Create. Produce. Break Free.

Break Free Films is a Dutch production company that specialises in the development, creation and production of feature films, shorts, and TV series that are urgent, diverse and inspiring.

We work with talented film makers and creators from all around the world and value inclusivity and diversity in all of our endeavours.

We are all about providing as many opportunities as we can for upcoming talent that is trying to make it in the industry.

We like: stories that matter, stories that are appealing to a wide and international public, and films and series with a high cinematic quality.
We are now realising...

DIVE DEEP

Short | 20 min | a film by Veerle Ackerstaff

A reckless skater with a physical disability must show his vulnerable side before he loses everything and everyone he holds dear.

Supported by the Dutch Film Fund, Inclusive Film Foundation, Municipality 's-Hertogenbosch, and many more.

Realized

We did it!

STEP BY STEP

Short | 17 min | a film by Caatje van Leeuwen

A Syrian refugee, struggling to hold on to her identity, must manoeuvre her way through the paralyzing Dutch bureaucratic system.

LIGHTS OUT AND AWAY WE GO

Short | 6 min | a film by Veerle Ackerstaff
NOW PLAYING AT FESTIVALS WORLDWIDE
FINALIST BEST DIRECTOR: EASTERSEALS DISABILITY FILM CHALLENGE

An introverted teenager must take matters into his own hands when his overanxious mother, determined to give him the time of his life, makes him watch the first Grand Prix of Zandvoort with her when all he wants is some peace and quiet.

BLURRED

Short | 20 min | a film by Veerle Ackerstaff
AWARD-WINNING

When a single-mother loses her son in a biking accident, she retreats into a make-belief world in which he is still alive. But when her daughter threatens to crush this world, she will do anything to save it.

AARDBEI

Short | 17 min | a film by Leendert Roosenbrand
NOW PLAYING AT FESTIVALS WORLDWIDE

In a smudgy hotel, guests and staff have a run in with fate. Fate comes disguised as an old woman sitting in the lobby behind a slot machine. Indifferentely, she pushes the buttons and lets the images decide between life and death.

RIDDER MARIE

Short | 9 min | a film by Minka van Arnhem

When a young girl with Down Syndrome loses her dog to the neighbourhood’s bully, she has no one to turn to. She will have to find the courage to stand up for herself if she ever wants to get her dog back.

ACCEPTED

Short | 10 min | a film by Stefano Di Pietro
AWARD-WINNING

Sarah, Lead Developer at Gaia Inc., is about to launch her latest and most promising project: Theia, a device that is bound to revolutionize the way people interact with each other. The success of the long-anticipated Theia device is without question, however its impact on Sarah and the rest of society is a whole other matter.

In Development

We are currently working on...

FACE UP, B*TCH

Series  | 8 episodes of 25 min | Queer, Coming-of-age, Dramedy, PG: 16

Six young Drag Queens from the Dutch Bible Belt find each other within the safe, colourful walls of the local make-up store and join forces to fight for their right to be themselves.

The Flipside Chronicles

Series long-form  | 8 episodes of 45 min | Epic, Modern Fantasy, Family, PG: 16

After accidentally opening up the gate to the underworld, an insecure teen with cerebral palsy must stop a vengeful witch from crossing over to the land of the living and turning everyone into her mindless minions.

The Fire of Dawn

Series  | Paranormal Romance, Fantasy, YA

It’s the last day of the summer holiday when Leah’s carefree life as a teen is brutally flipped upside down. Her senses heighten, her muscles possess an uncanny strength, but with these exhilarating new powers comes a thirst that can only be quenched by one thing: human blood.

Flying Wolves

Feature  | 105 min | Drama

From the moment an eccentric yet introverted shepherd boy from the Himalayas causes an accident that leaves his older brother disabled, he pledges his life to taking care of him. But when he meets the freethinking Noor and moves with her to the UK, he will first have to come to terms with his past before he can build a future with her in this strange new world.

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