All Netherlands articles – Page 2
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NewsRed Sea, Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title ‘East Of Noon’ marks first sales (exclusive)
Hana Elkoussy’s film follows a musician rebelling against his elders.
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NewsRotterdam unveils line-up for 2025 CineMart project market
Projects by directors including Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, Cheryl Dunyeare and Ashim Ahuwalia are among the 2025 line-up
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NewsMartin Koolhoven’s ‘Emerald Butterfly’ sets Indonesia shoot (exclusive)
The Dutch director of 2016 Venice title ‘Brimstone’ will shoot his film noir in 2025.
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FeaturesIDFA’s Orwa Nyrabia reflects on polarisation of the doc sector and the dangers of self-censorship
Festival admissions climbed back to pre-Covid levels.
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NewsArchive-based ‘Trains’ wins best film at IDFA 2024
The jury acclaimed the “bold and inventive” use of archive.
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Reviews‘The Propagandist’: IDFA Review
Chilling portrait of Dutch filmmaker and Nazi propagandist Jan Teunissen
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NewsKoen Van Bockstal to step down as CEO of Flanders Audiovisual Fund
Van Bockstal cites health reasons for his departure.
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FeaturesHow IDFA’s DocLab is pushing the boundaries of documentary and reality
DocLab’s Caspar Sonnen on why this year’s theme is ‘This Is Not A Simulation’
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Features“Documentary film has always been annoying to authorities,” says IDFA’s Orwa Nyrabia
The artistic director is embracing issues from AI to global politics in his final edition that opens today.
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Reviews‘Alpha.’: Seville Review
Frosty drama sees an estranged father and son battle for dominance in the unforgiving Swiss Alps
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NewsIncredible launches horror sequel ‘Amsterdamned II’, reveals first look
Source: Incredible Film ‘Amsterdamned 2’ Dutch sales agent Incredible Film has revealed a first look at Amsterdamned II, Dick Maas’ sequel to his 1988 horror, Amsterdamned, which is in production in Amsterdam. Splendid Film has pre-bought the film for the Benelux, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Maas ...
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NewsOrwa Nyrabia to leave International Documentary Festival Amsterdam in 2025
The Syrian filmmaker will oversee his seventh and final edition as IDFA artistic director later this month.
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NewsRotterdam selects 13 world premieres in first wave of Bright Future, Harbour films
Titles include Lilly Hu’s ‘One Girl Infinite’, executive-produced by Eric Roth.
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NewsAfghan women documentary ‘Writing Hawa’ boarded for sales ahead of IDFA premiere (exclusive)
The film plays in IDFA’s International Competition.
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News‘About A Hero’, hybrid doc about an AI-generated Werner Herzog film, to open IDFA 2024
‘About A Hero’ is directed by Polish artist and filmmaker Piotr Winiewicz.
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Reviews‘Mr K’: Busan Review
Crispin Glover finds himself trapped in the hotel from hell in this Kafka-esque surrealist comedy
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NewsRotterdam names Marten Rabarts as head of IFFR Pro
Veteran exec previously worked at New Zealand Film Festival and Binger Filmlab.
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FeaturesBringing “quality to mass audiences”: Amazon’s UK and European originals heads talk film and scripted strategy
Tara Erer and Nicole Morganti explain how local talent and targeted demographics are the route to global hits.
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NewsVitaly Mansky’s war doc ‘The Iron’ among early titles announced by IDFA
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam confirms first titles to play at festival in November.
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NewsIDFA to honour Belgian filmmaker Johan Grimonprez
The director is best known for Sundance award-winner ’Soundtrack To A Coup d’Etat’.