Netherlands Film Production Incentive invests €3.3 million in 14 new productions
These contributions will generate more than €11.7 million in production expenses in the Netherlands across the entire spectrum of Dutch film professionals and film companies.
Upcoming application round 2026
The next application round for Netherlands Film Production Incentive is October 26, 2026. The Netherlands Film Production Incentive offers a financial contribution in the form of a cash rebate on the qualifying production costs that are demonstrably spent in the Netherlands.
Selected film productions in the third round of 2026
- Beursbengels (Giancarlo Sanchez)
- Climacteric (Liliana Torres)
- Jochem Looks Out (Suzanne Raes)
- Magnetized (Luis Ortega)
- Men and Days (Arnau Vilaró)
- Patrimonial Fears and Other Illusions (Elina Psykou)
- Patsers for Life (Kobe van Steenberghe)
- Sealskin (Irene Moray)
- Shiny New World (Jan van Gorkum)
- Soma (Miklos Keleti)
- Stairway to Earth (Finn Szumlas)
- Strokes of Madness (Lander Haverals & Dominique Van Malder)
- To Put Out One Fire (Jela Hasler)
- War Fever (Ineke Smits)
For a full list of the titles, including credits and loglines, see below.
Beursbengels (feature film)
Director: Giancarlo Sanchez
Script: Lorans Dandachli, Steef de Bot, Kay Greidanus
Producer: NRG Productions
Logline: From market porter to king of the trading floor: with no connections or degree, Ronnie Rolex claws his way to the top of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in just one year. But when betrayal, the death of his mentor, and a criminal investigation force him to choose between his empire and himself. He always knows when to quit. But can he?
Granted support: € 771,338
Climacteric (feature film)
Director/script: Liliana Torres (ES)
Dutch co-producer: Studio Ruba
Lead producer: Distinto Films (ES)
Co-producer: Edna Cinema (ES)
Logline: As menopause coincides with a world in destruction, a woman’s personal transformation aligns with nature, mutating her reality.
Granted support: € 59,561
Jochem Looks Out (documentary)
Director/script: Suzanne Raes
Producer: Docmakers
Logline: Jochem Myjer’s 'Net Alsof' tour is coming to an end. His whole life revolves around the two performances a week that his body can handle. His 50th birthday and recently discovered tumors cast a different light on the future. Jochem and others look back on his life and analyze his success. What kept him going all this time? Can you say goodbye when you’ve lived for applause for so long?
Granted support: € 147,344
Magnetized (feature film)
Director: Luis Ortega (AR)
Script: Luis Ortega, Martin Caamaño, Rodolfo Palacios (AR)
Dutch co-producer: Isabella Films
Lead producer: El Despacho (AR)
Co-producers: Metanoia (UY), Infinity Hill (AR), Piano (MX)
Logline: A young libertine priest and a deranged actress fall passionately in love. When she introduces him to a world of narcotics and madness and subsequently disappears, he spirals into despair committing a series of murders that leave him magnetized.
Granted support: € 158,945
Men and Days (feature film)
Director/script: Arnau Vilaró (ES)
Dutch co-producer: BALDR Film
Lead producer: Nanouk Films (ES)
Logline: 1992. After completing a PhD in queer theory in Amsterdam, David returns to his native Barcelona, heartbroken after a failed love affair. Amid the euphoria of the Olympic Games and the shadow of the AIDS epidemic, he begins writing a diary to understand how love between men really works.
Granted support: € 125,079
Patrimonial Fears and Other Illusions (feature film)
Director/script: Elina Psykou (GR)
Dutch co-producer: Studio Ruba
Lead producer: Jungle Films (GR)
Co-producers: Homemade Films (GR), Studio Bauhaus (GR), Bark Like a Cat Films (CY)
Logline: Elderly Mrs. Lily kills her husband Mr. Dinos, one-eyed Afroula slips back into her Gorilla Girl costume and reevaluates her relationship with Lakis, pregnant Helena abandons her husband Konstantinos. While David Copperfield is getting ready to make the Acropolis disappear, the three women overcome their fears and confront their dark family past, head on.
Granted support: € 138,126
Patsers for Life (feature film)
Director: Kobe van Steenberghe (BE)
Script: Sven Huybrechts (BE), Ruben Vermeersch (BE)
Dutch co-producer: Fiction Valley
Lead producer: A Team Productions (BE)
Logline: After their “drug bust of the century”, Adamo and his friends try in Patsers for Life to escape the police by fleeing abroad. But Badia has other plans: she sets off on her own to the Netherlands to take revenge on Dutch drug lord Dzjengis Khan, who is responsible for her mother's death. Will our patsers arrive in time to stop her?
Granted support: € 150,000
Sealskin (feature film)
Director/script: Irene Moray (ES)
Dutch co-producer: Phanta Film
Lead producer: Lastor Media (ES)
Co-producer: Goldman Film
Logline: A young cleaner watches her childhood friend slowly disappear under the spell of a destructive relationship. In trying to save her, she becomes entangled in an intimate struggle between holding on and letting go. Only when she allows herself to be vulnerable does she discover a community of women capable of offering healing.
Granted support: € 122,752
Shiny New World (feature film)
Director/script: Jan van Gorkum
Producer: Bloodrave
Co-producers: Make Way Film, Polar Bear (BE)
Logline: Barry (50), a carpenter who’s had more than his fair share of bad luck, stumbles into a hidden world of demons disguised as humans - and an unconventional cleaning company run by these creatures to protect their community.
Granted support: € 600,142
Soma (feature film)
Director/script: Miklos Keleti (BE)
Dutch co-producer: Volya Films
Lead producer: Velvet Films (BE)
Co-producers: Three Brothers (EE), Goodbye Productions (CA)
Logline: A scientist and his primatologist wife explore new methods to help their son with a rare language disorder.
Granted support: € 103,793
Stairway to Earth (feature film)
Director/script: Finn Szumlas
Producer: Phanta Film
Co-producers: Extreme Emotions (PL), Goldman Film
Logline: A Polish young woman and her Dutch one-night stand spend 24 hours together waiting for an appointment to terminate her pregnancy. Against the backdrop of local festivities in the streets of the Dutch town of Leiden, their feelings for each other blossom - and, as a result, their uncertainties about the future.
Granted support: € 561,913
Strokes of Madness (feature film)
Director/script: Lander Haverals (BE), Dominique Van Malder (BE)
Dutch co-producer: Volya Films
Lead producer: Menuetto (BE)
Co-producers: Tarantula (BE), MitruSMedia (LV)
Logline: In the ruthless metropolis, a talented yet emotionally vulnerable violinist's relentless pursuit of musical excellence spirals into a terrifying battle with his inner demons.
Granted support: € 103,265
To Put Out One Fire (feature film)
Director/script: Jela Hasler (CH)
Dutch co-producer: Family Affair Films
Lead producer: Langfilm (CH)
Logline: The recently graduated environmental engineer Anna (27) starts her first job full of idealism: she is responsible for the research and planning of young trees at the Green Department of the Municipality of Zurich. There she is confronted with the reality of pragmatic solutions and making compromises, which puts her ideals to the test.
Granted support: € 96,857
War Fever (documentary)
Director/script: Ineke Smits
Producer: Volya Films
Co-producer: Clin d'Oeil (BE)
Logline: Time and again, British mine specialist Chris Garrett and American paramedic Courtney Pollock risk their lives in wars that are not their own. When Chris is eventually killed, Courtney, his American partner and the mother of their child, doesn't hesitate for a moment to continue their volunteer work in the war zone. What makes war, despite its inherent horrors, so addictive?
Granted support: € 192,825
Header image: To Put Out One Fire
