Benauwd (English title "Cramped") is a short psychological drama/crime film about Marlon, a 20 year old from Rotterdam, who is being threatened because of illegal gambling debts. When it's clear that Marlon cannot pay back the debts, he gets in deeper trouble.

A truck carrying a Dutch military convoy on a peacekeeping mission breaks down somewhere in the desert. As a group of soldiers waits for a repair team to arrive, they encounter a local boy who refuses to leave.