Film festival around WWI, the first war with cameras on the battlefield

by Leo Bankersen
25 May 201529 March 2022
2 min read
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For an ambitious film programme around the First World War, for once we will not go to Amsterdam but to Helmond. At De Cacaofabriek, the Luigi Pirandello foundation presents a film cycle with classics and new discoveries, framed by introductions and live music to four of the titles.

Anyone who says 'war film' quickly thinks of World War II, which inspired countless filmmakers to create shocking, epic, heroic or romantic dramas. World War I is always somewhat in...

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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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Anyone who says 'war film' quickly thinks of World War II, which inspired countless filmmakers to create shocking, epic, heroic or romantic dramas. World War I is always somewhat in...