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Banijay Benelux enters into a partnership with documentary maker and film director Jessica Villerius Banijay Benelux announces a strategic partnership with Jessica Villerius, documentary filmmaker, film director and founder of Posh Productions.

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Boris Paval Conen about Dojo Exciting children's films for the target group of six to twelve years, which are also fun for parents and grandparents to watch. That is the starting point of the six Telefilms this year.

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Filmmaker Fedde Hoekstra receives a contribution for a feature film about Groningen At the beginning of this year, the Groningen National Program called on filmmakers to come up with ideas for three films about Groningen for the Toukomstproject Groninger films. Last week the national program announced the results.

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Golden Film for Casa Coco The Rotterdam comedy Casa Coco by director Bob Wilbers has attracted 100,000 visitors to the cinemas. The film about pensioner Pleun who sees her childhood sweetheart again after fifty years receives the Golden Film Award for this.

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Seemab Gul and Dane Komljen selected for the NFF+HBF Co-Production Scheme From the last round of collaboration between Hubert Bals Fund and the Netherlands Film Fund, two projects have been selected for a contribution: Haven of Hope (Keplerfilm) by the Pakistani Seemab Gul and Desire Lines (seriousFilm) by the Yugoslavian-born Dane Kolmjen.

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The war started, and then Bohdan took out his camera The Ukrainian cameraman Bohdan has been filming reports for Nieuwsuur since the beginning of the war. Now he tells his own story, and what it's like to pick up your camera in wartime.

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Dutch family film Hotel Sinestra hit in Swiss cinemas The Dutch family film Hotel Sinestra is a hit in Swiss cinemas. The film, which has been running in German theaters in Switzerland for a week, is the second best visited film there.

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Start-up grant: contribution for 58 projects For the last round of the Start Grant, the committee selected 58 projects for a contribution: 13 documentaries, 3 series, 6 feature films, 3 short animations, 27 short fiction projects and 6 projects in the research & experiment category.

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Banijay Benelux joins forces with Topkapi Banijay Benelux, home to various creative content producers, announces today that it will be joining forces with Topkapi, producer of drama series such as Vliegende Hollanders and De Verwagonal Jaren Eighty and the films Piece of my Heart and Close.

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Yannick Jozefzoon is Shooting Star at the Berlinale 2023 Yannick Jozefzoon has been selected for European Shooting Stars, which takes place during the 73rd edition of the Berlin International Film Festival.

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Feature film about benefits scandal in the making Producer Keplerfilm and director Stijn Bouma are working on a film about the benefits scandal. The shooting of the film, which will be called Oostvaarders, should start in mid-2023, according to NRC.

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Short film Ontspoord wins 18th edition 'Shoot Your Shot #', film competition de Schuur Lois Vecchi won first prize with her short film Ontspoord at the festive finale of Shoot Your Shot #18 on Sunday 11 December.

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