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Kevin Osepa wins Prix de Rome art prize: 'Great promise for the future' Visual artist and filmmaker Kevin Osepa has won the Prix de Rome Visual Arts 2025. He received the award, an incentive prize for talented artists, and a sum of €60,000 from outgoing State Secretary Koen Becking at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

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Beyond Silence shortlisted for the Oscars Marnie Blok's debut short film "Beyond Silence" has been shortlisted for the 68th Academy Awards in the live-action short film category. Produced by PRPL and Exosphere, the film tells the story of two women from different generations dealing with a shared trauma.

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Focus: Short Film Day 2025 On December 21, 2025, the shortest day of the year, Short Film Day will be celebrated in more than twenty Dutch cinemas. This day will focus on Dutch short films, which can also be viewed online via Picl.

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IFFR 2026 opens with Providence and the Guitar The 55th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) opens on January 29th with the Portuguese film "Providence and the Guitar" by João Nicolau and concludes on February 8th with "Bazaar (Murder in the Building)" by Rémi Bezançon.

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Dutch thriller Rietland is no longer in contention for an Oscar The Dutch film "Rietland," directed by Sven Bresser, has been excluded from the Oscar nominations after failing to make the shortlist for the International Feature Film category. The last Dutch film to make the shortlist was "Lucia de B." in 2014.

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Two documentaries selected for Caleidoscoop Two documentaries, "The Making of the Champ" by Viktor van der Valk and Guido Hendrikx and "What Happened to My Country, What Happened to Me?" by Petr Lom, Corinne van Egeraat, and the Myanmar Film Collective, have been selected for Caleidoscoop.

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Golden Film for Dick Maas' Amsterdamned II The film "Amsterdamned II," directed and screenwriter Dick Maas, has received the Golden Film Award. The award was presented to lead actress Holly Mae Brood and Dick Maas in Amsterdam. The film, produced by 2CFILM and others, is playing in 147 cinemas.

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New mockumentary series from makers Rundfunk The new mockumentary series "Rundfunk: Schwalbe" by Tom van Kalmthout and Yannick van de Velde, known for their Rundfunk series, tells four unique sports stories.

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When are you no longer a novice creator? When is someone no longer a novice filmmaker? This question is explored through interviews with film industry professionals, including screenwriters, directors, and producers. There appears to be no clear boundary; experience is a relative concept.

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Joes Brauers is European Shooting Star op de Berlinale. Dutch actor Joes Brauers has been selected as one of the ten European Shooting Stars 2026 at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival.

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Deceased director Frans Weisz remembered by son Géza Actor Géza Weisz responded on the HUMAN radio program "Wat Blijft" (What Remains) to the passing of his father, director Frans Weisz, who died on December 7 at the age of 87. Frans suffered from Alzheimer's disease for the last five years of his life.

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Pierre Bokma and Martine Sandifort in new series Vlogmania Vlogmania returns for a fourth season with new episodes starting January 10, 2026, on NPO 3. Pierre Bokma and Martine Sandifort play new characters in this series: a vlogging doctor and an accordionist.

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