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filmkrant • 9 m

Rei and The Old Bachelor winners IFFR 2024 Japanese director Tanaka Toshihiko has won the Tiger Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam with his film 'Rei'. The Big Screen Competition was won by Oktay Baraheni from Iran with his film 'The Old Bachelor'.

parool • 9 m

'Eye Filmmuseum stops sponsorship by KLM due to climate' The Eye Film Museum in North Amsterdam has decided not to renew its sponsorship of KLM. Sustainability is high on the museum's agenda, according to director Bregtje van der Haak.

nu • 9 m

Frank Lammers and Jacob Derwig get roles in a drama series about Máxima Actors Frank Lammers and Jacob Derwig have a role in the new drama series about Queen Máxima. Derwig plays the role of Thomas Wagenaar, who helped Máxima integrate into the Netherlands, while Lammers plays the role of journalist and presenter Willibrord Frequin.

see-nl • 9 m

In Memoriam: Evert de Beijer Dutch animator Evert de Beijer passed away on Sunday, January 28, 2024 in Amsterdam. De Beijer was known for his animated films, including "Gerard" and "The Characters", which won several awards at international film festivals.

nu • 9 m

Reactions to shocking report about NPO Things are very wrong on the work floor of the public broadcaster. That is the conclusion drawn from the report presented on this subject on Thursday. NPO chairman Frederieke Leeflang emphasizes that care must be taken for those affected by this.

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Videoland crime series Sleepers is getting a third season Crime series Sleepers will get a third season, creator and leading actor Robert de Hoog announced. The series, made in collaboration with detective and screenwriter Simon de Waal, is about a criminal who infiltrates the police and ends up in the Utrecht underworld.

filmkrant • 9 m

IFFR 2024: Masterclass Bill Plympton Bill Plympton, the famous American animator, gave a Masterclass at the IFFR in which he talked about self-promotion as an independent animator. He presented his Masterclass in a disarming and humorous way. Or that the promotion of the masterclass had failed.

filmkrant • 9 m

Gonzalo Fernandez Carmona about Koolhoven presents: Venus Director Gonzalo Fernandez Carmona speaks about his film Venus, which is part of the new VPRO series Koolhoven presents. The film is about Joyce, who tries to remember her loved one in a post-apocalyptic world with the help of a controversial company.

privatekitchen • 9 m

Composer Michiel Marsman has 2 premieres at IFFR 2024 Composer Michiel Marsman will have two premieres at IFFR 2024. One of the films, called "Krazy House", combines an American religious sitcom from the 90s with a Russian horror fest. The song was played regularly on set to get the actors and crew in the right mood.

ad • 9 m

Dutch viewers can watch the Oscar ceremony on TV, but not on KPN This year, Dutch viewers can also watch the entire Oscar ceremony live on television. The show can be seen on the night of March 10 to 11 on the digital channel FilmBox, which is available in the basic package of most providers.

filmkrant • 9 m

Martin Schwab over Telefilm Coming Home Director Martin Schwab talks about his Telefilm Pulang, a family drama set within the Moluccan community. Schwab emphasizes that despite the cultural diversity, the film is really a Dutch film.

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IFFR 2024: Chris Teerink on The Waste Land Filmmaker Chris Teerink has made a documentary called 'The Waste Land', based on the poem of the same name by TS Eliot. In the film, all 434 lines of the poem are recited by various interviewees, including writer/poet Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer and economist Guy Standing.

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