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Twin Sisters producer readies five strong slate
Successful Dutch production house IdtV Film, the company behind local box office smash and Oscar hope Twin Sisters, has lined up a slate of five new features. Two of the projects from the Amsterdam based company are international productions. Batavia is billed as an epic about the disastrous seavoyage of ...
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Dutch immigration comedy wins Berlinale Panorama slot
A Dutch comedy that deals with the contentious issues of immigration and cultural identity has been selected for the Panorama-section of the upcoming 54th Berlinale (Feb 5- 15). Shouf Shouf Habibi, written by first-time director Albert ter Heerdt, tells the story of 20-year old Ap, a Moroccan boy born in ...
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Another Mulisch novel set for feature treatment
French production company Nord-Ouest has bought the film rights to the novel The Procedure, written by Dutch author Harry Mulisch.Previous books by Mulisch have resulted in features such as The Discovery of Heaven (2000), directed by Jeroen Krabbé, and the Oscar winning The Assault (1984), directed by Fons Rademakers. The ...
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Breillat's Hell to world premiere at Rotterdam
Catherine Breillat's new film, Anatomy of Hell (Anatomie De L'Enfer), will receive its world premiere at the upcoming 33rd edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Jan 21-Feb1, 2004). .According to Rotterdam co-director Simon Field the film could be her most controversial piece of work yet. Based on her novel ...
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Dutch producer Egmond boards Alexander
Dutch production company Egmond Film and Television (responsible for Oscar-winner Antonia's Line) has become one of the major backers of Oliver Stone's Alexander, currently shooting in the UK. Egmond, which is investing Euros 15m - some 10% of the budget, will in return participate in the film's profits - which ...
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Dutch FilmWorks acquires diverse dozen
Distributor Dutch FilmWorks has acquired 12 new titles, including David Mamet's Spartan and Kevin Reynolds' Tristan & Isolde, both sold by Franchise Pictures.Also on Dutch FilmWorks slate is Stacey Title's Dolan's Cadillac, a thriller based on a Stephen King short story sold by Film Bridge International, and Heart Of Summer, ...
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Hubert Bals Fund distributes Euros 467,000 to 28 projects
Twenty-eight projects from non-Western filmmakers are to receive a total of Euros 467,000 in grants from the International Film Festival Rotterdam's (IFFR) Hubert Bals Fund (HBF), as was decided during the fund's autumn selection round. The HBF provides individual grants to support either script development, post-production or distribution in the ...
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RCV binges on high profile Mifed titles
Dutch distributor RCV Entertainment has bought local rights to Anthony Minghella's Cold Mountain from Miramax and will release the film in the first half of 2004. During last week's Mifed, RCV also acquired John Madden's Proof from Miramax; Zhang Yimou's House Of The Flying Daggers and horror film Seed Of ...
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Dutch producer under financial investigation
The future of First Floor Features, the Dutch company owned by producer Laurens Geels, who made the Oscar-winning Character, appears to be in the balance. First Floor's backers this week launched an investigation into the financial position of the company and as a result the release of three films, Views ...
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Dutch DVD market on track for record year
DVD sales in The Netherlands' are expected to hit record of Euros 495m in 2003, surpassing revenues from music CD sales for the first time. The CD market will be worth Euros 340 million. The video-market, however, is collapsing, falling 59% in 2003 to 40 million Euro. The figures are ...
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Dutch Film Fund names de Vries as film supervisor
Actor, director and writer Edwin de Vries has been appointed by the Dutch Film Fund as its new film supervisor, playing a major role in advising and developing commercial film projects. He succeeds director Jean van de Velde and producer Burny Bos.De Vries is best known in the Dutch film ...
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Rotterdam focuses on US politics
The Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR), to be held from Jan 21 - Feb 1, 2004, has lined up an edgy thematic sidebar focusing on the current US political climate.Called Homefront USA, it presents works by American filmmakers and other artists reflecting on the climate of neo-conservatism and the global ...
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Belgian Oscar hopeful gets new ending
In a remarkable move, Belgian director Stijn Coninx has decided to change the ending of his new film Verder Dan De Maan (Sea Of Silence), the Belgian submission for the foreign-language Oscar - even though the submission deadline has already passed. The film was screened at the recent Dutch Filmfestival ...
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Twin Sisters takes top prize at Utrecht
The Second World War-drama Twin Sisters - the Netherlands' submission to the Oscars - won the main award, the Golden Calf for Best Film at the 23rd Dutch Film Festival in Utrecht. Most awards however went to opening film, Robert-Jan Westdijk's Phileine Says Sorry, which won best actress (Kim van ...
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Dutch industry wins tax extension
The Dutch CV tax incentive scheme has been extended for one year following intensive lobbying from the local film industry.Following a special hearing into the issue, a majority in the Dutch parliament is willing to support the tax break for at least a year. Initiated by D66, one of the ...
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Dutch films set for record market share
Dutch films look set to take a record share of their local market this year, according the country's cinema organisation NFC. Thanks to upcoming premieres for commercial titles such as Pietje Bell 2, Phileine Says Sorry, Polleke and Kees Jongen, the NFC expects local product to take a 14.5% of ...
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Den Hamer named as Rotterdam festival director
Sandraden Hamer (pictured) is to succeed Simon Field as the sole director of the InternationalFilmfestival of Rotterdam (IFFR). den Hamer has been co-director with Field forthe last three years, and the two will be jointly responsible for the nextfestival (Jan 21-Feb 1, 2004) before she takes charge on March 1.DenHamer ...
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Twin Sisters selected as Dutch Oscar candidate
Sleeper hit Twin Sisters (De Tweeling), directed by Ben Sombogaart, has been chosen as the Dutch contender in the best foreign language category at the Oscars.Twin Sisters is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by author Tessa de Loo, and deals with the relationship between twins Anna ...
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Dutch films secure Toronto, San Sebastian berths
Grimm, the new movie by Dutch director Alex van Warmerdam (The Northerners), has been selected for the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 4-13). The film will be shown in the Contemporary World Cinema section. Grimm is produced by Graniet Film and sales are handled by Fortissimo Film Sales.Another Dutch movie, ...
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Dutch director prepares 'Royal Scandal' project
Dutch director Frans Weisz (Charlotte, Polonaise) is planning a feature about one of the most controversial episodes in the history of the Royal Dutch family: the Greet Hofmans-incident. Greet Hofmans, a faith-healer (1894-1968) had a profound influence on Queen Juliana during the fifties . The relationship was condemned by the ...
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