Maryam Hassouni

The 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. (imdb)

Max (Theo Maassen) exercise for twenty years in the profession of paramedic. He has no wife, no children but a neighbor and friend, where he regularly wanders. He gets at some point a new colleague, a Moroccan girl he it can handle. One day they have with the ambulance to an emergency delivery, but a group of young people blocking the road.

A opportunity arises for Robert Atkinson, a London banker who risks his bank's money to leave the mundane behind to start a new life. (imdb)

ELLA - a heavily disabled girl growing up in a sternly religious family discovers a gateway to personal freedom through her new caretaker.

Detective Ben Slagter gets in trouble after an encounter with a home invader. Meanwhile the other detectives respond to a drug-related call, but find themselves in an equally troublesome situation. As everyone deals with their difficulties, newly arrived public prosecutor Berg makes things even more complicated by running it all by the book.

In front of an office building a dog is tight to a phone booth. The dog is whining. Nadine (28), a telephone operator, is trying to ignore the animal, but she can't do that any longer when one of her costumers, Gert (40), points out that the dog is scared. Gert comes over and helps Nadine with the animal. What follows is a short encounter between two lonely people. While helping the dog they are especially supporting each other.

A young Moroccan woman who, when faced with a sudden ban on headscarves, has to find a creative way to skirt the law. (imdb)