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Annecy 2025: The winners During the Annecy Animation Festival 2025, Gaza and Iran were prominent themes, both in the films and in the speeches. The main prize went to the French animation 'Arco' by Ugo Bienvenu, co-produced by Natalie Portman.

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Actor Piet Kamerman (99), known as Lowietje from Baantjer, has passed away Piet Kamerman, known as bartender Lowietje in "Baantjer", has died at the age of 99 in Utrecht. His career included roles in series such as "De Stille Kracht" and "De Verlossing", and stage work such as in "Krapps Last Tape".

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Annecy 2025: Short Dutch At the Annecy Festival 2025, five short Dutch animated films will be shown, including "Zwermen" by Janneke Swinkels and Tijs Frijsinger, and "Wat is spreken waard?" by Leticia van Neerven.

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Crystal Film for documentary Between the Wharf and the Ship - Silently Indian The documentary "Tussen Wal en Schip - Geruisloos Indisch" by directors Juliette Dominicus and Sven Peetoom has received the Crystal Film Award. The award ceremony took place at the Javakade in Amsterdam.

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Northern Film Festival launches collaboration with Emden-Norderney The Northern Film Festival starts a collaboration with the German International Film Fest Emden-Norderney under the name 'Nieuwe maatjes – Neue Freunden'. Three films from the Noorderkroon competition will be shown in Emden on June 15.

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Bad Boa's on Netflix from July 11 From July 11, the comedy film 'Bad Boa's' can be seen exclusively on Netflix. The film, starring Jandino Asporaat and Werner Kolf, is set in Rotterdam South and combines humor, friendship and action.

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Flemish-Dutch comedy series All In will be released on SkyShowtime in 2026 In 2026, SkyShowtime will launch the Flemish-Dutch comedy series "All In", directed by Luk Wyns. The series, starring Katja Schuurman and Diederik Ebbinge, is set in a Spanish all-inclusive resort.

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Dutch Film Festival 2025 opens with For the Girls The Netherlands Film Festival opens on September 26 with "Voor de Meisjes" by director Mike van Diem, known for his Oscar-winning film "Karakter". The festival runs until October 3 in Utrecht, where the advance sale of tickets has already started.

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Documentary series A False Start by Nicolaas Veul wins Silver Nipkow Disc The documentary series "A False Start - 100 Days in Youth and Family Care" by Nicolaas Veul has won the Silver Nipkow Disc. The award ceremony took place in Het Ketelhuis in Amsterdam. Other nominees were "Zorgen" (BNNVARA) and "Danny ter plekke" (NTR).

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Focus: Tegenstroom Film Festival 2025 The Tegenstroom Film Festival, from 12 to 14 June 2025 in CineCity Terneuzen, focuses on vulnerable short films that challenge the viewer. The festival opens with the feature film 'Milano' by Christian Vandekerckhove.

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Industry association for Streaming Services Netherlands launched Disney+, HBO Max, Netflix, Prime Video and Videoland have founded the industry organisation Streaming Services Netherlands. This organisation serves as a discussion partner for government and other sectors within the audiovisual industry.

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Comedy series Klikbeet reaches 100 million views on YouTube The NTR sketch show Klikbeet has achieved more than 100 million views on YouTube. Since its launch in 2017, it has grown into one of the largest Dutch online comedy channels. Klikbeet is produced by TIN CAN and the NTR.

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