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- Fighting Fish is the first martial arts film produced and set in the Netherlands, about a young Chinese man from Hong-Kong, who travels to the west when he hears that his brother was killed during fight between two gangs in Rotterdam. When he arrives he immediately puts his raging fists to use when he tries to take revenge on the gang that killed his brother. But soon he realizes that nothing is what is seems, and he tries to find the true story behind his brother's death. But his search for the truth gets an unexpected turn when he falls in love with a Dutch girl, with all kinds of trouble as a result...
- 'Don't sleep too long; never spend the night on the street; shower daily; don't get attached and stick around; don't beg for money; and never, ever give up.' By these rules, the homeless Maye strives for a free and adventurous life, free from the expectations of her traditional Chinese parents. In her quest for adventure she finds herself in a whirlwind of hard partying, fleeting loves and irreversible choices.
- The Unplaceables is a feature length documentary about the need for imagination in order to live a fully human life. It focuses on a group of (ex)-addicts, their work and their attempts to gain control over their lives. The documentary shows how the world looks from their perspective, what gives them hope, the strategies they develop to survive and how their world reflects ours.
- Roffa Represent is a short-doc mini-series focusing on the current generation of hip-hop in Rotterdam. In the past years hip-hop has become a way of life for people of all ages, backgrounds and cultures and has become an important pillar of the Rotterdam's culture.
- Rotterdam Ongehoord is a short-doc TV-mini series that sheds light on untold stories form the city of Rotterdam. From boxers to prostitutes, from jazz-heads to punks.
- A film about a running boy who overcomes a personal conflict, inspired by the positive influence of a variety of people he encounters in the streets of the city.
- As the day turns into the night, the beer keeps flowing. Just like the rhymes of MC JR
- The number one rule in Hip hop is to "keep it real" and that's what Spanish is all about. With a subtle feeling for special words Spanish is always on the lookout of how he can combine old-school Hip hop with his Christian belief.
- "Nobody signed me, so I signed myself." With his aggressive style, Far I toured through the Netherlands, but as an English-speaking artist he was quickly pushed aside due to the rise of Nederhop. In 2011 he founded his own label.
- Complex rhyme schemes, profound puns or political statements, Duitenkornuiten doesn't want none of that. Instead, they shout the first thing that comes to mind in to the microphone and within only half an hour there is another song born.
- "I am very ambitious. If I have a dream, I go for it". At the age of 16, Fabz-Pi left Ethiopia for his dream of becoming a professional football player to be pursued in the Netherlands. Due to a knee injury, his dream falls apart.
- "The day I'm forced to make happy music is the day I will have to stop doing this." Stryder started thirteen years ago and sees Hiphop as a way around his anger and to express frustration about social problems and the war in Palestine.
- After years of singing choruses and hooks for street trappers in Zoetermeer, Alexa decides that she also has a story to tell. With the guidance of rapper Sticks she creates a contemporary mix of flowing raps and melodic vocals.
- Elijah Waters, Grown George, M3SEN, Big Cam, Nash Crebula, China Viking and Roca Beats form the hip hop collective Green Cabin. Together they produce songs accompanied by smoke-infused lyrics at a super-fast pace.
- From 1979 to 1996 Albert Knoppe run the largest jazz-club in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- The tales of boxing legend Aad van Ravens.
- Carrie Jansen about her work with Rotterdam's 'Queens of the Night' and the dark tales of prostitution.
- Ton de Koning about punk, photography and the 80's in Rotterdam.
- The notorious Van Rij brothers about their challenging ideas that the city of Rotterdam just wasn't yet ready for.
- The failed Maaspopfestival almost meant the end of the Van Rij Brothers empire but thanks to their friend André Hazes they survived and turned Hazes into a superstar.
- During the biggest pop-festival of the 70's Peter de Raaf sold left-winged literature to an upcoming generation.
- During the drug epidemic of the late 80's, Rotterdam resurrected 'station-zero' next to central station Rotterdam. where heroin-addicts could use Methadon freely. Soon after heroin-addicts flooded the central station.
- In the 70's Frank van der Muijden co-founded legendary pop-venue Eksit. There was one rule regarding the programming: no bands with hits.
- The 60s was characterized by a generation that opposed the old norms and values. Provovacative writer Fer Weber talks about how he took part in shaping a generation.
- DJ Rob about how he unintentionally invented the notorious gabber-sound at dance hall Parkzicht, Rotterdam.
- It's 1977 and located in the pedestrian passage of Central station, Rotterdam you'll find world's smallest museum guarded by artists Hans Citroen and Bob van Persie.
- Teddy Treurniet takes us to his musical 'temple' where he connected with poets, writers, musicians and all types of artists.
- Jan and Glenn talk about their unforgettable memories of Rotterdam's oldest gay-bar 'De Cosmobar'.