Sjako's Fort 

fiction - drama and television series

When five friends find an entrance gate of a magical maze, they discover a secret town where magical creatures live. Almost 500 years ago these creatures were banned from our world by the curse of a magical book, the Manifesto. To save the creatures, and the magic in the world, the friends have to destroy the book. During their search in the maze they have to defeat their enemies who would give anything to save the Manifesto…

The film will be shot in 3D and combine life action and animation.

Double Play 

fiction - drama

1973. On the beautiful Caribbean island Curaçao, four friends gather every Sunday afternoon to play dominoes. Politics, women and rum dominate the conversation. But when two of their wives commit adultery, the domino table becomes a place where another fight is settled.

My Father's Notebook 

fiction - drama

Magnificent, timeless tale of the bond between a father and a son set at the time of Iran's troubled voyage into modernity. Based on the autobiographical bestseller by Kader Abdolah.

In coproduction with Joachim von Vietinghoff and Christoph Hahnheiser from Black Forest Film. Written by Toenke Berkelbach. To be directed by Marleen Gorris (academy award winner).

Fatima 

fiction - drama

Fatima is a young Moroccan girl who has a rough time since her mother passed away. One day her friend Marietje asks her to join them to the Catholic Church. During the mass Fatima is fascinated by this large statue that looks exactly like her deceased mother; a young beautiful woman dressed in blue, with a white veil –the Virgin Mary.

Fatima is the only one who notices that Mary is sneezing during mass. It makes her laugh. And Mary, feeling caught, smiles back at her. This is the start of a very special friendship between Mary and Fatima.

Reliance; an African saga 

documentary

Running a microfinance bank in third world countries is not an easy job. It requires high level local management and extremely skilled employees. The system only works if loans are paid back with high interest: up to 25% is normal.

But people pay back their loans and are made to feel responsable for their lives. It has become an interesting and expanding commerical market: helping the poor has become a big business.

Checkpoint Dreamyourutopia 

documentary

Checkpoint Dreamyourtopia - an art project at the Burning Man Festival 2008. Amsterdam based artist DADARA returned to this unique art and performance festival located in the Nevada Desert (USA) to realize his master piece; a checkpoint to enter the land of your own dreams. We follow him on a surreal journey to Black Rock City (Nevada) where he starts building the border control in a completely isolated desert, where dust storms and extreme temperatures rule.

In this documentary we will follow Dadara as he challenges visitors of the Burning Man Festival with his vision on the current state of the American Dream. Keep on dreaming.

Bella Luna 

fiction - drama

In an off-beat romantic road-trip set in France and Italy, a tempestuous former opera diva rekindles her smouldering passion with an aging film star whose obsession with gambling and luxury hotels has brought him to the edge of ruin.

The Happy Housewife 

Feature

In The Happy Housewife, the not exactly spotless birth of Harry jr. appears to be the start of a moving and touching story. Everyone around Lea is on cloud nine, except for Lea. To her, giving birth was all just a big set up, while she doesn’t realize that she is losing touch with reality. This results in a brave but most of all hilarious story of a woman who fights for herself to get her past and present back on track.