Wednesday 23 January, the world premiere of 'De wederopstanding van een klootzak' ('The Resurrecntion of a Bastard') by Guido van Driel (The Netherlands) opens the 42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam. Van Driel’s fiction feature début, also selected for the festival’s Hivos Tiger Awards Competition, stars Yorick van Wageningen ('The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'), Goua Robert Grovogui and Juda Goslinga. Recently deceased Dutch actor Jero...

Announcement of the nominations for the 2008 Grand Prize of the Dutch Film, the Golden CalvesThis evening during the Talkshow of the 28th Netherlands Film Festival, the nominations were announced for the Golden Calves, the Grand Prize of the Dutch Film. The Jury of the Golden Calves competition selected the nominees after watching 72 film productions in the competition programme. The members of the jury are Nanouk Leopold, Britta Hosman, Albert ter Heerdt, Petra Goedings, Roberto van Eijden, Jan...

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...