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 coronavirus outbreak has a major impact on artists, creators and organisations in the cultural and creative field. The cabinet has therefore taken several measures, which institutions and creators in the sector can make use of. These include cabinet-wide generic measures, specific measures for the sector and an additional package of €300 million. Minister van Engelshoven: 'Despite the...
Kunstenaar/filmmaker Johannes Hogebrink houdt van rare films. Probeert hij nu echt een hond te leren delta-vliegen?
Netflix and the Netherlands Film Fund today announced the establishment of a new support fund. This is to provide help to collaborators on film and TV productions that have come to a standstill due to corona. Netflix is making €1 million available for this purpose. An amount comparable to the budget of a small Dutch feature film. This is part of a broader package of...
In the trailer for the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which kicks off on 22 January, film images crumble into abstract shapes and colour patterns. It has to do, I understand, with the wonder of the irrepressible urge to make stories. Once, a cave dweller put a painted hand on the rock face. In the digital age, we conjure stories with coloured pixels. The...
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.
From February 2020, Vanja Kaludjercic will succeed Bero Beyer as festival director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
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....
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,…
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…
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...
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…
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...
When the Council for Culture released its long-awaited musical advice a month ago, its president Marijke van Hees was remarkably nervous. This was particularly evident in her choice to act as moderator at her own presentation. When there, at Amsterdam's Allard Pierson Museum, came (very mild) criticism of the advice, she shot to the defence. That became...
‘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.
Uit een enquête blijkt dat Nederlandse filmmakers zich grote zorgen maken over de productieomstandigheden en kwaliteit van de Nederlandse speelfilm. Het Filmmakersinitiatief wil de discussie aanzwengelen en oplossingen aandragen. Een symposium als aftrap.
Until now, film education has mostly been a grab bag of initiatives. But now that the minister mentions it in her policy plan and extra money has been allocated, new steps can be taken. Towards a permanent place in the classroom? We ask Florine Wiebenga, head of education Eye, and Jeroen Stultiens, Film Teacher of the Year.
Dutch film's market share threatens to be dramatically low for 2018. At the NFF conference, Film Distributors Netherlands presents the plan to create a think tank to turn the tide.
At the film sector's traditional Spring Consultation, the panel at the Ketelhuis shed its light on the video on demand explosion, among other things, and on the advice of the Council for Culture. Will operators support the film sector with levies on sales?
Where can you indulge as a film lover in the Netherlands? With 54 festival editions in 2017, North Holland appears to be the province where you can enjoy film festivals most often. Amsterdam takes the crown with a whopping 47 film festival editions, according to a study by the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA). Lecturer Harry van Vliet of the Crossmedia lectureship of the HvA faculty,...
Who is the best Dutch film critic? Has everything about #MeToo been said now? Is more money for fewer films a good thing? These and other issues were discussed at the film industry's annual Autumn Consultation.
Brandend Kalf wil meer vuur in de Nederlandse Film. Parallel aan de opening van het Nederlands Film festival organiseerde deze initiatiefgroep een bijeenkomst waar de bezwaren tegen de veel te veilige Nederlandse film op een rij werden gezet. Waar is de subversieve cinema?
Having already won several awards for his short work, Daan Bakker now presents his wonderfully original first feature-length film Quality Time.
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.
De Nederlandse filmbranche maakte de jaarcijfers bekend. 2016 was een topjaar, gemeten naar het opnieuw gestegen aantal bioscoopbezoekers. De best bezochte film was Bridget Jones’s Baby. Maar het marktaandeel van de Nederlandse films dook naar een dieptepunt.
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