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Golden Film for The Z of Zus The comedy "De Z van Zus" by director Jelle de Jonge, starring Elise Schaap and Bracha van Doesburgh, has received the Golden Film Award after attracting 100,000 cinema visitors.

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Director Hannah van Tassel wins NPO Documentary Talent Award at IDFA Director Hannah van Tassel has won the NPO Documentary Talent Award 2024 with her film plan ADRIFT during the IDFA festival in Amsterdam. The award, a development grant of €25,000 from the NPO Fund, recognizes original voices and urgent topics in documentary making.

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Cultural Fund Documentary Grant for Festus Toll On the opening night of IDFA on November 14, filmmaker Festus Toll was awarded the Cultuurfonds Documentaire Stipendium 2024 for his documentary "The Story of Ne Kuko". The grant enables Toll to make a new film.

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Dutch winner at 'technical' EFAs Evalotte Oosterop has won a European Film Award in the Make-up & Hair category for her work on the Icelandic film When the Light Breaks, directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson.

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More films in Frisian thanks to new regional film fund The Frisian Film Fund, the second regional film fund in the Netherlands after Limburg, is being set up with the aim of producing more Frisian films. The fund will not only focus on the Frisian language, but also on the landscape and cultural identity of Friesland.

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Orwa Nyrabia on his 7.5 years at IDFA Orwa Nyrabia reflects on his 7.5 years as artistic director of IDFA, which he concludes with the 37th edition of the festival.

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BNNVARA series The Ring sold to the United States and United Kingdom The Dutch drama series "De Ring", currently popular on NPO 1 with a million viewers per week, will soon be broadcast in the United States and the United Kingdom via Walter Presents. The screenplay is by Frank Ketelaar, known for "Overspel" and "Klem".

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Eye Film Museum 1980-2000: from closed fortress to vibrant heritage Mark Paul Meyer, curator and film restorer at Eye Filmmuseum, recently retired after 34 years of service. During his career, the museum transformed from a sleepy institution to a vibrant hub in Amsterdam-Noord.

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A spin-off for Mocro Maffia after all: Tonnano gets his own series The character Tonnano from the popular series Mocro Maffia is getting his own series on Videoland, which will be shown next year. Rapper ICE, real name Khalid Alterch, will once again play the role of Tonnano.

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Public broadcaster launches NPO Doc during IDFA From 14 November, the public broadcaster will bundle all documentaries for adults under the new name NPO Doc, launched during the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).

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Golden Film for The Great Sinterklaas Film: Stampij in de Bakkerij The Golden Film has been awarded to director and producer Lucio Messercola with The Great Sinterklaas Film: Stampij in de Bakkerij. The family film attracted 100,000 visitors who followed the Pieten's search for Marco Marsepein's stolen gingerbread recipe.

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Collaboration and talent development central to OCW audiovisual policy The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) has launched the agenda “Imagination through Insight and Collaboration” to strengthen the Dutch audiovisual sector. From 2024, streaming services such as Netflix and Videoland must invest in local productions.

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