Dutch filmmaker Paula van der Oest, director of Oscar-nominated “Zus & Zo,” has wrapped production on “Love in a Bottle,” starring James Krishna Floyd (“No Man’s Land”) and Hannah Hoekstra (“Hemel”).
The film follows two people in two different countries — both in quarantine during lockdown — who have a love affair through Facetime. Floyd plays a damaged British man who lives mainly through his computer who falls for a charismatic Dutch perfume maker (Hoekstra) whom he met at an airport just before the pandemic struck.
“Love in a Bottle” was shot in two locations in Amsterdam during lockdown, and is one of the few films to shoot two locations simultaneously with two crews, in order to come together for one resulting film. Levitate Film (“The Forgotten Battle”) produced.
Van der Oest’s regular cinematographer Guido van Gennep lensed the film and employed new techniques in order to complete the project.
“We were literally shooting with these iPhones,...
The film follows two people in two different countries — both in quarantine during lockdown — who have a love affair through Facetime. Floyd plays a damaged British man who lives mainly through his computer who falls for a charismatic Dutch perfume maker (Hoekstra) whom he met at an airport just before the pandemic struck.
“Love in a Bottle” was shot in two locations in Amsterdam during lockdown, and is one of the few films to shoot two locations simultaneously with two crews, in order to come together for one resulting film. Levitate Film (“The Forgotten Battle”) produced.
Van der Oest’s regular cinematographer Guido van Gennep lensed the film and employed new techniques in order to complete the project.
“We were literally shooting with these iPhones,...
- 12/18/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
★★★☆☆ Feature films from directors who attempt the crossover from acting can often be terribly hit and miss. It doesn't always follow that because you know how it works in front of the camera, you can automatically transfer the skills to the other side. As a result, Bringing Up Bobby (2011) - the directorial debut of Dutch actress Famke Janssen starring Milla Jovovich - is a refreshing surprise, and far more accomplished than you might expect. Olive (Jovovich) is a small time con-artist from Eastern Europe. In an effort to start anew she has come to America to find a better life for her and her young son Bobby (newcomer Spencer List).
Unfortunately, it's difficult for a leopard to change its spots and Olive's shady past eventually catches up with her, with devastating consequences for her and Bobby. There are several surprising elements to Bringing Up Bobby - such as its competent...
Unfortunately, it's difficult for a leopard to change its spots and Olive's shady past eventually catches up with her, with devastating consequences for her and Bobby. There are several surprising elements to Bringing Up Bobby - such as its competent...
- 5/13/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Reviewed by Chris Allsop
(March 2011)
Directed by: Martin Koolhoven
Written by: Paul Jan Nelissen, Mieke de Jong and Martin Koolhoven
Starring: Martijn Lakemeier, Yorick van Wageningen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Raymond Thiry and Melody Klaver
“Winter in Wartime” arrives in U.S. theaters already laden with accolades: Short-listed for the 2009 Academy Award for Foreign Language Film, it’s also won multiple Golden Calves at the Netherlands Film Festival. And, incredibly for a foreign arthouse movie, it also managed to outgross “Twilight.”
Okay, so that was only in the Netherlands. And the marketing edge provided by the longstanding fame of Jan Terlouw’s best-seller of the same name — on which “Winter in Wartime” is based — probably helped propel director Martin Koolhoven’s movie to its impressive commercial showing. But another contributing factor was — and will no doubt continue to be — the broad appeal of this coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Holland.
(March 2011)
Directed by: Martin Koolhoven
Written by: Paul Jan Nelissen, Mieke de Jong and Martin Koolhoven
Starring: Martijn Lakemeier, Yorick van Wageningen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Raymond Thiry and Melody Klaver
“Winter in Wartime” arrives in U.S. theaters already laden with accolades: Short-listed for the 2009 Academy Award for Foreign Language Film, it’s also won multiple Golden Calves at the Netherlands Film Festival. And, incredibly for a foreign arthouse movie, it also managed to outgross “Twilight.”
Okay, so that was only in the Netherlands. And the marketing edge provided by the longstanding fame of Jan Terlouw’s best-seller of the same name — on which “Winter in Wartime” is based — probably helped propel director Martin Koolhoven’s movie to its impressive commercial showing. But another contributing factor was — and will no doubt continue to be — the broad appeal of this coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Holland.
- 3/18/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Chris Allsop
(March 2011)
Directed by: Martin Koolhoven
Written by: Paul Jan Nelissen, Mieke de Jong and Martin Koolhoven
Starring: Martijn Lakemeier, Yorick van Wageningen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Raymond Thiry and Melody Klaver
“Winter in Wartime” arrives in U.S. theaters already laden with accolades: Short-listed for the 2009 Academy Award for Foreign Language Film, it’s also won multiple Golden Calves at the Netherlands Film Festival. And, incredibly for a foreign arthouse movie, it also managed to outgross “Twilight.”
Okay, so that was only in the Netherlands. And the marketing edge provided by the longstanding fame of Jan Terlouw’s best-seller of the same name — on which “Winter in Wartime” is based — probably helped propel director Martin Koolhoven’s movie to its impressive commercial showing. But another contributing factor was — and will no doubt continue to be — the broad appeal of this coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Holland.
(March 2011)
Directed by: Martin Koolhoven
Written by: Paul Jan Nelissen, Mieke de Jong and Martin Koolhoven
Starring: Martijn Lakemeier, Yorick van Wageningen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Raymond Thiry and Melody Klaver
“Winter in Wartime” arrives in U.S. theaters already laden with accolades: Short-listed for the 2009 Academy Award for Foreign Language Film, it’s also won multiple Golden Calves at the Netherlands Film Festival. And, incredibly for a foreign arthouse movie, it also managed to outgross “Twilight.”
Okay, so that was only in the Netherlands. And the marketing edge provided by the longstanding fame of Jan Terlouw’s best-seller of the same name — on which “Winter in Wartime” is based — probably helped propel director Martin Koolhoven’s movie to its impressive commercial showing. But another contributing factor was — and will no doubt continue to be — the broad appeal of this coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Holland.
- 3/18/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
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