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Follows Filippo, a skeptical Catholic priest who becomes attracted and unsettled by a mute young woman, and gets entangled in a series of apparently miraculous events that undermine his vocation.

Raised in a home broken by wartime trauma, the frustrated teenage son of a Dutch Holocaust survivor starts down a path of further tragedy when he finds belonging in a gang of neo-Nazi skinheads.

Rayco, an eight-year-old boy, and his 14-year-old sister, Paula, kill time in any way they can, as they wait excitedly for Michael Jackson's visit to Tenerife. When their mother becomes pregnant by a foreign man, Rayco and Paula worry their lives might change before the singer reaches the island.

A sturdy flight attendant has to deliver a child in mid-air and gets involved in a confusing mother/lover relationship with a boy who's living under the streets of Bucharest.

Meis is fifteen, lives in the back of beyond and aspires to a grand and stirring life, but all that happens is the passing of the time, waiting for the next car to run into the front of the house.

When 15 year old Ruby realizes she is having her period, she doesn't want to ask her mother to buy her period products, because she knows their financial situation doesn't really allow it. She sets out to solve this problem herself.

A story about the 14 year old Heleen who makes the transition of child to adult with pain and effort in the wild 70s. While her parents going to divorce she is exploring the world of sex, drugs and love on her own.

A family that has fled from Ghana is overjoyed when they are offered a home in a nice neighborhood in the Netherlands. However, when the father starts seeing terrifying events occurring in their home, a new nightmare begins.

A bomb explodes in a shopping mall. Sam the security agent tries to save the victims, but at the end he runs off. Later he encounters all the people he saved. They all think that somehow he is responsible for what happened.

In a shanty town near Madrid, a group of squatters are forced to leave their self-built homes when the land they live on is sold. While this process slowly unfolds, the different members of the Spanish Gabarre Mendoza family struggle, each in their own way, with their newly uprooted lives.

A chance meeting between a Dutch cleaner and an African asylum seeker leads to an unexpected relationship and two extraordinary weeks.

Polish deceived woman hides from pimps on a Dutch farm, and shares an intriguing romance with the farmer.

The story is about Ester, a nine-year-old girl, who has to conquer her fear of unfamiliar surroundings. Together with her father she moves into a new neighborhood where she is being ignored by the other children living there. One day when her father has to work, he tells her to go and play at Ms. Richmond's. Outside the children from the neighborhood warn Ester for Ms. Richmond. The story goes that Ms. Richmond used to have lots of children, but that they were all eaten by her toilet. A bit disturbed, Ester visits Ms. Richmond. During her visit she learns that Ms. Richmond and her toilet are quite different from what she imagined them to be. With this visit she conquers her fear, gains her confidence, and earns respect from the children in the neighborhood.

A contemporary black caper crime comedy.

With the very first day of high school right around the corner, a final summer night turns out to be a deciding moment between childhood and adulthood for a close-knit group of friends, when one of them mysteriously disappears.

A successful young artist faces his demons as he finds himself committed to a criminal hospital for a drug-induced crime he can't remember committing.

A mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love and connection in the Dutch city of Rotterdam.

Overwhelmed by her father's sudden disability, Esra becomes entangled in a web of lies. Only once the emotions smoldering inside the nine-year-old finally rush to the surface can she begin coming to terms with her new reality.

A playful 'nobody' at a famous investment bank becomes a successful trader overnight. As he's gradually becoming estranged from himself, he still seems unable to lose.

When introverted municipal officer HERBERT (40) is suddenly kicked out of his mother's house, he stumbles into the chaos of an overheated housing market. A desperate search lands him, by mistake, in a vibrant and lively student house. Herbert clings to his own routines, but the wild parties, disorganized students, and constant plumbing issues are pushing him to his breaking point. He feels completely out of place. However, returning to his mother is not an option. His adaptability is tested on all sides. And just when he begins using his bureaucratic know-how to fix the chaos in the house, his own colleagues turn against him. Herbert will have to choose a new path to get his life back on track.

Yuki misses her older, deceased sister Iwa terribly. In a dream they have an exciting adventure that teaches Yuki to let go of her sister and trust in her Ki.

Short stories about children's fears and the way they use their rich fantasy to combat them.

Abigail (Abi) is the most curious girl from the South East part of Amsterdam. She runs around from apartment to apartment seeking for new adventure. Because of her curiosity sometimes she gets into trouble but Abi always find a way out of awkward situations. In the series Abi is a role model for a multicultural environment.

Robbie, a divorced Amsterdam commoner, is meanly denied access to his son Tommi, except for monthly visitation. He grudgingly accepts when a loan shark offers to scrap his debt and throw in some cash for a simple service. Robbie must simply trick Marius, a man he never knew, to the port for a fictitious job. As he gets to know Marius, he starts feeling for the generous sociable type. His conscience wants him to warn the mark he's likely to be beaten up.

As a young couple find themselves lost in Amsterdam en route to their own engagement dinner, tensions arise at the restaurant where their friends and family are waiting for them.