RouwVoorJou - Films

A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.

Egon and Maren lose their adult son. Together with their daughter Line, who has an intellectual disability, they must try to find their way back to life.

Taeko and her husband, Jiro, are living a peaceful existence with son, Keita. A tragic accident brings the boy's father, Park, back into her life. Taeko throws herself into helping this deaf and homeless man to cope with pain and guilt.

Lucas and Johanna's 80s love story is disrupted when a sailing accident separates them. After 35 years, they reunite, but will Johanna share her secret with Lucas?

Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.

After 21-year-old student Tonio dies in a traffic accident, his novelist parents face sorrow and regret as they suffer the agony of losing their only child.

A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.

Three sisters live together in Kamakura. When their father - absent for 15 years - dies, they travel to the countryside for his funeral and meet their half-sister. Bonding quickly with the orphaned Suzu, they invite her to live with them.

A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant.

The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility.

Antoine lost his wife in the Bataclan bombing in Paris. In a Facebook post, he explains how he resists hate: he opposes that of terrorists to his love for his 3-year-old son. Bereaved, he seems to be losing ground.

In rural Ireland, a quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer where she blossoms and learns what it is to be loved.

A screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with his downstairs neighbor while discovering a mysterious new way to heal from losing his parents 30 years ago.

A land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.

A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.

A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.

Terminally-ill Lea surprises her family with her wish to die, consciously and controlled, on her own birthday. Her mother tries everything to prevent the plan. But things turn out differently. Tragic and dignified.

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 not much more time left. She will die soon. The film follows the transition of her and her film sisters, shifting from their characters to who they really are, actresses dealing with their friend upcoming death. We watch Leonoor become physically frailer but mentally stronger as she is slowly accepting her faith. Whilst ending the film, she leaves her film sisters, her real life husband and children but also the viewer, behind forever.

Misha, Seb and Yvonne drift away from a New Year's Eve party and start walking not knowing where they are heading. Coping with the loss of their brother, old friend and first love, they delay time: while they experience their continuous walk to last only 24 hours, in fact an entire year passes.

Three months after surviving a terrorist attack in a bistro, Mia is still traumatized and unable to recall the events of that night. In an effort to move forward, she investigates her memories and retraces her steps.

At the end of 2019, Arie ends his life at the age of 22. No one saw it coming, not even his younger brother Gijs and his parents. An eerie and confusing time begins for the family as they try to understand what drove Arie to his decision.

The personal process of mourning is shown when stragglers clean the house of their deceased parents. The house is a personal domain, loaded with touchable memories of an accomplished human life. A film about dismantling and grieving.

After the death of her best friend, director Marijn Frank goes running in the clothes inherited from her friend. She trains for a marathon and at the same time tries to accept the biggest loss of her life. How do you at least regain the illusion of a grip on life? While running she looks back on their friendship and tries to process her grief.

Four kids, who all lost a parent to suicide, share their journey from the moment they heard the news. The filmmaker, who experienced the same tragedy, asks them the questions no one dared to ask her at the time.