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Trailers...

  • Behind the Open Door
  • Filhas da Noite
  • For Better And For Worse
  • Arco
  • Two Hornets (The)
  • Mirror (The)
  • Life Is About Losing Everything
  • Golden Age (The)
  • Frida: The Girl Just Doesn't Go Away
  • Nothing to Lose
  • Little Tragedies
  • Eternal Return
  • Orange Flavoured Wedding
  • My Brother's Killer
  • Slo Pitch
  • Tender Boy
  • Widow's Shadow
  • Zaire
  • Was haben wir gelacht
  • Look at Me
  • We Had a Plan
  • Baaldo, una emergencia pop
  • Temptations
  • Celestino
  • Frost
  • Lady Nazca
  • Sanctuary
  • Enlorquecido
  • Trambolika
  • We Live Among You
  • Skateboarding Is Not for Girls
  • Bloody Tennis
  • Low Expectations
  • I Love Boosters
  • Sex and the Friend Group
  • Don't Fence Me In: Queer Country
  • Objet a
  • Funk
  • House on the Moon (The)
  • No Money No Honey

Buddy

Country: The Netherlands, Language: Dutch, 11 mins

  • Director: Niels Bourgonje
  • Writer: Niels Bourgonje; Edwin Goldman
  • Producer: Edwin Goldman

CGiii Comment

Truly, this is a masterclass in subtlety and expression...

The care is staring you in the face...the selfishness is brutal.

Directed with an elegant finesse, played to heart-breaking perfection.


Watch...

BUDDY from Niels Bourgonje on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

A young man agrees to support his ex lover during an HIV test. Not having seen each other for awhile, they are forced to sit together in the waiting room of an STD clinic. What starts out as an awkward conversation, soon becomes something more tender. Is there still hope for reconciliation?

Cast & Characters

Daniel Cornelissen as Jeroen;
Tobias Nierop as Chris;
Mark Ram as Doctor;
Lulu Veen