Movies: Hazazah Pictures

Jaap and Maartje have been together almost 50 years. Grumpy old Jaap is no longer terribly interested in doing much, but Maartje, despite her occasional confusion, is still keen to embrace everything life has to offer. When the couple receive a lette...

After ruthless gangsters wrongfully accuse him of stealing from them, a retired criminal has 24 hours to creep back into his past life and retrieve a bag of coke before his fiancée is killed....

Rik and his dad Paul are bullied by the kids in their neighbourhood. Rik wishes his dad would be tougher. Inspired by a mafia movie he saw on TV, Rik fantasizes about being the son of a mafia boss. Everybody would show him respect. So when his dad is...

What begins as an exciting parachute jumping adventure takes a nightmarish turn, when the instructor shows signs of suicidal behavior....

During the unveiling of Rembrandt's The Standard Bearer in the Rijksmuseum, five masked figures storm in and take the 175 million euro artwork hostage....

In this hilarious short film we wander the desolate beaches of the Wadden Islands together with gold seeker Salomon. Just when the tides are about to turn, he discovers a giant submarine underneath his detector. To his own disgruntlement he releases ...

Marieke, a 27-year-old Dutch woman, works for an advertising agency in New York. She feels lonely in ‘the city that never sleeps’. Her boyfriend Dylan is the only one who can comfort her, although he only drops by occasionally. When she visits the ve...

When two lovers embark on an adventurous journey through Lithuania, an unexpected crisis puts their relationship to the test....

Nassim Guammaz wants to become the best skateboarder in the world. His father says he has to choose a secure future, and the boys from his neighbourhood think skateboarding is not for Moroccans. But Nassim follows his heart and does what he wants. Th...

A Dutch mockumentary about children and their ambitious parents' quest for fame at a local talent show in the small town of Bannebroek....

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Writer and podcast maker Liesbeth Rasker was 10 years old when her mother died. She explores the impact it had on her life. A film about death, grief, the desire to get it all out of the way and what happens when denial no longer works....

Nelson is a miniature pig—at least, that’s what the Verbeek family were told when they bought him as a cute little piglet. But seven years and 500 kilos later, Nelson has become a big problem. The neighbors and the housing association think it’s unac...

In a world full of deadlines and work-related stress, the number of burn-outs has hugely increased in recent years. One in six employees contends with chronic fatigue, so many companies are looking for a solution. In this short documentary, filmmaker...

While looking for old home movies in Amsterdam, filmmaker Wim van der Aar comes across a box of reel-to-reel tapes at a fleamarket. As Van der Aar starts to listen to these recordings the story of Guido van Waveren begins to unfold. The son of a once...

Everyone has to deal with loss at some point in life. And however large or small that loss may be, it always hurts. The three young children in this somewhat stylized film can attest to this, and they do, candidly and in detail. Their experiences are...

Growing up without a father can have a negative impact on children. Three young adult men talk openly about the impact their father’s absence had on them, and about the way they took their life into their hands. Inspiring and hopeful....

In this tragicomic fairytale we join Andrej (80), Pico (6) and their pack mule on their journey. Along the way they try to make the right choices but are constantly confronted with the endless commentary of the people at the side of the road. In spit...

'All You Need Is Me' is a documentary about the life of artists and brothers Aad, Gijs and Justus Donker....