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Much has been written, but little is known about Johannes Vermeer, painter of iconic paintings and crowd pleasers such as The Milkmaid and Girl with a Pearl Earring. His small oeuvre is almost everything he left behind. Dicht bij Vermeer (Close to Vermeer) follows Gregor Weber, a globally renowned Vermeer expert and flamboyant curator at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. In the year before he retires, he works on his big dream: the largest Vermeer exhibition ever. Together with Weber, a number of Vermeer enthusiasts and experts go in search of what truly makes a Vermeer a Vermeer. Through new discoveries and by dissecting the work layer by layer, this film brings us closer to the painter to understand the decisions he made and the steps in his oeuvre.

Why did Ning Nong the Thai elephant bother to bring a young girl to higher grounds when he sensed a tsunami? Why did a group of Australian dolphins decide to protect a swimming family against a looming shark attack? An international investigation team of young researchers tries to get to the bottom of incredible but true rescue stories like these. They are online friends from different countries who share a passion for funny animal films, extraordinary animal facts and remarkable acts of animal heroism. Together, they try to figure out what makes an animal a hero.

SELFMADE MAN is a coming-of-age webseries about the search for (gender) identity as well as an honest and realistic portrait of the life of a young trans man.

Stoner girl Gizem spends most of her day smoking weed on the couch while spying on her neighbours through binoculars. When the quirky boy across the street disappears, she has to get out of her comfortable cloud of smoke to find out where he is. She gets caught up in a strange quest.

High up in the sky lives the charismatic Hipólito, who transforms clouds into wondrous figures. In order to return to his true love on earth, he first has to find a worthy successor.

A film about the grieve of Mohammed, who's wife Loubna blew herself up in a terrorist attack in Brussels.

Nine-year-old Nora's weekend can't get any better when her older sister Elin comes home to look after her. As the evening progresses, Nora discovers that her sister isn't as happy and energetic as she had thought.

Nina (26) and her friends have made a music video which now goes viral. They are getting ready for their first TV appearance. When it becomes clear they have been led to the studio under false pretenses, Nina faces a tough choice: should she pursue her career in show business, which appears to be an unfair system? Or should she, as an underrepresented black filmmaker, take this unique opportunity to make a statement against it?

How did The Netherlands look like in the 50's and 60's.

Frans Bromet goes in search of representatives of different right-wing movements, opinion makers and parties. He wants to know what their image of the future Netherlands looks like. What do they stand for instead of what are they against? "I hope to be positively surprised, I am open to everything," he says.

Following the Van Rijn Committee's investigation, Coen Verbraak speaks with editors and presenters about the working culture at the public broadcaster.

Series of lectures. Dutch scientists, writers, visionaries and other passionate speakers will give a lecture on topics that determine the times in which we live.

After the death of her husband Fred, Mary is left alone with her sister Paula. Mary thinks it's time to go her own way, but Paula, who suffers from street fear, needs Mary as a link to the outside world. Mary can't get away under the power of the bedridden and sucking Paula. So one day she takes Arthur, a queer man whom she knows vaguely from her work. Arthur can rent Fred's room and he may be able to relieve the oppressive situation.