Most Popular Melle van Essen Trailers
Total trailers found: 30
The Swap Trailer (2017)
26 April 2017
When successful banker Thomas attends his father’s funeral, he meets his left-wing activist brother Arne again after many years.
Dwaalspoor Trailer (2021)
26 September 2021
A retired police detective sets out to find his missing granddaughter.
500 Years Trailer (2017)
06 April 2017
From a historic genocide trial to the overthrow of a president, the sweeping story of mounting resistance played out in Guatemala’s recent history is told through the actions and perspectives of the majority indigenous Mayan population, who now stand poised to reimagine their society.
Half Moon Trailer (2025)
06 March 2025
An elegiac documentary following virtuosic clarinettist and composer Kinan Azmeh, a Damascus-born musician living in exile, as he attempts to find meaning and purpose after the outbreak of war in Syria.
Disappearance Trailer (2017)
02 March 2017
Set in the remote winter landscape of Norway, Roos visits her mother there yearly, but this time it’s different: she brings bad news.
Romy's Salon Trailer (2020)
30 January 2020
Romy’s mother has to work a lot. That’s why Romy goes to her grandmother every day after school. Grandma Stine is very busy working in her hairdressing salon, and is very strict.
Hokwerda's Child Trailer (2024)
24 October 2024
Lin, a long-distance swimmer, is training for a cross-channel swim when she encounters Henri, a deep-sea welder, who, like her, thrives on danger.
Boys Trailer (2014)
08 January 2014
Two teen track stars discover first love as they train for the biggest relay race of their young lives.
Xime Trailer (1994)
18 August 1994
The film tells the tale of Iala, whose authority over his two sons, Raul and Bedan, is shaken. Raul has left to study in a seminary in the big city, where unknown to anyone, he has joined the liberation movement.
Key to Heaven Trailer (2025)
19 June 2025
From the filmmaker's perspective, we follow the process of a possible feature film about a photographer (Lea) tasked with capturing the energy transition in Amsterdam's harbor area.
A Labyrinth of Time Trailer (2004)
17 June 2004
Carefully composed portrait of prominent modern composer Elliott Carter (1908-1912). Scheffer depicts both the person and the development in his music and the musical tradition it grew out of, as well as the time in which the American Carter grew up.
April, May and June Trailer (2019)
19 December 2019
To inform each personally about her impending death, Mies summons her three daughters home. The three half-sisters April, May and June, each of whom has a different father, start to question their lives: "Where are we at in life?
Alles op Tafel Trailer (2021)
04 November 2021
Seven friends meet up for dinner and decide to play a revealing game. During the evening deep personal secrets will surface and threaten their relationships.
Tea Trailer (2005)
29 January 2005
Director Scheffer registered a performance of the Tea Opera by Chinese composer Tan Dun (who won an Oscar in 2001 with his score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon).
Leaving Mandela Park Trailer (2010)
15 April 2010
Five lively kids use art to escape from the Mandela Park township in Cape Town, South Africa.
Lipari Trailer (2007)
20 September 2007
On the idyllic island of Lipari near Sicily a few traditional swordfish hunters are still active. The days are over where these fishermen were self-evidently succeeded by their sons.
Off Ground Trailer (2013)
01 January 2013
A light grey room. A slender woman of 50 and a 12 year old boy. Joined together like the links of a chain.
The Last Days of Shishmaref Trailer (2008)
09 October 2008
Shishmaref is a community of about 600 people, located on an island just off the west coast of Alaska.
Memento Mori Trailer (2005)
01 September 2005
Viewed from the world of Roger Ballen. Ballen is renowned for his confronting and bleak black and white portraits of marginalised South Africans.
Love Me or Leave Me Trailer (2005)
01 March 2005
At the beginning of the documentary, fine artist Jan Montyn is lying in bed, stripped to the waist. The blades of a fan are spinning; war footage is projected across.
Echoes of War Trailer (2005)
08 September 2005
War and violence leave behind the dead, the wounded, the maimed, the victim and the witness. In ECHOES OF WAR, children left behind in Afghanistan, Colombia, Sierra Leone and New York take us into their lives and share their memories, nightmares and dreams.
The Asylum Trailer (2012)
01 September 2012
Made in collaboration with photographer Roger Ballen, THE ASYLUM is a surrealistic haven where the lust for power and the desire to love are penetratingly portrayed.
Souls of Naples Trailer (2005)
18 August 2005
A portrait of Naples and its inhabitants, in the words of the Neapolitans themselves. Two women gossip about a woman who committed suicide; a man sells tickets for a local tombola; a woman concerns herself about her elderly neighbour.
In the Ocean Trailer (2001)
01 January 2001
A brief overview and focus on composers Philip Glass, Julia Wolfe, John Cage, Steve Reich, Elliott Carter and their contemporaries.
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator Trailer (2011)
14 September 2011
A story of destinies joined by Guatemala's past, and how a documentary film intertwined with a nation's turbulent history emerges as an active player in the present.
Rocco & Sjuul Trailer (2023)
16 November 2023
Fifty years after being dance partners in their twenties, two pensioners find themselves torn between romance and their disapproving families when they reconnect and fall head over heels in love.
Tracks in the Snow Trailer (1985)
26 September 1985
The full title of this Dutch film is Pervola: Tracks in the Snow. A stockbroker moves away from his home village of Pervola and puts his two sons in charge of his business.
In Blue Trailer (2017)
14 September 2017
A sturdy flight attendant has to deliver a child in mid-air and gets involved in a confusing mother/lover relationship with a boy who's living under the streets of Bucharest.
Between Heaven and Earth Trailer (2007)
31 January 2007
In the heart of the Eurasian continent, the ancient center of the world where the Silk Road connected China to Europe, the circus is a deeply rooted cultural phenomenon.
When memory comes - a film about Saul Friedländer Trailer (2013)
04 October 2013
When memory comes is a film about the Jewish histoirian Saul Friedländer (1932, Prague) and his endeavour to describe the extermination of the European Jews without losing nor repressing the primary feeling of disbelief.
