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filmkrant • 3 m

Video art returns to Art Rotterdam This week, the 27th edition of Art Rotterdam starts in Ahoy', where the video art program Projections returns with twelve international top films. The films include works by Jeroen Eisinga, Margit Lukács, Persijn Broersen and Jessica Wilson.

cineuropa.org • 3 m

The Netherlands Film Production Incentive has now generated over €1 billion in spending Since its launch in 2014, the Netherlands Filmproduction Incentive has generated over €1 billion in local spending for the audiovisual industry. More than half of the supported projects were international co-productions.

filmfonds • 3 m

Starting today: Zapp Animation Campus! The Zapp Animation Campus was launched to develop animation talent in the Netherlands. This scheme focuses on animation directors with experience in short films and offers them the opportunity to make longer animation films.

filmfonds • 3 m

Call: Oasis 2025 The Netherlands Film Fund and the Culture Fund have set up the Oase subsidy for independent documentary directors. Successful examples include "Vogels kun je niet melken" by Barbra Makkinga and "Home Game" by Lidija Zelovic.

broadcastmagazine • 3 m

André van Duin characters take centre stage in pop-up exhibition Image & Sound Beeld & Geluid has opened a pop-up exhibition dedicated to André van Duin's characters, such as Mister De Bok and Flip Fluitketel. The exhibition, which runs until 22 June 2025, shows costumes, scripts and other objects from Van Duin's career.

nu • 3 m

Jelka van Houten and Philip Freriks provide voices for A Minecraft Movie Jelka van Houten and Philip Freriks will provide voices for the Dutch version of "A Minecraft Movie", as well as YouTube chef Nick Toet.

see-nl • 4 m

17th Go Short: Festival director Lotje Kerckhaert Lotje Kerckhaert, the new festival director of the 17th Go Short Film Festival in Nijmegen, will present a program of 300 new short films from April 1 to 6. This year, approximately 3,500 films were submitted.

plotmagazine • 4 m

The art of small stories The article "The Art of the Little Stories" discusses the genesis of the screenplay for the film "Ladri di Biciclette". Cesare Zavattini, an important extra in Italian neorealism, worked with director Vittorio De Sica.

plotmagazine • 4 m

'Let me be forgotten' In "De Idylle", Aaron Rookus' second feature film, several generations of a family are confronted with their mortality. This mosaic story, written by Rookus himself, combines humor with existential questions, inspired by a quote from Kafka.

broadcastmagazine • 4 m

Broadcasters launch action to reverse cuts More than a thousand employees of the public broadcasters have started a campaign against the 156 million euro cut at the NPO, which was to take effect from 2027.

broadcastmagazine • 4 m

EOdoc I was a child about abuse, denial and failed systems In the EO documentary "Ik was een kind", made by Geertjan Lassche and produced by Doxy, Anneloes van 't Licht looks back on her youth and the sexual abuse within her strict reformed family. The documentary will be broadcast on 31 March on NPO 2.

filmkrant • 4 m

Gertjan Zuilhof (1955-2025) Gertjan Zuilhof, film programmer, passed away on March 3 at the age of 70. Zuilhof was known for his work at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), where he served for a quarter century and contributed to the internationalization of the festival.

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