Little Amsterdam (50min.)

In this absurd tragicomedy by Frisian director Jörgen Scholtens, Lenie (Anneke Blok) combats her loneliness by renting out her departed son's old room to tourists. Although she enjoys the company of her young guests, this has to be done on the sly because the local residents, played by Kees Hulst, Beppie Melissen and Frank Lammers, among others, hate tourists. Since their sleepy little town was renamed Little Amsterdam by the marketing guys, it has been crawling with suitcases. The foreign guests are not welcome at all and anyone who thinks differently is ostracized by the neighbourhood. Lenie must be extremely careful and she forces all her guests to enter the house via the fire escape without being seen. No one knows about Lenie's sneaky rental until an Irish tourist loudly tumbles down her fire escape.