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Ever since he was a child, Vonk has been obsessed with the animal kingdom. The new youth series De Freek Tapes is about the young years of the enthusiastic biologist. The series starts when Vonk finds a box of old video tapes in an attic.

Tumultuous events triggered by the death of a Dutch sugar plantation owner who ends up leaving his Indian Ocean island estate to his young illegitimate son - the child of his Indonesian housemaid.

Startups use AI to create avatars that allows to talk with their loved ones after death. Exploration of deep human desire for immortality, questioning consequences of commodifying this age-old dream.

Driven by extensive archive material and interviews with those who know her, this is the astonishing story of how a triple outsider - a woman, a scientist, and an East German - became the de facto leader of the Free world, told for the first time for an international audience.

A snippet of 16mm film offers an emotionally charged, meditative glimpse into the lives of the unsuspecting Jewish citizens of a small Polish village at the precipice of World War II.

3 neurodivergent first-year students, Robby, Amira, and Wolf, are blamed for decapitating the school statue, threatening the school party. Determined to clear their names, they set out to find the real culprit and finally earn acceptance

An intimate and sincere portrait of problem teenagers who are placed under temporary supervision. The challenging conversations with a counselor are meant to lead to a better life, but their past won't leave them alone.

In de eerste VPRO TikTok-based documentaireserie Geen hokje voor ons geven vijf jongeren zelf invulling aan hun gender. Jongen, meisje, beide of geen van beide: zij bepalen zelf wie ze zijn en hoe ze door het leven willen gaan.

Echoes Within is about a young idealist who is confronted with the harsh reality of the pessimistic world view of his friend, and while he struggles to defend his point of vies, their fears and hope slowly become one.

The Wall is a provocative documentary that explores the controversy surrounding the "security fence" or "terror prevention barrier" built by Israel to separate it from the occupied West Bank.

Cape Verdean-Dutch Nelly wanted nothing more than long, blond hair when she was 6. When she was 10, her mother started to straighten her hair. Now, 25 years later, Nelly is investigating where her aversion to her frizzy hair comes from.

A portrait of the American soul singer Arthur Lee Conley (1946 - 2003). His most popular song, "Sweet Soul Music," which he wrote with Otis Redding as a revision of the 1960 Sam Cooke song "Yeah Man," was released in 1967 and reached No. 2 on the R&B and pop charts and the top 10 in Europe. After four unsuccessful songs over a three-year period, Conley in 1975 moved to England and then to the Netherlands in 1977. In 1980 he legally changed his name to Lee Roberts, adopting his middle name and his mother's maiden name. He also formed a new group and toured Europe as Lee Roberts and the Sweaters.

Interviews with well known Dutch chess players in 1979, documenting the state of chess at that time.