Four minority co-productions with Dutch share selected for grant

Four international co-productions with a Dutch share have been selected for a grant. The selection consists of three feature films and one immersive project.

Look at the full lists of selected projects below.

Jenjira's Magnificent Dream (feature film)

Director/writer: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Producer: Kick the Machine (TH)
Co-producers: BALDR Film (NL), Burning (CO), Metafilms (CA), Louverture Films (US)

Logline: Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream is a film that moves between different points in history and a speculative future,where Sigiriya evolves into a site of technological significance after a major war. Combining documentary style realism with fiction, it explores how people, places, and events remain connected across time.

Granted support: € 300,000

Millie and the Secret of the Crocodile (feature film)

Director/writer: Esben Toft Jacobsen
Producer: Snowcloud (SE)
Co-producers: Viking Film (NL), 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: € 200,000

Quo Vadis, Aida - The Missing Part (feature film)

Director/writer: Jasmila Žbanić
Producer: Deblokada (BA)
Co-producers: Indie Prod (FR), NGF Geyrhalterfilm (AT), Topkapi Films (NL), Madants (PL), Razor Film (DE), Platform Produktion (SE), Good Chaos (UK)

Logline: Shortly after her sons are taken, Aida receives information that they are still alive and being held captive on a farm in Serbia. A spark of hope awakens in her. She begins a fight for the truth that everyone wants to hide.

Granted support: € 350,000

Flow - Dome (Research & Experiment)

Director/writer: Adriaan Lokman
Producer: Ludic Realities (FR)
Co-producer: Valk Productions (NL)

Logline: Wind and air paint a dramatic night in the life of a woman. In Flow, everything that is normally visible becomes invisible. You drift along with the wind on what seems at first to be an ordinary day, but one filled with turbulent twists. When the storm subsides, the world is no longer the same. But not everything is as it seems.

Granted support: € 49,810

Image: Quo Vadis, Aida?