The Grand Book

The Grand Book 2023

1

A young woman lives in the streets of a city where people are watched by cameras 24 hours a day. Even in her sleep she is followed. Is it possible to find a place where you can be yourself in a disquieting world of constant surveillance?

2023

No Place Like Home

No Place Like Home 2008

5.70

There is no place like home, there is no place like hell. The first in Rosto AD's Thee Wreckers Tetralogy.

2008

Neighbour Abdi

Neighbour Abdi 2022

7.90

How can you understand a violent past? Somali-born Abdi is furniture designer and support worker. He reenacts his life, marked by war and criminality, with the help of his neighbor and filmmaker Douwe. By means of playful reconstructions in a special effects studio, Abdi and Douwe embark on a candid and investigative journey through a painful history, focusing on the creative process throughout.

2022

Flow

Flow 2019

5.50

A turbulent day in a life, painted by air.

2019

Box Cutters

Box Cutters 2023

7.00

A young woman recalls a day when she was attacked by three men on her way home, but daily life must resume its course.

2023

Vivarium

Vivarium 2024

1

A short animated film that tells the story about two gnomes who flee from a world-drowning flood.

2024

It’s Nice in Here

It’s Nice in Here 2023

5.50

A fragmented portrait of a moment, a person, and a place, seen through the subjective memories of a young Black girl, Imani, and a rookie police officer, David, who both have wildly different recollections of the same fateful moment in a corner store that will leave their lives altered forever.

2023

Penumbra

Penumbra 2023

1

A little girl walks through a forest picking mushrooms. A crow with an empty nest keeps a sinister eye on her. What will happen when their paths cross?

2023

Swimming with Wings

Swimming with Wings 2023

1

A short animated documentary exploring the immigration experience through the eyes of children learning how to swim with clothes on in the Netherlands.

2023

Dog-e

Dog-e 2014

4.00

What happens to a phone and a tablet after children go to sleep?

2014

Chase

Chase 2012

1

An abstract pursuit that leaves you gasping for breath.

2012

Aalterate

Aalterate 2012

1

A body experiences extreme inner tension. Its slowly mutating silhouette gradually invades an empty space to a point of complete saturation.

2012