FROM THE NETHERLANDS @ AFM



CODE M (97', family/historical)
DIR: Dennis Bots
SC: Tijs van Marle, Karen van Holst Pellekaan
NL PROD: Bijker Film & TV
SALES: Sola Media GmbH
The strong-willed Isabel (12) takes over her ill grandfather's search for the long-lost sword of musketeer d'Artagnan, following a secret code that leads her and her friends through caves and castles. But who can Isabel trust and who has a hidden agenda?
Screenings:
Wed Nov 4, 11:00 AMC Santa Monica 3
Fri Nov 6, 09:00 Doubletree 1



SCHNEIDER VS BAX (96', comedy/thriller)
DIR/SC: Alex van Warmerdam
NL PROD: Graniet Film
SALES: Fortissimo Films
Schneider, a hitman, gets a call from Mertens on the morning of his birthday. He has a last-minute assignment for Schneider who refuses it, because it is his birthday and he has promised Lucy, his wife, to help her with the preparations for the dinner party. Mertens insists that it is an important matter. When they meet in Mertens' office, Schneider is told that the target is Ramon Bax, a writer. He lives alone in a secluded place. "It's an easy job. With a little luck you're back home before noon." Schneider accepts the assignment. What was promised to be a simple hit turns out to be more than expected.
Screening:
Mon Nov 9, 13:00 AMC Santa Monica 5



DUMMIE THE MUMMY AND THE SPHINX OF SHAKABAH
(80', family/action/adventure)
DIR: Pim van Hoeve
SC: Tijs van Marle
PROD: PV Pictures
SALES: Dutch Features Global Entertainment
The sequel to the successful film Dummie the Mummy, takes you on a gripping new adventure
Screenings:
Wed Nov 4, 15:00 Broadway 4
Fri Nov 6, 15:00 Doubletree 1

I AM HARDWELL (85', documentary)
DIR/SC: Robin Piree
PROD: Raymond van Vliet
SALES: Dutch Features Global Entertainment
This music extravaganza follows DJ Hardwell - world's no. 1 DJ, as he kicks off his world tour during Amsterdam Dance Event. I AM Hardwell paints an intimate portrait of the DJ over the course of two years, while he is living his dream in more than 18 countries.
Screenings:
Wed Nov 4, 09:00 Doubletree 1
Sun Nov 8, 13:00 Broadway 3

MURDERED MEMORY (103', thriller/drama)
DIR: Menno Meyjes
SC: Nele Meirhaeghe, Menno Meyjes
PROD: Column Film
SALES: Dutch Features Global Entertainment
After a burn-out, Sabine returns to work. It becomes clear that she's no longer in her place there. However, there's one consolation: the encounter with the handsome Olaf, a man she remembers from her teenage years. Sooner than she's willing to admit to herself, she starts to have feelings for him. The meeting with Olaf brings memories from her youth. The announcement of a high school reunion turns her life upside down. It stirs up an important event from her childhood: the disappearance of her best friend Isabelle. She starts digging in the past and comes ever closer to the true, harrowing story of Isabel's disappearance...
Screening:
Fri Nov 6, 17:00 Doubletree 1



RENDEZ-VOUS (100', drama/thriller)
DIR: Antoinette Beumer
SC: Marjolein Beumer, Dorien Goertzen
NL PROD: Millstreet Films
SALES: Dutch Features Global Entertainment
Simone needs a change. Together with her husband Eric and their two children, she buys a run-down mansion in the south of France, to turn it into a home and Bed & Breakfast. While the chaos of the renovation grows, Simone flees into a thrilling affair with one of the French construction workers, the gorgeous twenty-year-old Michel. Slowly she loses control of her life and the French dream turns into her worst nightmare.
Screening:
Thu Nov 5, 13:00 AMC Santa Monica 5