WINNERS GOLDEN CALVES, THE PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR DUTCH CINEMA 2006 Tonight, the Prestigious Awards for Dutch Cinema, the 2006 Golden Calves, were presented during the Dutch Film Gala. The presentations could be seen live on the Internet on www.filmfestival.nl; the VPRO's Cinema.nl Festivaljournaal will report on the ceremony at 23.10 tonight. On Saturday 7 October at 17.00 and on Sunday 8 October at 21.00, the digital culture channel Cultura will broadcast the Gala in its entirety. The presenta...
During the Talkshow of the 26th Netherlands Film Festival, the nominations were announced for the 2006 Golden Calves, the prestigious award for Dutch Cinema. The Jury of the Golden Calves competition selected the nominees after watching 76 film productions in competition. The jury members are Esther Bannenberg, Jan van den Berg, Jacqueline de Goeij, Rolf Koot (vice-chairman), Esmé Lammers (chairwoman), Erik Langhout and Wouter Suyderhoud.Also in this evening's Talkshow, the nominations were ann...
Marion Hänsel gives the Variety Cinema Militans Interview as part of the Holland Film Meeting during the 26th Netherlands Film Festival. On Saturday 30 September at 17:30, the filmmaker will get into conversation with Variety's Katja Hofmann about her vision on the future of cinema. The fixed theme of this section, 'the position and viability of cinema in the present age', is an adaptation of the theme of Dutch film theoretician Menno ter Braak's essay 'Cinema Militans' (1926).
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Marion Hänsel gives the Variety Cinema Militans Interview as part of the Holland Film Meeting during the 26th Netherlands Film Festival. On Saturday 30 September at 17:30, the filmmaker will get into conversation with Variety's Katja Hofmann about her vision on the future of cinema. The fixed theme of this section, 'the position and viability of cinema in the present age', is an adaptation of the theme of Dutch film theoretician Menno ter Braak's essay 'Cinema Militans' (1926). Directly after t...
Heddy Honigmann's latest film FOREVER is the closing film of the 26th Netherlands Film Festival. The Dutch première takes place on the final regular screening day of the festival, Thursday 5 October 2006.FOREVER reveals the mysterious beauty, serenity and comforting effects of the extraordinary Parisian cemetery Père-Lachaise, as seen through the eyes of people of flesh and blood. Many of them go there for their 'own' dead: husband, wife, father or son. Other visitors leave a letter behind for...
