Barbershop
Made for CIFF Project ‘Moments’where Youth are producing their own film with their smartphone, under direction of Anja van Bergen by Shandra Lanoy, Rodangelo de la Cruz, Joheidiene Floranus.
Asema
A grandmother warns her 10-year-old grandson, who is visiting her in Suriname, not to go out after dark. There is a vampire-like figure, an ‘asema’, who likes to eat children. He meets a neighborhood boy who tells him that the new crazy lady who lives next door to him is an ‘asema’.
Shabu
A heartwarming coming-of-age story about 14-year-old flamboyant Shabu, who lives in a deprived part of Rotterdam. While joyriding, he crashes his grandmother´s car. His family punishes him by making him pay for the damage. He goes through hell trying to earn money with jobs and chores he despises.
Roba Alma
Roba Alma delves into the intricate familial bonds within a quaint community steeped in superstition. Set amidst the rustic charm of Boca Samí during the 1990s, the narrative follows 19-year-old Markieta as she navigates the rhythms of her family´s fishing enterprise. Her fervent love for photography eclipses her responsibilities, igniting tensions with her sister Ivy and amplifying their already complex relationship.
The President´s Daughter & the Richest Freeborn Lady
The leading role in this documentary is played by the gifted and always energetic writer Cynthia McLeod (1936). She has set herself one last mission: to bring lasting attention to the history of slavery and the legendary first freeborn woman and first black female millionaire in Suriname, Elisabeth Samson (1715 – 1771). Filmmaker Mildred Roethof follows her on a journey through the Dutch colonial past.
Nomade in Niemandsland
Nomade in Niemandsland takes you into the eventful life of Caribbean artist Felix de Rooy. De Rooy, queer and ‘of color’ is considered a pioneer. The first in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, who since the seventies has freely told with his art what it means to be queer and Caribbean.
La Última Ascención
Every day a young fisherman goes to the rocky coast of Curaçao to catch fish, although his mother doesn’t want him to. There he meets an apparition from the pre-colonial world. Wordless encounters follow, full of magic, ritual, and synchronicity.
I Can´t Be Moe; Alice van Romondt
A documentary about Alice van Romondt, the woman who has been a driving force behind the cultural and artistic scene in Aruba for years. Artists of all kinds and creeds have come to her for help and guidance on all fronts.