Over the Hill2007 dir: Sunny Bergman DOCUMENTARY Human interest Are women these days prisoner to an unachievable ideal of beauty? In this film, Sunny Bergman will reveal how unemancipated women of the 21st century really are. The Heirs of Elsschot2007 dir: Suzanne Raes DOCUMENTARY Literature The story of the Flemish writer Willem Elsschot (pseudonym for Alfons De Ridder), recounted through the story of his heirs. Africa: War Is Business2006 dir: Frank Vellenga and Pyt Douma DOCUMENTARY Society / Politics An in-depth account of the connections between war, economy and the western consumer. Between 2 Houses2005 | 42 Min. dir: Clara van Gool DOCUMENTARY Dance fiction A couple's relationship is put to the test when a stranger moves into the apartment of the absent neighbors next door. BETWEEN 2 HOUSES is about the conflict between what you see and what you think you see, or would like to see. An intense, physical film about the bouncing back and forth between routine and sensation, between the familiar and the strange. Tulip Gold2005 | 55 Min. dir: Leo Erken DOCUMENTARY Human interest An inside look into the tulip industry in the Netherlands and those who stand to profit (or lose really big) from it. Living With Van Gogh2005 | 55 Min. dir: Jeroen Neus DOCUMENTARY Art / Contemporary History Several people in the southern Dutch city of Breda have artwork signed by non other than Vincent van Gogh. But are these paintings the real thing? Love Me or Leave Me2004 | 70 Min. dir: Jan Louter DOCUMENTARY Art / Contemporary History A film about the Dutch etcher and painter Jan Montyn (1924), whose life has been an almost surreal journey between war and peace, life and death, despair and happiness. Keeping It Real2004 | 51 Min. dir: Sunny Bergman DOCUMENTARY Social Issues / Philosophy A philisophical examination of modern man's desire to get the originality and authenticity back into his life. Part of the (who is s/he) project, produced in collaboration with Mama Cash. A Knock-out2004 | 50 Min. dir: Tessa Boerman & Samuël Reiziger DOCUMENTARY Social Issues What exactly does a female boxer have to fight for? Are all her battles within the boxing ring? Directors Boerman and Reiziger examine the various battles of world champion women boxers. Part of the (who is s/he) project, produced in collaboration with Mama Cash. Virtual Fatherlands2004 | 55 Min. dir: Maartje Nevejan DOCUMENTARY Social Issues A look into the concept of motherland, as seen through the eyes of the Armenian community in the Netherlands. Part of the (who is s/he) project, produced in collaboration with Mama Cash. Adios Nonino2004 | 52 Min. dir: Jacqueline van Vugt DOCUMENTARY History / Social Issues The story of grandmothers and their grandchildren torn apart by the Videla dictatorship (1976-1983) in Argentina. What happens to one's identity when it is so harrowingly turned upside down? Part of the (who is s/he) project, produced in collaboration with Mama Cash. Welfare Leftovers2003 | 50 Min. dir: Hedda van Gennep DOCUMENTARY Social Issues / Politics In this film, we see how the current Dutch asylum policy holds the daily lives of refugees in a paralyzing grip of insecurity, so much so that they begin to question their own identity. Part of the (who is s/he) project, produced in collaboration with Mama Cash. Hermitage-niks: A Passion for the Hermitage 2003 | 5x25' dir: Aliona van der Horst DOCUMENTARY Art A documentary series about the employees of the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg. Eva Besnyö - The Choice Collection2002 | 51 Min. dir: Leo Erken DOCUMENTARY Art / History A documentary on the life and work of Hungarian-born Dutch photographer Eva Besnyö. Mohammed2002 | 53 Min. dir: Chris Westendorp DOCUMENTARY Social Issues A look into the lives of young men in The Hague who go by the name of Mohammed. Magonia 2001 | 112 Min. dir: Ineke Smits FEATURE Drama An EyeWonder Films production for MAGONIA CV, Magonia is a poetic feature-length drama that transports us from our everyday life to an imaginary world in the sky. A sad flower in the sand 2001 | 55 Min. dir: Jan Louter DOCUMENTARY Literature A sad flower in the sand takes us on a road trip through John Fante's Los Angeles that brings to life his masterpiece, 'Ask the dust'. A documentary tour of Fante's city, where dreams form a part of reality. After the spring of '68: a story about love 2000 | 58 Min. dir: Aliona van der Horst DOCUMENTARY History A cold war love story between Simon and Zoja, played out in the Netherlands and Russia. The documentary weaves together archival footage, love letters and contemporary interviews. I want to be famous2000 | 53 Min. dir: Brigit van Dam DOCUMENTARY Music Three talented young people from Amsterdam's Surinam community meet on the rocky road to rhythm-and-blues fame. Will their dreams eventually come true? Life is everywhere 2000 | 55 Min. dir: John Albert Jansen DOCUMENTARY Literature Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal created a surreal world of colourful and absurd characters. Hrabal's words overlay impressions of his characters and streetscapes; his friends sing and reminisce in a Prague pub. The third ear 2000 | 59 Min. dir: Mart Dominicus & Michel Schöpping DOCUMENTARY Music A new genre of popular classical music has emerged with links to spiritual movements. The third ear explores the roots and appeal of the sublime sounds of Part, Kancheli, Gorecki and Tavener. Catching monsters 1999 | 42 Min. dir: Frans Hoeben DOCUMENTARY Human Interest René Hoeben teaches children with communicative disabilities to paint. By catching monsters on paper the children learn to face their fears. Jean Rhys: they destroyed all the roses 1996 | 60 & 70 Min. dir: Jan Louter DOCUMENTARY Literature The torn identity that marked Rhys' life forged her literary masterpiece, 'Wide Sargasso Sea'. Filmed in Dominica and Britain, the documentary explores her mystery and genius through her own words. Magnitogorsk: forging the new man 1996 | 60 & 57 Min. dir: Pieter Jan Smit DOCUMENTARY History The Magnitogorsk blast-furnaces were a Stalinist model of heroic industry, celebrated in Joris Ivens' film, 'Song of the heroes' (1932). What has become of the laborers who forged the steel city? The seventh million 1995 | 2 x 55 Min. dir: Benny Brunner DOCUMENTARY History Explores the Jewish state's attitude to the Holocaust. Tom Segev's book 'The seventh million', on which the film is based, shows that survivors were despised in a society glorifying heroism and the'New Jew'. Brokopondo, stories of a drowned land 1994 | 47 Min. dir: John Albert Jansen DOCUMENTARY History The building of the Brokopondo dam thirty years ago flooded the lands and villages of 5,000 Surinamese Maroons. Archival footage illustrates the stories of people from the area, including writer Dorus Vrede. Art in the city, the city and art 1993 | 56 Min. dir: Kees Boas DOCUMENTARY Art A documentary on the Sonsbeek '93 exhibition of contemporary art in the Netherlands, which included work by Miroslav Balka (Poland), Ann Hamilton (U.S.A.) and Irene & Christine Hohenbüchler (Austria). A philosopher for all seasons 1991 | 53 Min. dir: Benny Brunner DOCUMENTARY History A portrait of Professor Yeshayahu Leibowitz, one of the most important Israeli-Jewish thinkers, providing insight into some fundamental problems in Israeli society. Romania, the taming of the intellectuals 1990 | 49 Min. dir: Benny Brunner DOCUMENTARY History A documentary which asks why the majority of Romanian artists and intellectuals collaborated with Nicolae Ceausescu during his reign.