Copper Views

Two Chinese tourists swap their megacity for the Dutch village of Giethoorn where the hosts work hard to provide for them the authentic Dutch experience.

"De Boontjes" shows a double portrait of Rodney and Mitchel. Rouph, Rotterdam-born Rodney has 23-year-old Mitchel reintegrate in his coffee bar. When Rodney is in direct contact with Mitchel, he seems to look in the mirror by seeing a younger version of himself. His mission to let Mitchel return to society is inextricably linked to his own childhood wound.

Sixteen years after rebels abducted him as a child, Opono Opondo returns home to Uganda as an adult war commander. Now he has to re-adapt to civil society. Opono grew up to become a war commander in the Lord's Resistance Army of Joseph Kony. Now, Opono must fight for acceptance back home, in a place where he doesn't know the codes and conventions and where the neighbors fear him. The film shows Opono's fight for his future, while struggling to come to terms with his past and to reconcile with his family.