Matthijs Janssen

On the day before a big audition, young actrice Danaé is trying to learn her lines. Everyone else in the city seems to have better plans during the raging heatwave, like house parties or watching the national football team. While Danaé struggles and the audition draws near, the city seems keeps intruding further in her personal space.

A film about friendship in difficult times, Auschwitz.

A young ambitious screenwriter struggles with keeping his sanity as he tries to overcome his writers-block.

In Short Dick Man, Matthijs examines why he has been burdened with crippling uncertainty about the size of his penis all his life. Matthijs avoids places like urinals and locker rooms and dares not walk around in swimming trunks on a hot summer day. He only wears loose fitting clothes, abstains from all dating apps, and when having sexual contact he always issues a disclaimer beforehand. How did this insecurity play such an all-important role in his life, and more importantly, how does he get rid of it After years of fear and shame, Matthijs finally wants to look the beast in the eye. He has had enough. In an ultimate attempt to accept his body, Matthijs starts treatment with a psychologist, relives memories that have contributed to his insecurity, and seeks to confront the issue. Gradually, Matthijs discovers that the problem is much bigger than himself. And however vulnerable his quest may be, this film may be the last disclaimer he ever has to issue.

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.