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Documentary 'The Arrival of the Flag of D-Day' submitted for Emmy The documentary The Arrival of the Flag of D-Day has been submitted on behalf of the NPO for the Emmy Awards in the 'Current Affairs' category. The arrival of the D-Day Flag was broadcast by WNL, produced by Dutch Angle TV under the direction of Bernard Krikke.

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Filmmakers welcome the announced investment commitment The professional organizations for filmmakers, united in Portal Audiovisual Makers (PAM), of which DDG is also a part, applaud the government's intention to create an investment obligation for cinemas, broadcasters and VOD providers. Read more here.

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Prosper de Roos about Coppola's digital revolution Francis Ford Coppola once dreamed that the rise of cheap video cameras would break open the rigid film industry. That anyone could make a fantastic film. With the digital revolution of the past decade, nothing seems to stand in the way of this dream.

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In conversation with the network manager of NPO 2 At the initiative of DDG and DPN, Gijs van Beuzekom and Caro van der Heide, network manager and program coordinator of NPO2, came to Pakhuis de Zwijger in December to talk about the policy surrounding the programming of documentaries. How does NPO Pitch work?

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Autumn meeting 2019 about the Dutch film world in Het Ketelhuis On Wednesday, December 11 at 8 p.m., the Autumn Consultation, the biannual debate evening on pressing issues in the Dutch film world, will take place in Het Ketelhuis. What is the state of Dutch youth film in 2019?

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‘In a Whisper’ wint de IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary Yesterday, the winners of the various IDFA competition programs were announced during the Award Ceremony of the 32nd edition of the festival in EYE. The winner of the VPRO IDFA Audience Award will be announced on Friday evening, November 29.

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Already 10,000 visitors for Thunderdome documentary The new Dutch documentary Thunderdome Never Dies has already attracted 10,000 cinema visitors in one week. Today, makers Ted Alkemade and Vera Holland were therefore awarded the Crystal Film.

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Sound and Vision and IDFA enter into collaboration on archive & documentary With, among other things, the new IDFA Competition for Creative Use of Archive and the associated Image and Sound IDFA ReFrame Award, and the support of the Focus Program: Re-releasing History, the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and the Netherlands Institute for Image and Sound are giving substance to to the renewed partnership that focuses entirely on the reuse of archive material in documentaries.

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Ingrid van Tol, director of the Dutch Directors Guild Ingrid van Tol will become director of the Dutch Directors Guild (DDG) as of December 1, 2019. With the appointment of Van Tol, the DDG is taking the next step in the professionalization of the organization.

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Dutch premieres during IDFA (1) IDFA is at your doorstep. Which Dutch (co)productions will premiere during the festival? Here is an overview of the 12 full-length documentaries that will have their world premiere at the festival.

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Ultra-short animated films 2020 selected Six new plans have been selected for the eleventh edition of Ultrakort for a realization contribution of up to €50,000.

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Marina Meijer wins Documentary Stipend Filmmaker Marina Meijer will receive the Documentary Stipend from the Cultural Fund this year. The Stipend of 50,000 euros for making a new documentary will be awarded on Wednesday, November 20 during the IDFA.

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