Only minimal recovery of Dutch film in good 2019 cinema year The Lion King best attended.
With over 38 million visitors, 6.5% more than in 2018, 2019 was a good cinema year. Unfortunately, the recovery of Dutch cinema is still minimal.
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Bewegend beeld. Te zien op tv, in een museum, in een bioscoop. Op een iphone.
Alice in Wonderland as Virtual Reality theatre: can I stay down the rabbit hole for a while?
Sometimes you see something and only realise on the bike back how special it was. Wait a minute, the white rabbit was talking back? Humpty Dumpty was worried that I did catch it? Not only did I watch a Virtual Reality (VR) installation today, the installation looked back! Never before have I experienced a VR work in which I...
When was the last time I hopped? Eye impresses with Francis Alÿs' expo on the world as child's play
An exhibition with only children playing, doesn't that quickly become too tacky or cosy? Not if the artist is Francis Alÿs. Although it is hard not to smile at the sight of a sandcastle, I left the room with a head full of questions about the nature of humanity. No small feat of hopscotching kids and girls
Vanja Kaludjercic succeeds Bero Beyer as new director Film Festival Rotterdam
From February 2020, Vanja Kaludjercic will succeed Bero Beyer as festival director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Open your eyes, watch and reflect, engage in conversation. Opening IDFA 2019 showcases the sublime extremes of documentary.
De 32e editie van het International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam is geopend met Sunless Shadows. Ontboezemingen van jonge vrouwen die vastzitten wegens medeplichtigheid aan moord op hun vader of andere man in de familie groeien uit tot een beklemmend statement over onderdrukte vrouwen in een mannenmaatschappij. De enige Nederlandse film in de internationale competitie is Rotjochies van Maasja Ooms.
Animation festivals in Amsterdam and Utrecht join forces and are now KABOOM
Holland Animation Film Festival and the Amsterdam animation festival Klik! have joined forces. The new festival is called KABOOM.
No Time To Die? The New Cinema Conference is all about marketing - and hardly about Netflix.
What will shake up the cinema world the most in the coming years? The new James Bond film? Or a personal film tip tailored to your previous cinema visits that just pops up on your smartphone? Or perhaps a technical innovation that creates a whole new cinematic experience? Just a few things that loom around the topic of this week's New Cinema conference. A day and a half...
Dutch youth film in dire straits too? Plenty to talk about during the Cinekid festival
The Cinekid youth film festival opens this week with Binti, a catchy, highly topical youth film brimming with optimism. That sounds good, because optimism is what the Dutch youth film can use right now. Too bad, then, that Binti, about a girl from Congo who does everything in her power to be allowed to stay in Belgium with her father, is a largely Belgian production....
Rode vlaggen, mooie woorden en een kordaat plan: Dogma 19. Draai een speelfilm als een documentaire.
In navolging van Denemarken heeft nu ook Nederland zijn eigen Dogma-manifest. Een bescheiden, maar ook ambitieus statement van twee jonge filmmakers die na een seizoen vol rumoer en zorgen over de Nederlandse film een verrassend helder plan presenteren. Of het een kiezelsteentje of een grote kei in de vijver is, zal moeten blijken. Ze gaan in ieder geval iets doen,…
“‘Wel aardig’ is niet goed genoeg, dat valt gelijk af.” Filmcriticus Jan Pieter Ekker over mogelijk het laatste Forum van de Regisseurs op het Nederlands Filmfestival
Het Nederlands Film Festival staat op het punt van losbarsten. Een ruime week met een breed overzicht van alles wat beweegt op de Nederlandse schermen, van publieksfilm tot korte studentenfilm. Het afgelopen jaar was rumoerig: regisseurs, editors en cameramensen toonden zich somber over de kwaliteit en het lef van de vaderlandse film. Bezoekersaantallen lijken ook niet over te houden, hoewel…
New Lights in Filmclub Hyena – hoe jonge makers de documentaire leven inblazen
Goed nieuws voor iedereen die Als je later groot bent, de dubbel bekroonde afstudeerfilm van Max Baggerman, tot nu toe heeft gemist. Deze even poëtische als maatschappijkritische documentaire blik op de werkende mens is op 1 augustus weer te zien als onderdeel van New Lights. Deze avond is de tweede aflevering van een nieuw tweemaandelijks evenement dat ons kennis laat…
Just try to get a grip on that anti-realistic Virtual Reality of Paul McCarthy on Disney carpet in Eye Xtended
Eye Xtended presents extraordinary VR. This time an experiment by the always challenging artist Paul McCarthy. Embedded in a package of films that served as inspiration.
Film Academy's 2019 batch graduates from a course where change is in the air
The 2019 batch of the Film Academy shows graduation work. What do students think of the changes needed at the academy?
The most important animation festival takes place in Annecy - and the Netherlands participates
I described here earlier that Dutch animation film is on the rise. And as I look around the animation festival in Annecy, France, this week, it seems nice to see how our animation filmmakers and producers are presenting themselves here. Especially since Annecy is considered the most important event worldwide in this sector. 'The Cannes of animation' I hear...
'There's a limit to crowdfunding, you can only do it twice' - Growing pains of the dance film, part 2
The dance film occupies a unique place among the film offerings. Not driven purely by psychologising or text, it offers every opportunity for experimentation in form and content. But that also means it is difficult to place. And therefore difficult to make. The second part on the growing pains of the dance film features 2 dancers and performance artist....
13 years later, this legendary series does get a fitting finale. Welcome to f-cking Deadwood; where the fight against modernity reigns supreme
Deadwood was one of the best television series ever. Despite its many awards, HBO pulled the plug after only three seasons. After the abrupt stop, HBO promised to end Deadwood in an appropriate way through two TV movies. However, despite fan requests and actor insistence, the promises never materialised. Until...
Waarom het meest artistieke filmgenre zo moeilijk van de grond komt. De groeipijnen van de dansfilm, deel 1.
Er wordt heel wat gemopperd op de Nederlandse film: hij is te braaf, niet creatief genoeg, er is te weinig experiment. Er is echter één klein eilandje waarin andere wetten gelden. Waar soms met stevige budgetten en soms voor een appel en een ei films worden gemaakt die een andere taal spreken: De dansfilm. Geen gepsychologiseer, geen eindeloze dialogen, maar…
She became famous for things she didn't want. Doris Day may have been bigger than we think
My generation probably immediately gets the famous Doe Maar song in its head at the obituary of Doris Day. There is no ball on TV, only a film with Doris Day. And you really didn't want that, your mother's goody-goody heroine. The wholesome star with whom you think of a glass of milk rather than wild...
Jubilee festival Cinéma Arabe - 15 years window on the Arab world
The Cinéma Arabe festival is a stage for Arab cinema and aims to contribute to social debate. It celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, but is struggling with a tight budget.
Creativiteit moet een grotere plaats krijgen in het proces van filmproductie, stelt de Netherlands Society of Cinematographers in het New Deal-manifest
Ook de Nederlandse cameralieden voegen zich in het koor dat zich zorgen maakt over de Nederlandse film. Het New Deal-manifest draagt suggesties voor verbetering aan.
Morgan Knibbe does not shy away from heavy subjects: 'film is an empathy machine.'
In 2014, Morgan Knibbe (1989) made the short film Shipwreck, about the aftermath of a horrific shipwreck on the coast of Lampedusa in which 350 refugees drowned. Shortly afterwards, he made his first feature-length documentary, also about refugee issues: 'Those Who Feel the Burning'. This very impressive, original and visually strong film was one of the best Dutch films of the last...
After 'Prey', 'The Conductor' also goes to China
After the Dutch thriller Prooi, The Conductor has also been acquired for release in Chinese cinema.
‘We kunnen de concurrentie met Disney aan.’ Waarom de lange Nederlandse animatiefilm gaat doorbreken met Heinz en Bunuel
‘Heinz’ en ‘Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles’, beide uit op 18 april, signaleren een belangrijke ontwikkeling op gebied van de lange Nederlandse animatiefilm. Een doorbraak hangt in de lucht. Over eigenwijsheid en coproducties, Anne Frank en Miss Moxy. En wat er nog meer in aantocht is.
Vacancy general director deBuren
The Flemish-Dutch House deBuren promotes cultural and social cooperation and exchange between Flanders and the Netherlands by presenting, producing, inspiring and connecting. Spearheads of deBuren are Flemish-Dutch cooperation, talent development and diversity. As a house of culture and debate, we offer an extensive programme with 150 public activities a year and various cultural productions and projects. deBuren covers many...
Agnès Varda (1928-2019) - a warm heart and an irrepressible lust for filmmaking
Agnès Varda, once one of the few female filmmakers of the Nouvelle Vague, always upheld that free creative spirit. On 29 March, she died in Paris. Her rich oeuvre is an ode to life.
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