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msn • 7 m

Producer BIND adapts bestseller Listen by Sacha Bronwasser into a film Production company BIND has purchased the film rights to the bestseller Listen by Sacha Bronwasser. The company announced this on Friday at the Cannes Festival. Listen tells the story of the Dutch Marie who left for Paris in 1989 at the age of 20 to work as an au pair.

filmfestival • 7 m

Ido Abram new Artistic Director of the Dutch Film Festival Ido Abram will join the Dutch Film Festival (NFF) as Artistic Director-Manager on July 1. The Supervisory Board announced this. Abram has a long career in the AV sector and until recently was Deputy Director at Eye Film Museum and director of SEE NL.

ad • 7 m

Tom Holkenborg, the most successful Dutchman in Hollywood, can still walk the streets anonymously Few Dutch people are more successful in Hollywood than Tom Holkenborg, better known as film composer Junkie XL. Just to name a few films for which he has provided the music: Deadpool, Batman v Superman, Mad Max: Fury Road and now Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

filmkrant • 7 m

Focus: Rotterdam Arab Film Festival 2024 The Rotterdam Arab Film Festival (RAFF) 2024, taking place from May 30 to June 2, will screen more than thirty films from North Africa and the Middle East at four locations in Rotterdam.

nu • 7 m

Director Spoor (85) of Sinterklaas arrivals and 'tear of Máxima' passed away Television director Rudolf Spoor, known for his work for the NOS, has died at the age of 85. He worked for the NOS for 45 years and received a royal honor twice. The royal family expressed their gratitude and appreciation for Spoor's decades-long contribution.

plotmagazine • 7 m

Writing remains hard work Sophie van de Pol, screenwriter and director, prefers to write her films herself, such as her debut "Fucking Cola" and "Uitchecktijd". She also worked as an assistant director and writes for other directors, including an episode for "NOOD".

plotmagazine • 7 m

There are no bad jokes Steffen Haars and Flip van der Kuil, also known as Steffen & Flip, have made their first English-language film with "Krazy House". The film, starring Nick Frost and Alicia Silverstone, received mixed reviews.

broadcastmagazine • 7 m

SOL FlLMprodukties makes Violinist without a violin SOL FILMprodukties presents "Violinist without a violin", a documentary about the life of Nello Mirando Weis, the former leader of the Royal Gypsy Orchestra Tata Mirando.

nu • 7 m

Dutch Olivier Richters gets a permanent role as a villain in the hit series Reacher Dutch actor Olivier Richters, also known as 'The Dutch Giant', has landed a regular role in the popular Amazon Prime series Reacher. Richters will portray the villain Paulie in the third season of the series, which is based on the book series by Lee Child.

filmfonds • 7 m

South Africa and the Netherlands renew Thuthuka collaboration during Cannes Film Festival During the Cannes Film Festival, South Africa and the Netherlands renewed their Thuthuka collaboration, an initiative launched in 2021 to encourage co-productions between the two countries.

hln • 7 m

After the success of 'Undercover', Tom Waes returns as an actor in the Flemish-Dutch series 'Badgast' After 'Undercover', Tom Waes (55) is working on a new Flemish-Dutch fiction series. 'Badgast' is set on the Wadden Island of Terschelling in the Netherlands and will also be shown on Dutch television.

nu • 7 m

Film with Henry van Loon and Robbert Rodenburg shown at LGBTIQ+ festival in US The Dutch film OUT, with Henry van Loon and Robbert Rodenburg, will have its world premiere next month at the Frameline film festival in San Francisco, the largest LGBTQ+ festival in the world.

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