake. Just before she disappears, the witch pronounces a
curse over the island: everyone upon it will be annoying forever.
Who is the chosen one who can save the island and its
inhabitants?
A MOST ANNOYING ISLAND Albert Jan van Rees
75’ / colour Genre: action/adventure, children's, family
Original title: HET IRRITANTE EILAND Prod: Nuts & Bolts Film
Company - Marijn Wigman, Denis Wigman, Roen Kiewik Sc: Tim Kamps,
Wart Kamps D.O.P.: Joris Kerbosch Completed: December 2018
Language: Dutch Cast: Matsen Montsma (THE DAY MY FATHER BECAME A
BUSH), Jacob Derwig (THE RESISTANCE BANKER, THE DINNER), Tjitske
Reidinga (THE RENOVATION, VIPER’S NEST), Ilse Warringa (RON
GOOSSENS, LOW BUDGET STUNTMAN). Albert Jan van Rees: DORIS (2018,
feature), ADIOS AMIGOS (2016, feature). Nuts & Bolts Film
Company Ph: +31 6 5105 8635 [email protected] www.nutsbolts.nl
Sales: Incredible Film Ph: + 31 6 5394 8986
[email protected] www.incrediblefilm.com
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10 IN THE MARKET
MY EXTRAORDINARY SUMMER WITH TESS Steven Wouterlood
Sam is practicing being alone in order to avoid the pain of
loss, but after an adventure with Tess he discovers the value of
family.
On the first day of their holiday on the Dutch island of
Terschelling, the bro-ther of 10-year-old Sam breaks his leg - too
bad for him, but great news for Sam. Why? Because it leads him to
the idiosyncratic Tess, who has an ingeni-ous plan to get to know
her father who is a stranger to her. With a little help from Sam,
she’s got just a week to achieve this…
88’ / colour Genre: children's, drama, family Original title:
MIJN BIJZONDER RARE WEEK MET TESS Prod: BIND (NL) - Joram Willink,
Piet-Harm Sterk Co-prod: Östlicht (AT) Sc: Laura van Dijk D.O.P.:
Sal Kroonenberg Completed: November 2018 Language: Dutch Cast:
Sonny Coops van Utteren, Josephine Arendsen, Julian Ras (MASTER
SPY, THE FANTASTIC FAMILY HOTEL), Tjebbo Gerritsma (THE RESISTANCE
BANKER, RIPHAGEN). Steven Wouterlood: First feature film. a.o.
REMI, NOBODY'S BOY (2016, TV series), SUPERSTAR VR (2016, short),
KINGS DAY (2015, short), ANYTHING GOES (2014, short). BIND Ph: +31
20 364 0030 [email protected] www.bindfilm.com Sales: Picture Tree
International Ph: +49 30 4208 2480
[email protected]
www.picturetree-international.com
Kplus Special Mention Grand Prize
Feature Film
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IN THE MARKET 11
Romy (10) dislikes having to go to her grandmother's hair salon
after school, but it turns out that her grandmother really needs
Romy's help.
Romy’s mother has to work a lot. That’s why Romy goes to her
grandmother every day after school. If you think that sounds like
fun, then you’re wrong, be-cause Grandma Stine is very busy
wor-king in her hairdressing salon, and is very strict. But
everything changes when Romy discovers a totally different side to
her granny’s character.
ROMY’S SALON Mischa Kamp
92’ / colour Genre: comedy, drama, family Original title:
KAPSALON ROMY Prod: BosBros (NL) - Burny Bos, Eefje Smulders
Co-prod: Leitwolf Filmproduktion (DE) Sc: Tamara Bos D.O.P.: Melle
van Essen Completed: January 2019 Language: Dutch, Danish, German
Cast: Vita Heijmen, Beppie Melissen (TONIO, THE HEINEKEN
KIDNAPPING), Noortje Herlaar (MIRACLE MONKS, IN MY FATHER’S
GARDEN), Guido Pollemans (MESSI & MAUD, QUALITY TIME). Mischa
Kamp: a.o. SING SONG (2017, feature) Awards: a.o. Professional Jury
Award Best Live-Action Drama-Chicago Int. Children’s FF, BOYS
(2014, feature) Awards: a.o. Golden Apple Audience Award and
Children's Jury Best Feature-Zlín IFF, Youth Jury Best Film-Lucas
IFF, TONY 10 (2012, feature) Awards: Jury Prize-Galicja Int.
Children’s FF. BosBros Ph: +31 20 524 4030 [email protected]
www.bosbros.com Sales: Attraction Distribution Ph: +1 514 360 0252
[email protected] www.attractiondistribution.ca
Kristiansand Intl Children’s FF Winner Best European Film
Giffoni Film Festival Winner Special Award for
Most Tenacious Film
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12 IN THE MARKET
TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE Ena Sendijarević
When Alma travels from Holland to Bosnia by road she finds
herself on an increasingly unpredictable adventure through the
country’s scorching he-artland.
Alma travels from the Netherlands to Bosnia to visit her sick
father whom she has never met. Teaming up with her de-tached cousin
and his charming best friend, they embark together on an
inc-reasingly unpredictable road trip ad-venture through the
country’s scorching heartland.
100’ / colour Genre: drama, road movie Original title: TAKE ME
SOMEWHERE NICE Prod: Pupkin - Iris Otten, Sander van Meurs, Pieter
Kuijpers Creative prod: Layla Meijman Co-prod: VPRO - Joost de Wolf
Sc: Ena Sendijarević D.O.P.: Emo Weemhoff Completed: January 2019
Language: Dutch, Bosnian, English Cast: Sara Luna Zorić (YULIA
& JULIET), Lazar Dragojevic, Ernad Prnjavorac. Ena
Sendijarević: First feature film. IMPORT (2016, short) Awards: a.o.
Best Fic-tion-Message to Men FF, Best European Fiction Film-Go
Short IFF, FERNWEH (2014, short) Awards: a.o. Best Int. Short-Tous
Écrans FF, TRAVELLERS INTO THE NIGHT (2013, short). Pupkin Ph: +31
20 489 5088 [email protected] www.pupkin.com Sales: Heretic Ph: +30
210 600 5260 [email protected] www.heretic.gr
WINNER SPECIAL JURY AWARD
BEST FEATURE FILM HEART OF SARAJEVO AWARD
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