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1238 articles available in total starting from 11/09/2002. Last article published on 09/07/2025.

Interview: Ben Sombogaart • Director

"A romantic and involving epic"

Reuniting with the team of his 2003 Oscar-nominated film came easy to the director  

07/10/2008

Bride Flight

Ben Sombogaart's Dutch historical epos looks at immigrants from a different point of view, casting the Dutch as immigrants in 1950s New Zealand  

07/10/2008 | Films | Reviews

Love Is All crowned Best Dutch Film

The romantic comedy and box-office hit Love is All was crowned Best Film at the 2008 Golden Calves ceremony. The Dutch national film prizes were awarded on Friday, the last day of the Netherlands...  

07/10/2008 | Awards | Netherlands

Interview: Hanneke Niens • Producer

The benefits of the trust established

We met with the Dutch producer who looks back at how she secured financing for an ambitious project suited to Holland  

07/10/2008

Youngsters in the Maghreb, looking for gold

For the 2009 Foreign Language Oscar, Belgium submitted Eldorado, a road movie that stays within the borders of the submitting country. The other two Benelux members, the Netherlands and...  

26/09/2008 | Oscars 2009 | Netherlands/Luxembourg

Dutch audiences love Claudel

I’ve Loved You So Long, the directorial debut of French novelist Philippe Claudel, is a hit with Dutch audiences. After its premiere at the Berlinale in February and its successful late-March...  

18/09/2008 | Distribution | Netherlands

Real and fictional lives at the 2008 DFF

The national film showcase of the Netherlands, the Dutch Film Festival (DFF), will kick off on September 24 in the central city of Utrecht with the world premiere of Het echte leven (“Real Life”)...  

12/09/2008 | Festivals | Netherlands

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 war zone in the spotlight

While his son Yannick van de Velde currently stars in The Letter for the King (see interview), director Jean van de Velde is busy with the post-production of his latest film Wit licht (“White...  

18/07/2008 | Production | Netherlands

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