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Tuvalu Media is creating a new season of Brugklas for AVROTROS Brugklas is a scripted-reality youth series that follows a regular group of students during the first year of high school. The new season starts on August 29, at 5:50 PM on NPO Zapp.

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No Dutch Oscar winner for 24 years: how are we going to win again? From euthanasia drama to immigrant film, from a cheerful childhood story to intimate family drama: the Dutch Oscar entry can go in any direction. Members of a special committee will consider the best candidate in the coming weeks.

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Young newcomers show their own films about freedom at NFF Talented newcomers from all over the Netherlands have made their own short films around the theme of 'freedom'. More than 750 young migrants made their own films during Common Frames' Ithaka Filmt project.

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A dive into the history of cinema (audio) A new development in cinema land: arthouses where only documentaries are broadcast. There is one in London and next week a New York docu-cinema will open its doors. But the Netherlands has to do without it for the time being. What are we looking for in the cinema?

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Screenwriters selected for Dutch Horror edition of Videoland Academy For the third edition of the Videoland Academy, five writers have been selected who will develop their Dutch Horror project into a screenplay. They are also linked to a producer who will realize the films.

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Das Boot director Wolfgang Petersen (81) has passed away Wolfgang Petersen, who directed the well-known and critically acclaimed German-language film Das Boot, has died at the age of 81. His death was announced by his production company.

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NL Film makes a Dutch adaptation of Modern Love Amazon Prime Video announces a Dutch adaptation of the international hit series Modern Love. NL Film will produce the series. Modern Love shows diverse stories about love and relationships, with each episode based on the popular column from The New York Times.

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Geesink studio commercials can be seen on Eye Film Player Compilations of Joop Geesink's animated films can be seen on the Eye Film Player in the coming months. The size of the studio was unprecedented within the modest Dutch film industry.

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Rinkel Film supports Ukrainian feature film When We Were 15 Rinkel Film offers director Anna Buryachkova and producer Natalia Libet, together with post-production studio Fever Film and sound mixing studio Karaktersound, a helping hand to complete the coming-of-age drama When We Were 15 in the Netherlands.

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BNNVARA BuZa series will be continued Frank Ketelaar is writing a sequel to the drama series BuZa on behalf of BNNVARA. The screenwriter and director says he is working on new episodes. It is not yet known when these will be on display.

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Zwanger & Co second Golden Film for Johan Nijenhuis in 2022 After a slow start at the beginning of this year, the Golden Films are now becoming more frequent. Number six is already a fact: Zwanger & Co. The romantic comedy by director/producer Johan Nijenhuis needed five weeks to attract more than a hundred thousand visitors.

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Dream Factory: A Note from Halina Reijn Halina Reijn wrote a word of thanks following the making of her American hit film Bodies Bodies Bodies. “Seeing the film in a theater, here in America, with an audience, has been the most wonderful experience ever.”

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