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30th Dutch Film Festival celebrates anniversary with Mirror of Holland

When the 30th edition of the Netherlands Film Festival kicks off on 22 September, the first Golden Calf will be awarded to Rolf Orthel. This was announced by festival director Willemien van Aalst at a press conference today.

Producer and director Orthel receives this award for his special merit for Dutch film culture. In 1975, he made a name for himself with the impressive documentary A semblance of doubt, about the prisoners and guards of Auschwitz and Westerbork. As a producer, he often committed to difficult projects by young makers. The documentary he produced Bastøy, about a Norwegian prison island, will premiere this festival.

Het speciale filmprogramma Spiegel van Holland waarmee deze dertigste editie wordt gevierd raakt een kwestie waar buitenlandse critici zich wel eens over verwonderden. Waarom zijn Nederlandse films zo weinig actueel? Als antwoord hierop zestien speelfilms uit de afgelopen dertig jaar die wèl een spiegel van hun tijd zijn en de veranderende tijdgeest documenteren. Van de feministische thriller De stilte rond Christine M. van Marleen Gorris tot Eddie Terstalls politieke komedie Vox Populi.

Op 22 september zal ook de Filmprijs van de stad Utrecht voor de beste debuutfilm worden uitgereikt. Genomineerd hiervoor zijn Daan Bakker met Bukowski, Moon Blaisse met Misschien later en Allard Westenbrink met Vlotter.

De traditionele Variety Cinema Militans lezing, over ‘de positie en levensvatbaarheid van de cinema in de huidige tijd’, zal worden gegeven door Christine Vachon, producent van onafhankelijke en eigenzinnige Amerikaanse films als Happiness and Far From Heaven.

Het festival wordt geopend met Tirza van Rudolf van den Berg, inmiddels ook de Nederlandse inzending voor de Oscars. Slotfilm is Son of Babylon van de Iraaks-Nederlandse regisseur Mohamed Al-Daradji. De kortste festivalfilm, met Carice van Houten en gemaakt door Anton Corbijn (The American), duurt 1 seconde en wordt afgedrukt op een speciale postzegel. Speel het filmpje af door de postzegel te kantelen.

Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

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