Porgy Franssen

(R)Evolutie (2021)

The year is 2040. Large parts of the Netherlands have been flooded and millions of people have sought refuge in Limburg; the last refuge where everyone hopes for a new life as they knew it. But nothing is left to chance in this sanctuary. Doctor Frank (Bru ...

The Judgement (2021)

A Dutch TV journalist finds himself challenging the police, courts and media as he attempts to uncover the truth about the controversial 1999 Deventer murder case. ...

The Swap (2017)

When successful banker Thomas attends his father's funeral, he meets his left-wing activist brother Arne again after many years. He makes an effort to get close to Arne and invites him to a prestigious conference on sustainable banking, but Arne uses the c ...

Monk (2017)

A teenage hypochondriac and his equally peculiar mother, father and adolescent sister set out on a tumultuous road trip from Amsterdam to Spain when a family member falls severely ill. ...

The Body Collector (2016)

The mini-series is based on the true story of journalist Hans Knoop, who attempts to find the truth behind the then not yet prosecuted war criminal Pieter Menten. In the seventies, the case caused uproar in the media and in the political landscape in The N ...

A Real Vermeer (2016)

Young and talented Han van Meegeren is a rebel in the early 1920's Amsterdam art-scene. Because he paints in the style of his idols Rembrandt and Vermeer, critics find his work old-fashioned and they call him a copycat. Just to prove a point, he produces a ...

The long aftermath of a short announcement (2015)

A short – apparently innocent – announcement turns the lives of a couple of employees at a wellness centre down. An absurd tragicomedy. ...

Soof (2013)

Soof is reaching 40 and has everything she ever wanted: three children, a small catering business, a sweet husband Kasper and a lovely home. Until she starts asking herself: 'is this all there is'? ...

Verzet (2013)

Matterhorn (2013)

A lonely widower finds himself facing both his devout Calvinist village community and his own deepest regrets when he takes a deranged vagrant into his home. ...

170 Hz (2012)

Nick and Evy are in love. Knowing that Nick is deaf, Evy's parents do not consent to their relationship. They run away and move into an abandoned submarine, hidden from judgmental eyes. Their runaway love brings them new opportunities and new hardships... ...

The Heineken Kidnapping (2011)

On a cold November day in 1983, beer magnate Alfred Heineken and his chauffeur Ab Doderer are abducted. What follows is the most infamous kidnapping case the Netherlands have ever known. ...

Nina Satana (2011)

Nina Satana, a fifteen-year-old gothic girl, falls in love with Momo, the new Moroccan boy in her class. ...

Fuchsia the Mini-Witch (2010)

Great adventures can hatch from the smallest eggs. Fucsia wants to learn to do magic just like her father, and so is pleased as punch when she is allowed to go to witches' school. There, Fucsia learns to make wind and conjures with the clouds. But her magi ...

Gewoon Hans (2009)

The father of the seventeen-year-old Katinka is a huge fan of the Dutch comedian Hans Teeuwen. The small house of the Vermeulen family breathes him: the TV blares Hans Teeuwen shows all day long, there are posters everywhere and numerous CDs and DVDs swing ...

Waiter (2006)

Edgar works as a waiter in 'Het Westen', a restaurant. He is married and has a lover. His neighbors terrorize him with loud music and garbage. One day after he is mistreated by some customers he is sick of it all and goes to talk to his creator, the scenar ...

Schnitzel Paradise (2005)

Schnitzel Paradise is a Dutch film about a young Moroccan man working in the kitchen of popular Dutch restaurant. ...

A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper (2005)

A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. Born in 1911 Newport and last heard of in 1989, Luper's life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered acros ...

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea (2004)

A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. Born in 1911 Newport and last heard of in 1989, Luper's life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered acros ...

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)

A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. Born in 1911 Newport and last heard of in 1989, Luper's life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered acros ...

Morlang (2001)

Inspired by true events, a chilling psychological drama. A couple's secret pact takes an unexpected, sinister turn. ...

The Cave (2001)

Psychological thriller. Geography teacher smuggles a case of heroin for a friend. ...

The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time (2001)

Frisian-spoken costume drama about the turbulent marriage between a writer and a socialist politician. ...

Mariken (2000)

A family film, based on a well-known Dutch story from the Middle Ages. Mariken tells the compelling and poetic story of spirited young girl named Mariken. The orphan Mariken lives in a secluded forest with an eccentric old hermit. One day, she decides to l ...

Seeing Through (1998)

Pieter Le Roy is in his thirties and still lives with his old mother. He doesn't work and kills time spying on his fellow man - actually, he's spying on them; he comes to a head when he is caught by a making out couple in the park as a voyeur. His life as ...

Filmpje! (1995)

Bob and Annie separate. After the court case Annie gives Bob two airline tickets for a tropical island to save their relationship. However, Bob takes someone else with him on holiday: Carmen, the daughter of Mafioso Don Gorgonzola. Annie lags behind in Hol ...

Little Blond Death (1993)

The poet Valentijn Boecke meets his former teacher Mieke. They have a short relation. After a while Mieke appears to be pregnant. Valentijn is through with Mieke and leaves her... ...

Han de Wit (1990)

Has is a strange kid: at school he's a nice student but at home he's dominating his parents... . ...

Fien (1985)

Four-part musical about the life of Dutch actress Fien de la Mar, chronicling her earliest days on stage with her father, her glory days as a stage and movie star and the building her own theatre, up until the tragic end of her life. ...

Gekkenbriefje (1981)

Gekkenbriefje (Alternatively: Crazy Going) is a 1981 Dutch film directed by Olga Madsen. It is based upon the book "Zorg dat je een gekkenbriefje krijgt" by Ger Verrips. It was the first movie that Olga Madsen directed. The film is about a Dutch soldier wh ...