Burny Bos

Production

Burny Bos

Born 1944-04-08 · Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Bernard Gerrit "Burny" Bos was a Dutch film producer, scenarist and children's book writer. He also worked as an actor in children's programmes on radio and television.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Sickos poster
6.9

Three teenagers appear to have a lot of fun on the children's oncology department on the fourth floor of a large hospital. Nick and Iwan both lost a leg as a result of bone cancer. For their friend Olivier, an amputation may be the next phase. The fourth of the bunch, Pepijn, is so ill and weak that he often stays in his room. Friendship and a deep desire to live keeps the guys mentally balanced. Their friendship changes when Gina arrives. Sickos is a humorous drama that deals with adolescence and chemotherapy.

Sickos

2014

Miss Moxy poster
7.8

From the cobbled streets of Paris to the wild countryside of Europe, follow Miss Moxy — a pampered cat with a whole lot of cattitude — as she’s thrown into the adventure of a lifetime. Lost far from home, she must team up with a goofy dog and a wise old bird to find her way back… and discover who she truly is along the way.

Miss Moxy

2025

Miss Minoes poster
6.7

A cat who turns into a young woman helps a journalist protect their town from a factory boss with an evil plan.

Miss Minoes

2001

Miss Minoes poster
6.7

A cat who turns into a young woman helps a journalist protect their town from a factory boss with an evil plan.

Miss Minoes

2001

Alfie, the Little Werewolf poster
5.5

On the night of his seventh birthday, sweet Alfie suddenly changes into a white fluffy werewolf. He doesn’t understand why. Alfie struggles with himself, because the wolf at night is capable of doing things that the shy boy would not during the day. Who is Alfie ? Will he be able to accept the way he really is ? A quirky and smart film that will delight you about a young boy who suddenly develops fullmoon issues.

Alfie, the Little Werewolf

2011

Breath poster
5.8

A 12-year-old boy who is yet to feel the first trembles of love. He is shy when a girl calls him for a bike ride and then at the beach it becomes clear that he is a bit embarrassed of his body, as he struggles behind a towel to change into his swimming suit.

Breath

2007

The Flying Liftboy poster
5.8

Pupil Abel is the victim of Laura's nasty prank, yet gets accidentally blamed and overreacts. His ma withdraws him from school and gets him a job as lift-boy. But its' a special lift: when he pushes the forbidden green button, it takes him, Laura, Jozias Tump and Maria Klaterhoen to Manhattan. There he's mistaken by a rich woman who looks like his mother for her long missing son Johnny. When a police helicopter comes to tow the lift cabin, the Dutchmen get back in. It takes them to a Latin American country, Perugona. The new revolutionary leader realizes presidents live about one year, so he gives the job to Mr. Tump, who saved his life. The news coverage attracts Abel's and Johnny's family, in time for an even weirder finale.

The Flying Liftboy

1998

Swimming Paradise poster
1.0

Two ten-year-old girls go to a subtropical swimming paradise. They look forward to the wave pool and the chute, but are distracted by other, older swimmers. Like teenage girls with real breasts in the bubble bath, and big boys blocking the chute or taking their goggles. The little girls gradually seem to realise the days of their carefree childhood are numbered.

Swimming Paradise

2009

Fidgety Bram poster
6.9

Fidgety Bram (seven years old) thinks a lot about the world around him. He is very much looking forward to enter the first grade. But then he ends up in the class of the strict teacher Mr. Fish. The straightfoward Mr. Fish doesn’t care about the inside world of the constantly moving around and unconcentrated little boy and does whatever it takes to make Bram do things the ‘right’ way.

Fidgety Bram

2012

Marionette poster
6.3

A therapist loses her grip on reality when a ten-year-old boy claims he can control her future.

Marionette

2020

Help! I’ve Shrunk the Family poster
5.7

Nine-year-old Johannes Blom gets blown away when he discovers a little man in the kitchen cupboard, hidden behind the peanut butter jar. He’s even more astonished when he realizes that this little man, ‘Wiplala’, has magical powers. When Wiplala accidentally transforms the Blom family to little people, the adventure begins. Will they ever go back to normal-sized people?

Help! I’ve Shrunk the Family

2014

Tummy Tom and the Lost Teddybear poster
5.0

When his favorite cuddly toy goes missing, Tummy Tom and his best friend Cat Mouse set out on an adventure beyond the garden to find it.

Tummy Tom and the Lost Teddybear

2024

Ben X poster
7.0

Harassed by bullies because of his mild autism, teen Ben finds refuge in an online computer game, which leads him to his virtual dream girl, Scarlite. Together, the odd couple seeks revenge against Ben's tormentors.

Ben X

2007

Rocco & Sjuul poster
5.5

Fifty years after being dance partners in their twenties, two pensioners find themselves torn between romance and their disapproving families when they reconnect and fall head over heels in love.

Rocco & Sjuul

2023

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NR

When Tummy Tom and Cat Mouse discover a mysterious egg that hatches into a duckling who thinks they are his parents, the two cats must learn how to care for their unexpected new companion.

Tummy Tom 4: Tummy Tom's Spring Surprise

No artwork available
NR

One sluggish Sunday, Pien is urged by her mother to go and play hide-and-seek with her two younger half-brothers. They accidentally discover a family hiding in the deserted industrial zone: refugees. Perplexed, the teen girl tries to think how she can help. Due to soft noises of shootings, echoes almost, the terrain suddenly seems a war zone. Meanwhile, Pien and the charming son are slowly enchanted by each other.

Home Base

2016

Gruesome School Trip poster
5.5

The sensitive Onnoval is the best student in his class and he loves Liselore, who was the girlfriend of the bully Gino. His teacher Meester de Vriend believes he is a promising writer and poet. Gino picks on Onnoval all the time, but Onnoval does not fight against Gino because he believes he is a werewolf. When the successful writer of horror tales Nol van Paulo comes for a lecture in his class, he advises Onnonval to never write a story for the evil Ferluci. However, Onnoval is humiliated by Gino and very upset and jealous he writes a story about a class excursion in a horror bus to a horror park, where Gino is killed by a vampire, and gives his story to Ferluci. Later he regrets, but Nol van Paulo tells him that the only way to fix the situation would be stealing his note book and rewriting the conclusion.

Gruesome School Trip

2005

Gruesome School Trip poster
5.5

The sensitive Onnoval is the best student in his class and he loves Liselore, who was the girlfriend of the bully Gino. His teacher Meester de Vriend believes he is a promising writer and poet. Gino picks on Onnoval all the time, but Onnoval does not fight against Gino because he believes he is a werewolf. When the successful writer of horror tales Nol van Paulo comes for a lecture in his class, he advises Onnonval to never write a story for the evil Ferluci. However, Onnoval is humiliated by Gino and very upset and jealous he writes a story about a class excursion in a horror bus to a horror park, where Gino is killed by a vampire, and gives his story to Ferluci. Later he regrets, but Nol van Paulo tells him that the only way to fix the situation would be stealing his note book and rewriting the conclusion.

Gruesome School Trip

2005

Where Is Winky's Horse? poster
6.7

In the sequel to "Winky's Horse", 8-year old Winky looks after the horse of St Nicholas. Then one day the horse runs away.

Where Is Winky's Horse?

2007

The Boy Who Stopped Talking poster
5.2

Memo is a nine-year-old boy who lives in Turkey with his mother and little sister, while his father works in a Netherlands seaport. When war looms near his family home, Memo's father moves the family to be with him in the Netherlands. Memo is unhappy at having to leave his village, his best friend, Mustafa, and his job as a mail boy. Once installed in his father's basement flat, Memo begins his own protest at being removed from his home by refusing to speak.

The Boy Who Stopped Talking

1996

Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want poster
3.5

Elliot Tittensor (TV's Shameless) stars as Daz in headlining film PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT, a gripping British film debut that sees him woo a young lad in an underpass, only to be threatened with a break-up the following morning. Passive and submissive roles are tackled and tugged in gay graffiti tale VANDALS and Icelandic grapple-fest WRESTLING, while POSTMORTEM, MY NAME IS LOVE, and Iris Prize-winner STEAM look at promising encounters that turn awry. Rounding out the collection are HEIKO, an alternative ode to foot fetishes, BREATH where 12-year-old Erik swims out to sea to make a daring move on his best friend's father, and the crème de la crème from this collection TREVOR, which won multiple prestigious awards from Sundance, Berlinale, and even The Academy Awards (Oscar) for Best Short Film.

Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want

2010

Knofje poster
8.7

Knofje is a 4 year old kid that lives in a beautiful house with her mom and dad. She plays all day and embarkes on small adventures...

Knofje

2001

Tummy Tom 3: Look Who's Visiting Tummy Tom! poster
NR

When a storm blows down the Squirrels’ tree, Tummy Tom invites them to stay with him, but sharing a home with new friends proves more challenging than he expected.

Tummy Tom 3: Look Who's Visiting Tummy Tom!

2026

The Homecoming of Ulysses poster
NR

Frank Groothof tells and sings the story of Ulysses' homecoming. He is accompanied musically by the saxphone ensemble Sax et Plus. The Dutch peninsula of Schiermonnikoog forms the backdrop for the story, in which Groothof himself plays almost all carachters.

The Homecoming of Ulysses

1996