Dutch Film Special (6): Golden Calfs, new talents and Morgan Knibbe's handstand
Golden Calfs awarded at Gala of Dutch Film. What are the new talents this year.
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Monks and hippies in search of enlightenment
Among the dozens of film festivals in this country, there is one that forms a small island of tranquillity and contemplation. The Buddhist Film Festival Europe, now in its 10th year, is a multi-day festival with, about and by Buddhists, or Buddhist-inspired. Now that everyone is all mindful, we go back to the source with festival director
Autumn of reflection
Movies that Matter will not only see you at the festival in March. The film event, organised by Amnesty International, will also tour several film houses in the Netherlands this autumn. It kicks off in October with the screening of Hubert Sauper's documentary We come as friends. In his earlier film Darwin's nightmare, this award-winning Austrian showed...
Nederlandse Film-special (5): Wat we van Hollywood kunnen leren
Stop met repeteren, adviseert Yorick van Wageningen Nederlandse makers op de Nationale Film Conferentie. Het hoeft ook niet altijd verstaanbaar te zijn.
Dutch Film Special (4): Gooische Vrouwen, 458 refugees and frikandellennostalgia
Dutch Film Festival 2015 opens with road comedy J. Kessels and honorary award for Gooische Vrouwen 2
Dutch Film Special (3): Beauty film, eh! Dutch in Toronto
How is Dutch film doing beyond its borders? Just before the Dutch Film Festival breaks loose, its big international brother in Toronto (TIFF) kicked off. Red carpets, big stars and ditto premieres. It may be slightly less well-known here than Cannes, but TIFF is at least as important. For example, in the run-up to the Oscars. Not a bad thing, then...
Italian grandfather of arthouse cinema
With Michelangelo Antonioni - Il maestro del cinema moderno, EYE has once again managed to put together a flawless and solid film exhibition. George Vermij visited the exhibition on the Italian master filmmaker and looks back on his influential oeuvre. In Dino Risi's road movie Il Sorpasso (1962), the passionate and extroverted Vittorio Gassman takes on a young and reserved Jean-Louis Trintignant...
Initial plans IFFR 2016. Will Rotterdam film festival take sharper course under Bero Beyer?
Bero Beyer, the new director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, announces initial plans for edition 2016.
Dutch Film Special (2): pushing boundaries with Directors' Forum
The Netherlands Film Festival has tinkered considerably with some programme elements. New is the scintillating competition Forum of Directors with films that explore boundaries.
Breakthrough? 'Mad Max: Fury Road' favourite of international film critics
Mad Max: Fury Road gets FIPRESCI Grand Prix. Action spectacle favourite with international film critics.
Dutch Film Special (1): peers choose the smaller film
Golden Calf nominations announced. Professionals choose the smaller film in new procedure.
Hans van Beers is no more - another loss for Dutch cultural life
On Tuesday afternoon, 25 August, Hans van Beers (Eindhoven, 1941) passed away. He was an important figure in our cultural life, his curriculum is seemingly endless. Among other things, he was alderman of culture in Den Bosch, co-founder of Pinkpop, chairman of the Mondriaan Fund, interim director of the Stedelijk Museum, director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the VPRO and the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music, board member...
Sex rightly splashes off the canvas in 'Love': yes/no
Utility and necessity of explicit sex in 'Love' and other cinema films.
The 10 best films to get in the mood for SAIL
Boats and film, they have been linked since the very earliest cinema. The first moving shot is shot from a gondola in Venice, Georges Méliès already made Les haleurs de bateaux in 1896 and the much more sophisticated 20000 lieues sous les mers in 1907. With SAIL about to break loose, it is time to list the best nautical films....
Greece Special (3): How is the film festival in Thessaloniki going?
If all goes well, the 56th Thessaloniki International Film Festival will kick off on 6 November. Less well-known than Rotterdam, Berlin or Locarno, but the most important festival in southern Europe. And they have quirky and broad programming, where you can discover all kinds of new filmmakers. But is it going well? The first festival dated back to 1960 and was...
Dolby Cinema gaat het echt worden: M:i5 nu ook in laserscherp beeld. Meer op komst.
Meer titels beschikbaar voor Dolby Cinema. Mission: Impossible 5 en andere Hollywood blockbusters zullen in dit formaat worden vertoond.
Greece special (2): snail, sex and skateboard - new Greek cinema holds up a subversive mirror
In the midst of all the Greek calamity, something beautiful has blossomed: a new inspired cinema that makes us blink.
Is 3D already old-fashioned? Inside Out even brighter with Dolby Cinema
Laser projection opens new vistas for digital film screening. On Wednesday, the JT cinema in Hilversum had the European premiere of Dolby Cinema with the screening of Inside Out.
Greek special (1): Our Greek is still called Zorba
Following the euro crisis, Culture Press focuses on Greece in a series of articles. In the first part, George Vermij looks at how film has influenced our image of the Mediterranean country. Is there not a more striking image of Greece than Antony Quinn as Zorba dancing the Sirtaki and finding resignation despite the harsh setbacks life offers? The...
Pixar's Inside Out in five emotions
Pixar set the bar high. So high, in fact, that its recent output was downright disappointing. But Inside Out exceeds all expectations. It may be taking it a bit far to say that Pixar single-handedly revived the animated film. But ever since the software company founded by George Lucas started making great films, the competition was blown away. Toy Story broke all records in 1995,...
Film Academy Masters 2015: put on those VR glasses!
Fifth batch of Masters graduating from Film Academy shows experimentation drive.
Film Academy 2015: The commercial, the ecstasy, the key maker and the sex doll
Film Academy's 2015 batch presents the final exam films.
Five good reasons to go see Blade Runner (again)
From 18 June, the digitally restored Blade Runner: The Final Cut runs in Dutch cinemas. This final edit of Ridley Scott's most important film has not been seen here before.
One Lulu is not the other
Eye organised a Lulu Marathon as part of the William Kentridge exhibition at the Holland Festival. Kentridge directed Alban Berg's opera Lulu. As part of that, Eye screened the two main Lulu films that inspired him. The first was Leopold Jessner's Erdgeist (1923) and the second was G.W. Pabst's Die Büchse der Pandora (1929). Two iconic Weimar...
Letter Bussemaker: butts in seats or artistic recognition?
Minister Jet Bussemaker's letter will keep tongues wagging for a long time to come. There are considerable gaps here and there between the Culture Council's advice and the minister's letter. Also in the field of film and media. A list of differences. Bussemaker notes that the film sector is changing considerably. Media consumption is changing due to the rapid rise...
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