The Family: Generations

The notorious December killings in Surinam in the early eighties seem to be the starting point for the political thriller Paramaribo Papers. Largely shot in Surinam, this TV film tells about secret agent Robert Lipmann, who is ordered by the Dutch government to start a search for the disappeared journalist Kevin Poelgeest. The country is plagued by great agitation under the military regime of commander Raymond Markelo, who is forcefully thwarting the opposition. During his search, Lipmann meets Elvira, Kevin's sister who is having an affair with the commander. Like Lipmann, she is convinced that Kevin's supposed death involves a settlement in the drug scene. But then, important evidence pops up and the cause of Kevin's disappearance has to be regarded from quite a different perspective. Unknowingly, they head for the tragic events of 8 December 1982.

Robbie, a divorced Amsterdam commoner, is meanly denied access to his son Tommi, except for monthly visitation. He grudgingly accepts when a loan shark offers to scrap his debt and throw in some cash for a simple service. Robbie must simply trick Marius, a man he never knew, to the port for a fictitious job. As he gets to know Marius, he starts feeling for the generous sociable type. His conscience wants him to warn the mark he's likely to be beaten up.

A woman and her two young children struggle for answers and shared closure after their husband and father, a professional cave diver, doesn't return from an expedition.

When Winston Righter decides eligible to stand for the presidency in Suriname, he is confronted with his criminal past. A chess breaks loose as he competes with justice and the underworld.

Dora Leenders is about to give birth. Since she was impregnated during a school reunion, she invites both men whom she had sex with that night to her flat to witness the birth.

When her husband Ted is put in jail Bibi suddenly needs to provide for herself and decides to contact fortune teller Madame Jeanette.

Sandra Samson, a young Surinamese woman in her early twenties is coming to terms with the fact that she's a Lesbian. She is very close to her mother Louise with whom she runs a hairdressing salon in Amsterdam. Louise is worried about the fact that Sandra is still single and blames it on her natural hairstyle. Sandra wants to come out to her mother but has to figure out how to do that.

Paul has a full-time lover, an older English woman whose common sense and down-to-earth qualities more than compensate for her relative lack of passion. After all, he is surrounded by women clamoring for time with him in bed. So are all the other men in the story. When one of his sons dies suddenly during an operation, Paul is devastated and cannot make out what has gone wrong in his life. None of his current crop of friends has any insight to offer. Some of these questions become clearer when his sister, with whom he is almost unnaturally close, comes to visit.

An Amsterdam telemarketer of Surinamese descent suffers an existential crisis of identity when he finds fortune and belonging by using a typically Dutch name to boost his sales.

Detectives Grijpstra and De Gier are sent to investigate the case of a man who apparently hanged himself in a center for oriental meditation. It is ruled as suicide and the case seems to be closed, but the same night there is an attempted break in. The investigation hits a dead end and everyone involved is a suspect. Based on the book "The Corpse in the Haarlemmer Houttuinen” by Jan-Willem van de Wetering.

When Eva’s mother unexpectedly dies, the life of Eva turns out to be built on secrets and lies. The fear of losing her mind, just like her father who has been living in a mental facility for many years, becomes more and more of a threat, propelling Eva on a quest into her past to face her demons.

Professor Lupardi developed a weather machine with which he can change the climate and destroy the world. Can Captain Rob stop him?

When his wife Lydia commits suicide, succesful attorney Robert Havinck is freed from his unhappy marriage. Unfortunately, it turns out she took a complete stranger along with her, and a feeling of guilt and curiosity about her motives lead Havinck to team up with his fifteen-year old daughter to explore Lydia's final days.

Young Barend is worried about the safety of the sailing vessel he is on. The owner is an unscrupulous and stingy man who skimps on repairs and Barend becomes aware of this. Inevitably there is drama and tragedy. The film is set in an early 20th century Dutch fishing village with local period costume and colour.

Han and his friends' party ends up in the newspaper in an unpleasant way. Hanna is furious-especially when his actions cause the deal with the Prince of Macau to fall through. But how did this prince even get to see the newspaper? In the middle of the night, the friends make a shocking discovery on Irado's premises. Han and Ophelia grow closer. When Hanna suspends Gert from the company and Claudia shares information with her about the family history, the turmoil within the family only grows.

Hollie and Ophelia are in Osric's hands, and things are threatening to end badly. Hanna and Claudia, however, seem to be growing closer. But, is this real, or just an act..? Guido and Ronald are also playing a double role, Lilly is becoming more and more dangerous, and Han must now make a long-delayed choice: take action or not?

After his wife Marjan has died in a car crash, Philip de Wit becomes a total wreck. Only after months does he return to a more or less normal life and even then he only works in his wife's bookstore. A year later Eileen walks in the store, a girl from Northern Ireland with her baby in her arms. When Philip sees her, he's dumbfounded, for she's the spitting image of his dead wife. Obsessed with her, he goes and tries to find her again, but he soon finds out that he's not the only one who's looking for Eileen.

At the Bol'Es distillery, Hanna van Bol'Es, her husband Gert, and Paul are hard at work preparing for an important visit from the prince of Macau. Meanwhile, Hanna's sister Claudia gets commended by the mayor for her hard work at Irado, the garbage collection service. When the gift for the prince disappears, tensions rise between the two sisters, leading to an intense feud. Elsewhere, some teenagers - including Hanna and Gert's son Han and Paul's children Lars and Ruud - organize a small party to barbecue and drink exclusive, unreleased "Diamond Gin" by the van Bol'Es distillery. As the night unfolds, hidden emotions surface and the party spirals out of control, until their furious parents arrive to put an end to it. Then, while fulfilling their punishment for underage drinking by working at Irado, Guido and Ronald discover something horrible.

Claire is a single mother. She has a busy chaotic life in Rotterdam.

A truck carrying a Dutch military convoy on a peacekeeping mission breaks down somewhere in the desert. As a group of soldiers waits for a repair team to arrive, they encounter a local boy who refuses to leave.

When a 6th-grade class is divided at an understaffed school, an intern tries to make a difference within a system he doesn’t fully understand, while a charismatic student attempts to ignite a revolution in a school that has never supported him.

Vladimir and Hector, two secret agents opposed in every way, are trying to recover a top secret material stolen by unknown intruders.

Monsterville is a village inhabited by monsters that have grown tired of living among humans. But one day, Hanna manages to break into her world by putting Monsterville at risk. After the initial fright, the monsters will have to fight against worse enemies: Gargoyle and Cyclops, two monsters that will want to use Hanna to permanently close any contact with the outside world ... running the risk of Hanna being trapped forever in Monsterville.

In this modern twist on a classic fairy tale, a headstrong princess is stolen by an evil sorcerer, and her scholarly fiancé must use his wits in an epic quest to find her while she boldly challenges her captors and plots a daring escape.

An Italian car salesman wants to impress the woman of his dreams, but he gets entangled in his own web of lies.

Simone is suddenly confronted with her ex-wife Nora. After the loss of their daughter, they had no contact for a long time. Simone loses the balance between reason and feeling. Are the characters still believable? And are their genders still correct? Their reunion opens old wounds and throws Simone off balance. As it happens in tragedies, their lives will never be the same after that.

Roos travels alone to Curaçao to distance herself from her life in the Netherlands — and from her fiancé Roel, with whom she no longer feels a connection. While those around her believe they’re the perfect couple, deep down Roos knows it’s over. On the island, she meets Stijn, a defense worker, with whom she shares an intense connection. But Roos hides her background and invents a new story about who she is. As the island pulls her further away from home, the truth threatens to catch up with her.

Nine-year-old Johannes Blom gets blown away when he discovers a little man in the kitchen cupboard, hidden behind the peanut butter jar. He’s even more astonished when he realizes that this little man, ‘Wiplala’, has magical powers. When Wiplala accidentally transforms the Blom family to little people, the adventure begins. Will they ever go back to normal-sized people?

In the underground world, there are not only terracotta warriors and horses, but also a variety of bronze relics, resurrected bronze beasts and an underground creature called the "Earth Horn". The hero, Meng Yuan, is an odd-job figurine in the underground Qin tombs. He works with the mysterious girl Shi Yu to capture the Earth Horn and goes through dangerous situations, but unexpectedly discovers the mystery of the endless battle between the Earth Horn and the terracotta warriors

Teun works at Efteling theme park and is assigned to take care of Jamie, the daughter of park director Indra. When security guard Cor is attacked one night by a ghost with a flaming sword, Teun and Jamie become embroiled in a mystery. Who or what is this ghost, and what is it doing at Efteling?

Michael Bellicher wakes up one morning to find out that his identity has been stolen. Soon he learns that the perpetrator is using his stolen ID for all kinds of illegal action. Michael tries to find out who is behind all this, when, to his horror, his credentials show up at the scene of a big terrorist attack. Suddenly he is public enemy number one…

Yim and his imaginary friend Yoyo have the most wonderful adventures together. But what happens if Yim can make a real friend?

Ama, the daughter of Senegalese asylum seekers, feels completely Dutch. When Ama's mother and brother are arrested, Ama sets off in search of her father through Rotterdam in the middle of winter, hoping to avoid deportation. During this frightening and exciting journey, she discovers her roots, thanks in part to her extraordinary totem animal: a gigantic porcupine.

When millennial Julia is forced to move back in with her boomer father Piet, the generational conflict is reflected in whether or not to cut down the old tree in front of the house.