Dunya & Desie (2008)
Dunya and Desie are two 18 year old best friends from Amsterdam North. Dunya is Moroccan and Desie is Dutch. On Dunya's Birthday she is told that her marriage has been arranged with a distant cousin in Morocco. Dunya and her family will travel to Morocco to meet him. After Desie discovers that she is pregnant she joins Dunya in Morocco in a search for Desies father.
Director: Dana Nechushtan
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Maryam Hassouni as Dunya El-Beneni |
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Eva van de Wijdeven as Desie Koppenol |
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Mahjoub Benmoussa as Nabil El-Beneni |
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Rachida Iaallala as Kenza El-Beneni |
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Christine van Stralen as Monique Koppenol |
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Theo Maassen as Jeff Schouten |
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Iliass Ojja as Soufian El-Beneni |
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Ilias Addab as Shamir |
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Tygo Gernandt as Pim |
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Micha Hulshof as Maik |
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Nezha Karim as Dunya's Aunt |
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Marcel Musters as Hans Schakel |
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Alix Adams as Mrs. Schakel |
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Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen as Desie's Brother |
| Directing | Dana Nechushtan | Director |
| Writing | Robert Alberdingk Thijm | Writer |
| Art | Anneleen Koppert | Property Master |
| Production | Rebecca van Unen | Casting |
| Production | Elske Falkena | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Monica Petit | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Liselotte Bredero | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Liselotte Bredero | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Dirk Bombey | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Gert Janssen | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Bert Pot | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Steve Willaert | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | J.P. Luijsterburg | Editor |
| Art | Minka Mooren | Production Design |
| Art | Gerard Loomans | Production Design |
| Crew | Hans van Helden | Post Production Supervisor |
| Editing | Marina Blok | Editorial Coordinator |
| Editing | Sandra Beerends | Editorial Coordinator |
| Production | Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem | Co-Producer |
| Production | Leontine Petit | Producer |
| Production | Joost de Vries | Producer |
| Production | Mieke de Wulf | Co-Producer |
| Production | Dries Phlypo | Co-Producer |
| Production | Jeremy Burdek | Co-Producer |
| Production | Nadia Khamlichi | Co-Producer |
| Production | Adrian Politowski | Co-Producer |
| Production | George van Breemen | Producer |
| Directing | Richt Martens | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Jo Vermaercke | Steadycam |
| Lighting | Uwe Kuipers | Gaffer |
| Sound | Joeri Verspecht | Boom Operator |
| Production | Brechtje Schaling | Line Producer |
| Production | Wendy van Veen | Production Manager |
| Production | Kees Brouwer | Location Manager |
| Art | Kees Brouwer | Location Scout |
| Art | Walter Kloos | Location Scout |
| Crew | Mares Thomassen | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Françoise Mol | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Souad Lamriki | Executive Producer |
| Production | Bénédicte Bellocq | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mona Houd | Production Manager |
| Production | Khalid Ziraoui | Location Manager |
| Art | Hind Ghazali | Art Department Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Myriam Laraki | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Editing | Sander Kuipers | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Gert Janssen | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Editing | Raf Enkels | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Raf Enkels | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Alek Goosse | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Johanneke Pastoor | Set Dresser |