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Aimée de Jongh, a renowned comic-book illustrator, travels to Lesbos to conduct research for her new book about Samir, a fictional Syrian boy.
Ruurd Walrecht`s interest of historical crops began when he was very young. He started a life long crusade to protect, preserve and maintain them. This Dutch Don Quichote of rare vegetables built an incredible collection of hundreds of crops that were on the brink of extinction. Suddenly, Ruurd moved to Sweden leaving his colourful mix of helpers behind. They tell the story of this master horticulturist and his Green Ark. Because his life work is very important to all of us.
In the middle of the Jordanian desert, a new tent city, Zaatari, has arisen. Through the eyes of four children, this exceptionally intimate and poetic film sees and feels what it is like to grow up in this unique locale.
Drona (9) is austistic. He is very smart, but is bad at ordering information. To save himself, he ask an extreme amount of questions. In 'Drona and I', we see Drona's life through the eyes of his brother Arjun.
Mother's Balls portrays Amber Vineyard, an American living in Amsterdam, founder of the first Dutch ballroom house House of Vineyard.
Documentary about the Dutch national railways (NS), struggling to improve it's reputation.
Eleven-year-old Anne is a beautiful girl. The kind of girl you can’t take your eyes off. And the longer you look, the more you see her ‘tics’. Anne suffers from Gilles de la Tourette’s syndrome. This makes her body do things she doesn’t want, such as suddenly spinning around or licking everything. Anne sometimes finds it hard to cope with her illness, especially in school. She’s afraid that others will bully her or laugh at her. Anne therefore tries to keep her tics in check, although that isn’t easy. She prefers ‘flying’ through life, so you won’t notice anything. When flying, she’s at her best. The youth documentary FLYING ANNE shows how Anne lives life with her tics. Tics that, in the end, she doesn’t want to lose either...
Gert is the ambitious managing director of a car dealership in Vianen who is way ahead of his troops. With a boundless energy he encourages his employees to be the very best. No department is spared in learning ‘The New Way of Working’ through countless training sessions and endless meetings. But will he manage to eventually turn employee 1.0 into employee 2.0 and how does his personnel deal with this increasing pressure? How does a family business survive in a time of economic crisis?
