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Boyd van Hoeij


596 articles available in total starting from 11/04/2005. Last article published on 06/10/2014.

Icelandic Tiger Black’s Game roars in Rotterdam

The debut feature of Icelandic director Óskar Thór Axelsson, the Reykjavik underworld saga Black's Game is one of 15 films that are part of the Tiger Competition at the International Film Festival...  

02/02/2012 | IFFR 2012 | Iceland

Lights goes up in Rotterdam

The British film When the Lights Went Out (pictured) is again proof that genre films are not necessarily an obstacle for a festival premiere. Directed by Pat Holden, the film dramatizes a famous...  

01/02/2012 | IFFR 2012 | UK

Maja Milos’ Clip is Rotterdam’s first cause célèbre

The International Film Festival Rotterdam, which began on 25 January, has a reputation for edgy, avant-garde fare. But even by those standards, Clip, the debut feature of Serbian writer-director...  

30/01/2012 | IFFR 2012 | Serbia

Black Out joins crowded field of local films

2011 was a bumper year in terms of local box-office results for Dutch films (see news) and 2012 looks set to continue the trend for Dutch audiences, with several new local releases performing...  

26/01/2012 | Releases | Netherlands

Record year for Dutch film and cinemas

The numbers for 2011 were extremely good in the Dutch cinema business - more than 30 million tickets were sold, a number not achieved since 1978. Box-office grosses were up €240m and admissions to...  

19/01/2012 | Box Office | Netherlands

Rotterdam unveils its 'Tigers'

The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has unveiled the 15 competing titles in its main competitive strand, the Tiger competition, which focuses on first and second films. European films...  

12/01/2012 | Festivals | Netherlands

Dutch children’s films in good health

The local film industry in the Netherlands has always been buoyed by strong features for children and early teens. One of the current box-office hits is Dolfje Weerwolfje (known in English as...  

06/01/2012 | Festivals | Netherlands

Nanouk Leopold prepares It’s All So Quiet

The fifth feature from director Nanouk Leopold will start shooting this winter. The second film of the Dutch filmmaker, Guernsey from 2005, was selected for the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes and...  

03/01/2012 | Production | Netherlands

2012 CineMart titles announced

One of the world's oldest and largest co-production markets, CineMart, will be taking place once more during the upcoming International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and will present 36 projects...  

22/12/2011 | Festivals/Funding | Netherlands

Iris Productions keeps busy

Luxembourg production company Iris Production S.A., headed by Nicolas Steil (pictured), shows no signs of slowing down. Their latest co-production, French crime film De force with Isabelle Adjani,...  

15/12/2011 | Production | Luxembourg

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