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Wietse Potiek new business director of Eye Film Museum Wietske Potiek has been appointed the new business director of Eye Filmmuseum, where he will succeed Stan Spijkerman as of May 1. His responsibilities at Eye include business operations, Eye Bar & Restaurant, sponsorship strategy and fundraising.

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10-year Film Production Incentive: incentive measure generates more than €880 million Since its introduction in 2014, the Film Production Incentive, intended to promote international cooperation, professionalism and production activity in the Dutch film industry, has contributed significantly to the economy.

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First eco-managers of film production trained During a weekend training, 15 professionals, ranging from aerospace engineers to executive producers, were trained as eco-managers to make film productions more sustainable.

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Tzara Tristana new director of the Netherlands Film Academy Tzara Tristana has been appointed as the new director of the Dutch Film Academy, effective August 1, succeeding Bart Römer. She has been committed to curriculum innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership and international cooperation.

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ITV Studios Netherlands is making the seventh season of Oogappels The popular BNNVARA series Oogappels, awarded the Golden Televizier Ring, will get a seventh season. The shoot for season six is currently being completed, which will air this fall.

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Flikken Maastricht gets nineteenth season The popular police series Flikken Maastricht, starring Victor Reinier and Angela Schijf as detectives Floris Wolfs and Eva van Dongen, is getting a nineteenth season. This has been confirmed by broadcaster AVROTROS and production company Hollands Licht.

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Actors, directors and producers against fossil advertising In Amsterdam, GroenLinks and Party for the Animals are calling for a ban on fossil advertising. They criticize the greenwashing by these advertisements and have launched a petition.

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Bea de Visser discusses "No Horses on Mars" During the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, which takes place from May 1 to 6, the short film "No Horses on Mars" by Dutch filmmaker Bea de Visser will have its international premiere.

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Hot Docs: ‘Nice Ladies’ van Mariia Ponomarova Ukrainian director Mariia Ponomarova, based in the Netherlands, discusses her new documentary "Nice Ladies", which portrays a group of competitive cheerleaders aged 50 and over in Kharkiv.

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SPLASH! Film Festival conducts fun protest action The SPLASH! Film Festival in Friesland has launched a creative campaign in response to not receiving a €15,000 subsidy from the Province of Friesland due to a bureaucratic error: their project plan was 607 words too long.

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Bringing characters to life The Academy Awards will introduce a new category for Best Casting in 2025, a perfect time for Plot to interview casting director Marina Wijn.

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Animation requires a different way of writing Fabie Hulsebos, an experienced screenwriter-producer-director with more than forty years of experience in the film profession, has written a feature film scenario for the first time for the animated film "Fox and Hare save the forest" by Mascha Halberstad.

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