Netherlands - Best International Feature Film
Dutch submissions for the Oscars for Best International Feature Film
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- DirectorFons RademakersStarsMax CroisetMary DresselhuysBernard DroogAn independent-thinking doctor in a rural community with his own ideas of how medicine should be practiced begins to find himself ostracized from the community after one of his patients commits suicide.Nominated
- DirectorFons RademakersStarsLex SchoorelNan LosVan DoudeThe fainthearted cigar trader Ducker keeps himself quiet during World War II. That changes when parachutist Dorbeck lands in his backyard. It turns out the parachutist bears a remarkable resemblance to Ducker. Ducker follows Dorbeck blindly, becomes involved in the Dutch resistance and soon starts killing people. When he escapes through German lines to the freed South Netherlands, no one has ever heard of Dorbeck.
- DirectorBert HaanstraStarsSimon CarmiggeltBert HaanstraPeter UstinovHow do the Dutch people live? Hidden cameras filmed the crowds on the beach, during carnival time, skating on the ice plains...
- DirectorHarry KümelStarsEllen VogelHilde UitterlindenJoan RemmeltsMeriora Gillibrand (Ellen Vogel) disguises herself as a man to avoid prosecution for murdering her lover.
- DirectorFons RademakersStarsWilleke van AmmelrooyJan DecleirCarlos van LanckereThe story of a small and conservative West-Flemish village opposing the construction of a bridge over the Scheldt.
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsMonique van de VenRutger HauerTonny HuurdemanAn aimless young artist learns to face his responsibilities when a former lover develops a terminal illness.Nominated
- DirectorNikolai van der HeydeStarsJules CroisetMartine BijlPiet BambergenSmall town doctor Angelino falls in love at first sight with schoolteacher Irene. Bram the Builder is in love with gypsy girl Katja. Neither of the two men know how to convey their feelings to the objects of their affection.
- DirectorBert HaanstraStarsKees BrusseTon LensinkDora van der GroenA small town doctor gets a visit from a former study-friend. He doesn't know this former surgeon has become a junkie that wants to steal his morphine.
- DirectorFons RademakersStarsPeter FaberSacha BulthuisAdendu SoesilaningratAn idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the nineteenth century is convinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually help the local people of whom he is in charge.
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsRutger HauerJeroen KrabbéSusan PenhaligonDuring World War II, Dutch students join the resistance movement against the German occupation of the Netherlands.
- DirectorWim VerstappenStarsFrederik de GrootLeen JongewaardCoen FlinkIn a Dutch village during the German occupation, a small group of badly organized resistance fighters attempt to assassinate a collaborator.
- DirectorNouchka van BrakelStarsMonique van de VenMaria SchneiderMarijke MerckensYoung mother of two Eva is send on holiday to France by her husband to relief her stress. There she meets lesbian Liliane who lives in a commune.
- DirectorMarja KokErik van ZuylenStarsHelmert WoudenbergFrank GroothofHans Man in 't VeldAn unsuspecting flower farmer visits the hospital to discuss some test results, only to find himself admitted without explanation for an indefinite period of further examination and observation.
- DirectorNouchka van BrakelStarsRenée SoutendijkErik van 't WoutAdriaan OlreeTragic story of a wealthy woman whose sexual desires change her into a prostitute, working on the streets of Paris during the 1880s.
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsJeroen KrabbéRenée SoutendijkThom HoffmanA man who has been having visions of an impending danger begins an affair with a woman who may lead him to his doom.
- DirectorRuud van HemertStarsPeter FaberGeert de JongAkkemay ElderenbosA peaceful family-life is suddenly disturbed when the children enter puberty. The children take over the house and ban their parents from their lives.
- DirectorPieter VerhoeffStarsPeter TuinmanHuub StapelJoke TjalsmaOn the turn of the 20th century, in Netherlands, three socialist activists and brothers are imprisoned for a crime they didn't commit. The prosecutor tries to get to the truth, but their comrades and others betray them.
- DirectorFons RademakersStarsDerek de LintMarc van UchelenMonique van de VenA Dutch doctor, haunted by grueling childhood memories of World War II, struggles to find peace as he spends his life looking for answers about the tragic night that shaped him.Winner
- DirectorPieter VerhoeffStarsMirjam SternheimPeter TuinmanGeert de JongFor a year, the inhabitants of a house in an Amsterdam working-class neighborhood are followed.
- DirectorGeorge SluizerStarsBernard-Pierre DonnadieuGene BervoetsJohanna ter SteegeRex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.Disqualified
- DirectorFrans WeiszStarsKitty CourboisPeter OosthoekCatherine ten BruggencateNico and Leo are getting married. Their entire family and both their exes are in attendance. Some of these are performing musical numbers on stage. But memories of the war and the fact that Leo's mother died in a concentration camp keeps coming to the forefront.
- DirectorRudolf van den BergStarsThom HoffmanRijk de GooyerViviane de MuynckFrits van Egters' life in the last ten days of the year 1946.
- DirectorHarry KümelStarsMarianne BaslerMonique van de VenJohan LeysenEline Vere is a neurotic young woman with a turbulent family.
- DirectorAlex van WarmerdamStarsJack WouterseAnnet MalherbeRudolf LucieerDuring the summer of 1960, the idiosyncratic residents of a one-street Dutch suburb collide in intertwining stories of desire and frustration.
- DirectorJean van de VeldeStarsAntonie KamerlingOlivier TuinierLoes WoutersonPoet Valentijn comes in contact with his former teacher Mieke. After a brief relationship Valentijn leaves her. But when he later gets to know his son, a bond develops between the two.
- DirectorTheo van GoghStarsAriane SchluterAd van KempenSarah, 30, single, well educated, likes art, places a voice ad for phone sex, inviting replies from men under 35, sturdy and sensual.
- DirectorMarleen GorrisStarsWilleke van AmmelrooyJan DecleirVeerle van OverloopA Dutch matron establishes and, for several generations, oversees a close-knit, matriarchal community where feminism and liberalism thrive.Winner
- DirectorEsmé LammersStarsMaya van den BroeckeLisa de RooyCas EnklaarA fairytale about a young girl who learns to play chess and at the same time finds her father.
- DirectorMike van DiemStarsPavlik Jansen op de HaarJan DecleirFedja van HuêtJacob Katadreuffe lives mute with his mother, has no contact with his father who only works against him and wants to become a lawyer, at all costs.Winner
- DirectorKarim TraïdiaStarsJaap SpijkersMonic HendrickxRudi FalkenhagenPolish deceived woman hides from pimps on a Dutch farm, and shares an intriguing romance with the farmer.
- DirectorIneke HoutmanStarsMadelief VerelstGiulia FleuryRijk de GooyerWhen Madelief's grandmother dies, her mother takes her to the funeral. She then visits her grandfather, but quickly gets bored, until Mischa tells her how much fun a rural summer can be. She investigates her grandmother's "summer house", made curious by the lock on the door. Madelief didn't remember her grandmother, but from her snooping in the summer house she learns a lot about her.
- DirectorMaria PetersStarsRuud FeltkampYannick van de VeldeMitchell RedmondThe journey of a homeless boy who tries to find his father, set in the 1920's in Holland.
- DirectorPieter VerhoeffStarsMonic HendrickxJeroen WillemsPeter TuinmanFrisian-spoken costume drama about the turbulent marriage between a writer and a socialist politician.
- DirectorPaula van der OestStarsSylvia PoortaAnneke BlokMonic HendrickxZus & Zo shows what three sisters are willing to do to stop their would-be sister-in-law from coming into possession of Paraíso, their beloved family summer home on the Portuguese coast.Nominated
- DirectorBen SombogaartStarsEllen VogelGudrun OkrasThekla ReutenTwin sisters Lotte and Anne grow up very differently after their parents death. Now adults, they want to reunite but World War II and their growing socioeconomic differences complicate things.Nominated
- DirectorEddy TerstallStarsCees GeelMarcel HensemaRifka LodeizenA mild-mannered gay dentist and a hedonist womanizer rekindle their unlikely friendship when the latter's terminal cancer drives them back together after a decade apart.
- DirectorMijke de JongStarsElske RotteveelKees ScholtenElsie de BrauwMerel, a talented young girl, is suddenly getting bullied at school.Disqualified
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsCarice van HoutenSebastian KochThom HoffmanIn the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.January Shortlist
- DirectorJos StellingStarsSergey MakovetskiyGene BervoetsSylvia HoeksAn older film critic's life is interrupted by an unexpected visitor.
- DirectorDana NechushtanStarsMaryam HassouniEva van de WijdevenChristine van StralenThe story of two 18-year old best friends who grew up together in the suburbs of Amsterdam. Dunya is Moroccan, grown up with Ramadan, imams and Mecca. Desie is as Dutch as cheese and tulips. On her 18th birthday Dunya is told that her family would like her to marry a second cousin from Morocco. She shall meet him during the family's holiday in Morocco but she's not looking forward to it. Desie, who has recently begun taking driving lessons, unexpectedly gets pregnant from her driving instructor. He breaks up with her instantly and says it's up to Desie to solve this. Desie want to look for her biological father. When appears that her father lives in Morocco, Dunya and Desie decide to go and look for him together. But Morocco is not Amsterdam, and together they get entangled in a road trip that takes them through the country of Morroco; from the big cities, through the deserts, into the mountains, where they get into exciting and hilarious situations. In the end they have to make some important choices for themselves.
- DirectorMartin KoolhovenStarsMartijn LakemeierJamie Campbell BowerYorick van WageningenIn German-occupied Netherlands, a teenage boy gets involved in the Dutch resistance after coming to the aid of a wounded RAF pilot.January Shortlist
- DirectorRudolf van den BergStarsGijs Scholten van AschatSylvia HoeksJohanna ter SteegeA laid-off book editor sets out to find his teenage daughter when she and her boyfriend go missing on holiday in Namibia.
- DirectorMaria PetersStarsRicky KooleSergio HasselbainkAngelo ArnhemA Dutch woman and a young man 17 years her junior from Suriname, struggle to make their relationship work in spite of the social and economic obstacles they face.
- DirectorBoudewijn KooleStarsRick LensLoek PetersCahit ÖlmezA young boy and his father have a difficult relationship, but are trying to reach each other. They need a catalyst to make that happen.
- DirectorAlex van WarmerdamStarsJan BijvoetHadewych MinisJeroen PercevalA vagrant enters the lives of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.
- DirectorPaula van der OestStarsSallie HarmsenMarwan KenzariBarry AtsmaA young assistant DA puts a serial killing nurse behind bars, only to discover evidence that may prove her innocence.January Shortlist
- DirectorJoost van GinkelStarsAngela NedyalkovBoris IsakovicErik AdelöwThe jarring lives of six immigrant residents of Amsterdam intertwine in a poetic mosaic.
- DirectorPaula van der OestStarsElsie de BrauwPierre BokmaRifka LodeizenAfter 21-year-old student Tonio dies in a traffic accident, his novelist parents face sorrow and regret as they suffer the agony of losing their only child.
- DirectorMijke de JongStarsNora El KoussourIlias AddabHassan AkkouchA teenage Muslim growing up in Amsterdam becomes radicalised.
- DirectorJoram LürsenStarsJacob DerwigBarry AtsmaFockeline OuwerkerkIn Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, banker brothers Walraven and Gijs van Hall face their greatest challenge yet when they decide to help fund the Dutch resistance.
- DirectorHalina ReijnStarsCarice van HoutenMarwan KenzariMarie-Mae van ZuilenIn spite of her expertise and experience, a seasoned psychologist is completely infatuated by the sex offender she is treating in a penal institution.
- DirectorEché JangaStarsTiara RichardsFelix de RooyEveron Jackson HooiAs the different mentalities of rational father Ouira and spiritual grandfather Weljo start to clash, eleven-year-old Kenza is determined to find her own path into adult life. A magical-realism film placed on a junkyard in Curaçao.
- DirectorShariff KorverStarsJoes BrauersSpencer BogaertTobias KerslootAfter the sudden disappearance of their superior, three young soldiers are left to guard a military vehicle by themselves. As their situation and the scorching desert heat renders them increasingly disconnected from reality, an encounter with a local boy escalates into a fight that will mark their lives forever.
- DirectorMartijn de JongStarsThekla ReutenFedja van HuêtSepp RitsemaNarcosis is about a young family that is hit by a family tragedy and has to deal with it in its own unique way.
- DirectorEna SendijarevicStarsHayati AzisRenée SoutendijkFlorian MyjerTumultuous events triggered by the death of a Dutch sugar plantation owner who ends up leaving his Indian Ocean island estate to his young illegitimate son - the child of his Indonesian housemaid.