Our Girls (Dutch: Voor de meisjes) is a 2025 Dutch thriller drama film, written and directed by Mike van Diem. It is based on the book We Do What We Can by Lykele Muus. It is set during an idyllic holiday in the Austrian Alps, where the long-standing friendship between two couples spins out of control.
The film received theatrical distribution in the Netherlands, Austria, Germany and Belgium. While critical response was mostly positive, it was considered a box-office failure, grossing only on a budget.
At the 2025 Golden Calf Awards in Utrecht, the film was nominated in 4 categories, 3 of which were won.
Premise
Cast Thekla Reuten: Anouk Fedja van Huêt: Danny Noortje Herlaar: Gwen Valentijn Dhaenens: Erik Karl Markovics: Dr. Maier Rosa van Leeuwen: Madelon Frédérique van Baarsen: Elise Jeremy Miliker: Ralph Proschat Madani: The cardiologist Tim Seyfi: Ahmed Özdemir Corinna Pumm: Nurse Wagner Wolfgang Oliver: Gasthof, the waiter Inaya Ulgen: Young Madelon Charlotte Haager: Young Elise
Production The film was developed as an adaptation of Lykele Muus’s novel We Do What We Can (We Doen Wat We Kunnen), with a screenplay written by Mike van Diem. The film had support from the Netherlands Film Fund, the Flemish Audiovisual Fund, the Austrian Film Institute, and Eurimages, totalling a budget of .
Principal photography took place between August and October 2024. According to the Austrian Film Institute, the production shot for 32 days, with filming spread across Tyrol, Salzburg, Lower Austria, and Vienna. Although the story is set in the Alps, not every scene was filmed exclusively in mountain locations.
Release Our Girls opened the 2025 Netherlands Film Festival in Utrecht as the Opening Film NFF 2025, with public screenings on September 26, 2025 at the Utrecht City Theatre and the Louis Hartlooper Complex. Dutch FilmWorks later rolled the film out in 120 cinemas across the Netherlands on October 2, 2025.
References
External links Official website