Koolhoven Presents
Season 1
A manless world, a nuclear missile on Amsterdam, a collective brainwash, and suffering as a recipe for success. In the Koolhoven presents series, six young filmmakers, led by Martin Koolhoven, drag the viewer into their most terrifying fantasies. Miles away from any Hollywood clichés, a new generation of filmmakers is putting Dutch genre film on the map.
Where to Watch Season 1
6 Episodes
- Venus
E1VenusAfter a massive collective suicide, no man walks the earth anymore; for Joyce, this is truly a disaster. To keep the memory of her beloved Job alive, she is a frequent visitor of Nostalgyl, a company that uses mysterious therapy to take her back to better times. Until, after yet another session, she is accused of being addicted to masculinity. Joyce has no intention of giving up her husband, and in desperation, she follows a Nostalgyl employee to "the source." Here, she can even bring Job back to life—but at what cost? And is Joyce willing to pay that price? - NL-Alert
E2NL-AlertA young mother in Amsterdam locks herself out on the worst possible day. Her baby is inside the apartment, and while she goes elsewhere to retrieve the spare keys, an NL-Alert arrives. A nuclear missile is on a collision course with Amsterdam, and many people are seeking safety in a metro station or one of the city's bunkers. But Murphy's Law isn’t done with the capital yet. As the minutes tick away, the phone network goes down, and it turns out there’s only room for a limited number of residents in the bunker. - Trauma Porn Club
E4Trauma Porn ClubNova believes that art should "f***ing hurt," but the aspiring artist in this violent thriller has never experienced anything remotely close to trauma. At the gallery where she works, she’s little more than a background character, and the creatives in her circle think her emotions aren’t nearly painful enough for a career in their world. Then she discovers *Sano*, an organization that promises life-changing experiences: from a man masturbating in public to Fight Club-like scenarios. Because, as they say, "The reward of suffering is success." Is this Nova’s chance to rise above herself? - Memory Dealers
E5Memory DealersGuilty of having allowed greedy businessmen to take over her city and wipe the memories of its residents clean, mayor Teo conspires with a motley bunch of outsiders to set things right. Armed with homemade hallucinogens, the gang sets out to free citizens from their painless, amnesiac existence. - Witte Wieven
E6Witte WievenThe folkloric horror film Witte Wieven is set in the Middle Ages. Frieda lives in a poor, God-fearing community where men hold all the power. Women are valued only for bearing children, and that’s precisely what Frieda has been unable to do. On the advice of the local priest, she performs a ritual to determine her fertility, but she is then attacked by the village lecher, Gelo. She flees into the Forest of Wandering, a place inhabited by the mist devils, from which no woman has ever returned. When Frieda does make her way back to the village, her faith—and that of her hostile neighbors—is put to the ultimate test.
