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Disextrad in the age of Instagram: the aftermath of an acid attack The 48th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) starts on Wednesday with Polak's film Dirty God. Three days later the film screens at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in the United States, a first for a Dutch film.

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Entertainment magazine Variety names Dutch director 'talent of the year' The authoritative American entertainment magazine Variety has named Dutch director Steven Wouterlood as one of the ten greatest talents of this year.

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Chinese people are melting for grandpa's search for Peppa Pig In China, a commercial in which a grandfather searches for Peppa Pig for his grandson has stolen the hearts of hundreds of millions of people. The trailer for the latest film has already been viewed more than 400 million times.

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Broadcasters held liable for underpaying employees Employees of regional broadcasters, who are 'employed' through payroll organization Tentoo from Amsterdam, are being significantly squeezed. This is evident from research by the NVJ (Dutch Association of Journalists) and the FNV.

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Talpa's creative director should not be fired A protracted lawsuit between Talpa and the creative director has turned out in the creative director's favor. RTL Z reports that Talpa has now been punished three times by the judge. The man came to work at Talpa in 2011, but things went wrong in 2017.

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Telefilm Taiki nominated for Swedish prize The Dutch film Taiki nominated for an award at the BUFF children's festival in Malmö. Taiki was written for Karin van der Meer, directed by Mirjam de With and produced by Fiction Valley (Fremantle Netherlands) in co-production with the EO.

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BVA: Commercial-free NPO solves nothing for viewers The Association of Advertisers (BVA) sees no point in the NPO's wishes to make the public broadcaster advertising-free in the future, as NPO chairman Shula Rijxman announced last week.

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Wall of Fame at the Dutch Film Academy A Wall of Fame will be opened in the foyer of the Dutch Film Academy on Thursday, November 29. The first two portraits are of Frans Weisz and Nouchka van Brakel, former students from the very beginning.

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Never Grow Up! promotes Dutch youth films for a year Never Grow Up! promotes Dutch youth film, literature and performing arts in the United States for a year. The program will start this month.

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Flemish films strongly represented at IFFR With seven major Flemish productions and five co-productions on the programme, Flemish film is strongly represented at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR, 23 Jan-3 Feb).

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Documentary Mitten on first edition of FIPADOC Mitten, the new documentary by Olivia Rochette and Gerard-Jan Claes, has been included in the Official Selection of the French FIPADOC (22-27 January).

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International premiere of Driver at IFFR Coureur, Kenneth Mercken's feature debut, has been invited to the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR, Jan 23-Feb 3).

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