Netherlands-based sales agent Dfw International has added romantic comedy “Costa!!” by Jon Karthaus, a follow-up to the 2001 Dutch cult classic “Costa!” by Johan Nijenhuis, to its Cannes Film Market slate.
Nijenhuis’ latest film “Yasmine’s Wedding” has also been added to the slate.
In “Costa!!” Anna (Abbey Hoes) and her best friend Bibi (Stephanie van Eer) travel to the Spanish coast to visit the famous Costa club where her mother Frida (Katja Schuurman) used to work only to find that it is no longer the place to be, but a run-down karaoke bar. Anna and her friends go all-out to win the battle of the bars and make Costa once again the hottest club on the strip. “Costa!!,” produced by Sabine Brian for Nl Film, was released in the Netherlands on April 28 and has racked up 100,000 admissions.
In “Yasmine’s Wedding,” produced by Ingmar Menning for Johan Nijenhuis & Co,...
Nijenhuis’ latest film “Yasmine’s Wedding” has also been added to the slate.
In “Costa!!” Anna (Abbey Hoes) and her best friend Bibi (Stephanie van Eer) travel to the Spanish coast to visit the famous Costa club where her mother Frida (Katja Schuurman) used to work only to find that it is no longer the place to be, but a run-down karaoke bar. Anna and her friends go all-out to win the battle of the bars and make Costa once again the hottest club on the strip. “Costa!!,” produced by Sabine Brian for Nl Film, was released in the Netherlands on April 28 and has racked up 100,000 admissions.
In “Yasmine’s Wedding,” produced by Ingmar Menning for Johan Nijenhuis & Co,...
- 5/4/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
A perfect storm of titles previously delayed by the pandemic combined with features set to launch on the back of the Netherlands Film Festival later this month means that a bumper harvest of home-grown films is set for release in Dutch theaters this autumn.
Anticipated titles include Alex van Warmerdam’s latest feature “No. 10,” which tells the story of an actor who cannot recall his past but who is strong-armed into his future by a group of strangers.
“Goldie” director Sam de Jong also looks set to return with his third film, “Met Mes,” a satire about the media focusing on a TV personality who exaggerates the theft of a new camera, which leads to unforeseen consequences.
Other films creating buzz include “My Father Is an Aeroplane,” directed by Antoinette Beumer (“Jackie”), which is set to open the Netherlands Film Festival.
Based on Beumer’s 2018 novel it tells the story...
Anticipated titles include Alex van Warmerdam’s latest feature “No. 10,” which tells the story of an actor who cannot recall his past but who is strong-armed into his future by a group of strangers.
“Goldie” director Sam de Jong also looks set to return with his third film, “Met Mes,” a satire about the media focusing on a TV personality who exaggerates the theft of a new camera, which leads to unforeseen consequences.
Other films creating buzz include “My Father Is an Aeroplane,” directed by Antoinette Beumer (“Jackie”), which is set to open the Netherlands Film Festival.
Based on Beumer’s 2018 novel it tells the story...
- 9/4/2021
- by Ann-Marie Corvin
- Variety Film + TV
This artistic depiction of the dark side of female sexuality, depicted by first time director and renowned actress Halina Reijn, takes us inside of a seasoned, freelance psychologist who becomes completely infatuated by the sex offender she is treating in a penal institution.
Halina Reijn is a renowned director, actress, author and producer. She is the winner of multiple awards, including the Dutch film Award, the Golden Calf for Best Actress , the Dutch theater awards Theo D’Or and Colombina, as well as the Courbois Pearl, an award which honors an actress who has made an indelible impression, both on stage as in film and television. Since 2017 she is also the proud owner of the Theo Mann-Bouwmeester Ring, an award to honor an actress who has contributed greatly to the Dutch theatre.
Halina Reijn takes on her first directorial challenge without inhibition, fully aware of tackling sensitive issues which society...
Halina Reijn is a renowned director, actress, author and producer. She is the winner of multiple awards, including the Dutch film Award, the Golden Calf for Best Actress , the Dutch theater awards Theo D’Or and Colombina, as well as the Courbois Pearl, an award which honors an actress who has made an indelible impression, both on stage as in film and television. Since 2017 she is also the proud owner of the Theo Mann-Bouwmeester Ring, an award to honor an actress who has contributed greatly to the Dutch theatre.
Halina Reijn takes on her first directorial challenge without inhibition, fully aware of tackling sensitive issues which society...
- 12/8/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Government-backed scheme is backing projects by Thomas Vinterberg, Alex van Warmerdam and Ramon Gieling.
The Netherlands film production incentive has announced today it is backing high-profile projects by Thomas Vinterberg and Alex van Warmerdam in its first funding round of 2019.
Overall the incentive will pump €10.5m ($11.79m) into 22 new productions and five high-end TV-series. This breaks down as 17 feature films, three feature length documentaries, two animated feature films, four drama series and one animated series, including 14 international co-productions. It is predicted the projects backed in this spending round will generate more than €40m ($35.64m) in production expenditure in the Netherlands.
The Netherlands film production incentive has announced today it is backing high-profile projects by Thomas Vinterberg and Alex van Warmerdam in its first funding round of 2019.
Overall the incentive will pump €10.5m ($11.79m) into 22 new productions and five high-end TV-series. This breaks down as 17 feature films, three feature length documentaries, two animated feature films, four drama series and one animated series, including 14 international co-productions. It is predicted the projects backed in this spending round will generate more than €40m ($35.64m) in production expenditure in the Netherlands.
- 4/4/2019
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
opens Friday, Feb. 7
NEW YORK -- This eccentric Dutch comedy, Holland's official entry for the Academy Awards, concerns the conflicts that arise between three sisters and their heretofore gay brother Nino, who suddenly announces that he is engaged to marry the beautiful, and quite female, Bo.
Normally, this would not be much of a problem, except that the marriage conveniently fulfills a clause in their parents' will which stipulates that if Nino marries he stands to inherit the family's beautiful beachside resort in Portugal. Needless to say, Nino's sisters set out to derail the suspicious union.
As you might expect from this plot description, the remake rights for "Zus & Zo" have already been purchased. However, the plot details and characterizations might have to be somewhat sanitized for American consumption, as this rather wicked comedy delivers an extremely casual treatment of such topics as adultery. Not to mention the subplot in which one of the husbands must endure a series of particularly painful urological tests. The film opens today at New York's Quad Cinema.
Nino's sisters all have ample reason to want to escape to sunny Portugal. Wanda, a struggling artist, would like to open a gallery. Sonja, a writer, wants to put a crimp on her husband's adulterous activities. And Michelle, who runs a home for young war refugees, would like to abandon her philanthropic life in favor of something a little more selfish. Their schemes to wreck Nino's marriage generally revolve around getting him back together with the handsome television chef he's in love with, but they are unwittingly hindered by his oblivious fiancee.
Director-screenwriter Paula van der Oest infuses the proceedings with too much forced wackiness and overly contrived and complicated situations, but she certainly earns points for originality. Fortunately, the performers, particularly Jacob Derwig as the hapless Nino, Pieter Embrechts as the object of his affections (deliciously named Felix Delicious) and Theu Boermans as the husband coping with a variety of medical invasions of his genitalia, fully embrace the ludicrous aspects of their roles, with frequently hilarious results.
ZUS AND ZO
Lifesize Entertainment
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Paula van der Oest
Producer: Jacqueline de Goeij
Director of photography: Bert Pot
Production designer: Harry Ammerlaan: Editor: Sander Vos
Music: Fons Merkies
Cast:
Sonja: Monic Hendrickx
Wanda: Anneke Blok
Michelle: Sylvia Poorta
Nino: Jacob Derwig
Bo: Halina Reijn
Jan: Jaap Spijkers
Hugo: Theu Boermans
Mother: Annet Nieuwehhuijzen
Felix: Pieter Embrechts
Running time -- 100 minutes
No MPAA rating...
NEW YORK -- This eccentric Dutch comedy, Holland's official entry for the Academy Awards, concerns the conflicts that arise between three sisters and their heretofore gay brother Nino, who suddenly announces that he is engaged to marry the beautiful, and quite female, Bo.
Normally, this would not be much of a problem, except that the marriage conveniently fulfills a clause in their parents' will which stipulates that if Nino marries he stands to inherit the family's beautiful beachside resort in Portugal. Needless to say, Nino's sisters set out to derail the suspicious union.
As you might expect from this plot description, the remake rights for "Zus & Zo" have already been purchased. However, the plot details and characterizations might have to be somewhat sanitized for American consumption, as this rather wicked comedy delivers an extremely casual treatment of such topics as adultery. Not to mention the subplot in which one of the husbands must endure a series of particularly painful urological tests. The film opens today at New York's Quad Cinema.
Nino's sisters all have ample reason to want to escape to sunny Portugal. Wanda, a struggling artist, would like to open a gallery. Sonja, a writer, wants to put a crimp on her husband's adulterous activities. And Michelle, who runs a home for young war refugees, would like to abandon her philanthropic life in favor of something a little more selfish. Their schemes to wreck Nino's marriage generally revolve around getting him back together with the handsome television chef he's in love with, but they are unwittingly hindered by his oblivious fiancee.
Director-screenwriter Paula van der Oest infuses the proceedings with too much forced wackiness and overly contrived and complicated situations, but she certainly earns points for originality. Fortunately, the performers, particularly Jacob Derwig as the hapless Nino, Pieter Embrechts as the object of his affections (deliciously named Felix Delicious) and Theu Boermans as the husband coping with a variety of medical invasions of his genitalia, fully embrace the ludicrous aspects of their roles, with frequently hilarious results.
ZUS AND ZO
Lifesize Entertainment
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Paula van der Oest
Producer: Jacqueline de Goeij
Director of photography: Bert Pot
Production designer: Harry Ammerlaan: Editor: Sander Vos
Music: Fons Merkies
Cast:
Sonja: Monic Hendrickx
Wanda: Anneke Blok
Michelle: Sylvia Poorta
Nino: Jacob Derwig
Bo: Halina Reijn
Jan: Jaap Spijkers
Hugo: Theu Boermans
Mother: Annet Nieuwehhuijzen
Felix: Pieter Embrechts
Running time -- 100 minutes
No MPAA rating...
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