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Film with Aart Staartjes and Teun Luijkx at IFFR Bloody Marie, a new Dutch film starring Mark Rietman, Teun Luijkx, Aart Staartjes and Murth Mossel, will soon have its world premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival (IFFR). The festival announced this today.

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Second and third edition Roundtables NBF online Roundtables NBF is a pilot series of the Dutch professional association for Film and TV makers. In three episodes, screenwriters, editors and directors talk about their film/series nominated for a Golden Calf and about their profession.

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Family conversation with Hakim and Karim Traïdia (podcast) In the last family conversation of this year, the brothers Hakim and Karim Traïdia are guests. Hakim has been one of the most famous residents of Sesame Street for many years and Karim won a Golden Calf in 1998 for his film 'The Polish Bride'.

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Neapolitano - the film horse from Penny's Shadow The famous stallion Neapolitano has died at the age of 21. The black show horse was best known for the film Penny's Shadow and for shows he gave with Appassionata, among others.

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'Particularly unique': Bon Bini Holland 2 before 2019 Platinum The comedy Bon Bini Holland 2 has been awarded a Platinum Film. This was announced by the Dutch Film Festival. Two weeks ago, the blockbuster received a Golden Film award, because 100,000 people had already seen the film in the cinema.

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More than 200,000 visitors to Sound and Vision in 2018 Last year, the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision attracted more than 200,000 visitors, of which more than 32,000 in the last week of December.

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Netflix removes episode about Khashoggi after complaints from Saudi Arabia Streaming service Netflix has removed an episode of the comedy show Patriot Act after complaints from Saudi Arabia. The episode criticized the Saudi crown prince's role in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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2018 was also a year of polarization in the film world Film lovers and critics have been tripping over each other in recent weeks in their enthusiasm for the past year of cinema. And the chief film scribe of NRC Handelsblad, Coen van Zwol, tweeted: “2018 was a brilliant film year”.

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These are the 18 most viewed 2doc documentaries of 2018 2Doc has listed the most viewed documentaries of the past year. See the overview below.

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British actress June Whitfield (93) has died British actress June Whitfield, known for the series Absolutely Fabulous, has died at the age of 93.

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Bird Box biggest hit in successful year for Netflix No one can check it, because Netflix does not publish viewing extras, but if we can believe the streaming service, the thriller Bird Box is good for a record. And Netflix does share that statistic.

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Famke Janssen always wanted to avoid typecasting in her career Famke Janssen says she has always been afraid of typecasting, including her role as her femme fatale character in the James Bond film GoldenEye.

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