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Brandend Kalf wants more fire in Dutch cinema. But who should stoke that?

While the Dutch Film Festival was festively opened at the Stadsschouwburg with Tulipani, grumbling sounded elsewhere in Utrecht. Party? According to Brandend Kalf, an initiative by film journalist Karin Wolfs and writer A.H.J. Dautzenberg, there is no reason to celebrate. Dutch film lacks true fire.

As demonstrated opposite the festival pavilion by using a portable projector to provide some calves with vivid flames. A playful mini pinprick, interestedly watched...

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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

While the Dutch Film Festival was festively opened at the Stadsschouwburg with Tulipani, grumbling sounded elsewhere in Utrecht. Party? According to Brandend Kalf, an initiative by film journalist Karin Wolfs and writer A.H.J. Dautzenberg, there is no reason to celebrate. Dutch film lacks true fire.

As demonstrated opposite the festival pavilion by using a portable projector to provide some calves with vivid flames. A playful mini pinprick, interestedly watched...

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