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Boyd van Hoeij


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

A painterly exploration of desire and jealousy

The last film to be presented in the Horizons section at the Venice Film Festival this year is Un lac (“A Lake”), a French production from director Phillipe Grandieux. In the rugged landscape of...  

05/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Horizons/France

The calvary of modern living

French director Arnaud des Pallières looks at life in a contemporary gated community on the Côte d’Azur in his third feature Le Parc. The two-hander, adapted from a ‘60s novel by US writer John...  

04/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Horizons/France

Grey-haired humour has the Lido in stitches

The Italian contingent is very large this year on the Lido, with each section having several Italian titles. The Critics’ Week is no different, with Pippo Mezzapesa’s Sogno di una morte di mezza...  

03/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Critics’ Week/Italy

Venice’s got Milk

Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu’s Milk, the second part in a proposed trilogy, is the Turkish feature in competition at the Venice Film Festival this year. The co-production between Turkey,...  

01/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition

The Other One: The magical number two

After Barbet Schroeder’s Inju, the second French film in competition at the Venice Film Festival is appropriately titled The Other One. The film is also the second feature for the cinema by...  

31/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition/France

Schroeder’s untamed Beast

The line between fiction and reality is not so much blurred as it is erased in Barbet Schroeder’s Venice Competition title Inju – The Beast in the Shadow. The SBS and La fabrique de films...  

29/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition/France

Jerichow: Secrets, lies and money

German director Christian Petzold continues his exploration of ambling lives in a bankrupt society in the Venice Competition entry Jerichow, a strong film that further consolidates his reputation...  

28/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Competition/Germany

Novel inspired by Holloway case to be filmed

Dutch publishing sensation Vuurkoraal by journalist-turned-novelist Annet de Jong will be coming to the big screen. The novel, about a Dutch girl who goes missing on the Dutch Antilles island of...  

21/08/2008 | Production | Netherlands

Katia’s Sister: From Russia to Locarno via Amsterdam

Dutch director Mijke de Jong returns to the Locarno Film Festival this year with the drama Katia’s Sister. The Swiss festival runs from August 6-16. De Jong (Crystal Bear winner for Bluebird in...  

31/07/2008 | Festivals | Netherlands

A notorious swindler arrives in Luxembourg

Filming on Swiss-German-Luxembourg co-production Der Fürsorger (“The Welfare Worker”) is scheduled to start on August 5 in the Grand Duchy. The film is the first theatrical feature of German-born...  

24/07/2008 | Production | Switzerland/Luxembourg

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