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The Promise

Daan Veldhuizen / Documentary / 2025 / 115'

Movies that Matter, 2025 - Opening Film

Eternal Love

Geertjan Lassche / Documentary / Completed / 80'

Johan’s Country

Eddy Terstall / Fiction / 2025 / 110'

Hokwerda’s child

Boudewijn Koole / Fiction / 2024 / 125

Lucca Mortis

Peter Greenaway, Saskia Boddeke / Fiction / In post-production

Shadow Game

Els van Driel, Eefje Blankevoort / Documentary / 2021 / 55' & 90'

NFF, 2021 - Winner Golden Calf for Best Long Documentary

FIFDH, 2021 - Grand Geneva Award

FIFDH, 2021 - Youth Jury Award

Movies that Matter, 2021 - Dutch Movies Matter Award

DOK.fest Munich, 2021 - Nomination SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit Award

Prix Europa, 2021 - Best TV-documentary

Festival dei Popoli, 2022 - Young Jury Award of Popoli for Kids and Teens Section

NFF, 2021 - Winner Golden Calf for Best Long Documentary

FIFDH, 2021 - Grand Geneva Award

FIFDH, 2021 - Youth Jury Award

Movies that Matter, 2021 - Dutch Movies Matter Award

DOK.fest Munich, 2021 - Nomination SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit Award

Prix Europa, 2021 - Best TV-documentary

Festival dei Popoli, 2022 - Young Jury Award of Popoli for Kids and Teens Section

Welded Together

Anastasiya Miroshnichenko / Documentary / 2025 / 96'

Sheffield DocFest, 2025 - Winner International Competition

Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), 2025 - Nomination International Panorama section

Sheffield DocFest, 2025 - Winner International Competition

Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), 2025 - Nomination International Panorama section

Sweeties

Natalie Bruijns, Anneke de Lind van Wijngaarden / Documentary / 2024 / 75'

Cinekid, 2024 - Winner Best Dutch Movie for Kids Award

Nederlands Film Festival, 2024 - Nomination Gouden Kalf Best Long Documentary

Cinekid, 2024 - Winner Best Dutch Movie for Kids Award

Nederlands Film Festival, 2024 - Nomination Gouden Kalf Best Long Documentary

Sovereign Son

Cindy Jansen / Documentary / Completed / 80'

Inside My Heart

Saskia Boddeke / Documentary, Fiction / 2022 / 86'

Le FIFA, 2023 - Winner Grand Prix

IDFA, 2022 - Special mention Dutch Competition

Rose d’Or, 2023 - Nomination Arts

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, 2023 - Nomination Film Forward Competition

TEFF, 2023 - Nomination Feature Films Competition

Le FIFA, 2023 - Winner Grand Prix

IDFA, 2022 - Special mention Dutch Competition

Rose d’Or, 2023 - Nomination Arts

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, 2023 - Nomination Film Forward Competition

TEFF, 2023 - Nomination Feature Films Competition

My father, Nour and I

Wiam Al-Zabari / Documentary / 2023 / 57'

Nederlands Film Festival, 2023 - Gouden Kalf Best Short Documentary

DDG Awards, 2023 - Winner Best Documentary

Movies that Matter, 2023 - Nomination Dutch Movies Matter

Brussels Capital Film Festival, 2024 - Winner Best Documentary

The Arab Film Festival, 2025 - Winner Audience Award

Nederlands Film Festival, 2023 - Gouden Kalf Best Short Documentary

DDG Awards, 2023 - Winner Best Documentary

Movies that Matter, 2023 - Nomination Dutch Movies Matter

Brussels Capital Film Festival, 2024 - Winner Best Documentary

The Arab Film Festival, 2025 - Winner Audience Award

Total Trust

Jialing Zhang / Documentary / 2023 / 96' & 92'

It’s all true, 2023 - Winner - Oscar Quali

Dokufest, 2023 - Winner

CPH:DOX, 2023 - International Competition - nominated

Movies that Matter, 2023 - Camera Justitia - Special mention

Hot Docs, 2023 - Special Presentation

Beldocs IDFF, 2023 - Nominated

Millennium Docs Against Gravity, 2023 - Special Mention

Sheffield DocFest, 2023 - Nominated

Jerusalem Film Festival, 2023 - Nominated

New Zealand International Film Festival, 2023 - Nominated

IceDocs, 2023 - Nominated

Lemesos International Documentary Festival, 2023 - Nominated

Taiwan International Human Rights Film Festival, 2023 - Nominated

Film Festival Hamburg, 2023 - Nominated

Human Rights Film Festival Lugano, 2023 - Nominated

Bergen International Film Festival, 2023 - Nominated

Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, 2023 - Nominated

Stockholm International Film Festival, 2023 - Nominated

DOC NYC, 2023 - Nominated

It’s all true, 2023 - Winner - Oscar Quali

Dokufest, 2023 - Winner

CPH:DOX, 2023 - International Competition - nominated

Movies that Matter, 2023 - Camera Justitia - Special mention

Hot Docs, 2023 - Special Presentation

Beldocs IDFF, 2023 - Nominated

Millennium Docs Against Gravity, 2023 - Special Mention

Sheffield DocFest, 2023 - Nominated

Jerusalem Film Festival, 2023 - Nominated

New Zealand International Film Festival, 2023 - Nominated

IceDocs, 2023 - Nominated

Lemesos International Documentary Festival, 2023 - Nominated

Taiwan International Human Rights Film Festival, 2023 - Nominated

Film Festival Hamburg, 2023 - Nominated

Human Rights Film Festival Lugano, 2023 - Nominated

Bergen International Film Festival, 2023 - Nominated

Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, 2023 - Nominated

Stockholm International Film Festival, 2023 - Nominated

DOC NYC, 2023 - Nominated

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Apr 16, 2026

The first steps for our hybrid docuseries The Quote Gang by Jaap van Heusden have been taken!

Apr 16, 2026

Pre-production of the documentary Our Child by Barbara Makkinga has started!

Apr 15, 2026

The Grass Route receives production grant from the Netherlands Film Fund!

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Lucca Mortis

Peter Greenaway, Saskia Boddeke / Fiction / In post-production

Meis

Boudewijn Koole / Fiction / In development

Dog walker Laura has covered the unfulfilled longing of her childhood with endless love and care for her daughter Puck. When Puck begins to pull away and Laura’s estranged mother suddenly needs her,... →

What To Do with Kat?

Nina Spijkers / Fiction / In development

On his journey from Vietnam to England, Thuan (17) is forced to work as a 'gardener' in an illegal cannabis farm in the Netherlands. Cut off from the outside world, he finds freedom in his... →

The Grass Route

Paul Sin Nam Rigter / Fiction / In development

Amsterdam, 1969. In the heart of the hippie movement and home to Ajax, housemates Onno and Gijs fall head over heels for the dreamy Sonja the night after the student riots. Sonja effortlessly wraps... →

Johan’s Country

Eddy Terstall / Fiction / Completed (2025)

In the 1960s, the former Dutch colony of West Papua was on the path to independence. However, international interests, geopolitical power dynamics, and economic motives decided otherwise. With unique... →

The Promise

Daan Veldhuizen / Documentary / Completed (2025)

Lin (25), a long-distance swimmer, meets Henri (40) and falls madly in love. A passionate love affair inevitably draws her deeper and deeper. Will she be strong enough to withstand her demons?→

Hokwerda’s child

Boudewijn Koole / Fiction / Completed (2024)

Sweeties

Natalie Bruijns, Anneke de Lind van Wijngaarden / Documentary / Completed (2024)

My father, Nour and I

Wiam Al-Zabari / Documentary / Completed (2023)

What is the price that Syrian dancer Ahmad has to pay for his choice to flee to the Netherlands, where, having joined the Dutch National Ballet, he can dance in seeming freedom?→

Dance or Die

Roozbeh Kaboly / Documentary / Completed (2018)