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Thriller series The Kollective with Gijs Blom to be seen in November on Videoland Dutch actor Gijs Blom stars in the international thriller series The Kollective on Videoland starting November 17th. The Kollective follows young citizen journalists who become entangled in a global network of lies after the death of one of their members.

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Selin Murat, the new head of the IDFA Bertha Fund, speaks of supporting documentaries that "defy easy consumption," such as those from Ukraine and Palestine. Selin Murat, the new director of the IDFA Bertha Fund, discusses the fund's challenges and goals in an interview with Variety. After 15 years in the film industry, Murat is now excited to be a financier himself.

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Lidija Zelovic wins the 2025 Cultural Fund Documentary Grant Lidija Zelovic won the 2025 Cultural Fund Documentary Scholarship at the opening of IDFA 2025. This €50,000 prize is awarded to documentarians of proven quality. During the ceremony, previous winner Festus Toll drew attention to the war in Sudan.

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Ultrashort 2026: Five animated films selected Five animated films have been selected to screen as short films in Dutch cinemas in 2026.

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Digitally restored version of The Underground Orchestra Heddy Honigmann's 1997 documentary classic "The Underground Orchestra" is returning to Dutch cinemas in a digitally restored version by Eye Film Museum.

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Artistic director Isabel Arrate Fernandez on IDFA 2025 Isabel Arrate Fernandez, IDFA's new artistic director, discusses the festival's evolution and the documentary world. The IDFA Bertha Fund plays a crucial role in financing films from countries with limited resources. IDFA 2025 will mark her first edition as director.

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Ten international documentaries are nominated for the Beeld & Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award Ten international documentaries are competing for the Beeld & Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), which takes place from November 13th to 23rd.

variety • 3 d

Taskovski acquires Mexican-Dutch filmmaker Diego Gutierrez's 'The Shipwrecked' ahead of its world premiere at IDFA Taskovski Films has acquired the documentary "The Shipwrecked" by Mexican-Dutch filmmaker Diego Gutiérrez. The film highlights small acts of courage and resilience in a country grappling with inequality, corruption, and climate change.

variety • 3 d

Sylvia Hoeks and Greg Tarzan Davis are joining the sequel to 'Lord of War' for Vendome, along with Nicolas Cage and Bill Skarsgard. Shooting begins this month. Nicolas Cage returns to the world of illegal arms trafficking with the film "Lords of War," a sequel to the 2005 film "Lord of War" directed by Andrew Niccol. Filming begins this month in Belgium and Morocco.

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Frisian documentary about minor languages wins prize at Northern Film Festival: "The circle is complete" The Frisian documentary "In My Dreams, I Hear You" by director Murk-Jaep van der Schaaf has won the award for Best Feature-Language Documentary at the Northern Film Festival.

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Seven minority co-productions receive funding The Netherlands Film Fund and the Flanders Audiovisual Fund have awarded financial support to seven minority co-productions, including feature films and documentaries.

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Punishment receives Golden Film Award The film "Straf," directed by Tobias Smeets and Merijn Scholte Albers, received the Golden Film Award after selling 100,000 tickets. The film is a Lemming Film production and has been released in 112 Dutch cinemas.


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