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Never before seven Golden Films so fast In 2023, seven Dutch films with more than 100,000 visitors have already been awarded a Golden Film, a record pace. When I saw you, director Ben Verbong's film about the romance between Isa Hoes and Antonie Kamerling, is the most recent addition to the list.

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Dutch youth film Totem wins American Prize The Dutch youth film Totem has won the Grand Jury Award at the New York International Children's Film Festival. During her quest, she is joined by a giant porcupine and learns more about her totem animal.

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Gold Film for When I Saw You The film When I Saw You, based on the book of the same name by Isa Hoes and directed by Ben Verbong, has achieved Golden Film status.

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Sandra den Hamer new interim director Filmfonds Sandra den Hamer will take over the interim board at the Film Fund from 1 May from Peter Schrurs, who was only able to fill this position temporarily.

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European criticism of Dutch investment obligation bill European producer organizations criticize the Dutch bill regarding the investment obligation for streaming platforms. The organizations advocate a guarantee that the 4.5% of the annual turnover of streamers goes to Dutch productions made by independent makers.

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Feature film Sea of Time scores well at Netflix The Dutch feature film Zee van Tijd, directed by Theu Boermans and produced by Kaap Holland Film, has been on Netflix since March 30 and is already fourth in the top 10 of most watched films.

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Quentin Tarantino signs at Athenaeum Boekhandel Quentin Tarantino will be signing his book Cinema Speculation / Film Speculation at Athenaeum Boekhandel Spui on Monday, April 3 from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm. The book contains essays on ten key American films from the 1970s and offers new insights and a personal history.

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Siemon de Jong says goodbye to Abel's Cakes: 'Success thanks to him' After twenty years, Siemon de Jong says goodbye to the popular Dutch children's program Cakes from Abel. In that time, the presenter has baked about three hundred cakes and had conversations with children about intense subjects.

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Ben Sombogaart directs historical feature film Contrary Ben Sombogaart directs the historical feature film Contrary, about the forbidden love between a textile worker from Twente and an Italian immigrant in the 1960s. The leading roles are played by Emma Josten and Mehdi Meskar, among others.

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INT. OFFICE - TREATMENTS In the fourth installment of the column series on screenwriting, Brian De Vore and Marc Veerkamp discuss the pros and cons of writing treatments. However, Marc has a love-hate relationship with treatments because it can sometimes become a swamp of opinion.

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Three international co-productions with Dutch share selected for Film Fund contribution The Film Fund has selected three international feature films for a contribution, in which the Netherlands has a substantial creative and technical contribution. The next deadline for the Minoritarian Realization Scheme is soon.

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These are the winning dance films of Cinedans 2023 Cinedans FEST '23 has announced the winners of the dance film competition. The Student Award went to Shells, directed by Marie-Magdalena Kochová and made at FAMU Prague. The Audience Award for best short dance film was awarded to the makers of Anima Animae Animam.

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