Jonas Smulders
Years ago, three best friends were making a stir in Berlin’s arts scene and nightlife: Maria, a director; Laura, a young actress; and Jan, a DJ. Now they all meet up on a farm in the Black Forest where Laura and Jan had moved to fulfill their dream of a rural life. The illusions they’d all once had have given way to a life that is anything but glamorous.
Is our life a story? And if so, can we re-write it? In Drama Girl, director Vincent Boy Kars gets a young woman to act out a number of key scenes from her recent past. Perhaps, Kars thinks, this could help her come to terms with certain events. In the meantime, he also gains something: a film that probes how fiction and documentary can learn from one another.
A fragmented portrayal of three homeless young adults who are heading to southern Europe in search of money, love and happiness.
Spin-off of the crime series "Penoza" around the character Luther, revealing how he became that taciturn and ruthless killer.
Leen (68) is a lonely fishmonger that has to choose between his beloved herring cart in his home town and being reunited with his family.
When Alexander suddenly leaves on a road trip to France, Lukas decides to join him as he’s been trailing his charismatic brother for his entire life. But during this journey he discovers that he finally has to go his own way, not knowing this decision would be so all-encompassing.
Seventeen-year-old Tex is the sole carer for her disabled father while working long shifts at a local carwash to make ends meet. She’s in love with her co-worker Delano, from afar – and hanging out with him is a warm escape from the harsh reality of her home life. When Tex catches Delano in the act with Katja, the despiteful carwash manager, he shatters her illusion of true love. Hurt and enraged, Tex sets out to get back at them, crossing paths with her own demons on the road to vengeance.
Thirty-something Valentine runs a renowned restaurant and her stylish dining room is fully booked for Valentine's Day. Chef cook Angelo prepares the food and the tables are romantically covered. The guests enter, hoping for love on their menus. Valentine has everything under control, she thinks. But how could she expect that Frank, her old flame from 12 years ago would suddenly reappear on this day of love...
Tomas and Naomi weren't born for love. They will never be royals, but as brother and sister they have each other.
Helen (Ariane Schluter) suddenly find herself penniless and without a home after the death of her well to do husband who has overdrawn his credit account. She rent a room with common comfort room, dining area cum kitchen for all the tenants living in that place. There she met Joeri (Jonas Smulders), an adorable and cute gay rent boy who also resides in that apartment. They bond a special friendship but a one night stand might ruin it all. Is there any chance Helen might be happy again?
When their mother has passed, 21-year-old Vincent and his brother Sjoerd who is five years older go and stay in a caravan at the edge of her native Flemish village. They seek comfort with each other. It is soon clear that their grief does not concern her demise, but her failing motherhood. With a nihilist lifestyle, they fight the pain and pass their days with drugs and destructive behaviour. Although Vincent wants to return to the Netherlands and let go off the past, the fraternal bond is too strong to be broken.
When Sven provokes a fight after an evening out in Amsterdam his best friend ends up in a coma, and nothing is the same as before.
