If you keep an eye on the major film festivals, you will notice that there has been a 'Dutch New Wave' in recent years. Dutch makers who score high on the international stage. Take Ena Sendijarevic, Viktor van der Valk, Sam de Jong, Jeroen Scholten van Aschat and Mees Peijnenburg. The latter graduated with the film Cowboys janken ook and made the One Night Stand No kings in our blood, for which he received a Golden Calf. From September 3, Paradise Drifters will be shown in Dutch cinemas, Mees' debut film that premiered at the IFFR and had an international premiere at the Berlinale. A film that builds on the environment he delved into with No Kings in Our Blood, about three searching young people on the periphery of society.

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