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- Rebecca and her father move from the UK to Jerusalem and their ancestral home, where she befriends Rasha, a Palestinian girl only she can see. Is Rasha a figment of Rebecca's imagination, or is she connected to the home's troubled history?
- On his tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marco Kroon heroically leads his men through firefights and is awarded the highest decoration in the Netherlands: the Military Order of William. However, in the years that follow, Kroon is discredited. He struggles with traumas he cannot share even with Mirjam, the love of his life and everyone has an opinion about him, in the media and in the street. Kroon finds himself swept up in an emotional rollercoaster. As he tries to exonerate himself, he may face his toughest mission yet.
- Anthon is renowned physicist researching Dark Matter - particles we know nothing about, but of which 95% of our universe consists of. Anthon's life is turned upside down when his eleven years old son Thomas is kidnapped by Elena, a mysterious woman. From that moment Anthon not only has to go look for his son, but also for himself. Dark Matter is a reflection on the dark mysteries of our universe and how we relate to the unknown.
- When patriarch Jack Praal is confronted with his biggest fear and his youngest son Dirk is linked to a woman's death, the family gets trapped in a web of intrigue and betrayal. During the course of five weeks, the series follows the family members, who put their own interests aside in order to save everything. But not everyone is playing a fair game, which seems to result in the inevitable downfall of the once-close Praal family.
- Plastic surgeon Mathilde is smart and successful as well as happily married with children. However, appearances are deceiving. The renovation of their home threatens to turn into a disaster and her marriage is faltering. Until she accepts the helping hand of an old boyfriend.
- When André, Bart and David go to do odd jobs in an old farmhouse, they no longer appear immortal. They alternate leaden seriousness with limp nattering, but that doesn't escape the fact that they are getting older.
- A kindhearted twenty-something struggling with his pedophile urges is put to the test when a young girl moves in next door.
- Soof is reaching 40 and has everything she ever wanted: three children, a small catering business, a sweet husband Kasper, and a lovely home. Until she starts asking herself: 'Is this all there is?'
- In the spring of 1945 a train deporting hundreds of Jewish prisoners gets stranded near a small German village occupied by the Red Army. Condemned to each other and in a context of deep mistrust, desperation and revenge, an unexpected friendship emerges between Russian sniper Vera, village girl Winnie and Jewish-Dutch woman Simone.
- Mohammed Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to compete on the program "Arab Idol."
- The affair of a married Palestinian man and a married Israeli woman in Jerusalem takes a dangerous political dimension when they are spotted in the wrong place at the wrong time, leaving them to deal with more than their broken marriages.
- Casablanca, Morocco. A trio of women, with the police on their tail, embarks on a long escape that takes them across the rugged red terrain and flower-filled valleys of the Atlas to finally reach the Atlantic coast.
- A woman whose visit to a hair salon turns into a nightmare when she is blackmailed by its owner.
- A young geologist ventures out into the vast tundra of northern Norway to finish his research on meteorite craters, only to get hopelessly lost in both the wilderness and his own mind.
- In the summer of 1989, a teenage girl finds herself facing adulthood as she deals with her handicapped father's suicide attempt - while also falling in love for the first time in her life.
- Four old friends relive happy days gone by as they climb France's Mont Ventoux by bike like they did thirty years before, only to find themselves forced to face a ghost from their shared past.
- Sophie finally seems to have her life back on track. She's happy, her restaurant is booming and her kids are ready to leave the nest. As usual, Sophie tries to keep way too many balls in the air at the same time. Then she get's some bad news at the same time her daughter Sacha comes home from abroad to introduce her fiancée. Sophie gratefully embraces her daughter's upcoming wedding as an excuse to bury her head in the sand. Soof must learn to accept help from her loved ones and that she's worthy of their concern.
- A compassionate divorce lawyer and her callous male co-worker find themselves reconsidering their beliefs on love, marriage, ambition and each other as they go head-to-head over the coveted position of partner in their legal firm.
- Now officially divorced, Sophie and Kasper are trying to find a way of living their new lives. How do you deal with your ex finding a new partner? In the meantime, everyday life continues with its normal challenges, like having teenagers around the house and an intervening mother. The series' focus is again on the smart dialogue and relatable characters. Despite their imperfections and flaws, you still have to love them.
- The enigmatic love story of John Marcher and May Bartram. Their duet around an ominous secret is captured in a style both physical and poetic.
- Initially, Annabel and Sander seem like polar opposites in their final year of school in the early 1980s, but when they both join the school band they connect over their love for music. However, Sander's not the only one who recognises Annabel's musical talent and when she decides to team up with Olaf, she loses sight of Sander. Until they meet again in the 1990s and they start a dance act, together with Sander's best friend Malcolm. Before they know it, Three is a Crowd is heading the charts. But the bigger their success, the harder it is to remain true to each other and themselves.
- After her marriage comes undone, Soof must re-invent herself and get her tumultuous life back on track.
- About young Dutch soldiers in Uruzgan, Afghanistan and the dilemmas they are confronted with in a war zone.
- A woman tries to escape a stalker by moving with her children to her sister's isolated beach house.
- Two mothers and their children must face a new reality and try to live with each other after finding out their fertility doctor, Jan Karbaat, secretly used his own seed instead of donors'.
- For almost half a century an old man has been the warden of a bird sanctuary on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean. One day he receives notice that his posting will be discontinued. His happy life alongside nature is about to come to an abrupt end. But the warden refuses to accept his dismissal. Determined not to leave, he decides to fight back in his own way.
- When a young woman returns to her native village to attend a childhood friend's traditional Turkish wedding, she is afraid she will not be accepted. But when, in this short drama, she reunites with her four friends from bygone years, she discovers she is not free of prejudice either.
- Coco has no idea what to do with her life until she discovers her mother is terminally ill. She wholeheartedly embraces this new purpose in life and moves in with her mother to take care of her, ignoring their distant relationship, as well as her mother's desire to die alone.
- The love between Thomas and Emma is in decline. Thomas is gripped by the fear of losing her when Emma decides to go abroad for a few months. His inability to deal with this takes him to a dark place, far removed from reality until on the evening of her farewell party he threatens to screw up their relationship.
- When the ambitious Philip takes over the running of the family business from his father, he finds himself confronted by the mysterious reappearance of his dead ancestors. In the course of a long night, during which there is a murder, an illicit love affair and a game with false identities, Philip uncovers a closely guarded family secret.
- A psychological portrait of a young European woman who faces the harsh loneliness of Tokyo in order to master the secrets of the Japanese art of filleting fish.
- Five asylum seekers decide to resist their deportation on the night. Too much is riding on it for the authorities so they give it their all to extradite the five refugees. This story, based on true events, is a long night filled with battle and intrigue. A night in which no one will come out a winner...
- Maite is a 14-year-old girl who has been diagnosed with leukemia. Wandering through the hospital and struggling with themes like love and sexuality, she has to make a decision about a new treatment.
- Four friends visit an outdoor festival. In the queue mass panic arises. Their relationships inform the way the friends react during the chaos. One of them is killed, the remaining friends are seen as a hero, a victim and a villain. But aren't the victims guilty as well. And isn't the bad-guy also a victim?
- In Amsterdam, American tourist Joel meets Anouk, a charming young Dutch woman, on the day before the attacks of September 11, 2001. They spend a romantic night exploring the city together and fall madly in love. After the attacks, Joel stays in the Netherlands, and their young love develops into a relationship. Exactly ten years later, they try to celebrate their first encounter, but their anniversary and the 9/11 memorial service force them to confront how they and their love have changed.
- Coup de Grâce is a film about the collapse of a friendship, about what is broken and what cannot break. After a long separation two men meet again in a massive building at a remote location. In the course of the evening and an icy night, they fight a weaponless, exhausting duel. Jordi Cortés Molina represents the proud aristocrat; he is a man of the establishment, hurt in the past. A friend in their youth, Damian Muñoz, is his capricious antagonist. The body language of their duet oscillates between the coarse and the dignified, between delicate, witty and cruel. The duet becomes one with the monumental surroundings that are its backdrop. It tells of how feelings of revenge can never be transformed into resignation in spite of the passing of time. How the lust for life burns, smolders, rekindles and then slowly dies. This duel ends with neither winner nor loser.
- A Dutch soldier bound to fight in Iraq with Coalition of the Willing, encounters a Kurdish-Iraqi refugee at a gas station on the outskirts of his industrial port city.
- When African girl Tamu (16) and her mother Sarah (43) arrive in the small Dutch town Roelofarendsveen after a long journey, she has mixed feelings about this place. The little house behind the supermarket which they can call their new home fills her with disappointment. Although her mother seems to accept their new situation, Tamu has a hard time fitting in. She soon goes to her new school, but with the (much younger) children from her class she doesn't get along at all. Also with her mother, who obediently participates in the integration process, she feels misunderstood and alone. But then she meets Shona, a cheeky 16 year old girl with a big mouth and cool friends.
- In a deep cave, from a deep sleep, a caver awakens into an infinite dream.
- A depressed young man faces his fears of life and death as he returns to his rural hometown for a childhood friend's funeral.
- What started out as a simple holiday trip on the Swiss mountain lake, is beneath the surface an intense drama between a mother and her daughter.
- Docu-dance film about the financial heart of London, based on Joris Luyendijk's Banking Blog in The Guardian.
- Man and wife acquire their romantic dream: their own hotel on their own island. The romance turns sour however, when they realise their expectations aren't the same. Unknowingly, the first and only guest is the driving force behind their problems.
- A run to freedom about the power of evasion and the beauty of indulging. Hyperscape is a martial arts dance film. Trickers, breakers and free runners will go to the extreme to stop dancer Marco Gerris who has broken free. Is there any escape if freedom is an illusion? Hyperscape is part of Point Taken. This project consists of four dance films for which Dutch choreographers and film makers joined to write a film plan. Four teams were selected to receive production funding. The four films will premiere in December 2010 at Cinedans, followed by a television broadcast by NTR.
- Three women in the big city pass each other daily but never really get to know each other. How much difference could a little bit more contact make?
- Heading west tells the story of the chaotic life of Claire (38), woman, lover, daughter, single mother. A filmic essay about life in the big city.
- Fall is a dance film about the natural cycle in which time plays an important part. We see the four seasons change. A Japanese man goes into free-fall and lands in a typically Dutch landscape. Here he becomes organically entwined with his surroundings. Fall is part of Point Taken. This project consists of four dance films for which Dutch choreographers and film makers joined to write a film plan. Four teams were selected to receive production funding.