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Focus: Northern Film Festival 2025 The Northern Film Festival is celebrating its 45th edition with a focus on Northern European cinema, under the theme "Lightmakers and Night Watchmen." The opening film is "A Light That Never Goes Out" by Lauri-Matti Parppei.

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Golden Film for Our Boys 3 "Onze Jongens 3," directed by Aram van de Rest and Johan Nijenhuis, has won the Golden Film Award. The film, with a screenplay by Michiel Peereboom, follows a handyman company that returns to strip acts to solve financial problems.

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EFA Shortlist: Bart Schrijver on The North Dutch director Bart Schrijver discusses his new film "The North," shortlisted for the European Film Awards in January 2026. The film has achieved international success and has been in theaters in the Netherlands for 11 weeks, having sold over 120,000 tickets.

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Teledoc Purgatory October 27 on NPO 2 On October 27, the documentary "Purgatory" will air on NPO 2 at 11:15 PM, as part of the eleventh series of Teledoc Campus. The project is a collaboration between CoBO, the Netherlands Film Fund, and the NPO Fund.

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Crystal Film for a woman like Monique The documentary "A Woman Like Monique," directed by Claire Pijman and co-written by Fabie Hulsebos, reflects on the life of actress Monique van de Ven. The film, which interweaves fiction and reality, shows Van de Ven reminiscing at her beach house.

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€4.6 million Netherlands Film Production Incentive for 14 film projects In the third round of the Netherlands Film Production Incentive in 2025, €4.6 million was awarded to 14 film projects. Other projects include "Heartbreak for Beginners" and "Honolulu King," which explore the themes of growing up and family history, respectively.

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The Bockting brothers' love of film Brothers Matthijs and Berend Jan Bockting, originally from Hummelo, Gelderland, have each forged their own paths in the film world. Despite their professional focus on film, in their private lives they talk more about football than films.

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Rotterdam Film Festival unveils nine world premieres in Bright Future and Harbour Strands The International Film Festival Rotterdam has announced nine world premieres for its 55th edition, which takes place from January 29 to February 8. The films are part of the Bright Future and Harbour programs. The full program will be revealed on December 16.

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Dutch horror film Vleesdag wins prizes at American film festival The Dutch horror film "Meat Day," directed by Martijn Smits, has been successful internationally and won awards at the Arlington Film Festival in the US. It is the first Dutch film to receive an 18+ rating from Kijkwijzer due to its extreme violence.

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Every Media is developing a new youth horror series, Sleepless Nights. Every Media is launching the new youth horror series "Slapeloze Nachten" (Sleepless Nights), a six-part online series about young people and their smartphone use, which has horrific consequences.

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Renewed organizational structure of the Film Fund The Netherlands Film Fund has introduced a new organizational structure, with significant changes such as the creation of a Talent & Experiment Team and a Feature Film & Documentary Team, which are fully responsible for the associated regulations.

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The first winners of the 2025 Cinekid Awards have been announced. The first Cinekid Lions of 2025 have been awarded. The jury named "Olifantje in het Bos" (Little Elephant in the Woods) Best Dutch Children's Film 2025, and "Honey" won Best Children's Film. The first winners were also announced at Cinekid for Professionals.

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