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denachtvlinders • 10 j

Dutch horror 'Kristen' premieres at the Dutch Film Festival Last night, director Mark Weistra posted the trailer of his Dutch horror film 'Kristen' online with the announcement that it will premiere at the Dutch Film Festival on September 28. Mark Weistra's Dutch horror film stars Terence Schreurs, Ronald Top and Poal Cairo.

nu • 10 j

Number of Dutch Netflix subscribers doubled in one year The number of Dutch Netflix subscribers has almost doubled in one year. More than 1.1 million people now have a subscription. Netflix now has 1.17 million Dutch subscribers. A year ago there were 'only' 620,000.

tv-visie • 10 j

An Rydant becomes creative director at production house Marmalade An Rydant will become creative director at the Ghent production house Marmalade from September 2015. An thus joins the rapidly growing production house, known for, among others. 'The Escape' and 'Keet and Koen, and the search for Bassie & Adriaan'.

skiinformatie • 10 j

Seventh edition of Freeride Film Festival announced On October 30, WePowder will organize the seventh Freeride Film Festival. Once again, the Tuschinski in Amsterdam will be transformed into a freeride heaven for Dutch and Belgian skiers and snowboarders.

standaard • 10 j

Ghent presents nominations for Film Composer of the Year Alexandre Desplat, Bruno Coulais, Michael Giacchino, Johann Johannsson and Hans Zimmer have a chance to win the title 'Film Composer of the Year' at Film Fest Ghent in October. The World Soundtrack Academy announced this today.

animatieblog • 10 j

Dutch animated film Otto has its world premiere in Toronto The Dutch animation trio Job, Joris & Marieke will present Otto next month. This is a new short animated film that was written, directed, produced and composed at the studio in Utrecht.

vaf • 10 j

Brabançonne festive closing World Film Festival Montréal Vincent Bal's musical romantic comedy Brabançonne will be the festive closing event of the Montreal World Film Festival (August 27-September 7). The organization announced this last night.

nieuwsblad • 10 j

Hollywood director jury chairman Film Fest Ghent British filmmaker Alan Parker (70), known for Fame, Evita and The Wall, is chairman of the jury at Film Fest Ghent this year.

pzc • 10 j

A beautiful song in premiere op Film by the Sea The documentary Une belle chanson by student and filmmaker Matthijs Meulblok from Burgh-Haamstede will premiere on September 13 at the Film by the Sea festival in Vlissingen.

standaard • 10 j

Belgian films internationally awarded Two French-language Belgian films have won prizes abroad. 'Keeper' by Guillaume Senez received the Europa Cinemas Label at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland, 'Les oiseaux de passage' by Olivier and Yves Ringer won the jury prize at the Tokyo International Children's Film Festival.

nieuwsblad • 10 j

Theater school teacher denies affairs with students Actor Jappe Claes has given his version of the facts for the first time after he was accused of sexual abuse in the Dutch Volkskrant. He is said to have abused his position as a teacher at the Amsterdam Theater School to start dozens of affairs.

deredactie • 10 j

Toronto Film Festival launches side section for TV series At the upcoming edition of the Toronto Film Festival, audiences will be able to watch not only films but also various TV series. Under the heading Primetime, series from the US, Iceland, France and Argentina will be shown.

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