Downtown

Original Title | Downtown

Drama | 2026 (Completed)

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Writer	Frank Houtappels
Director	Michiel van Erp
Producer	Peter Bouckaert

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Three gay men reconnect during the pandemic, awakening memories of the Amsterdam in the 1980s and the unfolding AIDS crisis.

synopsis

In 1988, three young gay men, Ronnie, Lennart and Bas, throw themselves into Amsterdam's nightlife scene. It’s a life full of friendship, sex and drugs. Until the mysterious AIDS virus casts a shadow over their lives and one of them disappears after becoming infected. Thirty-two years later, in the middle of the 2021 lockdown, Ronnie recognises the missing Bas in the subway. An evening unfolds that none of them had expected to see, but which had been in the air for years. The AIDS epidemic has had a major impact on all three of their lives. Where they lost each other 32 years ago, they hope to find each other again.
1988. Drie jonge homoseksuele mannen, Ronnie, Lennart en Bas, storten zich in de uitgaansscene van Amsterdam; een leven vol vriendschap, seks en drugs. Tot het mysterieuze Aidsvirus een sluier legt over hun levens en één van hen verdwijnt na te zijn besmet. 32 jaar later, midden in de lockdown van 2021, herkent Ronnie de verdwenen Bas in de metro. Er ontspint zich een avond waar niemand op had gerekend, maar die al jaren in de lucht hing. De Aidsepidemie heeft grote impact gehad op alle drie hun levens en daar waar ze elkaar 32 jaar geleden zijn kwijtgeraakt, hopen ze elkaar weer terug te vinden.

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Type
Film
Category
Fiction
Genre
Drama
Year of production

2026
Production status
Completed
Original title
Downtown
Original language
Dutch

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Running time
Aspect ratio
16:9
Sound format
5.1 (+sub) + Dolby
Available formats
DCP (4K)
Colour
Colour

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Eyeworks Film & TV Drama

Fabrieksstraat 43
1930 Zaventem
België

T +32 2 711 43 54

www.eyeworksfilm.be

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Duitsland

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Kaap Holland Film (NL) Eyeworks Film & TV Drama (BE), De Familie

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Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Netherlands Film Fund, Cobo; BNNVARA; WW Entertainment

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Colour