FICTION
In the summer of 1998, the sick Lenny (52) takes his adopted son Kyu (12) on a road trip to Marseille for the World Cup soccer match between the Netherlands and South Korea. A journey along the Route du Soleil that turns into a confrontation with origins, farewells, and what it means to be father and son.
Director and screenplay: Yim Brakel
Fund: Netherlands Film Fund, Korean Film Council, Creative Europe MEDIA
Co-production: Seesaw Pictures (Korea)
Length: 90 minutes
Expected release date: TBD
Status: in development
Marseille is co-funded by the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union.
Marseille was selected for CineMart 2025 – IFFR Pro’s co-production market, The Audience Design Lab by International Screen Institute, and APostLab annual workshop – in collaboration with the Finnish Film Foundation and the Estonian Film Institute.
UNDERGROUND
SERIES
In occupied Amsterdam, Frieda Belinfante, the elusive Willem Arondéus, and the indomitable Gerrit van der Veen join forces with militant queers, artists, and students. Together they carry out a spectacular attack on the population registry – a bold attempt to undermine the Nazi war machine, but one that irreversibly seals their own fate.
Director: Michiel van Erp
Co-production: Lemming Film
Fund: NPO Fund
Broadcaster: VPRO
Length: 6 x 50 minutes
Expected release date: 2028
Status: in development
IMPOSTER
FICTION
When successful advertising executive Guy is blackmailed with overwhelming evidence of an affair he has no memory of, he embarks on a desperate battle to save his reputation, his job, his family, and even his identity—until he discovers who he really is.
Director: Michiel van Jaarsveld
Screenplay: Michiel van Jaarsveld
Fund: Netherlands Film Fund, Creative Europe MEDIA
Length: 100 minutes
Expected release date: TBD
Status: in development
Imposter is co-funded by the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union.
Developed through the EAVE Programme, a training initiative of the Creative Europe – MEDIA sub-programme of the European Union.
THE MUFFLER (DE KNALPOT)
FICTION
By the creators of ANNE+
In gritty 1980s Amsterdam, opposites Rita and Cora set up The Muffler (De Knalpot), a car workshop run by and for women, in a squat. Over a period of five years, the workshop grows into an important base and a close-knit community of free-spirited (lesbian) women. When the municipality threatens to close the workshop, the women must join forces to save their beloved spot – and with it, their independence.
Director: Valerie Bisscheroux
Screenplay: Maud Wiemeijer
Co-creator: Hanna van Vliet
Fund: Netherlands Film Fund, Creative Europe MEDIA
Length: 90 minutes
Expected release date: TBD
Status: in development
The Muffler is co-funded by the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union.
MEN RUIN EVERYTHING
FICTION
When David (30), a frustrated queer artist, secretly paints the rowdy lads beneath his window in homoerotic poses, his quest for success goes off the rails and he is forced to face the cost of turning other people’s lives into art.
Based on Man maakt stuk by Maurits de Bruijn, published by Das Mag.
Director: Michiel van Erp
Screenplay: Han van Wieringen
Co-production: Reynard Films
Fund: Hessen Film Fund
Length: 100 minutes
Expected release date: 2029
Status: in development
UNDERCURRENT
DOCUMENTARY
My grandfather celebrated his coming out in the 1960s as an act of liberation, but within the family, much remained unsaid. Two generations later, as the only other gay man in the family, I’m exploring how that silence is passed down from father to son, especially now that I’m thinking about fatherhood myself.
Director: Harmen van Liemt
Broadcaster: BNNVARA
Fund: CoBO
Length: 55 minutes
Expected release date: TBD
Status: in development
KEEP ON DANCING, ANNE
DOCUMENTARY
When filmmaker Leendert Pot is forced to become guardian and carer of his sister Anne (62) with Down’s syndrome, he is faced with a new challenge when she also develops Alzheimer’s dementia, and sets out to keep her life as dignified and independent as possible.
Director: Leendert Pot
Co-production: Stichting Geelproduct
Broadcaster: KRO-NCRV
Fund: CoBO Fund, NPO
Length: 70 minutes
Expected release date: March 2026
Status: in production
BOIHOOD
SHORT FICTION
During a trip through Scotland to scatter his father’s ashes, a young trans man not only comes to terms with the loss of his father, but also learns to see his childhood in a new light.
Director: Jack Goessens
Fund: Netherlands Film Fund, Limburg Film Fund, Fonds ZOZ, Creative Europe MEDIA
Length: 15 minutes
Expected release date: TBD
Status: in production
Boihood is co-funded by the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union.
TO PENIS OR NOT TO PENIS?
HYBRID DOCUMENTARY
In a playful and alienating ‘penis universe’, with Lucas Braak as his guide, artist and trans man Mees Elias explores his desire to have a penis and the impact that desire has on his body, identity, and relationships.
Director: Mees Elias van Zanten
In collaboration with: De Transketeers and Lucas Braak
Fund: Netherlands Film Fund, Mondriaan Fund
Length: 30 minutes
Expected release date: TBD
Status: in production
To Penis or Not to Penis? was developed as part of De Korte Verbeelding.
DOWNSIDE UP
FEATURE FICTION
When her beloved grandfather starts to forget her, shy seven-year-old Fien escapes into a magical world full of linguistic twists and turns to find what her grandfather has lost, and discovers that being brave and using her voice will not only bring her home safe, but can help others along the way.
Director and screenwriter: Rosita Wolkers
Fund: Creative Europe MEDIA
Length: 90 minutes
Expected release date: TBD
Status: in development
Downside Up is co-funded by the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union.