Niels Bourgonje
Directing
Biography
Niels Bourgonje (1980) is an award-winning short film and commercial director based in Amsterdam.
Known For

When the fifteen year old Bram meets Florian at a house party, he immediately falls for him. There's only one problem: nobody knows Bram is gay.
Turn It Around

A man walks through a desert carrying a full water bottle. He fights desperately the temptation to drink the water. The question arises how the man got himself into this predicament. And what will happen if he does drink the water?
Deserted

Boys On Film comes of age with uplifting and powerful tales recounting the lives of everyday heroes striving for their own identities and fighting for the right for us all to be ourselves. Volume 18: Heroes includes ten complete films: Dean Loxton's "Dániel" starring Csémy Balázs, Hilda Péter, and Henry Garrett… Niels Bourgonje's "Buddy" starring Daniel Cornelissen and Tobias Nierop… Tamara Shogaolu's animated "Half A Life"… Victor Lindgren's "Undress Me" starring Jana Bringlöv Ekspong and Björn Elgerd… Sam Ashby's "The Colour Of His Hair" starring Sean Hart and Josh O'Connor… Hope Dickson Leach's "Silly Girl" starring Ciara Baxendale, Mollie Lambert, and Jason Barker… Søren Green's "An Evening" starring Jacob Ottensten and Ulrik Windfeldt-Schmidt… Alejandro Medina's documentary "AIDS: Doctors And Nurses Tell Their Stories"… Kai Stänicke's "It's Consuming Me" with Volkmar Leif Gilbert… and Mikael Bundsen's "Mother Knows Best" starring Alexander Gustavsson and Hanna Ullerstam.
Boys on Film 18: Heroes

A girl finds out that she has a match on a dating app with a stranger, despite swiping him to the left moments ago. She starts to fear that the man is dangerously close to her.
Swipe

A young man agrees to support his ex lover during an HIV test. What starts out as an awkward reunion, soon becomes something more tender. Is there still hope for reconciliation?
Buddy

September 1944. Two Canadian soldiers find a boy washed up on the Dutch beach. Where did he come from and can he be trusted?
Barrier
Eighteen years after being pawns in a cruel game of psychological warfare, the survivors of an invasion face a new threat.
Circles

While on vacation with his girlfriend, Gijs receives a phone call from his mother, that reveals her troubled mental state and their complex relationship.
SkĂłgafoss

While on assignment a photographer sees an old woman placing a lantern on a grave. When the photographer shoots a picture of this very private moment, she soon finds out that this haunting image is more haunted than she bargained for.
Woodland Cemetery

The second collection of this hot boys shorts series takes us deep into hidden psyches, revelations of long-held secrets, to boys boarding school for the birth of a love affair, inside an explosive internet encounter, and at the center of a teen party where infatuations quickly turn lives upside down. Includes: Beyond Plain Sight (2014); Like Father (2017); Lost Years (2016); Salt [Sal.] (2016); Sign (2016); Turn It Around (2017).
Testosterone: Volume Two

A program of seven short films. Seven directors deliver films that are sensitive, hard, distressing or even passionate. Violence in Chechnya, a love story in sign language, daring photos, an aggression, a party, encounters, dramas, stories of violence or love.
Par-courts Gay, Volume 7

Jonas, concerned about his father’s mental health, visits his dad and discovers that the older man’s situation is even worse than he’d feared.
Shut

A man cares for his comatose wife at their rundown home. After a transgression, he fears something sinister has awakened in her.
Dormant
A woman of Turkish origin just moved in a town in a village in Twente, a region in eastern Holland. The woman decides to meet her neighbor and brings a plate of selfmade Baklava. When the neighbor answers the door, a Babel-like confusion occurs.
Neighbors
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Vincent Boy Kars explores the nature of documentary filmmaking, examining how truth is constructed and the filmmaker’s responsibility in shaping reality. As the narrative unfolds, the film challenges the audience to question perception, authenticity, and the boundaries between fact and fiction.
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An old married couple is enjoying a quiet day together when a neighbour asks them to keep an eye on his daughter for a few hours. However they have great difficulty handling the teenager. When the daughter crosses the line, the couple is forced to take matters into their own hands.
Peace & Quiet

In the middle of the night, a widow is terrorized by an unknown man. Just when she is about to call the police, the man claims to know more about the suicide of her husband.
Brand

In 'Bridge' we see how Jos approaches a bridge after a relaxing drive, where on the other side of the bridge another driver approaches named Ad. Ad gives the right of way. But Jos insists that Ad goes first. Who will cross the bridge first?
Brug

When Peter’s contract lands in the bin, his mind soon follows. A darkly absurd descent into office paranoia, ambition, and avocado toast.