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cineuropa.org • 4 m

Huub Roelvink, from Cherry Pickers Film Distribution, wins the EFM Distributor Award Huub Roelvink, founder and director of Cherry Pickers Film Distribution, has won the Distributor Award of the European Film Market (EFM). The award will be presented during the EFM Kick-Off event on February 12.

see-nl • 4 m

Berlinale: Vera van Wolferen on Down in the Dumps Dutch animator Vera van Wolferen discusses her animated film "Down in the Dumps", selected for the Berlinale. The film tells the story of ladybug Cinelli, who falls into a depression after her shell is stolen by cockroach Peri.

broadcastmagazine • 4 m

New trailer of Videoland drama series The F*ckulteit From February 21st, the new Videoland series "De F*ckulteit" can be seen, directed by Simone van Dusseldorp. This psychological drama series highlights power relations and manipulation within the legal profession and law faculty.

nu.nl • 4 m

Actor, comedian and writer Ferd Hugas (87) passed away The Hague actor, comedian and writer Ferd Hugas passed away on Monday at the age of 87. His family confirmed this to the ANP press agency on Wednesday after a report on the website Het Schimmenrijk. He also provided suspense in the youth series Q & Q as Axel Zaneck.

filmkrant • 4 m

IFFR 2025: Big Talk Costa-Gavras & Sungji Oh During IFFR 2025, Costa-Gavras and Sungji Oh spoke about the importance of film archives. Costa-Gavras, president of the Cinémathèque française, shared his experiences restoring the 1927 film 'Napoléon', a project that took 15 years.

filmkrant • 4 m

Barbara Bredero on Telefilm Project Herbert In "Project Herbert", the first Telefilm of 2025 directed by Barbara Bredero, forty-something Herbert is thrown out of his home by his mother and ends up in a student house. The film premiered at the NFF and received a Golden Calf nomination.

variety • 4 m

CineMart Awards for 'Erratics', 'One Charming Night' and 'Inbetween Worlds' Several films were awarded at IFFR's CineMart. Thomas Woodroffe's "Erratics", starring Denis Lavant, won the Eurimages New Lab Award – Outreach. The story follows the ghost of filmmaker Lucien Castelnau as he escapes from the glaciers of Patagonia.

see-nl • 4 m

Berlinale: Roel Oude Nijhuis, Netherlands Film Commissioner Roel Oude Nijhuis, the Netherlands Film Commissioner for almost a year now, emphasizes the advantages for international productions to film in the Netherlands. He succeeded Bas van der Ree and previously worked at production company Halal, now 100%.

see-nl • 4 m

Ferry Tales: Margit Lukács about I want to be like you Margit Lukács and Persijn Broersen, together with vocal group Black Harmony and Dávid Lukács, have reimagined the well-known song from Disney's "The Jungle Book" (1967) in their short film "I Wan'na Be Like You".

filmkrant • 4 m

IFFR 2025: Mercedes Stalenhoef on I will see Mercedes Stalenhoef, known for her documentaries, makes her first feature film with "Ik zal zien". The film, which premiered at IFFR 2025, tells the story of a seventeen-year-old student, played by Aiko Beemsterboer, who suddenly goes blind in an accident.

filmkrant • 4 m

'Heerlywood' one step closer with opening of film incubator Limburg is taking an important step towards a fully-fledged film industry with the opening of CineSud Studio in Heerlen. This new film incubator offers more than 500m2 of space for film and audiovisual activities and has the potential to expand by another 1250m2.

filmkrant • 4 m

IFFR 2025: RTM Day During the RTM day at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2025, new Rotterdam productions were shown and discussed. The day emphasized the creativity of the city, as already demonstrated by the Oscar-nominated animation 'Wander to Wonder' by Nina Gantz.

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