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nu • 6 j

Actor Rop Verheijen underestimated the influence of GTST role on life Actor Rop Verheijen, now known to the general public as father Walter in the hit series De Luizen Moeder, had underestimated how great the impact of playing the role of Robin Visser in Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden would be.

spreekbuis • 6 j

Facebook makes content deal with MTV Facebook will soon launch several internationally known TV formats on its Facebook Watch video platform, including The Real World.

nu.nl • 6 j

Dude, Where's My Car director Danny Leiner (57) has passed away Danny Leiner, the director whose comedy films Dude, Where's My Car and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, among others, has died of cancer at the age of 57.

scoremagazine • 6 j

Interview met filmcomponist Perquisite The opening film of the Dutch Film Festival this year was Nobody in the City, the first feature film by documentary maker Michiel van Erp.

denachtvlinders • 6 j

Horrify: The Netherlands gets a horror streaming service There are more horror films in Dutch cinemas than ever, yet a large number of films are no longer released in the Netherlands due to the disappearance of the DVD. Horrify goes live on October 30th.

nu.nl • 6 j

Film version of NPO series Brugklas in the making The Brugklas series gets its own cinema film: Brugklas - The time of my life. The shooting started this week. The leading roles are assigned to Sterre van Woudenberg and Vincent Visser.

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Georgina Verbaan and Katja Schuurman together in film for the first time in 17 years Georgina Verbaan and Katja Schuurman will soon be seen together in a cinema film for the first time in seventeen years. Together with Edwin Jonker they play the roles of villains in the new Dutch family film The Club of Ugly Children.

broadcastmagazine • 6 j

Netflix has over 130 million customers Video streaming service Netflix has exceeded its own expectations and those of analysts. The company added more than six million paying customers in three months.

hollandfilmnieuws • 6 j

Recordings What then is love? Production house KeyFilm, the producer of Soof and Ventoux, among others, started shooting What is love today. The film offers a comedic look at relationships, from the perspective of two divorce lawyers.

songteksten • 6 j

Hakim Traïdia makes a short film about an ex-jihadist Actor and theater maker Hakim Traïdia has made a short film, Van Gogh's Father. The director recently shot the film in Haarlem with the Dutch actor Genio de Groot and the Algerian actor Mohamed Bendouad, he announced on Wednesday.

ddg • 6 j

Coaching program for young directors This year DDG is once again organizing a mentorship for young, novice directors. Young makers who completed an audiovisual training a few years ago and are members of DDG are eligible for this coaching program (November 2018 - October 2019).

girlsinfilm • 6 j

Klara van Es: small films about big subjects Not often is a film made where fewer words say more. The heart of the maker can be felt in every frame of the film. And where you as a viewer feel like a 'fly on the wall'. In Zie Mij Doen we follow people with all kinds of mental disabilities in their daily lives.

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