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...

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...

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...