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Film Academy's 2019 batch graduates from a course where change is in the air

At the Film Academy, a screen hangs in the lift. On it, only films made by students can be seen. No other images, for example news flashes or a glimpse of something going on elsewhere in the world. I attend the press presentation of the Film Academy's graduation films. One of the students mentions the above example to illustrate that, in her opinion, the course might be a bit introspective.

At the time, I am talking to the trio (producers Hes...

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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

At the Film Academy, a screen hangs in the lift. On it, only films made by students can be seen. No other images, for example news flashes or a glimpse of something going on elsewhere in the world. I attend the press presentation of the Film Academy's graduation films. One of the students mentions the above example to illustrate that, in her opinion, the course might be a bit introspective.

At the time, I am talking to the trio (producers Hes...

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