Screenplay: Jolein Laarman

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Jolein Laarman. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Little Bird

2012 · Movie · 81 min. · Netherlands

Direction Boudewijn Koole

Cast Rick Lens · Loek Peters · Susan Radder · Cahit Ölmez

Plot Jojo, a lively 10-year-old with a difficult home life marked by a volatile father & an absent mother, finds solace in an abandoned baby jackdaw. Through the special friendship he...

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Yulia & Juliet (S)

2018 · Movie · 11 min. · Netherlands

Direction Zara Dwinger

Cast Sara Luna Zoric · Dylan Jongejans

Plot In a juvenile delinquent center two girls find comfort in love for each other. Once one of them gets released, they don't know how to deal with this and both...

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Drama Girl

2020 · Movie · 90 min. · Netherlands

Direction Vincent Boy Kars

Cast Leyla de Muynck · Jonas Smulders · Pierre Bokma · Elsie de Brauw

Plot Can drama help us understand ourselves and the world better? Assisted by experienced actors, including Pierre Bokma and Elsie de Brauw, director Vincent Boy Kars re-enacts scenes from the life...

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Stages

2007 · Movie · 80 min. · Netherlands

Direction Mijke de Jong

Cast Elsie de Brauw · Marcel Musters · Stijn Koomen · Jeroen Willems

Plot Stages is a film about Roos and Martin, who are divorced but haven't become detached yet. When their 17-year old son Isaac withdraws ever deeper into silent isolation, they try...

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Among Us

2011 · Movie · 84 min. · Netherlands

Direction Marco van Geffen

Cast Dagmara Bak · Natalia Rybicka · Rifka Lodeizen · Guy Clemens

Plot Polish Ewa works as an Au-pair in a small town in Holland. A sensitive girl, she finds it difficult to live up to her host-parents' clichéd expectations. When a rape...

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Along the Way

2022 · Movie · 80 min. · Netherlands

Direction Mijke de Jong

Cast Sina Nazari · Malihe Rezaie · Nahid Rezaie

Plot On the border of Turkey and Iran, 19-year-old twins Zahra and Fatimah from Afghanistan lose their family. To survive in a hostile world of smugglers and drug dealers, they face...

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Chuskit

2018 · Movie · 89 min. · India

Direction Priya Ramasubban

Cast Jigmet Dewa Lhamo · Morup Namgyal · Sonam Angchok · Tsetan Angchok

Plot To chase her dream of going to school in her remote Himalayan village, a feisty paraplegic girl locks horns with her tradition-bound grandfather.

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Future Me

2024 · Documentary · 97 min. · Netherlands

Direction Vincent Boy Kars

Cast Martijn Lakemeier · Leopold Witte · Saskia Temmink · Damaris de Jong

Plot The third and final part of Vincent Boy Kars' 'millennial trilogy' proves to be a rich, multi-layered and playful construction. Kars takes center stage as himself and as a character,...

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In Your Name

2014 · Movie · 90 min. · Belgium

Direction Marco van Geffen · Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem

Cast Lotte Verbeek · Barry Atsma · Leny Breederveld · Anneke Sluiters

Plot A perfectly happy couple believe they live their dream when they expect their first child. That dream is shattered when the child dies, leaving them to cope with their loss,...

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Ik ben Willem (TV Series)

2002 · Series · min. · Netherlands

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Brozer

2014 · Movie · 89 min. · Netherlands

Direction Mijke de Jong

Cast Marnie Blok · Lieneke le Roux · Leonoor Pauw · Adelheid Roosen

Plot Frailer tells the story of an actress playing a part that reflects her real life story. Whilst playing a woman dying of cancer, Muis her doctor tells her she has...

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Katia's Sister

2008 · Movie · 87 min. · Netherlands

Direction Mijke de Jong

Cast Ian Bok · Fred Goessens · Jennifer Jago · Chico Kenzari

Plot Some people find her removed from reality. Her older sister Katia even thinks she's stupid. But this is only a first impression, perhaps the result of her subconscious desire to...

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Het mooiste wat er is

2015 · Movie · 86 min. · Netherlands

Direction Danyael Sugawara

Cast Maarten Heijmans · Sallie Harmsen · Johanna ter Steege · Vincent van der Valk

Plot Sam and Do are struggling with love in this story. They are together for five years, enjoying their lives and being more than happy. Although they are opposites, they complement...

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Do Not Hesitate

2021 · Movie · 91 min. · Netherlands

Direction Shariff Korver

Cast Omar Alwan · Spencer Bogaert · Joes Brauers · Tobias Kersloot

Plot After the sudden disappearance of their superior, three young soldiers are left to guard a military vehicle by themselves. As their situation and the scorching desert heat renders them increasingly...

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