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IDFA: interview with IDFA DocLab head Caspar Sonnen On the eve of the 18th edition of IDFA DocLab, director Caspar Sonnen speaks enthusiastically about the event and its opening with Piotr Winiewicz's About A Hero, an AI-generated film inspired by Werner Herzog.

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Amsterdam firefighters contribute to Amsterdamned 2 The Amsterdam-Amstelland Fire Department (BAA) is participating in the shooting of Amsterdamned 2, the sequel to Dick Maas' 1988 thriller. Commander Tijs van Lieshout and spokesperson Carmen Westra even make a mini appearance.

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IDFA: Luuk Bouwman discusses The Propagandist In an interview with SEE NL, Dutch director Luuk Bouwman discusses his new documentary "The Propagandist", which is competing in the International Competition of IDFA.

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IDFA: Petra & Peter Lataster on All Is Well Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster will present their new documentary "All is Well" at IDFA, which focuses on the story of Ukrainian grandmothers who seek refuge in Amsterdam as war continues in their homeland.

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IDFA 2024: Mathijs Poppe on The Jacket Mathijs Poppe makes his debut at IDFA 2024 with "The Jacket", a film that explores the life of Jamal Hindawi, a Palestinian political theatre maker in the Lebanese refugee camp Shatila.

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Golden Film for The Z of Zus The comedy "De Z van Zus" by director Jelle de Jonge, starring Elise Schaap and Bracha van Doesburgh, has received the Golden Film Award after attracting 100,000 cinema visitors.

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Director Hannah van Tassel wins NPO Documentary Talent Award at IDFA Director Hannah van Tassel has won the NPO Documentary Talent Award 2024 with her film plan ADRIFT during the IDFA festival in Amsterdam. The award, a development grant of €25,000 from the NPO Fund, recognizes original voices and urgent topics in documentary making.

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Cultural Fund Documentary Grant for Festus Toll On the opening night of IDFA on November 14, filmmaker Festus Toll was awarded the Cultuurfonds Documentaire Stipendium 2024 for his documentary "The Story of Ne Kuko". The grant enables Toll to make a new film.

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Dutch winner at 'technical' EFAs Evalotte Oosterop has won a European Film Award in the Make-up & Hair category for her work on the Icelandic film When the Light Breaks, directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson.

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More films in Frisian thanks to new regional film fund The Frisian Film Fund, the second regional film fund in the Netherlands after Limburg, is being set up with the aim of producing more Frisian films. The fund will not only focus on the Frisian language, but also on the landscape and cultural identity of Friesland.

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Orwa Nyrabia on his 7.5 years at IDFA Orwa Nyrabia reflects on his 7.5 years as artistic director of IDFA, which he concludes with the 37th edition of the festival.

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BNNVARA series The Ring sold to the United States and United Kingdom The Dutch drama series "De Ring", currently popular on NPO 1 with a million viewers per week, will soon be broadcast in the United States and the United Kingdom via Walter Presents. The screenplay is by Frank Ketelaar, known for "Overspel" and "Klem".

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