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Focus: Music documentaries The International Music Documentary Festival In-Edit celebrates its fifth anniversary with 25 music documentaries and concert films. The opening film is uQ, a music docudrama about mother and son Marju and Uku Kuut.

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Not all Dutch films and programs are subtitled Television channels and streaming services in the Netherlands are still not fully accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing, because not all programs and films are subtitled.

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Watch Us chooses Goodbye Stranger Kijk Ons has chosen Goodbye Stranger, director Aaron Rookus' feature debut, for this year's edition. From 15 to 23 April, the drama can be viewed in numerous film theatres, in many cases with attractive fringe programming.

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IDFA signs rental contract for its own film theatre The IDFA has signed the lease for the Vondelpark pavilion, where a 'trial run' will take place after the summer. The theater will be open daily after the renovation and offers space for documentaries, installations, workshops and debates.

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Hidde Boersma and Karsten de Vreugd about Paved Paradise Science journalist Hidde Boersma and filmmaker Karsten de Vreugd have made a new documentary called Paved Paradise. They negate the idealized image that most Dutch people have of farmers and paint a different picture of the disadvantages of extensive organic farming.

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These are the nominees for the DDG Awards 2023! The nominees for the DDG Awards 2023 have been announced. The DDG and VEVAM have nominated directors' favorite productions of 2022 in eleven categories, including animation, commercials, documentaries and feature films.

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Stef Visjager receives DDG Oeuvre Award 2023 Audio director Stef Visjager receives the DDG Oeuvre Award during the DDG Awards 2023. The board of the Dutch Directors Guild presents this award annually to a director who has been of great significance to his field.

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6 co-productions selected in collaboration with Flemish Audiovisual Fund The Flemish Audiovisual Fund has selected 6 co-productions, including the feature film Foley man by director and screenwriter Frank van Passel and the feature film Horst en Franz by director and screenwriter Kat Steppe.

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Bob Zimmerman wins first Buma Oeuvre Award Music in Media The annual Buma Oeuvre Award Multimedia has a new name. Housed within the Buma Music in Media Awards, the award is now called Buma Oeuvre Award Music in Media.

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Winners KABOOM Animation festival KABOOM 2023 announced its winners during the Award Night on Saturday, April 1. The winners were selected by the jury and the public.

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Wieteke van Dort to be seen in the twentieth film Johan Nijenhuis: In love with Bali Director Johan Nijenhuis will soon start shooting his twentieth feature film, Verliefd op Bali. The romantic comedy is about a trip to Bali that confronts a mother and her daughters with their suppressed Indian history.

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Business director Marjan van der Haar is leaving IFFR Marjan van der Haar is stepping down as business director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam after five years in office. The search for a successor has begun. Van der Haar has a rich film history and has worked at C-Sales and Fortissimo Films, among others.

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