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Cinema year 2016: a top year, but pity about the plummeting Dutch market share

So was 2016 a good year for movies or not? That depends on what you look at. This afternoon, the Dutch cinema industry announced the results at the Tuschinski theatre, but we already had the most cheerful news at that point. That was, of course, the Golden Globes (best film and best actress) for Elle by Paul Verhoeven, Holland's most successful director. I admit, a bit out of order here, because a French production, but still something with a Dutch...

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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

So was 2016 a good year for movies or not? That depends on what you look at. This afternoon, the Dutch cinema industry announced the results at the Tuschinski theatre, but we already had the most cheerful news at that point. That was, of course, the Golden Globes (best film and best actress) for Elle by Paul Verhoeven, Holland's most successful director. I admit, a bit out of order here, because a French production, but still something with a Dutch...

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