Elbe Stevens Films

The de Smet brothers created a system to live their lives as singles in the most comfortable way. When a new woman moves into their street, their synergy turns out to be a house of cards.

It's Dutch Design is a 60-minute documentary about the worldwide success of Dutch Design. Top Designers and international keyplayers reveal their personal vision and explain why a small country could become so big in the field of Design. The history is told with iconic Dutch Design examples, spanning more than 100 years.

On a summer day Julia gets on a plane, on the way to her destination, not knowing what awaits her. Eduard is in a barbershop where the Barber is annoyed by a fly. The Barber tries to chase the fly away. At that moment, panic breaks loose on the plane...

Interviews with seamen’s widows form the basis for a loose narration between the poles of distant love, fake luxury and colonial artifacts. Shot on 36-hour ferry cruises between Rotterdam and Hull, and Kiel and Oslo the film as a souvenir itself draws a connection between the ship as the largest arsenal of imagination and the nautic space of the cinema.

The 37-year-old ornamental chicken farmer Gaby whose life is turned upside down when an airman crashes on the land next to her farm. She lives with her 6-year-old son Kuif, her grumpy mother Mientje and a depressed rooster called Bouillion. Gaby not only loses her heart, but also her grip on her own created world. “The balloonist who fell from the sky” is a moving story about letting go of love, mourning and acceptance.