Holland Film Meeting

The Holland Film Meeting (HFM) is the international programme of the Netherlands Film Festival focused on the promotion and development of Dutch audiovisual projects and professionals with international potential. The programme welcomes fiction, nonfiction and interactive at all projects stages.

For both international guests and participants, the HFM provides a platform for collaboration and networking during the festival (22 - 24 September 2023). There are three trajectories within the HFM that focus on developing strategies for pitching, producing, financing and realizing your project.

Programme 2023

How does it work?

Within three distinctive trajectories, projects and participants have the opportunity to creatively develop their works and skills in a safe and collaborative environment and get ready for other international film festivals.

The programme includes workshops during the summer, and one-on-one expert meetings with mentors during the festival days in September.

When is the HFM?

Project participants are offered an elaborate HFM programme, already starting in August 2023, with a pitch training, and a marketing and distribution training aimed at the participant’s and projects' creative development in a collaborative way.

During the HFM Days (22 - 24 September 2023) the selected projects will be presented to the international AV industry for professional feedback and the opportunity to network with a curated list of industry professionals.

HFM trajectories

We work closely with the project’s participants following their needs and wishes to find the most suitable industry professionals to coach them and mentor them during their tailor-made trajectories.

Find out more about the three trajectories that HFM has to offer: New Dutch, Stories & Beyond and BoostNL.

: New Dutch is a curated selection of the most exciting new projects from the Netherlands, encompassing fiction, documentary, animation, and interactive/digital storytelling, that will be presented to the HFM network of international film professionals.
Aimed at projects in different stages of development and production, participants will receive a tailor-made trajectory to best accommodate their individual goals and wishes, and to prepare them for a life far beyond the borders of the Netherlands.

: This subprogramme stimulates screenwriters in a relatively early stage of the filmmaking process to begin exploring the international potential of their future films by obtaining feedback and advice from Dutch and international key creative industry professionals in a non-competitive environment.
Aimed at a selected group of writers, Stories & Beyond provides the participants with the possibility to meet with industry professionals from the Netherlands and abroad in individual meetings and coaching sessions to discuss their projects. Will the story, the idea, and concept find an audience in the Netherlands and/or beyond?

: BoostNL is a joint initiative between the Netherlands Film Festival and International Film Festival Rotterdam which offers participants and projects from late script development stage an entirely tailor-made trajectory designed to ‘boost’ their creative and business impact. BoostNL brings Dutch projects and international projects (with support from the Hubert Bals Fund) together to create a unique international platform for co-development.
The projects will take part in the Holland Film Meeting programme, having an extended development trajectory with additional consultancy sessions leading up the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Depending on the stage of the project, they may also choose to apply for CineMart. To take part in this trajectory, International projects should already have support from Hubert Bals Fund and the aim to co-produce with the Netherlands. Dutch projects should aim for international co-production.

Selections 2023

Nineteen exciting and highly promising new projects are selected for the New Dutch, Stories & Beyond and BoostNL programmes of the 2023 Holland Film Meeting. Click here to see the full selection.