This year the Netherlands Film Festival will spotlight a series of films, by talented and innovative Dutch authors, that have been selected for some of the leading international festivals but which remain relatively unknown among domestic audiences. The filmmakers featured within the Dutch Angle programme are Nanouk Leopold, Mijke de Jong, Simone van Dusseldorp, Eugenie Jansen, Esther Rots, David Verbeek, David Lammers and Fow Pyng Hu. They will present their work during the festival.

To complement this programme, leading Dutch publication De Volkskrant will present, in association with A-Film and the Netherlands Film Festival, a dvd box containing five Dutch Angle films; NORTHERN LIGHT by David Lammers, GUERNSEY by Nanouk Leopold, CAN GO THROUGH SKIN by Esther Rots, DEEP by Simone van Dusseldorp and KATIA’S SISTER by Mijke de Jong.

A Dutch angle is a cinematic effect in which the camera is tilted to offset the horizon against the bottom of the frame, resulting in an alienating effect. The festival therefore uses the Dutch Angle label to describe the film authors whose films are characterised by a particular intensity – films in which the drama is not played out on screen, but is nevertheless tangible between the lines. The label may also be used in the future to distinguish new work by Dutch author filmmakers.

A number of debates will be scheduled during the festival to assess the (inter) national position of the Dutch arthouse film.

The Netherlands Film Festival will take place from 23 September through 2 October 2009. For more information and ticket sales see (from 9 September): www.filmfestival.nl.