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filmfonds • 6 j

Feature film Sea of Time selected for Telescope NPO, CoBO and the Dutch Film Fund have selected the feature film Sea of Time as part of the annual Telescope collaboration project. The joint investment is 1.8 million euros per film.

broadcastmagazine • 6 j

AVROTROS brings Christmas series GIPS on NPO Zapp The new Dutch series GIPS can be seen every day from Thursday, December 6 at 6 p.m. on NPO Zapp at AVROTROS. GIPS is based on the successful, award-winning children's book by Anna Woltz. The series was made by PV Pictures

spreekbuis • 6 j

More visitors to porn sites than Netflix.com Research by SimilarWeb shows that various websites with porn videos, including Xhamster and Pornhub, attract more viewers than the website Netflix.com. The international Top 50 Websites Ranking list shows Google.com and Youtube.com at the top.

nu.nl • 6 j

Public Prosecution Service suspects director and producer Job Gosschalk of sexual offence Former director and film producer Job Gosschalk is suspected of a sexual offense, according to the Public Prosecution Service (OM). He will be heard shortly.

nu.nl • 6 j

Max Willems leaves GTST for a role in an American series Actor Max Willems quits his role of Q Bouwhuis in the soap Good times, bad times. The role is taken over by Giovanni Kemper. Willems leaves the longest-running Dutch soap opera for a role in College, an Amazon series.

broadcastmagazine • 6 j

Streaming platform Voorstelling Gemist has been launched For those who can't get enough of cabaret and other theater, Voorstelling Gemist has been available for a few days now. This new streaming platform from Dutch Channels offers hundreds of already performed performances.

mediacourant • 6 j

'NPO squanders windfall of 40 million euros' The windfall of 40 million euros that The Hague has promised to the NPO is in doubt. Minister Arie Slob (Media) is dissatisfied with the way the public broadcaster wants to spend the money.

nu • 6 j

Hungarian camerawoman who kicked migrants acquitted Hungarian camerawoman Petra László, who was filmed kicking running migrants in 2015, has been acquitted by the Supreme Court. László had been placed on probation for three years.

filmzaken • 6 j

What can you do as a 'third' party if you disagree with a decision by a cultural fund? If the Film Fund makes a decision - to grant or reject a contribution or if the fund decides to tolerate non-compliance with subsidy conditions - this will not only affect the applicant/subsidy recipient, but also so-called third parties such as colleagues producers, filmmakers and professional associations.

cinekid • 6 j

Belgian film Rosie & Moussa chosen as best film Cinekid The Belgian film Rosie & Moussa by director Dorothée van den Berghe has won the Cinekid Lion for the best children's film. In addition, the Dutch Fighting Girl won prizes.

ad • 6 j

Jan Doense starts streaming horror film service Producer Jan Doense, better known as Mr Horror because of his commitment to genre films, will launch Fear Unlimited on November 30, a streaming platform with exclusively horrors and thrillers.

gelderlander • 6 j

Gelderland short 'stamppot western' wins prize in western Mecca Taking first prize in the Mecca of the spaghetti western. Arnhemmer Wouter Jansen achieved it at the film festival in Tabernas with 'Draw your gun'. Recorded with art and flying.

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