Netherlands Film Festival 2013

32nd Netherlands Film Festival: 25 September - 4 October 2013 
Every year during the last week of September, Utrecht is the Dutch capital of film. This is the time of the Netherlands Film Festival (NFF), when public and industry alike concentrate solely on Dutch cinema in all its facets. Dozens of foreign festival programmers, distributors, TV programmers and producers attend the festival to keep abreast of developments in Dutch cinema. During the Holland Film Meeting, people establish valuable contacts for international co-productions.

26th Holland Film Meeting (HFM): 26-30 September 2013

Check this space for updates about the 2013 HFM . In the meantime, thank you to everybody who made the 25th Holland Film Meeting such a great success. Of course, our dedication to the promotion of Dutch and European co-production will remain consistent for the next 25 years and beyond, but the Meeting could not have worked so well, nor gained its reputation as one of Europe's must-attend co-production events, if it wasn't for you, our loyal friends who share our vision of creating wonderful films across national borders. 

Overview of the 2012 HFM 
And the NPP Winners were... 

In 2013 Holland Meets ... 

In 2013 the Holland Film Meeting will examine the Russian audiovisual industries, and will host a delegation of Russian funders and producers who will explain their working methods, discuss their recent output and isolate the common areas of interest in order to facilitate dynamic and ongoing co-operation with the Dutch and European industries. 

In addition, three high-quality Russian projects in development will be selected for the Netherlands Production Platform co-production market (27-28 September 2013), joining approximately seventeen others from the Netherlands and Europe.  

The Russian theme will continue as an acclaimed auteur will deliver the annual Cinema Militans lecture, presented again in association with the British film magazine Sight & Sound. The lecture, which comprises a personal overview of the current and future trajectories of the medium of cinema, will take place on Sunday 30 September 2012. This 2013 focus on Russia is a collaboration between the Northern Seas Film Forum (St Petersburg) and the Holland Film Meeting.  In previous years the spotlight has been placed firmly, and very successfully on the Scandinavian production industries (2011) and on Turkey (2012). 

Central to the 2012 Holland Film Meeting were two focuses on fellow European states, Turkey and Germany, during which Dutch producers were introduced to their Turkish and German counterparts while their representatives of their respective funding bodies talked co-production policy. 

Holland Meets Turkey 
German/Dutch Producers Meeting   

Dutch Industry Days
The Holland Film Meeting structure was bolstered in 2012 by a series of daily focuses on issues of immediate concern to Dutch and international professionals. These included a top-level assessment of the Turkish audiovisual sectors, a presentation of Dutch talent and a day dedicated to cross-media programming. The film and television sectors were also placed under the microscope, when the pertinent issues of production cashflow and the remake potential of Dutch TV drama were examined.
Dutch Industry Day - Television 
Dutch Industry Day - Film 

Binger/Screen International Interview - Michaël R. Roskam & Cinema Militans Lecture - Semih Kaplanoglu
Two keystones of the Holland Film Meeting are Binger/Screen International Interview and the Cinema Militans lecture. The 2012 events were notable for their delicious counterpoint as two directors with two very different approaches to their craft explained their modus operandi.
Binger/Screen Interview 
Cinema Militans lecture 

Talent en Route
Utrecht met Berlin as the Dutch participants of the 2012 Berlinale Talent Campus were welcomed home and given the full professional treatment.
Talent en Route