Martijn van de Griendt

Sophie (11), a healthy girl, is laying in a hospital bed. When she meets the playful Puck (9), she discovers the truth about her body and the toxic lie her mother forces her to live.

Alex Sophie, Emma and Robbie are best friends living in Eindhoven. Filmmaker Martijn van de Griendt follows them during the summer of their high school graduation. He paints a loving portrait of young people dealing with insecurities, loneliness, friendship and love.

In "Maria I Need Your Lovin", we follow Mary's search for love. In a quickly edited style you as a viewer rumble through eight years of Mary's life. Will she eventually manage to create her ideal situation; a stable household?