25/09/2014 - The Netherlands Film Festival started yesterday in Utrecht, while the Holland Film Meeting co-production market starts today

A screening of Joram Lürsen’s thriller Reckless [+see also:
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Starting today, the Holland Film Meeting (HFM) will be getting under way as well. The HFM groups together several international activities that run parallel to the NFF, including the NFF International Screenings, several panels and workshops, and the Binger/Screen International Interview, which this year will feature Oscar-winning Spanish filmmaker Fernando Trueba.

Perhaps the most visible part of the HFM is the HFM Co-Production Platform, which brings filmmakers and producers with specific projects to the Netherlands and tries to hook them up with potential co-producers. HFM will wrap this weekend, when the winners of the HFM Co-Production Platform will be announced.

This year’s selected projects are:

Dew by Denijal Hasanovic – production company: Skorpion Arte (Poland)
Female Falling Down by Therese Ahlbeck – Eyefeed (Sweden)
Game Over by Olena Fetisova – Interfilm Production Studio (Ukraine)
High Dive by Adam Csaszi – Focusfox (Hungary)
I Want to Be Like You [+see also:
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The Inconvenience by Benito Zambrano – Tal y Cual Producciones (Spain)
Little Paradise by Philipp Döring – Weydemann Bros (Germany)
My Romantic History by Keri Collins – Magnified Pictures(United Kingdom)
Pari by Siamak Etemadi – Heretic (Greece)
Pretenders [+see also:
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Something Useful by Pelin Esmer – Sinefilm (Turkey)
Tacit Wisdom by Saara Cantell – Periferia Productions (Finland)
To All Naked Men by Bassam Chekhes – Silkroad (France/Netherlands/Syria)
Trade by David Roddham – Roads Entertainment (Ireland)
Upstream [+see also:
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interview: Marion Hänsel
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And from the Netherlands:

10 Songs For Charity by Karin Junger – De Productie
Forbidden Love by Nicole van Kilsdonk – Waterland Film
Hairdresser’s Salon Beatrix by Mischa Kamp – BosBros
Heart-Shaped Bruise by Urszula Antoniak – NL Film and TV
In God’s Name by Arne Toonen – Rinkel Film
A Shining Flaw by Erwin Olaf – Eyeworks Film & TV Drama