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Character setups for screenwriters and directors Scriptbank, in collaboration with Hans Jeths, organizes a character setup lab for screenwriters every two months. Each lab has room for two to three questions, submitted in advance by writers or directors. What is a character setup Read more here.

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VPRO Medialab leaves Eindhoven The VPRO announced its media lab VPRO@Strijp-S in Eindhoven at the end of 2014.

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Filmmakers of Tomorrow: Ena Sendijarevic (30) Part three in the Filmmakers of Tomorrow series: Ena Sendijarevic (30) came to the Netherlands from Bosnia when she was seven to flee the war there. Her short film 'Import' was selected for the Quinzaine des réalisateurs in Cannes. Read an interview with Ena here.

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Cord Cutting phenomenon now also in the Netherlands Telecompaper reports that the share of Dutch households without a traditional TV connection is approaching five percent. This is an increase of fifty percent compared to two years ago.

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Plans for V&D TV series on hold More than a year ago, plans for a television series about Anton Dreesmann, the man behind Vroom & Dreesmann, or V&D, were announced. Despite the enthusiasm at BNNVARA and NPO, the plans are currently on hold. The script focused mainly on the person Anton Dreesmann.

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Filmmakers of Tomorrow: Zara Dwinger Zara Dwinger (1990) is the second young director in the Filmmakers of Tomorrow series. In her films she is mainly concerned with identity conflicts. Her short subtle films LIV and graduation film SIRENE are about this.

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Dutch film epic Redbad has already been sold to fourteen countries The rights to the film Redbad by director Roel Reiné have already been sold to fourteen countries.

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Interviews with DDG board members: Jelle Nesna Jelle Nesna has been on the DDG board for about three years. Although he feels like 'absolutely not a director', he does have a clear opinion on matters.

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Youth film 100 percent Coco gets a sequel The youth film 100 percent Coco, based on the book of the same name by Niki Smit, is getting a sequel. The shooting of 100 percent Coco New York will start this summer, distributor Dutch FilmWorks announced on Monday.

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Rapper Hef did not want to play a cop in Bon Bini Holland 2 Rapper Hef plays a role in Bon Bini Holland 2. He is cast as a police officer. "I didn't want to do it at first," says the Rotterdammer. "This role is very far from me," the rapper says laughing in an interview with FunX DJ Fernando Halman.

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Filmmakers of Tomorrow: Arjen Sinninghe Damsté Arjen Sinninghe Damsté is the first young filmmaker to be interviewed in the Filmmakers of Tomorrow series. He made De Nieuwe Man as a graduation film for the Film Academy. This film earned him a Wildcard at the Film Fund.

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DAFF terminates membership of Job Gosschalk Job Gosschalk, the film and television maker who was accused of sexually unacceptable behavior by several actors last year, has been expelled from the DAFF, the Dutch Academy for Film.

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