Just Like in the Movies

"Just Like in the Movies" (Net als in de film, 2023) is a Dutch music drama you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Dorien Goertzen and Albert Jan van Rees, the film follows two former school bandmates — DJ Annabel and new-wave musician Sander — from their 1980s music club to the heights of 1990s Eurodance fame.

They reconnect, write together, and build a project that takes off. The money arrives. So does the pressure to keep performing a version of themselves that made sense in a school rehearsal room but feels less certain under spotlights. Noortje Herlaar and Benja Bruijning play two people who are easier together as artists than as whatever fame wants them to be. Honest about the cost of getting what you wanted. Stream "Just Like in the Movies" (2023) online on iFILM.