Samira Maas

Ambitious Cape Verdean medical student Artur struggles with his responsibilities.

Erasmus compiled a few thousand Adagia, each exemplifies the classical truths that are our timeless and everyday wisdom. Life is Beautiful shows us just how wondrous life really is, by reflecting, quietly manipulating and exposing every day moments and scenes in 30 short stories.

Joy is an emotionally damaged young woman of eighteen, who was given up at birth, to grow up in homes and with foster families. She lives on the fringes of society, getting by on benefits and earning a little extra by playing the accordion in the subway. In addition, she is a skilled shoplifter and has never been caught.

When little Kai watches his father come home after a five-year prison sentence, he meets the most important man in his life. But he does not have that many memories of him. Hiding behind a mask, he only sparsely lets him and the surrounding world in. Gradually, the need of fatherly love outdoes the confusion about who his father is and why he was gone. A big reunion in a small film.

A talented gymnast makes a life-changing discovery as she prepares for an important tournament, which is her last chance to reach the top.

Former Amsterdam police detective Floris Wolfs has been transferred to the police department of the south-Dutch country town Maastricht. His metropolitan experience nicely complements the local expertise of his new country colleagues, who know the folks. Slowly he fits in, while solving countless crimes together with his female partner Eva van Dongen.