SEE NL Youth and Family from the Fall 2016/Spring 2017 Index Introduction

2 Introduction It all began back in the 1990s when a former teacher called Burny 5 Testament of Youth Bos decided that entertainment for kids didn’t have to be American and dubbed. Before Bos, there were no Dutch children’s Selected releases films in the cinemas. After Bos, the Netherlands is arguably the 8 Storm Letter of Fire leading European producer of films within the kids sector. 9 The Day My Father Became A Bush “Burny started off with The Flying Liftboy, and then there was 10 Mister Twister At The Pitch Miss Minoes and Winky’s Horse and many, many others, and he 11 Enough! proved that it was possible to make smart, serious, entertaining, 12 Owls & Mice sophisticated children’s films from the Netherlands, spoken in 13 Siv Sleeps Astray Dutch, attracting huge audiences and able to travel across borders,” 14 Master Spy says Netherlands Film Fund CEO Doreen Boonekamp. “He started 15 The Club of Saint Nicholas getting families to Dutch films because the films he produced were 16 Mr Frog so good.” 17 Woozle and Pip 18 Monkey Business And the Dutch industry embraced the cause, with numerous 19 Dummie the Mummie filmmakers going on to win international renown, such as 20 Keet and Koen Maria Peters, Martin Koolhoven, Joram Lûrsen, Ben Sombogaart, 21 Code M Boudewijn Koole, Dennis Bots and Nicole van Kilsdonk and many 22 Little Gangster more. These directors attracted Dutch kids (and adults) to cinemas 23 Kidnap in their millions. “It has been a long and exciting progress of 24 Boy7 developing and producing excellent children’s family films, and the 25 Jack’s Wish very special thing is that the best filmmakers can tell their stories by 26 Life According To Nino taking the same eye level as the children, their audience, to address 27 Loonies II all the topics that these kids are confronted with as they grow into 28 Secrets Of War adolescence,” Boonekamp underlines. 29 Boys 30 The Amazing Wiplala “This is also why Dutch film is attractive for the international industry. Many countries would like to make these types of films for In development their own young audiences and through dialogue, co-operation and 31 Super Sully bringing talents together, we are very happy to join forces with them 31 Harley And The Dreamfactory on an international level.” 32 Vicious 32 My Extraordinary Summer With Tess 33 Spacekees 33 Totem 34 Kung Fu Lion

Contact:

Doreen Ellis Driessen Frank Peijnenburg Boonekamp International Affairs Head Screen NL CEO e.driessen@ f.peijnenburg@ d.boonekamp@ filmfonds.nl filmfonds.nl filmfonds.nl Miss Minoes (2001)

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With the new four-year funding whether majority or minority. “We think it is essential to cycle kicking in from 2017, Dutch increase production levels within this sector,” she investment in the children and youth confirms. sector will remain a cornerstone of the Fund’s policy, while through Frank Peijnenburg, head of Screen NL, puts Dutch additional investment in the success within the kids sector down to a very grown-up development and production of approach by the professionals within it. “They think of individual projects we aim to increase their audience in a different way to arthouse directors and the quality of the output, underlines producers of mainstream films,” he stresses. “They are so Film Fund CEO Doreen Boonekamp. well aware of what is important for the kids from an entertainment point of view, but also from the perspective Over recent years the core A-festivals with of life’s values and the problems that children face. The dedicated programmes for young audiences young audiences recognize and appreciate this. When you have consistently reserved top slots for new take kids seriously they develop in a different way.” Dutch cinema. In 2016 Berlinale Generation selected six Dutch films, including the Peijnenburg cites the director/producer team of Dennis K-plus opener Siv Sleeps Astray, co-produced Bots and Harro van Staverden, responsible for the highly by leading Dutch producer Viking Film. The successful 2WW film Secrets of War (2014) and the latest TIFF Kids included Nicole van upcoming €6 million Storm, a 16th Century historical Kilsdonk’s fantastical The Day My Father drama about the Reformation. “They are very committed Became a Bush and this year’s Cinekid, one much to the world of children and to education. Denis is of the key international staging posts for the so clever, not comforting, not pleasing the audience, development, finance and exhibition of teasing them while knowing exactly what he wants, easily films and programmes for kids, opens with able to enter the imagination of the young people. He Simone van Dusseldorp’s Owls and Mice. makes a study of it.”

Producer Van Staverden explains how the two films “When you take kids seriously benefited greatly from Dutch soft money. “Secrets of War they develop in a different way” had a great impact within the target group. We had 170,000 admissions but, more importantly, we reached 300,000 kids with educational materials based on the film. And we had an additional release in the cinema “Children’s and youth film is a very strong thanks to these educational materials, after the film’s Dutch brand,” points out Fund head normal release, and this was all down to the soft money. Boonekamp. “These films not only appeal Otherwise you can never make such an expensive movie.” to a large audience in the Netherlands, but they also seem to be very attractive to “We hope Storm will do the same, also a historical movie international audiences, which we can tell about freedom of expression and religious tolerance, from the selections not only at international which are topics that are very urgent today,” Van festivals but from their travelling across Staverden adds of the film for which the Film Production borders through distribution, either Incentive provided 8% of the budget, a rebate of theatrical or non-theatrical.” approximately €495,000. “That is very significant money,” he comments. Which is precisely why the Fund chief is looking to back at least six or seven youth And could the film have been made without this rebate? films per year with selective funding, “It would have made it a lot more complicated, and we

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4 5 wouldn’t have been able to find it in the to make projects, from the very start, appealing to Netherlands,’ the producer responds. “So we audiences across borders as they seek a wider audience.” would have had to find another country to The Dutch/German co-development fund was launched at come on board as a co-producer which Berlinale in early February 2015 to develop and would have made the production more co-produce high-quality films for young audiences from complicated. With the Incentive we were both countries and beyond. able to keep it as a Dutch majority production.” Another benefit of minority co-pro contribution within the youth sector is the successful export of Dutch The kids sector en masse is looking forward production and creative talent which, argue both to the return of the Cinema Junior scheme Boonekamp and Peijnenburg, can only improve the that until 2012 invested heavily in the standard of output from the sector across Europe. Recent development and production of original examples include Marleen Slot of Viking Film who screenplays, Boonekamp confirms. The co-produced the Swedish Siv Sleeps Astray, that opened initiative was scrapped four years ago after Berlinale Generation, and production powerhouse one of the partners pulled their support, but Submarine’s decision to come on board the family the market failed to plug the gap in adventure Cloudboy, produced with and Sweden. investment in order to guarantee a supply “I think because of the experience within the sector, our line of high quality fare, opting instead for professionals can make a big contribution to raising the more formatted adaptations. “So we saw a level of the children and youth films of other countries,” considerable drop in original stories for Boonekamp underlines. children and youth. This has always been one of the strongest angles of the Dutch “This is, for us, what co-production is all about. It is not and it needed to be brought just a matter of exchanging money. It is very much an back to life.” exchange of knowledge and creativeness too and, through collaboration, to grow the level of films as a whole, not “I think some six years ago 10% of Dutch just here in the Netherlands but across Europe and hopefully beyond,” she concludes. “Another benefit is the successful export of Dutch production and creative talent”

films were internationally co-produced while now it is nearly 70%, so we are very happy for international partners to attach to these films that we develop and produce within this scheme,” she adds.

“And we continue our collaboration with Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung so we will not only be developing youth film projects with the professionals in the Netherlands but will collaborate with German producers

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6 7 Selected releases Selected releases Storm Letter of Fire The Day My Father Became A Bush Original title: Storm Letters Van Vuur Original title: Toen mijn vader een struik werd

Antwerp 1521. Storm (12), the son of a book printer, becomes the object of a hunt for an important When Toda’s dad is called away unexpectedly to defend his country, Toda undertakes letter by Martin Luther, during which his father is arrested. Aided by Marieke (12), an orphan girl who an adventurous and challenging journey ‘to the neighboring country in order to find lives in the underground sewers of , Storm finds himself in a race against time to save his her mum. father from execution and fight for everyone’s freedom.

Director: Dennis Bots Dennis Bots: Director: Nicole van Kilsdonk Nicole van Kilsdonk: Screenwriter: Karen van Holst Pellekaan Storm Letter of Fire (2017) Screenwriters: Maureen Versprille, Nicole van Kilsdonk The Day My Father Became Producers: Harro van Staverden, Petra Goedings Code M (2015) Producers: Eva Eisenloeffel, Fleur Winters, Leontine A Bush (2016) Production Company: Phanta Basta! Secrets of War (2014) Petit, Joost de Vries, Ventoux (2015) Co-producers: Marina Blok – NTR (the Netherlands), Cool Kids Don’t Cry (2012) Production Company: Lemming Film In the Heart (2014) Nicolas Steil - Iris Productions (Luxembourg), Katleen House Anubis (2008, 2009, 2010) Co-producers: Dries Phlypo, Jean-Claude van Taking Chances (2011) Goossens - Bulletproof Cupid (Belgium), BNP Parisbas Rijckeghem (A Private View) Sinisa Juricic Heading West (2010) Fortis Film Finance (Belgium) Contact: (Nukleus Film) Thomas Leyers (Minds Meet) Jacomien How to Survive (2008) Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Harro van Staverden, Nijhof (EO) Johan (2005) Fund matching fund, Netherlands Film Production producer Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Incentive, CoBO, NTR, DFW, AT Fund, Taxshelter M +31 653984346 Production Incentive, CoBO, EO, MEDIA, Eurimages, Contact: Belgium, Luxembourg Film Fund, Screen , ZDF. T +31 206260255 VAF, Taxshelter Belgium, Taxshelter Croatia Sarieke Hoeksma, - Distributor: Dutch FilmWorks for Benelux [email protected] Distributor: Lemming Film Distribution Publicity, Marketing Length: 100 minutes www.phantabasta.com Sales Agent: Beta Cinema & Festival Coordinator - Target group: 8-14 years Length: 90 minutes [email protected] Budget: €6.1 M Target audience: 8-12 / 12+ www.lemmingfilm.com Release: Spring 2017 Budget: €1.6 M +31 206610424 Release: Spring 2017

8 9 Selected releases Selected releases Mister Twister at the Pitch Enough! Original title: Mees Kees langs de lijn Original title: Kappen!

During the school soccer competition Mister Twister suddenly has to take care of his mother, Sander’s group of friends becomes a ‘gang’ when Emiel joins them but Sander realises so Dreus replaces him as coach. But the results of team 6B worsen drastically so Tobias has to this too late to back out. The gang violently robs a boy. Sander is recognised and think of something to make Mister Twister come back. Eventually they help Mister Twister take everybody thinks he is guilty. Except Indra, who has glandular fever and knows how it is care of his mother and for the final he’s once more at the pitch-side as their coach. when people don’t believe you. But what if she finds out that Sander really is guilty? Photo: Victor Arnolds

Director: Aniëlle Webster Aniëlle Webster Director: Tessa Schram Tessa Schram: Screenwriter: Tijs van Marle Screenwriter: Maria Peters, Mirjam Oomkes Painkillers (2014, feature) Producer: Paul Voorthuysen Producers: Dave Schram, Maria Peters Lost and Found (2012, short) Production Company: PVPictures Production company: Shooting Star Filmcompany Sammie is Missing Financers: AVROTROS, ZDF, ZDF Enterprises Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, KRO-NCRV, CoBO, (2011, short) Distributor: Entertainment One Benelux AT Fund Length of the film: 80 minutes Distributor: Dutch FilmWorks Contact: Target audience: 6-12 years Contact: Sales Agent: Mountain Road Entertainment Group Shooting Star Budget: €1 M Kiki The Length: 80 minutes +31 206247272 Release date: December 2016 +31 620446569 Target audience: 9-16 years [email protected] [email protected] Budget: €1.3 M www.shootingstar.nl www.pvpictures.nl Release: December 2016 Mountain Road Entertainment Group +31 653948986 [email protected] www.mountainroad.nl

10 11 Selected releases Selected releases Owls & Mice Siv Sleeps Astray Original title: Uilenbal Original title: Siv Sover Vilse

Thanks to her little mouse Peepeep, Meral quickly makes friends at her new school. But when Most things seem very strange when Siv, 7, sleeps over at her new friend Peepeep gets caught by an owl, Meral blames her friends and doesn’t want to see them anymore. In Cerisia’s house for the first time. With the help of two talkative and funny search of the owl nest where she hopes to find Peepeep, Meral’s friends try to help her, and Meral badger friends, who appear in the middle of the night, she has some wonderful learns what real friendship is. adventures that help her embrace differences, and to find herself.

Director: Simone van Dusseldorp Simone van Dusseldorp : Director: Catti Edfeldt & Lena Hanno Clyne Catti Edfeldt & Screenwriter: Simone van Dusseldorp Owls & Mice (2016) Screenwriter: Lena Hanno Clyne Lena Hanno Clyne Producers: Eva Eisenloeffel, Leontine Petit, Life According to Nino (2011) Producer: Marleen Slot Joost de Vries Briefgeheim (2010) Production company: Viking Film Production company: Lemming Film Frogspawn (2009) Co-producers: Petter Lindblad Snowcloud Films Co-producers: Pita de Leeuw, Anna van der Staak, Diep (2005) Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film VPRO Production Incentive, Swedish Film Institute, Filmpool Contact: Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Contact: Nord, SVT, SF, Nordisk Film & TV Fond Marleen Slot, producer Production Incentive, VPRO, CoBO, Just Film Sarieke Hoeksma - Distributor: Twin Film +31 206254788 Distribution Publicity, Marketing & Sales Agent: SF [email protected] Distributor: Just Film Distribution Festival Coordinator Length: 79 minutes www.vikingfilm.nl Sales Agent: Attraction Distribution [email protected] Target audience (age): 5-8 years Length: 80 minutes www.lemmingfilm.com Budget: €2.3 M Target audience: 12+ +31 206610424 Release: October 2016 Budget: €1.5 M Release: October 2016

12 13 Selected releases Selected releases Master Spy The Club of Saint Nicholas & Barking On The Steamboat Original title: De Club van Sinterklaas & Geblaf op de Pakjesboot Original title: MeesterSpion The celebration of Saint Nicholas is once again in danger this year! A villainous doctor has devised Master Spy tells the story of Tim (10) who’s forced by his parents to move from the big city to an old a ‘bark spray’ that makes children bark. Afterwards he can make a lot of money by selling the hotel by the sea. He finds it hard to get used to the quiet life until he meets Simon. Simon has just antidote to all the concerned parents. Will the Club foil his plot in time or will all children contract the awoken from the year 1974 and must now get used to the present time. He also has some unfinished bark cough? business to attend to as a former master spy. Photo: Erik van Wegen

Director: Pieter van Rijn Pieter van Rijn: Director: Ruud Schuurman Ruud Schuurman (1967) Screenwriter: Tijs van Marle Pluk van de Petteflet Screenwriter: Sander de Regt graduated in 1993 from the Producer: Paul Voorthuysen Familieweekend Producer: Tom de Mol Dutch Film Academy with the Production Company: PVPictures Flikken Production company: Tom de Mol Productions short filmEDR ONE, for Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, AVROTROS, Co-producers: Michael van Beers, Marcel de Block, which he also wrote the CoBO, AT Fund Mike Steenvoorden screenplay. After that he directed several Distributor: Entertainment One Benelux Contact: Financers: Netherlands Film Fund matching fund, TV series and films. His first Saint Nicholas Length: 78 minutes Kiki The AT Fund, DFW movie The Club of Saint Nicholas & The Target: 6-12 years +31 620446569 Distributor: Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) Talking Horse (2014) won the audience Budget: €1.6 M [email protected] Length: 67 minutes award at the Dutch Film Festival. Release: October 2016 www.pvpictures.nl Target audience: 4-10 years Budget: €0.4 M Contact: Release: October 2016 Tom de Mol, producer +31 206727726 [email protected] www.tdmp.nl

14 15 Selected releases Selected releases Mr. Frog Woozle and Pip In search of the Scallywagger! Original title: Meester Kikker Original title: Woezel & Pip Op zoek naar de Sloddervos!

Sita adores her schoolteacher Mr. Frans, who sometimes changes into a frog. Holland’s popular children’s characters Woozle and Pip set out on a fantastic new adventure But the animal world is not without danger... in their first feature length film. A journey full of friendship, adventure and happiness!

Director: Anna van der Heide Anna van der Heide: Director: Patrick Raats Patrick Raats: Screenwriter: Mieke de Jong Mr Frog (2016) Screenwriters: Dinand Woesthoff, Michiel Snijders, The Tumblies series, Producer: Burny Bos Fidgety Bram (2012) Arnoud Rijken Barbazan stopmotion Production company: Bos Bros MissiePoo16 (2007) Producer: Tom de Mol animation, Woozle & Pip Co-producers: Prime Time Production Company: Tom de Mol Productions series, OinkOink & Friends Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Co-Producers: Dreamchaser Europe series, Rintje stopmotion series, Kiko & Fund matching fund, Netherlands Film Production Contact: Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Koko stopmotion series Incentive, AVROTROS, CoBO, In the Air, Eurimages, Burny Bos, founder Production Incentive, DFW, KRO, CoBO, Private equity VAF, Taxshelter Belgium +31 205245430 Dreamchaser Contact: Distributor: In the Air [email protected] Distributor: Dutch FilmWorks Tom de Mol, producer Sales Agent: Jos Bonouvrie www.bosbros.nl Sales Agent: Dreamchaser - Debbie Schouten +31 206727726 Length: 90 minutes Length: 70 minutes [email protected] Target audience: 6+ Target audience: 2-6 years www.tdmp.nl Budget: € 2.7 M Budget: €1.1 M Release: July 2016 Release: January 2016

16 17 Selected releases Selected releases Monkey Business Dummie the Mummy and the Sphinx of Shakaba Original title: Apenstreken met Aap, Noot, Mies Original title: Dummie de Mummie en de Sfinx van Shakaba

Nine year-old Wim longs to go to school, but he lives in an orphanage. Along with the other When Dummie the little living mummy realizes he will never grow up to become a real pharaoh, he children he has been exploited and they wait anxiously for the introduction of the law that will decides to become as famous as his father, the great Pharaoh of 4000 years ago. require children to attend school. Wim manages to escape and experiences a lot of adventures. But can he stay out of the clutches of the orphanage director? Photo: Dennis Wielaert

Director: Johan Nijenhuis Johan Nijenhuis: Director: Pim van Hoeve Pim van Hoeve: Screenwriters: Lars Boom, Maarten Lebens Directed first Dutch daily Screenwriter: Tijs van Marle Dummie the Mummy (2014) Producer: Klaas de Jong & Johan Nijenhuis soap Goede Tijden Slechte Producer: Paul Voorthuysen Pretty Sick and Twisted (2007) Production company: 2Houses, Farmhouse Film & Tijden. Produced successful Production company: PV Pictures Snow Fever (2004) Johan Nijenhuis & Co Dutch television series Financers: Netherlands Film Fund matching fund, Liever Verliefd (2003) Co-producer: Mollywood / AVROTROS like Westenwind, Keyzer & De Boer Netherlands Film Production Incentive, Nickelodeon, Financers: Netherlands Film Fund matching fund, Advocaten, Voetbalvrouwen, Penoza. DFW, AT Fund, Dutch Features Contact: CoBO, Private equity MYM, Taxshelter Belgium, His debut feature Costa was a box office Distributor: Dutch Filmworks Kiki The AT Fund, A-Film success, followed by Volle Maan, Liever Length: 77’15’’ +31 620446569 Distributor: Dutch FilmWorks Verliefd and Floris. Target audience: 6-12 years [email protected] Sales Agent: Danielle Raaphorst Incredible Films Budget: €1.8 M www.pvpictures.nl Length: 90 minutes Contact: Release: December 2015 Target audience: 5–13 years S. Werdmuller - Budget: €2.8 M Marketing and Publicity Release: June 2015 [email protected] www.farmhousefilm.nl +31 628512117

18 19 Selected releases Selected releases Keet and Koen and the Treasure Hunt Code M

Original title: Keet en Koen en de Speurtocht naar Bassie en Adriaan After her grandfather’s car accident, the perky Isabel (11) takes over the search for the legendary sword of the world famous Musketeer D’ Artagnan that has been lost for centuries. Isabel’s only clue is Keet & Koen are entertainers in a theme park. Their mission is to find the missing comedy duo a secret code she has to unravel. With her friends she starts an exciting search. But they’re not the Bassie and Adriaan, presumed kidnapped. Their eternal enemy, the old Baron, wants to prevent this only ones looking for the sword ... of course. Keet & Koen prove to be the true heirs of Bassie & Adriaan as they continue their exciting search for the famous duo. Photo: Pief Weyman

Director: Annemarie Mooren Annemarie Mooren: Director: Dennis Bots Dennis Bots: Screenwriter: Dick van den Heuvel/Annemarie Mooren Puppy Patrol (2009, series) Screenwriters: Tijs van Marle & Karen van Holst Storm Letter of Fire (2017) Producer: Sjef Scholte Cinekid audience award (2009) Pellekaan Code M (2015) Production Company: Mountain Road Ent Group Koen Kampioen (2010) Producers: David Jan Bijker, Harro van Staverden, Secrets of War (2014) Co-producers: Marmalade Content Belgium Z@pp/Avro (2012) Elbe Stevens Cool Kids Don’t Cry (2012) Financers: Private Keet en Koen en de speurtocht naar Bassie Production company: Bijker Film & TV House Anubis (2008, 2009, 2010) Distributor: Eone Benelux en Adriaan (feature) 150K Admissions, Co-producer: Living Stone (BvBA) Belgium Sales Agent: Danielle Raaphorst Incredible Films Golden Film (2015) Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Contact: Length: 79 minutes Puck en het verdwenen schaap, Production Incentive, AVROTROS, AT Fund, David Bijker, producer Target audience: 4-88 years première Cinekid (2016) Province, Sola Media, Independent Films, +31 655798167 Budget: €0.85 M Belgian Taxshelter [email protected] Release: October 2015 Contact: Distributor: Independent Films www.bijker.tv Sjef Scholte Sales agent: Sola Media [email protected] Length: 98 minutes Founder/CEO Mountain Road Target audience: 6+ Entertainment Group Budget: €1.9 M +31 653721827 Release: June 2015 mob +31 356235559

20 21 Selected releases Selected releases Little Gangster Kidnap – Bo’s Most Exciting Holiday Ever Original title: De Boskampi’s Original title: Kidnep

Rik (11) and his dad Paul are bullied by the neighbourhood kids. Inspired by a mafia movie, Rik Kidnap tells the story of the unexpected relationship between kidnapper Fred (Martin fantasizes about being the respected son of a mafia boss. So when his dad is promoted and they van Waardenberg) and rich kid Bo (Teun Stokkel). What at first seems to be a thrilling move to a new town, Rik decides to tell everybody his dad really is a Mafia boss - but then their kidnap later turns into a crazy adventure during which Fred and Bo build a special past catches up with them. friendship. A moving story for all ages by director Diederik Ebbinge. Photo: Pief Weyman

Director: Arne Toonen Arne Toonen: Director: Diederik Ebbinge Diederik Ebbinge is a Dutch Screenwriter: Lotte Tabbers Black Out (2011, feature) Screenwriter: Karen van Holst Pellekaan director. His first feature film Producer: Dave Schram, Maria Peters, Koji Nelissen Chubby Drums (2010, Producers: Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Matterhorn (2013) won the Production company: Shooting Star Filmcompany feature) Awards: a.o Best Laurette Schillings, Errol Nayci Audience Award at the IFFR Co-producer: Hazazah Pictures European Film and Audience Production company: Topkapi Films & The Storytellers and was internationally Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Award Schlingel Chemnitz Int. FF for Co-producers: Menuet Film, KRO-NCRV, Mona Film successful. Before Matterhorn, Ebbinge Production Incentive, VPRO, CoBO, AT Fund, Hazazah, Children and Young Audience Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film directed the short films Naked (2006) and Shooting Star, DFW Drop Dead! (2009, short) Awards: a.o. Best Production Incentive, CoBO, KRO, Taxshelter Belgium, Success (2008), which won the Fernand Distributor: Dutch Filmworks International Short Cleveland IFF, Best Screen Flanders, September Film Raynaud Award for Best Short Film at the Sales Agent: Danielle Raaphorst Incredible Films International Short Kerry FF, Best short Distributor: September Film Clermont Short Film Festival. In 2009 he Length: 95 minutes Emden FF. Sales Agent: Dutch Features made the television filmJust Hans. Target audience: Family / 6+ Length: 87 minutes Budget: €1.6 M Contact: Target audience: 6+ Contact: Release: Spring 2015 Shooting Star Budget: €1.8 M Arnold Heslenfeld [email protected] Release: April 2015 Topkapi Films www.shootingstar.nl +31 203032494 +31 206247272 [email protected] Incredible Films www.topkapifilms.nl [email protected] +31 653948986

22 23 Selected releases Selected releases Boy 7 Jack’s Wish

When Sam (18) regains consciousness in the middle of a crowded subway, he does not know how he Original title: Jack Bestelt Een Broertje got there, where he came from or what his name is. He frantically searches for his identity, using the contents of his backpack. Slowly but surely he realizes his life is in great danger. For years Jack has been asking for a baby brother for his birthday. When his 8th birthday comes around and there is no baby brother, just a giant rabbit, Jack decides he has had enough. Photo: Egon Endrényi

Director: Lourens Blok Lourens Blok: Director: Anne de Clercq Anne de Clercq graduated Screenwriters: Marco van Geffen, Philip Delmaar Boy 7 (2015) Screenwriters: Anne Barnhoorn & Anne de Clercq from the Dutch Film Academy Producers: Derk-Jan Warrink, Leontine Petit, Midden in de Winternacht Producer: Edvard van ’t Wout in 1999. As a director, her Joost de Vries (A Christmoose Story, 2013) Production company: 2CFILM work includes the feature Production company: Lemming Film Feuten (Freshers, 2013) Distributor: Just Film Distrubution filmsJack’s Wish, Hallo Co-producers: Dries Phylo, Viktoria Petranyi, Blijf! (2011) Sales Agent: Incredible Film, Danielle Raaphorst Bungalow, NTR Kort!, Klokhuis and TV Frank Groenveld The Seven of Daran (2008) Length: 84 minutes series RITA, Feuten, S1ngle, Floor Faber, Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Liefde, Dood en luchtgitaar (2006) Target audience: 6-12 years Seinpost Den Haag, Julia’s Tango and the Fund matching fund, A-Film, NCRV, CoBO, MEDIA, Co-Assistant. Tax Shelter Belgium, Tax shelter Hungary Contact: Distributor: Attraction Distribution Sarieke Hoeksma - Contact: Sales agent: Attraction Distribution and Publicity, Marketing Danielle Raaphorst Length: 84 minutes & Festival Coordinator Incredible Film Target Audience: 12+ [email protected] [email protected] Budget: €1.9 M www.lemmingfilm.com +31 653948986 Release: February 2015 + 31 206610424

24 25 Selected releases Selected releases Life According to Nino Loonies II Original title: Het Leven volgens Nino Original title: Loenatik, te Gek!

The sudden death of his mom turns 8-year-old Nino’s family life upside down. With his dad in Nursing home Zonnedael has been shut down and 4 psychiatric in-patients are reintroduced into distress and his big brother in a street gang, Nino is left to his own devices. But Nino has a special society against their wishes. Nurse Ten Hoeven, who always cared for her patients, is grieving. But talent – he can talk to animals! His pet rabbit Bobby offers him comfort, but when will Nino get his then to make matters worse, she is kidnapped. The patients take immediate action. They embark on family back? a risky and lunatic venture to finally discover the incredible truth behind the kidnapping. Photo: Kris Dewitte Photo: Pief Weyman

Director: Simone van Dusseldorp Simone van Dusseldorp: Director: Johan Timmers Johan Timmers is a director Screenwriter: Urszula Antoniak Deep (2005) Screenwriters: Karen van Holst Pellekaan, and writer, known for Producer: Floor Onrust, Jan van der Zanden Frogs & Toads (2010) Martin van Waardenberg Wonderbroeders (2014), Production companies: Family Affair Films, The Secret Letter (2010) Producer: Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Loenatik, te gek! (2014) and Waterland Film Life According to Nino (2014) Errol Nayci Vreemd bloed (2010). Co-producers: Savage Film, NTR Television Owls & Mice (2016) Production company: Topkapi Films & The Storytellers Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, CoBO, VAF, Films & TV Contact: Screen Flanders, MEDIA, NTR, Eurimages Contact: Co-producers: VPRO Arnold Heslenfeld Sales Agent: Attraction Distribution - Xiaojuan Zhou Floor Onrust, Producer Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, BFD, CoBO, VPRO, Topkapi Films Length: 80 minutes +31 207071713 MEDIA, AT Fund +31 203032494 Target audience: 6+ [email protected] Distributor: September Film [email protected] Budget: €1.7 M www.familyaffairfilms.nl Length: 81 minutes www.topkapifilms.nl Release: October 2014 Target audience: all ages Budget: €1.2 M Release: July 2014

26 27 Selected releases Selected releases Secrets of War Boys Original title: Oorlogsgeheimen Original title: Jongens

Set against a provincial WWII backdrop, Tuur’s trust in best friend Lambert is tested when both boys Boys tells the story of Sieger, a sporty, rather quiet 15-year-old boy, who lives with his older brother befriend Maartje. The revelation of Maartje’s secret endangers both their lives and friendship. Eddy and father Theo. During athletics training, Sieger meets Marc, a new member of his team. In this summertime film, in which new loves begin to blossom, Sieger also tries to discover love.

Director: Dennis Bots Dennis Bots: Director: Mischa Kamp Mischa Kamp studied at the Screenwriter: Karen van Holst Pellekaan Storm Letter of Fire (2017) Screenwriter: Chris Westendorp, Jaap Peter Enderlé Film & Television Academy Producers: Reinier Selen, Harro van Staverden and Code M (2015) Producer: Pieter Kuijpers, Sander van Meurs, Iris Otten and her graduation film was David-Jan Bijker Secrets of War (2014) Production Company: Pupkin the Dutch entry for the Production Company: Rinkel Film and Bijker Film & TV Cool Kids Don’t Cry (2012) Co-producers: NTR, Marina Blok Student Oscars. A director Co-producers: Living Stone (BE), Tarantula Films House Anubis (2008, 2009, 2010) Sales Agent: Mappeal of both documentary and fiction, the (LUX) and in collaboration with KRO (NL) Length: 77’07” documentary animation series Naked won Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, Neherlands Film Contact: Target audience: Young Adults the Cinekid Kinderkast Jury Award for ­non- Fund matching fund, Luxembourg Film Fund, CoBO, Reinier Selen Release: February 2014 fiction. Her film Winky’s Horses, which Taxshelter Begium, DFW, KRO +31 206163231 screened at Berlinale, was a crowd-puller. Distributor: Dutch FilmWorks [email protected] Boys won the Cinekid Lion Jury Award for Sales Agent: SOLA Media www.rinkelfilm.com best Dutch Family Film. Length: 92 minutes Target audience: 8-14 years Contact: Budget: € 2.9 M Iris Otten, producer Release: July 2014 +31 204895088 [email protected] www.pupkin.com

28 29 Selected releases In development In development The Amazing Wiplala Super Sully Harley And The Super Sully is a coming-of-age film about Dreamfactory Original title: Wiplala Gieles, a shy boy who has to spend the summer with his uncles who live near the Original title: Harley Johannes Blom (7) makes the discovery of a lifetime, when he finds a tiny little man behind the runway of Schiphol airport. In this ominous peanut butter jar. The tiny little man’s name is Wiplala and he can work magic. When Wiplala by place, Gieles makes unusual new friends, en de Dromenfabriek accident turns the Blom family into little people like him, they all start a great adventure. But will falls in love and gradually turns into a they ever become normal again? confident young man who dares to confront Harley (11) is plagued by peculiar the airport in an unconventional way. nightmares and is determined to find out why. When she discovers the existence of Director: Nicole van Kilsdonk a Dream Factory, she meets the grumpy Screenwriter: Lotte Tabbers old Dream Writer who turns out to be Producer: Marleen Slot responsible for everybody’s nightmares. Production company: Viking Film Will Harley be able to figure out a way for, Co-producers: Dries Phlypo (A Private View, not only her, but for everyone, to have Belgium) sweet dreams again? Financer: Netherlands Film Fund Length: approx. 90 minutes Director: Dennis Bots Target audience: 9-12 years Screenwriters: Eveline Verwoerd, Budget: €1.7 M Karen van Holst Pellekaan Producers: Harro van Staverden, Petra Nicole van Kilsdonk: Goedings The Day My Father Became Production Company: Phanta Basta! A Bush (2016, premiere TIFF) Co-producers: Ostlicht Filmproduktion Ventoux (2015) Financers (this phase): Netherlands Film In the Heart (2014) Fund, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung GmbH Taking Chances (2012, premiere Berlinale Length: 90 minutes Generation, Cinekid Award Best Feature Target audience: 5-10 years Film, ECFA Award) Director: Tim Oliehoek Tim Oliehoek: Going West (2010) Dennis Bots: Screenwriters: Tamara Bos & Vincent Bal Wiplala (2013) How to survive Myself (2008, Audience Storm Letter of Fire (2017) Producer: Burny Bos Chez Nous (2012) Award Filmfestival Giffoni) Code M (2015) Production company: BosBros Pizza Maffia (2010/2011) Johan (2005, Grand Prize of the Worldfest Secrets of War (2014) Co-producers: Cine Cri de Coeur & Samsa Film Spion van Oranje (2008/2009) Houston) Cool Kids Don’t Cry (2012) Financers: Netherlands Film Fund, CoBO, AVRO, Zwartboek (2005) House Anubis (2008, 2009, 2010) AT Fund, MEDIA, Screen Flanders, Taxshelter Belgium, Vet Hard (2004/2005) Contact: Luxembourg Film Fund, Grid Marleen Slot, producer Contact: Distributor: In the Air Contact: +31 206254788 Harro van Staverden, Sales Agent: Fabienne van Dillen Burny Bos, founder [email protected] producer Phanta Basta! Length: 100 minutes +31 205245430 www.vikingfilm.nl +31 653984346 Target audience: 6+ [email protected]. +31 206260255 Budget: €5.9 M www.bosbros.nl [email protected] Release: November 2014 www.phantabasta.com

30 31 In development In development In development In development Vicious Spacekees My extraordinary Totem Original title: Vals Kees would have been an ordinary boy, summer with Tess if he hadn’t lived on planet Mars … Eleven-year-old Ama, daughter of African Four teenage girls travel to Belgium for a Original title: failed asylum seekers, journeys through Christmas holiday. When they get stuck in their Director: Victoria Warmerdam wintery Rotterdam at night after her mother cabin because of a blizzard and discover that one Screenwriter: Victoria Warmerdam Mijn wonderlijke zomer and little brother are detained, looking for her of them is missing, their friendship must withstand Producer: Burny Bos father. She is all alone without any help. Then enormous pressure. Production Company: BosBros met Tess her totem animal reveals itself. Sales Agent: In the Air Director: Dennis Bots Length: 90 minutes Sam (10) and his family head off to a Dutch island Director: Sander Burger Screenwriter: Alexandra Penrhyn Lowe Budget: €2.5 M on holiday. Sam meets Tess, a peculiar girl who Screenwriter: Bastiaan Tichler Producer: Edwin Goldman & Petra Goedings has an ingenious plan for getting to know her Producer: Denis Vaslin & Fleur Knopperts Production Company: Goldman Film & Phanta Film Victoria Warmerdam birth father. Sam discovers during his adventures Production company: Volya Films Financer: Netherlands Film Fund with Tess how important family really is. Based Co-producers: Pallas Film (Germany) Distributor: Dutch FilmWorks on the award winning book My Particularly Length: 90 minutes Length: 100 minutes Peculiar Week With Tess by Anna Woltz. Target audience: 10+ Target audience: Young adults Budget: €2 M Budget: est. €1.8 M Director: Steven Wouterlood Release: 2018 Contact: Screenwriters: Laura van Dijk & Steven Wouterlood Sander Burger Burny Bos, founder Producer: Joram Willink Dennis Bots has over 20 years of +31 205244030 Production company: BIND experience in directing television drama [email protected] Co-producers: Marcel Lenz & Guido Schwab Ostlicht and feature films for and with children. He www.bosbros.com Filmproduktion has won numerous awards worldwide, such Financers: Netherlands Film Fund / MDM (DE), as the Tiff Kids Audience Award, and his VPRO broadcasting, CoBO Contact: films were sold and remade in several countries. His new Distributor: September Film (NL) – Farbfilm Verleih (DE) Denis Vaslin, producer feature filmStorm is scheduled for release Spring 2017. Sales Agent: Attraction Distribution, Canada [email protected] Length: 90 minutes www.volyafilms.com Contact: Target audience: Family (9-12 years & parents) Edwin Goldman, producer +31 206260255 Steven Wouterlood: [email protected] Superstar VR - producer BIND in www.goldmanfilm.nl coproduction with VPRO, World premiere at Cinekid 2016 Koningsdag - producer BIND in coproduction with NTR TIFF Kids Award 2016 Alleen op de wereld - Lemming Film / VPRO Alles Mag - producer BIND in coproduction with VPRO International EMMY award, TIFF kids award, Cinekid Kinderkast Jury award, Best short film award Kinder FF Tokyo

Contact: Joram Willink creative producer +31 203640030 +31 624641225 [email protected] www.bindfilm.com

32 33 In development Kung Fu Lion Original title: Kung Fu Leeuw

When hot tempered Tom (13) is chosen by his Kung Fu master to dance on the back of a Chinese lion behind new pupil Yeye, his envy undermines his claim for top dog status in the group. A Taoist ‘coming of age’ story which unveils the multi- cultural world of a Kung Fu school.

Director: Froukje Tan Screenwriter: Froukje Tan Producer: Sabine Veenendaal Production Company: Submarine Film Co-producers: Alexander Ris, Neue Mediopolis Filmproduction (Germany) Length: 90 minutes Target audience: 9-12 years

Froukje Tan She graduated at the Academy for fine arts in Rotterdam in animation, film and photography. In 2008 she made her first featureLinks (Left) that premiered at the Rotterdam International Film Festival and won a Silver Melies at the Fantastic Film Festival in Sweden. Her second feature My adventures by V. Swchwrm was released in 2012.

Contact: Sabine Veenendaal, producent Submarine Film +31 208204940 +31 628637307 [email protected] www.submarine.nl

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