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Tribute to former deputy director of the Film Museum Eric de Kuyper Eric de Kuyper (1942) worked at the Film Museum between 1988 and 1992, where, together with the late director Hoos Blotkamp and Film Museum programmer Peter Delpeut (1988-1995), he breathed a breath of fresh air into the museum, which at the time still mainly operated as an archive.

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'Harvey Weinstein's play will upset people' American actor John Malkovich (65) plays the leading role in the play Bitter Wheat, which is about the disgraced film boss Harvey Weinstein. “It is very possible that the piece will upset people,” the actor told the BBC.

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Costume designer Yan Tax honored with Oeuvre Award At the presentation of the Musical Awards 2019 in Amsterdam, costume designer Yan Tax was honored with the Oeuvre Award. Since the 1970s he has been involved in more than 50 films and TV series, including The Girl with the Red Hair, Willem van Oranje and Amsterdamned.

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Conference at Film Academy: Embracing Diversity in European Film Schools From Wednesday 23 to Friday 25 January, the Netherlands Film Academy, in collaboration with ifs international film school Köln, is organizing the GEECT conference EMBRACING DIVERSITY IN EUROPEAN FILM SCHOOLS.

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The scandalous Yugoslav filmmaker Makavejev has died The filmmaker, who died on Friday January 25, was the best-known name from the heyday of Yugoslav cinema and made a name for himself with anarchist, pornographic films.

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Director Dorsvloer full of confetti comes with new feature films Director Tallulah H. Schwab, known for the film Threshing Floor Full of Confetti and the series Cake, is currently working on two thrillers. The English-language project Mr. K is presented this week at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

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Public broadcaster takes sole action in new social plan Last year, the public broadcaster unilaterally terminated the applicable social scheme in the event of reorganizations as of January 1, 2019. The old scheme, based on the subdistrict court formula, was too expensive, according to the broadcasters.

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Creative Europe MEDIA at the Berlinale 2019 From 7 to 17 February 2019, visitors to the European Film Market can visit the MEDIA stand (location: Martin-Gropius-Bau) for information about the Creative Europe MEDIA programme.

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Overview of selected producers selected for Rotterdam Lab (IFFR) The Rotterdam Lab is a five-day training program for talented producers and is organized during the MEDIA-supported CineMart, the international co-production market of IFFR. Click for an overview of the participants.

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Bloody Marie and other MEDIA-supported films at IFFR Once again this year, MEDIA-supported films have been included in the program of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (23 January to 3 February 2019), including the world premiere of Bloody Marie, a film by the Dutch cartoonist and filmmaker Guido van Driel.

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Registration deadline for MEDIA stand during MIPTV March 2 It is again possible to register for the Creative Europe MEDIA umbrella stand during MIPTV in Cannes (8-11 April 2019). The aim of this stand is to facilitate access for European independent film professionals to the international market.

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Director Prazdnik put under pressure by police A normal premiere for Prazdnik (Party) was not possible. Alexei Krasvonik's black comedy was labeled a 'Nazi film' by Russian parliamentarians and was therefore banned from cinemas. Officially, censorship does not exist in Russia. Petersburg police last week.

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