25-01-2019 IFFR 2019: NOCTURNE
Viktor van der Valk’s debut feature Nocturne, written by Jeroen Scholten van Aschat and premiering in IFFR’s Bright Future section, is a very selfreflexive affair. ... -
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24-01-2019 IFFR 2019: TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE
"It was a disaster...a complete disaster!" Ena Sendijarevic jokes about the challenge of trying to shoot Take Me Somewhere Nice in three different languages, writes Geoffrey Macnab.... -
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23-01-2019 Premieres from the Netherlands at IFFR 2019
This year over 60 films and co-productions from the Netherlands are selected for the International Film Festival Rotterdam. ... -
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23-01-2019 DIRTY GOD AT IFFR & SUNDANCE
Dutch filmmaker Sacha Polak was at a music festival a few years ago when she noticed a young woman with facial scarring, writes Geoffrey Macnab. "I just saw everybody looking at her and looking away," Polak remembers. ... -
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19-12-2018 Dutch films selected for Berlin
The Berlinale has announced a first part of its selection.... -
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02-12-2018 Eye Exhibition: Jan Svankmayer
Legendary Czech surrealist and experimental filmmaker Jan Ŝvankmajer will be the focus of the next EYE exhibition in Amsterdam. Jaap Guldemond explains why to Nick Cunningham.... -
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25-11-2018 IDFA 2018: 21st Century Women
Sylvana, Demon or Diva and Marceline. A Woman. A Century are among many films celebrating strong women at IDFA this year. Melanie Goodfellow reports.... -
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24-11-2018 IDFA 2018: Scared of Revolution
"Niggers are scared of revolution," civil rights campaigner and celebrated African-American poet Umar Bin Hassan wrote in one of his most famous (and notorious) protest songs. ... -
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23-11-2018 IDFA 2018: Trapped in the City
David Verbeek's short documentary Trapped in The City of a Thousand Mountains, recipient of Netherlands Film Fund postproduction support, explores China's surveillance culture through the prism of the smouldering rap scene in the city of Chongqing in the southwest of the country.... -
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22-11-2018 IDFA 2018: Bellingcat
Hans Pool first became aware of Bellingcat (the website for investigative journalism) after reading an article about a Dutch member of the team.... -
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21-11-2018 IDFA 2018: O amor é único
Geoffrey Macnab talks to emerging talent Marina Meijer whose O amor é único is selected for IDFA Dutch Documentary Competition.... -
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20-11-2018 IDFA 2018: But Now is Perfect
Carin Goeijers' But Now is Perfect , a mid-length film about the European migration crisis selected for IDFA Dutch and Midlength Competitions, is a superbly crafted tale of tragedy heaped on tragedy. The director talks to Nick Cunningham. ... -
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19-11-2018 IDFA 2018: You are my Friend
You Are My Friend is a follow-up to Miss Kiet's Children , the wellreceived documentary that husband and wife team Petra and Peter Lataster made two years ago about a Dutch primary school teacher in charge of a class of immigrant children.... -
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18-11-2018 IDFA 2018: Sheep Hero
In Ton van Zantvoort's Sheep Hero a traditional shepherd tries to survive within a neo-liberal, highly automated farming industry, writes Nick Cunningham.... -
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