Directing

Willem Timmers

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Acting Straight poster
7.0

Directors Willem and Tofik take a closer look at their own experiences and engage in conversation with other gays about their position in the gay scene. Where one consciously distances himself from strict expectations, the other seems to be losing out. Acting Straight exposes an uncomfortable truth. Pride may be their motto, but the fear of not being masculine enough has gripped many gays.

Acting Straight

2019

No artwork available
NR

Two Chinese tourists swap their megacity for the Dutch village of Giethoorn where the hosts work hard to provide for them the authentic Dutch experience.

Ni Hao Holland

2015

Framing the Other poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Framing the Other

Short Dick Man poster
NR

In Short Dick Man, Matthijs explores why he has been burdened by the crippling insecurity about the size of his penis all his life, causing him to avoid situations like urinals, locker rooms and dating. In an ultimate attempt to accept his body, he goes to therapy, revisits painful memories and seeks confrontation. Gradually, he discovers that the problem is bigger than himself.

Short Dick Man

2025

Please Hate Me poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Please Hate Me

2021

Endless bullying - Daan's story poster
NR

This moving documentary tells the story of Daan, a cheerful and talented boy who left life at the age of sixteen after a school career in which he was systematically excluded. Former classmates organize a reunion to investigate how things got to this point. They discover that many other students also felt unsafe in the classroom. Meanwhile, Daan's sister Julia, who, like Daan, loves theater, is working on her self-confidence. And Daan's group of friends, where he could finally be himself, looks back on the time they spent with him.

Endless bullying - Daan's story

2023

Jordy in Transitland poster
2.7

Jordy is on the brink of her physical transition. Especially now, wandering in the realm between man and woman, she feels that the dichotomy is more poignant than ever. Must she conform herself to fit in? And what is the price for doing so? A modern, raw fairytale as a poetic protest against today's parochialism.

Jordy in Transitland

2016