François Pieneman

Life Upside Down (2025)

The 14-year-old David is a talented breakdancer; his mother Mery supports him unconditionally in his ambition to reach the top. As a teenager, she fled her native Armenia, but the situation in her country still plays a major role in the family life. David ...

Mijn vader de terrorist (2023)

Bruce (2020)

Bruce, 27, drives past the school where he lived as a child. This is where the mischief started, he explains. His aunt believes it began with his parents—smoking joints was more important to them than their son. Drugs and neglect were givens in his life. ...

Turn It Around (2017)

When the fifteen year old Bram meets Florian at a house party, he immediately falls for him. There's only one problem: nobody knows Bram is gay. ...

Deserted (2015)

A man walks through a desert carrying a full water bottle. He fights desperately the temptation to drink the water. The question arises how the man got himself into this predicament. And what will happen if he does drink the water? ...

Neighbors (2015)

A woman of Turkish origin just moved in a town in a village in Twente, a region in eastern Holland. The woman decides to meet her neighbor and brings a plate of selfmade Baklava. When the neighbor answers the door, a Babel-like confusion occurs. ...