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Production - Netherlands - Smits' Aviatrix of Kazbek takes flight
2008-05-28 15:21:43After their collaboration on Magonia from 2001, Dutch director Ineke Smits again teams up with novelist Arthur Japin for her latest venture The Aviatrix of Kazbek (De Vliegenierster van Kazbek). Filming on the project started last week. Japin, still most famous for his debut novel " The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi ", wrote the original screenplay. The story is inspired by real events that...
Box Office - Netherlands - Independent Films rides wave of local success
2008-06-17 05:00:08This year is shaping up to be a very good one for Dutch films at the local box office, with distributor Independent Films especially profiting from excellent reviews and sales for their local titles. In fact, the Amsterdam-based company obtained a market share of over 23% for the first five months of the year, effectively making it the biggest distributor in the country, while some of their...
Releases - Netherlands - A dog's life in wartime
2008-06-19 05:00:07Dutch director Steven de Jong continues his streak of children's literature adaptations with Snuf de hond in oorlogstijd (“Snuf the Dog in Wartime”), which will have its gala premiere on Saturday before its commercial release next Thursday. Like his two adaptations of books from the Kameleon series, Snuf is based on a book from a popular series that is set in the director's...
Releases - Netherlands - How Do I Survive…Myself out on 93 screens
2008-06-26 05:00:06By far the biggest release on Dutch screens this week is Nicole van Kilsdonk's How Do I Survive…Myself? (Hoe overleef ik… mezelf?), the first big-screen adaptation of the popular How Do I Survive… series of youth novels from Francine Oomen. The film tells the story of Rosa (newcomer Jolijn van de Wiel), a 13-year-old girl from the Catholic south who finds it hard to...
Distribution - Netherlands - A-Film goes Dutch
2008-07-04 05:00:06Though the honour of having distributed most of the Dutch successes of 2008 so far goes to Independent Films (see news), distributor A-Film has just announced its line-up for the second half of the year and could change the situation before year's end. A-film has in fact no less than five Dutch films and one US remake pencilled in for release in either September or October. Eugenie Jansen's...
Festivals - Netherlands - Golden Apricot colours orange for a day
2008-07-15 05:00:07The fifth edition of the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival in Armenia, currently underway, will have a special Dutch Day on July 16, the birthday of renowned Dutch filmmaker Jos Stelling. After French Day on July 14, Dutch Day will also showcase several recent productions at the festival, including Stelling's latest film, Duska. This Eyeworks Egmond film, a...
Production - Netherlands - A war zone in the spotlight
2008-07-18 05:00:06While his son Yannick van de Velde currently stars in The Letter for the King (see interview), director Jean van de Velde is busy with the post-production of his latest film Wit licht (“White Light”). The film is scheduled for a release in December. Wit licht tells the story of a Dutch father who owns a restaurant in Africa. When his son's best friend is recruited as a child...
Festivals - Netherlands - Katia's Sister: From Russia to Locarno via Amsterdam
2008-07-31 05:00:08Dutch director Mijke de Jong returns to the Locarno Film Festival this year with the drama Katia's Sister. The Swiss festival runs from August 6-16. De Jong (Crystal Bear winner for Bluebird in 2005) presented her divorce drama Stages in Locarno last year, where it won a special mention in the Filmmakers of the Present section before winning several accolades in the Netherlands,...
Production - Netherlands - Novel inspired by Holloway case to be filmed
2008-08-22 05:00:07Dutch publishing sensation Vuurkoraal by journalist-turned-novelist Annet de Jong will be coming to the big screen. The novel, about a Dutch girl who goes missing on the Dutch Antilles island of Curaçao, was inspired by the disappearance of the American teen Natalee Holloway on Aruba in 2005. The film, currently in pre-production, will be directed by Hans Pos and written by his regular...
Festivals - Netherlands - Real and fictional lives at the 2008 DFF
2008-09-13 05:00:34The national film showcase of the Netherlands, the Dutch Film Festival (DFF), will kick off on September 24 in the central city of Utrecht with the world premiere of Het echte leven (“Real Life”) by Robert-Jan Westdijk (Little Sister). Traditionally held during the fourth week of September, the DFF gives an overview of a year's worth of local fiction, documentary and short...
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