Caribbean Love (feature film)

Director: Johan Nijenhuis
Script: Annelou van Naerssen
Dutch producer: Johan Nijenhuis & Co

Logline: Lars is about to get married, but he is worried that his mother Merel will end up alone for the rest of her life. He brings her to Curaçao, but without her knowing on a singles trip to find love. Against his expectations, he falls in love with undercover journalist Malti himself, so he has no eye for the affair between his mother and Curaçaoan Ozzie.

Granted support: €413,050

Dark Blue River (documentary)

Director/script: Sergej Kreso
Dutch producer: DOXY
Co-producer: Propeler Film (HR)

Logline: In Dark Blue River, I travel against the current of the Neretva, the river of my youth flowing through the Balkans, in a personal search for hope in the destructive chaos that humans constantly create.

Granted support: €198,500

Downtown (feature film)

Director: Michiel van Erp
Script: Frank Houtappels
Dutch producer: Kaap Holland Film
Co-producers: De Familie, Eyeworks Film & TV Drama (BE)

Logline: 1989 - three young gay men throw themselves wholeheartedly into the hedonistic nightlife scene of Amsterdam; a life of friendship, sex and drugs. Until the mysterious AIDS virus makes its entrance and puts a veil over their lives. 32 years later - in the lockdown of 2021 - they try to revive their friendship.

Granted support: €741,963

Hanneke & Fiet (feature film)

Director: Mischa Kamp
Script: Tamara Bos
Dutch producer: NL Film & TV
Co-producer: Leitwolf Filmproduktion (DE)

Logline: When six-year-old Hanneke is sent away "on a sleepover" in 1942, she has no idea that she will not see her parents for nearly three years. She goes from address to address until she finds a home with Fiet's family. Here she never wants to leave...

Granted support: €1,184,519

Honolulu King (feature film)

Director: Barbara Bredero
Script: Bodil de la Parra
Dutch producer: NL Film & TV

Logline: The 24-year-old Synne Blom puts her studies on hold to take over her grandfather Hardy's shop when her grandmother has to move to a nursing home. Not long after, she argues with her boyfriend, moves in with her grandfather, and becomes entangled in his past. Along the way, Synne discovers how much the gruesome events in former Dutch East Indies have left their mark, even on her.

Granted support: €164,772

Koude Kant (feature film)

Director: Johan Nijenhuis
Script: Brigitte Baake, Birgit van der Jagt
Dutch co-producer: Johan Nijenhuis & Co
Lead producer: Dingie (BE)

Logline: Both grandmothers want to be the best grandmother to their 6-year-old grandchild Anne. Anne's mother, Karlijn, tries to keep everyone in the family happy but still something eats away at her: who is the distant family?

Granted support: €477,067

Millie and the Secret of the Crocodile (animated feature film)

Director/script: Esben Toft Jacobsen (DK)
Dutch co-producer: Viking Film
Lead producer: Snowcloud (SE)
Co-producers: Vi Glæder Os Preben (DK), Nørlum Entertainment (DK)

Logline: The mouse Millie is scared of everything, but when her friend Morten falls in the river she has to overcome her fears to save him. Archimedes the frog helps her. The adventure leads to crocodile island where she is captured but refuses to give up. With new courage she frees all animals on the island. The crocodile’s secret is fear of being alone and Millie helps her so they can all live together.

Granted support: €91,942

Pa! (feature film)

Director: Sander Burger
Script: Paul Teunissen
Dutch producer: DOXY Fictie
Co-producer: Menuetto Film (BE)

Logline: Daan, journalist and 38, slides all the difficult decisions in his life around like coins from a fairground bulldozer. When his old father shows up one day to come live with him, the chaos is complete. But when the newspaper editor asks him to write columns about his father's care, his Dad unexpectedly becomes a gain instead of a burden. With unexpected consequences.

Granted support: €470,186

Pink & Green (documentary)

Director/script: Rory Pilgrim
Dutch producer: Smarthouse Films Productie
Co-producer: Tyke Films (UK)

Logline: When an explosion takes place in a stone quarry, 2 sonic bubbles are released deep within in the English Channel. Hovering over the Isle of Portland, they provide a portal of listening for four people to restore from harm who are dealing with the devastating effects of the criminal justice system and life in prison.

Granted support: €183,648

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