“El Houb” tells the story of Karim, a Moroccan-Dutch man who comes out to his family as gay, and his journey to break the silence and cultural taboos surrounding the LGBTQ+ community in MENA households. The film is a poignant examination of family relationships, love, and acceptance.
Directed by Shariff Nasr
Set in The Netherlands at the end of WW II, this touching story, told in flashbacks, explores the complex and romantic relationship between an adult soldier and a displaced, lonely adolescent boy.
Directed by Roeland Kerbosch
A schoolboy who is teased mercilessly explores his sexual interest in boys with a classmate.
Director: Frank Krom
Hoping for a better chance at asylum, two Iranian refugees pretend to be homosexual.
Director: Remy van Heugten
A man takes himself to a woodland cottage to escape the pain and confusion of an impending divorce. Whilst enlisting the owner to fix the broken water he begins to uncover and embrace his hidden desires – a journey of self-discovery and healing.
Director: Claire Zhou
This movie is about a young boy Ruben in search of his homosexuality and experience harassment & violence from where the problems of acceptance begins. He found out his love for boys when he has a date with Mike. His parents and little sister don’t know about his struggle and harassment at school. This film is going to be used in education for acceptance of homosexuality and against violence..
A little romantic comedy short about a romantic triangle. Girl asks shy boy to come to the beach. But she brings an older, hunkier boy along too. How will this romance play out?
Director: Margien Rogaar
A young man meets with his estranged father after a four year absence hoping to reconnect before their ideological differences keep them apart forever.
Director: Fokke Baarssen
In the comedy-drama Cas, Pepijn and Sjors’ steady, seven-year relationship is shaken up after they allow a young student named Cas to sleep on their couch until he finds a place of his own. Gradually, both men fall head over heels for Cas’ laconic charm and it forces them to reconsider their many long-term plans. Is Cas’ presence endangering their relationship or is he actually a blessing in disguise?
Director: Joris van den Berg
This short film focuses on the Pink Point, a gay and lesbian information kiosk on the Westermarkt in Amsterdam. Started in 1998 to coincide with the Gay Games in the city, the kiosk has stood the test of time, and remains a quirky, unique, yet important place for queer life in Amsterdam and beyond.
When the fifteen year old Bram meets Florian at a house party, he immediately falls for him. There’s only one problem: nobody knows Bram is gay.
Director: Niels Bourgonje
Writer: Paul Bontenbal
Stars: Valentijn Avé, Tonko Bossen, Timo Dries
A family reaches boiling point during a pit stop on their way home from what might be their last holiday together. But the volatile cocktail of sweltering heat, restless hormones and suppressed frustration fails to explode, leading instead to reconciliation.
Directors: Aaron Rookus, Robbie van Brussel
Writer: Saskia Diesing
Stars: Koen de Graeve, Rifka Lodeizen, Fabian Jansen, Marie Louise Stheins, Bas van Prooijen, Yentl Meijer
A young man agrees to support his ex lover during an HIV test. What starts out as an awkward reunion, soon becomes something more tender. Is there still hope for reconciliation?
Director: Niels Bourgonje
Stars: Daniel Cornelissen, Tobias Nierop, Mark Ram, Lulu Veen
Bridging the void between childhood and maturity, the 15-year-old Tommie loses himself in his search for male sex. A dating app seems to offer the solution.
Director: Vincent Fitz-Jim
Ensemble film about a rich American couple, a Dutch asocial family, a French gay couple, a German working class family and two illegal Moroccans in Amsterdam.
Written & Directed by Ivo van Hove
Discreetly, an illegal alien cleans people’s houses. For the writer André, who spends his days in bed, he is one of the few contacts with the outside world. The cleaner sends the money he makes to his mother in his native country. His boyfriend, a dancer in a gay club, could do with some cash, too. Due to André’s death and an affair with André’s lover, he threatens to lose his hold on life, which is already uncertain.
Director: Tami Ravid
How would you react if you discovered your best friend is gay?
Directors: Dylan Tonk, Lazlo Tonk
Stars: Joël Mellenberg, Josha Stradowski, Yldau de Boer
Stars: Daniel Paul, Frederik Sebastian, Sinom Pia Year:2014 Duration: 3:50 Country: Nederlands Genre: Short movie Zamislite da se poslije noćne žurke na kojoj ste bili
Bounty (2013) Director: Finbarr Wilbrink Writers: Guus Pengel, Finbarr Wilbrink Genre: Drama, Short movie Country: Netherlands Language: Dutch (with English subtitles) Duration: 24 min
