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- The undocumented refugee Sabr (35) works in the Dutch illegal male prostitution. Short, gritty drama about the tragic cycle of abuse, dominance and power. Following his feature debut Paradise Drifters, Mees Peijnenburg presents a short, gritty and significantly less hopeful portrait, in his by now idiosyncratic, poetic-realistic style. The 35-year-old undocumented refugee Saba is caught within illegal male prostitution. His date with a john turns out different than expected, when several men are present at the meeting address. Should he pass over the money and run the risk they will call the police? Sort drama about the tragic cycle of abuse, dominance and power.
- What is on the minds of three young people who experience psychoses? Amid all the confusion, they look for the meaning of their mania, each in her or his own way.
- When he was twelve, Obada (21) and his family fled from Syria to Dutch Angeren: a small village in Gelderland. He barely speaks the language and fails to join in with the children at school. So, he stops going there and starts vlogging sketches, which soon make him a hit in the Arab world. His online stardom starkly contrasts with his secluded life in the Netherlands, where he regularly clashes with his family about his dreams, ambitions and love life.
- When Jerry (23) moves in with his father who suffers from dementia, the young man initially has problems with his role as an informal caregiver. After all, his life as a DJ in the city looked quite different. When one day he delves into his father's record case, one of the latter's old pop records from the 1980s turns out to be the ultimate source of samples. And before he knows it, a deeper connection with his father than ever before evolves.
- Six years ago, nine-year-old Fayaz fled Afghanistan with his mother. After many rambles, he ended up in a refugee centre in Almere. But Fayaz is not sure if he will still be in the Netherlands the day after tomorrow. Still, the young boy in this documentary keeps dreaming of a future as an animal keeper. A dream that starkly contrasts with the hard reality of a life as an asylum seeker.
- For many years, the Samburu, nomadic herdsmen in northern Kenya, lived under power pylons that supply cities with electricity. An existence dictated by the sun and the moon. Now, they too are swept along in the sweeping, global changes. Small campfires are replaced by a connection to the power mains. Electric light can keep predators at bay at night, and this is just the beginning. Impressions of a way of life at a turning point, where the Samburu are faced with feelings of loss and melancholy, but also look at the future with anticipation.
- As an adopted child, Kendra Jacobs experienced that the Netherlands needs to pay more attention to the invisible pain of adoption. This applies not only to adopted children but also to their loved ones. In Mama and I, Jacobs returns to Sri Lanka and visits important places to interpret the loss in her life better. In this way, she hopes to gain clarity about more profound issues. A documentary that shows that deep-seated scars can be discussed and seen.
- After the death of her husband Fred, Mary is left alone with her sister Paula. Mary thinks it's time to go her own way, but Paula, who suffers from street fear, needs Mary as a link to the outside world. Mary can't get away under the power of the bedridden and sucking Paula. So one day she takes Arthur, a queer man whom she knows vaguely from her work. Arthur can rent Fred's room and he may be able to relieve the oppressive situation.