45 film projects selected for CineMart 2006 (29 January – 2 February) • Former CineMart Projects in official selection Rotterdam 2006The 23rd CineMart has announced its selection of forty-five independent film projects. The world’s first and largest co-production market will include new productions by established art house directors such as Pablo Trapero, Guy Maddin, Alexej German jr and Li Yang. CineMart expects some 800 guests to attend, including decision making executives from all majo...

This evening during the Talk Show of the 25th Netherlands Film Festival, the nominations were announced for the Grand Prize of the Dutch Film, the Golden Calf. The Jury of the Golden Calves competition selected the nominees after watching 75 filmproductions in the competition programme. The members of the jury are Kees van Twist (chair), Robbert Aarts, Piotr van Dijk, Mijke de Jong, Rens Machielse, Hans Pos en Els Vandevorst.Also in this evening's Talk Show, the nominations were announced for th...

István Szabó will deliver the 15th Variety Cinema Militans Lecture in conclusion of the Holland Film Meeting at the 25th Netherlands Film Festival. On October 2nd, the Hungarian filmmaker will share his vision on the future of cinema in Ottone in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The fixed theme of the Lecture, 'the position and viability of cinema in the present age', is an adaptation of the theme of Dutch film critic and writer Menno ter Braak's essay 'Cinema Militans' (1926). István Szabó was bor...