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Behind the scenes of the Abraham Tuschinski Fund The Abraham Tuschinski Fund annually distributes five million euros among Dutch cinema films with an expected high audience reach. The fund was established in 2009 and distributes money from film exhibitors and distributors.

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Hit series Thirtigers ends after fourth season The hit series Dertigers will stop after the fourth season, which will be shown weekly on NPO3 from July 3. The shooting took place in February and the storyline is not yet known.

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Screenwriters are campaigning for a fair rate: "Netflix makes millions while we scrape together a living" Writers and directors have held a protest in the Eye film museum in Amsterdam to show solidarity with the striking writers in Hollywood. Since May, the members of the Writers Guild of America have been campaigning for better salaries and copyrights.

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Hollywood at a tipping point The Hollywood industry is at a tipping point. Disappointing blockbusters, striking screenwriters and doom scenarios from AI-generated film scripts suggest that the current Hollywood model is not sustainable.

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Fifth Bon Bini adventure in the works Judeska will return to Dutch cinemas this year in the fifth part of the Bon Bini series, called Bon Bini: Bangkok Nights. The film will be shown in Dutch cinemas from December 21.

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The unpredictable oeuvre of Werner Herzog takes center stage in Eye On Saturday evening, the Eye Film Institute opened a retrospective exhibition by German filmmaker Werner Herzog. The Ecstatic Truth features personal documents, props and film clips from the much-loved but controversial director.

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Speakers NFF Extended 28 June announced The Netherlands Film Festival is organizing a new edition of NFF Extended on 28 June, in which Dutch film and the public are central. During this meeting, recent cinema successes will be discussed and what can be learned from these productions.

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3 feature films and 1 documentary for Cinescoop and CineDoc Cinescoop and CineDoc have selected three feature films and a documentary for their spring round. For Our Girls, Saint Anthony and Emerald Butterfly are the feature films and The Dawn of the Post-Plantation is the documentary.

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Five projects selected for first round Kaleidoscope Five projects have been selected for the first round of Kaleidoscope, including Toutes Directions, a film about a regional taxi driver who loses his beloved job and takes another turn. A total of € 582,500 has been allocated to the selected projects.

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Our man in the Taliban wins Silver Nipkow Disc The VPRO documentary 'Our man with the Taliban' has won the Silver Nipkow Disc 2023. Director Roel van Broekhoven and journalist Thomas Erdbrink received the prize. Director Roel van Broekhoven has already received a Silver Nipkow disc three times before.

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Film Mascot with Maartje Remmers awarded in New York The Dutch film Mascotte, starring Maartje Remmers and Leopold Witte, won the Best Cinematography award at the New York Independent Film Festival (for cameraman Mark van Aller).

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Film with Sallie Harmsen wins prizes in the US The Dutch short film Drawback, starring Sallie Harmsen and Alwin Pulinckx, has won awards at the International Indie Shorts Festival in Los Angeles and at the New York International Film Awards. The film is about a lonely cartoonist and his unattainable love.

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