On Sunday 28 September, during the tenth Netherlands Production Platform (NPP), the Kodak NPP Development Prize was awarded to director Mark de Cloe, screenwriter Céline Linssen and producers Wilant Boekelman and Koji Nelissen for the feature film project SHOCKING BLUE. The jury, consisting of Marten Rabarts, Jean Heijl, Eurydice Gysel, Ria Jankie and Louis Machado said this about their verdict: ‘From a diverse line-up of films, the jury selected a project which tells a simple story both uniq...
Tonight during the Talkshow of the 27th Netherlands Film Festival, the nominations were announced for the 2007 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 André van Duren, Pieter Fleury, Ronald Giphart, Brigit Hillenius, Jannie Langbroek, Reinier Selen, Paula van der Oest (chair woman).Also in this evening’s Talkshow, the nominations were announced...
During the ninth Netherlands Production Platform (NPP), the Kodak NPP Development Prize was awarded to directing and scriptwriting duo Berend and Roel Boorsma and producer San Fu Maltha for the feature film project Milo.The jury, made up of Marten Rabarts, Sonja Heinen, Louis Machado and Frans Afman, granted the prize to this feature film project because of “the daring and original premise that lays bare the brittle foundation of a fragile family that is kept together by secrets, uncertainties...
WEDNESDAY MAY 12THE SECOND MEMORY by Bea Visser17:03 SFC - the Short Film CornerA photographer's model, from found photos taken in the early fifties in Prague, was brought back to life (11 min.).Dir: Bea de VisserProd: Bea de Visser THURSDAY MAY 13A FATHER'S AFFAIR by Maarten Treurniet9:30 Palais D - Market ScreeningSome things you have to say, no matter how difficult. Some things you can't say, no matter how necessary (drama - 105 min.).Dir: Maarten TreurnietProd: 24fps features THE EMPEROR'S W...
In a compilation titled ‘Just a Minute’, ten one-minute films will see their world premiere during IFFR 2004. In a project designed to celebrate and promote adventurous short film-making, the Rotterdam film festival has invited ten talented directors, masters of the short film form (most of them regularly presenting work in Rotterdam this and past years) to make a special one-minute film as part of a project collaboration between IFFR and the Dutch Province of Zuid-Holland. The film-makers p...
