Dirk Zeelenberg

The Hell of '63 (2009)

Januari 1963. Ondanks het barre weer besluit het bestuur van het Friese Elfstedencomité, onder druk van de media, met de kleinst mogelijke meerderheid van stemmen, dat de Elfstedentocht doorgaat. Tussen de duizenden die een startbewijs veroveren bevinden zich ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven de Jong
CAST:  Chantal Janzen  •  Cas Jansen  •  Chris Zegers  •  Cees Geel

Januari 1963. Ondanks het barre weer besluit het bestuur van het Friese Elfstedencomité, onder druk van de media, met de kleinst mogelijke meerderheid van stemmen, dat de Elfstedentocht doorgaat. Tussen de duizenden die een startbewijs veroveren bevinden zich ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven de Jong
CAST:  Chantal Janzen  •  Cas Jansen  •  Chris Zegers  •  Cees Geel

Tuscan Wedding (2014)

Tuscan Wedding, the new romantic comedy from the creators of Loving Ibiza. Together with her father Tom and stepmother Marla, Sanne runs Casa Matrimonio, a luxurious villa in sunkissed Italy. The estate is located in Tuscany, a beautiful region where many couples ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johan Nijenhuis
CAST:  Jan Kooijman  •  Lieke van Lexmond  •  Diederik Ebbinge  •  Matteo van der Grijn

Tuscan Wedding, the new romantic comedy from the creators of Loving Ibiza. Together with her father Tom and stepmother Marla, Sanne runs Casa Matrimonio, a luxurious villa in sunkissed Italy. The estate is located in Tuscany, a beautiful region where many couples ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johan Nijenhuis
CAST:  Jan Kooijman  •  Lieke van Lexmond  •  Diederik Ebbinge  •  Matteo van der Grijn

Vox Populi (2008)

Vox Populi is a black comedy about an experienced politician suffering from a midlife crisis. When he comes into contact with the common-man's logic of his new in-laws, this has a far-reaching effect on both his political and his personal life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eddy Terstall
CAST:  Tom Jansen  •  Johnny de Mol  •  Esmarel Gasman  •  Tara Elders

Vox Populi is a black comedy about an experienced politician suffering from a midlife crisis. When he comes into contact with the common-man's logic of his new in-laws, this has a far-reaching effect on both his political and his personal life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eddy Terstall
CAST:  Tom Jansen  •  Johnny de Mol  •  Esmarel Gasman  •  Tara Elders

Sextet (2007)

Sextet is a film about love and relationships in Amsterdam. It features an ingeniously interwoven plot of several stories and characters. Together with the feature SIMON (2004) this one is part of Terstall's trilogy about the liberties of the present Dutch society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eddy Terstall
CAST:  Katja Schuurman  •  Tara Elders  •  Gene Bervoets  •  Dieuwertje Blok

Sextet is a film about love and relationships in Amsterdam. It features an ingeniously interwoven plot of several stories and characters. Together with the feature SIMON (2004) this one is part of Terstall's trilogy about the liberties of the present Dutch society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eddy Terstall
CAST:  Katja Schuurman  •  Tara Elders  •  Gene Bervoets  •  Dieuwertje Blok

Stricken (2009)

Handsome Dutchman Stijn is the star of an advertising agency with his buddy Frenk and a hot womanizer. The boys start their own agency and Stijn marries colleague Carmen, who accepts his incurable greed for truly meaningless one-night-stands. Even fatherhood and a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reinout Oerlemans
CAST:  Barry Atsma  •  Anna Drijver  •  Yfke Wegman  •  Jeroen Willems

Handsome Dutchman Stijn is the star of an advertising agency with his buddy Frenk and a hot womanizer. The boys start their own agency and Stijn marries colleague Carmen, who accepts his incurable greed for truly meaningless one-night-stands. Even fatherhood and a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reinout Oerlemans
CAST:  Barry Atsma  •  Anna Drijver  •  Yfke Wegman  •  Jeroen Willems

Man, vrouw, hondje (1999)

When Louise (70) and Max (72) meet, it is love at first sight: they abandon their sleepy lives and travel to the South of France, where they become the terrors of the 'Route du Soleil'. They rip off naïve tourists with their act as a sad old couple: a second youth ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicole van Kilsdonk
CAST:  Anneke Blok  •  Kees Brusse  •  Ingeborg Elzevier  •  Cees Geel

When Louise (70) and Max (72) meet, it is love at first sight: they abandon their sleepy lives and travel to the South of France, where they become the terrors of the 'Route du Soleil'. They rip off naïve tourists with their act as a sad old couple: a second youth ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicole van Kilsdonk
CAST:  Anneke Blok  •  Kees Brusse  •  Ingeborg Elzevier  •  Cees Geel

Based on the Novel (1999)

The movie stars you see on the screen have once been selected amongst others. The glamor of the premiere is preceded by mug shots, selections, interviews, wining, dining, backstabbing and sex. In the end, everyone gets what they deserve.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eddy Terstall
CAST:  Dirk Zeelenberg  •  Nadja Hüpscher  •  Femke Lakerveld  •  Alette Dirkse

The movie stars you see on the screen have once been selected amongst others. The glamor of the premiere is preceded by mug shots, selections, interviews, wining, dining, backstabbing and sex. In the end, everyone gets what they deserve.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eddy Terstall
CAST:  Dirk Zeelenberg  •  Nadja Hüpscher  •  Femke Lakerveld  •  Alette Dirkse

Simon (2004)

A mild-mannered gay dentist and a womanizing bar owner rekindle their unlikely friendship when, upon meeting by chance after a decade apart, the latter turns out to be severely ill.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eddy Terstall
CAST:  Cees Geel  •  Marcel Hensema  •  Rifka Lodeizen  •  Nadja Hüpscher

A mild-mannered gay dentist and a womanizing bar owner rekindle their unlikely friendship when, upon meeting by chance after a decade apart, the latter turns out to be severely ill.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eddy Terstall
CAST:  Cees Geel  •  Marcel Hensema  •  Rifka Lodeizen  •  Nadja Hüpscher

Heart Street (2014)

Hartenstraat is set in the Nine Streets district of Amsterdam. It is a village in a big town and everyone seems to be looking for love. As the womanizer Bas, seniors Bep and Aart and the couple Rein and Jacob. The only one who is not looking for love is Daan. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sanne Vogel
CAST:  Tygo Gernandt  •  Benja Bruijning  •  Hannah Hoekstra  •  Georgina Verbaan

Hartenstraat is set in the Nine Streets district of Amsterdam. It is a village in a big town and everyone seems to be looking for love. As the womanizer Bas, seniors Bep and Aart and the couple Rein and Jacob. The only one who is not looking for love is Daan. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sanne Vogel
CAST:  Tygo Gernandt  •  Benja Bruijning  •  Hannah Hoekstra  •  Georgina Verbaan

Family Weekend (2016)

A widower invites his children for a family weekend with the announcement that he has news. He is getting married with a 30 years younger woman. The children start the competition for heritage. What is more important: money or family?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pieter van Rijn
CAST:  Jelka van Houten  •  Derek de Lint  •  Jennifer Hoffman  •  Tim Haars

A widower invites his children for a family weekend with the announcement that he has news. He is getting married with a 30 years younger woman. The children start the competition for heritage. What is more important: money or family?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pieter van Rijn
CAST:  Jelka van Houten  •  Derek de Lint  •  Jennifer Hoffman  •  Tim Haars

Leve boerenliefde (2013)

A farmer lost his wife and is anything but looking for a new romance. But when a popular TV dating show plans to film a new episode on his farm, he is lured into becoming a participant in the show to save his farm.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven de Jong
CAST:  Cas Jansen  •  Tatum Dagelet  •  Rense Westra  •  Dirk Zeelenberg

A farmer lost his wife and is anything but looking for a new romance. But when a popular TV dating show plans to film a new episode on his farm, he is lured into becoming a participant in the show to save his farm.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven de Jong
CAST:  Cas Jansen  •  Tatum Dagelet  •  Rense Westra  •  Dirk Zeelenberg

The President (2011)

A political comedy about an illegal Moroccan who makes it to President of the Netherlands. As we follow his unlikely rise and self-sought fall, Joes learns that it's easy to win the support of the people, but to rule them is a whole other story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erik de Bruyn
CAST:  Achmed Akkabi  •  Najib Amhali  •  Charlie Dagelet  •  Dirk Zeelenberg

A political comedy about an illegal Moroccan who makes it to President of the Netherlands. As we follow his unlikely rise and self-sought fall, Joes learns that it's easy to win the support of the people, but to rule them is a whole other story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erik de Bruyn
CAST:  Achmed Akkabi  •  Najib Amhali  •  Charlie Dagelet  •  Dirk Zeelenberg

The Shadow Walkers (1995)

Tragicomedy about two brothers who married two sisters, walking the streets of Deventer at night lamenting the fact that each should have married the other one's wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Dop
CAST:  Pierre Bokma  •  Aat Ceelen  •  Jeroen Willems  •  Marlies Heuer

Tragicomedy about two brothers who married two sisters, walking the streets of Deventer at night lamenting the fact that each should have married the other one's wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Dop
CAST:  Pierre Bokma  •  Aat Ceelen  •  Jeroen Willems  •  Marlies Heuer

Dafydd (1995)

A young gay hustler from South Wales, Dafydd is working in Amsterdam where he meets David, a music lecturer also from Wales. Two kindred spirits in a foreign land. Originally aired as episode 2, series 3, of the television program "Wales Playhouse".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ceri Sherlock
CAST:  Richard Harrington  •  William Thomas  •  Dirk Zeelenberg  •  Dick van Ooster

A young gay hustler from South Wales, Dafydd is working in Amsterdam where he meets David, a music lecturer also from Wales. Two kindred spirits in a foreign land. Originally aired as episode 2, series 3, of the television program "Wales Playhouse".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ceri Sherlock
CAST:  Richard Harrington  •  William Thomas  •  Dirk Zeelenberg  •  Dick van Ooster