Frans van Gestel, Laurette Schillings, Max de Wolf & Maudy van Bree
Kloveniersburgwal 131-III | 1011 KD Amsterdam
info@topkapifilms.nl | +31 203032494
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Topkapi Films is an independent production company. Founded in Amsterdam in 1994, we are dedicated to crafting original stories with creative integrity and commercial appeal by cultivating long-lasting relationships with both established and up-and-coming filmmakers.

Our work includes series such as ETTY, ELIXIR, MESSED UP, and SANTOS, and feature films like HAPPY ENDING, GOODBYE STRANGER and PIECE OF MY HEART. In addition, we’ve been involved in coproductions like the Academy Award®-winning ANOTHER ROUND (DRUK), the Academy Award®-nominated and Festival de Cannes Grand Prix-winner CLOSE, and the Golden Lion-nominated HOLLY.

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CURRENT PROJECTS

Sisters in Wartime

Director: Paula van der Oest. Screenwriter: Esther Gerritsen, based on the nonfiction book ’t Hooge Nest by Roxane van Iperen. Cast: tba. Country: NL/BE/TBA. Co-producer: Topkapi Films (NL), Man Up Film (NL), The Reunion (BE), TBA. Status: in financing. Release: 2027. Sort: feature. Duration: 120’. Genre: drama. Distribution: September Film (Benelux). Sales: TBA.

During the Second World War, two Jewish sisters and their families go into hiding at ’The High Nest’, a villa nestled in the woods of ’t Gooi in the Netherlands. Lien and Janny become part of the Resistance and offer shelter to more and more people going underground. When, ultimately, they are arrested, the two sisters survive the concentration camps with shared courage and strength.

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Coward

Director: Lukas Dhont. Screenwriter: Lukas Dhont, Angelo Tijssens. Cast: tba. Country: BE/NL/FR. Co-producer: The Reunion (BE), Topkapi Films (NL), Versus(Opus) (BE), Lumen (FR). Status: in post-production. Release: 2026. Sort: feature. Genre: drama. Distribution: Lumière Distribution (Benelux) & Diaphana Distribution (France). Sales: The Match Factory. 

During the First World War, the soldiers behind the front line try to keep their spirits up. Stirred by the rhetoric of war, they each search for their own way to cope.

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