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Golden Calf winner Nora El Koussour has a role in a British thriller Dutch actress Nora El Koussour, who won a Golden Calf last year for her role in Layla M., has secured a role in the new British thriller Baghdad Central. The six-part television series will be broadcast on Channel 4, its management announced on Wednesday.

filmkrant • 6 j

Leo Hannewik receives a prize and goes to the Zeeland Concert Hall Leo Hannewik, outgoing director of Film by the Sea, was honored during his farewell program with the same Grand Acting Award that was previously presented to Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley and Jan Decleir, among others.

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Dutch directing talent Madja Amin talks about his first short film The director's magical realist fiction debut will soon premiere at the Dutch Film Festival.

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Director Antoinette Beumer wants an international film of her novel 'My father is an airplane' Director Antoinette Beumer is considering an international film adaptation of her successful debut novel My Father is an Airplane. She said this on Wednesday evening at Film by the Sea, where she was central in the program section Late Summer Guests.

songteksten • 6 j

Golden Calf candidate in race for Toronto prize The short film L'été et tout le reste by Dutch director Sven Bresser is in the running for a prize at the prestigious Toronto festival. The film has a chance to win the Short Cuts Award, producer IJswater announced on Wednesday.

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Emily van Marlies van der Wel Dutch Oscar entry Short Animated Film The short animated film EMILY by Marlies van der Wel, produced by HALAL, has been selected to be submitted on behalf of the Netherlands for the upcoming Academy Awards in the Best Animated Short Film category.

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Steven de Jong is looking for 'Grutte Pier' of 2 meters for film The Frisian director Steven de Jong is looking for a leading actor in an ambitious film project that he will realize together with Omroep Friesland.

nederlandsmedianieuws • 6 j

VPRO Dorst is looking for creative talent VPRO Dorst is looking for creative talent and has fired the starting signal for the VPRO Dorst Pitch. Following on from last year's search for program makers, talent will be given the opportunity to develop their own program idea through a masterclass process.

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Peter Faber en Korneel Evers in All You Need Is Love-film Korneel Evers, Peter Faber, Jaap Spijkers and Marisa van Eyle have supporting roles in the new comedy love film All You Need Is Love. All You Need Is Love can be seen in Dutch cinemas from December.

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SBS6 is looking for actors with a new talent show SBS6 is looking for the greatest acting talent in the Netherlands. In the weekly program Film Star Wanted, presented by Leontine Borsato, candidates reenact well-known scenes from successful Dutch and international films and series.

volkskrant • 6 j

European Parliament votes for controversial upload filter on YouTube and Facebook Despite all the protests of the knights of the free internet, the European Parliament voted on Wednesday in favor of new copyright legislation.

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Inviting NCE-Masterclass 2018: Dylan Tichenor, ACE On Saturday, September 29, none other than Dylan Tichenor, ACE, will be guest of honor at the eighth edition of the NCE Annual International Masterclass during the Dutch Film Festival.

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