News

Local films offer counterprogramming
Though the US productions ALICE IN WONDERLAND, DEAR JOHN and BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS are the biggest new releases in the Netherlands this week, three local films and two European titles offer counterprogramming in the country’s arthouse cinemas. 12 March 2010

Golden Film Award for GANGSTERBOYS
Dutch feature film GANGSTERBOYS has reached the status of Golden Film for more than 100.000 tickets sold. 10 March 2010

Golden Film Award for EEP! (IEP!)
100.000 tickets sold within ten days of its 17 February theatrical release 03 March 2010

NY nod for Sander Burger
Dutch feature HUNTING & SONS selected for New Directors/New Films in New York 03 March 2010

First feature-length documentary of new production company KeyDocs
Janneke Doolaard, Hanneke Niens and Hans de Wolf join forces, first film THIS IS MY PICTURE WHEN I WAS DEAD by Mahmoud al Massad 03 March 2010

Netherlands Film Fund awards incentives
The Netherlands Film Fund allocated monetary awards to ten Dutch films in the context of its “incentive awards” 05 February 2010

2 former NPP projects on Oscar Shortlist
2004 NPP projects WINTER IN WARTIME and THE WORLD IS BIG AND SALVATION LURKS AROUND THE CORNER entered the shortlist for the Academy Award category Best Foreign Language Film. 26 January 2010

NPP 2008 Project Son of Babylon selected for Sundance 2010
Son of Babylon, the 2008 NPP Project and Dutch-Iraqi co-production has been selected to screen in competition in the World Cinema section at the Sundance Film Festival. 19 January 2010

New Dutch Fund
The Netherlands Association of Dutch Film Distributors (NVF) and the Netherlands Association of Cinema Owners (NVB) have agreed to invest a cool €2.5 million per year in the local Dutch Film industry. 18 January 2010

Dutch short films selected for Berlin 2010
Berlinale thumbs-up for four Dutch shorts 14 January 2010

The Dutch Film Sector Joins Forces to Establish Eye Film Institute Netherlands
Four film organizations merged; new institute named Film Institute Netherlands; Ido Abram to lead the Communication sector 14 January 2010

A WOMAN GOES TO THE DOCTOR – a million tickets sold
Dutch feature A WOMAN GOES TO THE DOCTOR, directed by Reinout Oerlemans and produced by Eyeworks Film & TV Drama, has reached another major milestone. Within seven weeks of its theatrical release (November 26, 2009), the film received a Diamond Film Award for over a million tickets sold. Never before has a Dutch feature reached the Diamond status within such a short time. 12 January 2010

EEP! selected for Berlin 2010
Dutch feature film EEP! (IEP!) is selected for the 60th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival. EEP! will take part in Berlin’s Generation Kplus programme, the competition programme for youth films. 08 January 2010

A good year at the Dutch wickets
Last year was an excellent year for cinema-going in the Netherlands, with a record-setting 27.2m tickets sold for regular screenings. 05 January 2010

THE HELL OF ‘63 - Golden Film
THE HELL OF ’63, directed by Steven de Jong, received the status of Golden Film, 04 January 2010

Three former NPP projects receive Eurimages backing
Four Dutch co-productions, of which are 3 former NPP Projects, received backing from the Eurimages fund yesterday in Paris, for a total of almost €1.5m. 17 December 2009

NOTHING PERSONAL excellent again
NOTHING PERSONAL awarded again at Marrakech International Film Festival 16 December 2009

BRIDE FLIGHT best International Co-production
Bride Flight wins Award for Best International Co-production in Luxembourg and SIlent City 3rd international co-production of Jani Thiltges and Hanneke Niens. 16 December 2009