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Famke Janssen scores role in Dutch series but continues to live in Hollywood Famke Janssen is a big success in Hollywood, but has not yet had a single title to her name in the Netherlands. That is now changing. She is temporarily exchanging America for our cold frog country for the Netflix series Amsterdam Empire.

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Wander to Wonder nominated for European Film Awards 2024 "Wander to Wonder", directed by Nina Gantz, has been nominated in the European Short Film – Prix Vimeo category at the European Film Awards 2024. This selection is part of the Academy Selection, which represents the best of European cinema.

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Fiction Valley collaborates with VPRO on new family series 'Gozert' Fiction Valley and VPRO are collaborating on the new family series 'Gozert', based on the award-winning book by Pieter Koolwijk.

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Martin Koolhoven brings Dutch horror comic Bloeddorst to life In 2007, Bloeddorst #1, a comic book collection with 29 horror stories from the Netherlands, made its debut. Now, initiators Maarten Janssens and Menno Kooistra are joining forces with director Martin Koolhoven to realize Bloeddorst #2.

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Vlogmania back at NTR on NPO 3 The third season of the popular sketch series Vlogmania returns to NPO 3 with the NTR. With eight new episodes full of familiar and new vlog faces, the season promises a lot of humor and recognizability for the whole family.

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Low-budget passion project takes over Vue and Pathé venues Daan Blommers, a 24-year-old director and screenwriter, has filmed the Brabant war drama "Burgemeestersmoord", a story about the murder of two mayors and an anti-German entrepreneur during the Second World War.

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IDFA 2024 opens with About a Hero IDFA 2024 opens with Piotr Winiewicz’s experimental film About a Hero, which explores artificial intelligence based on a quote by Werner Herzog. The festival takes place from 14 to 24 November in Amsterdam and screens over 250 documentaries.

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Movies that Matter becomes Oscar qualifying festival The Movies that Matter Festival has been awarded Academy Award Qualifying status. This means that the winner of the Grand Jury Documentary competition is automatically nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary.

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First Dutch Disney series set in The Hague: conspiracy thriller from the world of big money The Hague is the setting for a new crime series that is going global. The eight-part series is called Nemesis and can be seen on streaming service Disney+ from Wednesday. A first for writer and filmmaker Willem Bosch.

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Johan van der Keuken Retrospective: Seeing Looking Filming From 18 October to January 2025, CINEMATEK Brussels, in collaboration with the international film magazine Sabzian, is organising an extensive retrospective of the work of Dutch documentary filmmaker Johan van der Keuken.

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Burny Bos Eigenwijs Award for Lilian Sijbesma Lilian Sijbesma, director and screenwriter, has won the Burny Bos Eigenwijsprijs 2024 and will receive it on October 20 at the opening of the Cinekid Festival. The prize, in honor of Burny Bos and awarded by Cinekid, stimulates youth filmmakers in their development.

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Dutch film OUT to hit US cinemas next year The Dutch queer film OUT, starring Robbert Rodenburg and Henry van Loon, will be released in American cinemas in the spring of 2025 and will also be shown in France next month. This is the fictional debut of Alink, known for documentaries about famous Dutch people.

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