Producers, films and projects from the Netherlands @ IDFA 2024

Producers and projects from the Netherlands

NAPA proudly (re)presents Dutch producers and their new films and projects. Many of our producers have extensive experience with international co-productions and are always interested in broadening their horizons. We cordially invite you to meet and contact our associated producers. Here you will find an introduction to our associated producers and their projects both in development and in the process of financing.

From the Netherlands at IDFA 2024

We would like to highlight the projects by our producers that can be seen during IDFA 2024, in various sections of the program.

THE PROPAGANDIST

IDFA INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Director: Luuk Bouwman
Production: Docmakers
Sales Film Harbour

What drove filmmaker Jan Teunissen (1898-1975) to become head of the Dutch Nazi Party's Film Department during World War II?

NESHOMA

Luminous
Director: Sandra Beerends
Production: Family Affair Films
Sales Agent: AUTLOOK Filmsales

NESHOMA brings prewar Jewish Amsterdam to life through archival material and the fictional story of Rusha, inspired by testimonies of the Jewish community.

WHERE DRAGONS LIVE

IDFA SIGNED
Director: Suzanne Raes
Production: Docmakers
Sales Film Harbour

Dutch director Suzanne Raes takes a closer look at our childhood fears, imagination and the enduring power of the memories that shape our lives.

YALLA, BABA!

Luminous
Director: Suzanne Raes
Production: Labyrint Film

Angie (34) takes her father Mansour (74) on the same journey he made 42 years ago from Brussels to Beirut by car. The path, however, is no longer the same.

THE JACKET

Luminous
Director: Mathijs Poppe
Production: Mirage (FR), Fulgurance Films (FR).
Co-production: Family Affair Films

Ten years ago, the young Belgian filmmaker Matthijs Poppe, then still a film student, visited the Palestinian refugee camp Shatila in the south of Beirut for the first time. There he met Jamal Hindawi and his family, with whom he made his graduation project Ours Is a Country of Words (2017). Now Jamal is the central figure in The Jacket, Poppe’s first feature-length film.

EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT

IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary
Director: Eefje Blankevoort · Lara Aerts
Production: Prospektor

‘People think we came by bike!’ Samrawit fled Eritrea at 8. Can she find her way in the Netherlands if no one understands her past?

THE INVISIBLE ONES

IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary
Director: Martijn Blekendaal
Production: Cerutti Film

The Invisible Ones is a film about children who have developed the skill to go unnoticed. It follows a filmmaker's journey to create an invisible supehero.

WRITING HAWA

IDFA INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Director: Najiba Noori
Production: TAG Film (FR)
Co-production: Een van de jongens
Sales Agent: First Hand Films

Three generations of Hazara women in Afghanistan fight for their dreams of literacy and independence against a backdrop of increasing oppression.

A WANT IN HER

IDFA INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Director: Myrid Carten
Production: Inland Films (IE)
Co-production: Basalt Film

A compelling exploration of the messiness of family love. When her troubled mother goes missing, Myrid returns home to find her, but risks losing herself.

SEE NL

A complete overview of all Dutch contributions to IDFA 2024, including screening times, can be found on the SEE NL website.