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scoremagazine • 7 j

Interview with composer Joep Sporck They are indispensable in the cinema: trailers. We see an average of three trailers before the main film starts. A trailer also contains music and today it is often specially made for this advertising product.

cultuurfonds • 7 j

Documentary Scholarship for Sophie Dros This year, Sophie Dros will receive the Documentary Stipend from the Cultural Fund. The stipend of 50,000 euros for making a new documentary comes from an anonymous patron, who makes the stipend possible through the Cultural Fund.

girlsinfilm • 7 j

Britt Snel wants to pull Dutch people out of their boxes Britt Snel and Joren Molten met at the Film Academy in Amsterdam and made the film Dost together for One Night Stand. “Dirt that sticks to your arms that you can't get rid of no matter how hard you scrub.

plotmagazine • 7 j

An abuse drama told from the perpetrator's perspective With Light as Feathers, Rosanne Pel delivered an impressive feature debut this fall. The fact that the small-scale arthouse film had its world premiere in Toronto was a boost. An interview with the maker, who worked without a real scenario.

amsterdamsdagblad • 7 j

Exhibition 'Jan Švankmajer - The Alchemical Wedding' in Eye Film Museum From December 15, 2018 to March 3, 2019, Eye Filmmuseum presents the exhibition Jan Švankmajer - The Alchemical Wedding around the Czech surrealist and master animator Jan Švankmajer (Prague, 1934).

plotmagazine • 7 j

A foot in the door It is quite difficult for a novice screenwriter to take the first steps towards paid work. What are the opportunities that new writers have to get to know people in the profession, make the important first steps and thus gain experience?

nbf • 7 j

New EFA Short Film selection procedure: More films from more countries and in addition to IFFR also Go Short For the 2019 and 2020 editions of the European Film Awards, the European Film Academy welcomes new film festivals as participants in selecting candidates for the Short Film Awards category.

nbf • 7 j

Ron Tookook: 'The Netherlands must have a protocol for nude scenes' The Netherlands should have a protocol for shooting nude scenes in films and series. It would be good if an intimacy coordinator was appointed for those kinds of moments on set.

filmfonds • 7 j

New co-productions in the Netherlands and Flanders supported Six new co-productions between the Netherlands and Flanders receive production support from the Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF) and the Dutch Film Fund.

filmfonds • 7 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 • 7 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 • 7 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.

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