It is a great thing that there are comedians who keep a finger on the pulse of society. Hans Teeuwen, for instance, has once again made himself angry. He has joined the small chorus of (mostly) men who see the end of the world coming because of a rebuttal. That is the rebuttal that now comes via social media
The short film is the poetry of cinema. This statement by a Berlinale programmer is cited with approval by Go Short. This internationally highly regarded festival for short films - stepping stone for the Oscar and other awards - was supposed to have taken place in Nijmegen in early April. But, unsurprisingly, corona drew a line under it....
Last year it was suddenly buzzing around: Dutch animation film is going to break through, a real animation industry has emerged. The occasion was the premiere of Heinz, Piet Kroon's whimsical and out-of-step film version of Windig and De Jong's comics. Not a children's film. And certainly not a Disney clone. We are talking about feature-length animation films, and there are many of those in the Netherlands....
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...
After the Dutch thriller Prooi, The Conductor has also been acquired for release in Chinese cinema.
The riveting, Golden Lion-winning Roma immerses you in the Mexico of filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón's youth. Are we going to see it on Netflix, or in the cinema? Viewers have a choice that Netflix did not offer in our country before. In addition, the exclusive cinema window is also in flux.
The trans-drama Girl, Belgium's Oscar entry, is on a veritable victory lap. Filmmaker Lukas Dhont on the struggles of trans girl Lara, who is mostly an ordinary adolescent. On his personal struggle with stereotypes, and on his love of dance. "A place on the Oscar shortlist would already be very nice," he says.
Small-scale film festival Film by the Sea specialises in book adaptations. It celebrates its 20th edition with an award for Sophia Loren and a Bergman retrospective. Artistic director feels it is now time for rejuvenation and is handing over the baton.
Dutch Director of Photography Robby Müller could paint with light. Averse to rules, he made an important contribution to international cinema. 3 July, he died at the age of 78 in his hometown of Amsterdam.
Alejandro González Iñárritu's Oscar-winning virtual reality installation Carne y Arena is coming to the Netherlands. Share the experience of illegal migrants clashing with US border police.
Berlinale 2018 opens with Isle of Dogs, a new stop-motion animation by Wes Anderson. An open letter signed by over 70 German filmmakers raises discussion about the future of the festival as director Dieter Kosslick steps down in 2019.
Indonesian filmmaker Mouly Surya on her feminist western Marlina the Murderer. The image of the heroine trudging around with the head of her rapist proved quite confrontational. It is a film that also says a lot about men and women in today's Indonesia.
Funny how something as ordinary as sex always causes some noise when it comes on screen in the cinema. How about that, really? The tricky aspects of explicit sex in cinema films missing from Cinema Erotica.
Compared to many artistic experiments in virtual reality, the comedy High Five is remarkably carefree. Cheerful spectacle for a wide audience at Amsterdam's VR Cinema.
Interview with Martijn Maria Smits about his new film Waldstille, which he shot in his native village in Brabant. A drama full of subcutaneous menace from a Dutch filmmaker with a signature of his own.
Last Sunday, Polish film legend Andrzej Wajda died at the age of 90. His work unfolds as a dramatised history book with an un-romantic take on heroism.
Inside Out. Almost six months after its Cannes premiere, we talk to producer Jonas Rivera about the reactions. Does the Pixar hit help parents understand their children better?
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 the TIFF is at least as important. For example, in the run-up to the Oscars. Not a bad thing, then...
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...
Utility and necessity of explicit sex in 'Love' and other cinema films.
In the midst of all the Greek calamity, something beautiful has blossomed: a new inspired cinema that makes us blink.
I am an idealist, said Bero Beyer, the new director of the Rotterdam Film Festival at the Spring Consultation.
Opinions on Ryan Gosling's directorial debut Lost River vary widely.
Tonight, the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival opens with Grace of Monaco, a biopic with a major lead role for Nicole Kidman. Jury president of the world's premier film event is New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion. Three of the other six jury members also
his women. Does Cannes have something to make up for?
Lars von Trier is present at the Berlinale, wearing a T-shirt with the Cannes logo and the text 'persona non grata'. This refers to the riot at Cannes after his failed joke about Hitler. Since then, he has said nothing to the press. So we see on the monitor in the press room on Sunday afternoon
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