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 total of eight feature-length fiction films, six documentaries and five high-end TV series have been granted funding by the Dutch scheme. A total of eight feature-length fiction films, six documentaries, three drama series, one animated series and one documentary series have been granted the Netherlands Film Production Incentive. The total amount of €8.2 million will be divided among the 19 productions, 12 of which are international co-productions. The contributions are expected to generate more than €35 million in production expenditure in the Netherlands. The highest amount of €1,375,323 was granted to the documentary Occupied City by Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter, about two parallel worlds in Amsterdam, showing how the past is always present. The doc is being produced by Dutch outfit Family Affair Films and Lammas Park from the UK. The fiction feature boasting the highest contribution is Moroccan Wedding by Johan Nijenhuis. The production, telling a story...
Dfw International presenting the project at the online Cannes market.
Prolific Belgian actor Jan Decleir has signed on to play Santa in Christmas film The Claus Family, which Dutch FilmWorks International is presenting at the Marché du Film Online this week.
Decleir is perhaps best known as the star of Dutch drama Character, which won the Oscar for best foreign-language film in 1998, and cult thriller The Memory Of A Killer.
He is seen in this first-look photo from the film [see left].
Production on The Claus Family was originally set to take place in Belgium throughout March but shooting was postponed in...
Prolific Belgian actor Jan Decleir has signed on to play Santa in Christmas film The Claus Family, which Dutch FilmWorks International is presenting at the Marché du Film Online this week.
Decleir is perhaps best known as the star of Dutch drama Character, which won the Oscar for best foreign-language film in 1998, and cult thriller The Memory Of A Killer.
He is seen in this first-look photo from the film [see left].
Production on The Claus Family was originally set to take place in Belgium throughout March but shooting was postponed in...
- 6/23/2020
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
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
Dutch Features, one of Holland’s leading sales agencies, has acquired the cross-cultural romantic comedy “Cuban Love” directed by Johan Nijenhuis (“Tuscan Wedding”) ahead of the European Film Market.
“Cuban Live” is headlined by Susan Visser, who won the Efp Shooting Star at the Berlin Film Festival in 2015. Set to open in the Netherlands on Valentines Day, “Cuban Love” tells the story of a divorcee, Loes, (Susan Visser) who has lost all faith in love and has to travel to Cuba to prevent her daughter Maartje (Abbey Hoes) from marrying a Cuban citizen (Rolf Sanchez). Once in Cuba, Loes finds herself learning more about love and romance than she had ever expected.
Dutch Feature has also come on board Norbert ter Hall’s “Promise of Pisa,” a coming-of-age drama which is currently in-production. The company will be showing a first promo of the movie during the European Film Market.
Based...
“Cuban Live” is headlined by Susan Visser, who won the Efp Shooting Star at the Berlin Film Festival in 2015. Set to open in the Netherlands on Valentines Day, “Cuban Love” tells the story of a divorcee, Loes, (Susan Visser) who has lost all faith in love and has to travel to Cuba to prevent her daughter Maartje (Abbey Hoes) from marrying a Cuban citizen (Rolf Sanchez). Once in Cuba, Loes finds herself learning more about love and romance than she had ever expected.
Dutch Feature has also come on board Norbert ter Hall’s “Promise of Pisa,” a coming-of-age drama which is currently in-production. The company will be showing a first promo of the movie during the European Film Market.
Based...
- 2/5/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Film Producers Netherlands is proud to present its members and their new films and projects. Many of their producers have extensive experience with international co-productions and are always interested in broadening their horizons. New films and projects of producers will be presented at Sundance Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam (see line up) and at the Berlinale (see line up) / Efm in Berlin. Go to meet and contact these producers and find out about Netherlands 35% cash rebate.
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- 1/24/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The “talent drain” in the Dutch industry is coming to an end.
Source: Berlin Film Festival
My Giraffe
CEO of the Netherlands Film Fund Doreen Boonekamp has stated that the “talent drain” in the Dutch industry is coming to an end.
Thanks to the cash rebate system, now in its fourth year, Boonekamp believes that filmmakers are more easily able to pursue careers in the Netherlands while also managing collaboration with international partners.
Films including Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk and Ryan Reynolds/Samuel L. Jackson buddy thriller The Hitman’s Bodyguard are among big-canvas international films to shoot in the Netherlands in 2016 and other big-budget films are continuing to come to the country, among them John Crowley’s adaptation of Donna Tartt’s novel, The Goldfinch. Made through Warner Bros and Amazon Studios and starring Ansel Elgort, the project has received €565,945 in Dutch cash rebate funding in the last awards round in late December. The local production...
Source: Berlin Film Festival
My Giraffe
CEO of the Netherlands Film Fund Doreen Boonekamp has stated that the “talent drain” in the Dutch industry is coming to an end.
Thanks to the cash rebate system, now in its fourth year, Boonekamp believes that filmmakers are more easily able to pursue careers in the Netherlands while also managing collaboration with international partners.
Films including Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk and Ryan Reynolds/Samuel L. Jackson buddy thriller The Hitman’s Bodyguard are among big-canvas international films to shoot in the Netherlands in 2016 and other big-budget films are continuing to come to the country, among them John Crowley’s adaptation of Donna Tartt’s novel, The Goldfinch. Made through Warner Bros and Amazon Studios and starring Ansel Elgort, the project has received €565,945 in Dutch cash rebate funding in the last awards round in late December. The local production...
- 1/25/2018
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Titles join Netflix’s growing catalogue of European film fare.
Netflix has acquired Dutch box office hits Tuscan Wedding and Loving Ibiza as well as the latter’s TV spin-off series for global release in a deal brokered by Netherlands sales agent Incredible Films.
Both films were directed by Johan Nijenhuis who has a long track record in producing crowd-pleasing romantic comedies.
“We are delighted to see that a major global platform such as Netflix has such a strong interest in our Dutch feature films and TV-series,” said Incredible Films CEO Danielle Raaphorst.
Incredible Films is currently gearing up for Mipcom where it will be selling Nijenhuis’s latest romantic comedy Skirt Day, revolving around 16 participants on a speed-dating cookery class.
The company will also roll-out Loving Ibiza and Tuscan Wedding producer Klaas de Jong’s latest production The Grass Is Always Greener about a Christmas family reunion in Suriname, which is in post-production...
Netflix has acquired Dutch box office hits Tuscan Wedding and Loving Ibiza as well as the latter’s TV spin-off series for global release in a deal brokered by Netherlands sales agent Incredible Films.
Both films were directed by Johan Nijenhuis who has a long track record in producing crowd-pleasing romantic comedies.
“We are delighted to see that a major global platform such as Netflix has such a strong interest in our Dutch feature films and TV-series,” said Incredible Films CEO Danielle Raaphorst.
Incredible Films is currently gearing up for Mipcom where it will be selling Nijenhuis’s latest romantic comedy Skirt Day, revolving around 16 participants on a speed-dating cookery class.
The company will also roll-out Loving Ibiza and Tuscan Wedding producer Klaas de Jong’s latest production The Grass Is Always Greener about a Christmas family reunion in Suriname, which is in post-production...
- 10/11/2016
- ScreenDaily
London -- Universal Pictures International Studio president Christian Grass said Wednesday that the company has snapped up Benelux distribution rights to Dutch filmmaker Ben Sombogaart's upcoming "De Storm" (The Storm).
The deal is part of Universal's overseas releasing arm's strategy to partner with filmmakers in releasing films that resonate with audiences in their own country.
Upi will release the film in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg in fall 2009.
"I think our involvement in 'De Storm' gives a pretty good indication of one of the many ways in which we can work with international filmmakers," Grass said. "We are very happy to be working with Nl Film as their distribution partners on 'De Storm.' "
Written by Rik Launspach and Marjolein Beumer, the movie is produced by Alain de Levita and Johan Nijenhuis at Nl Film and features an ensemble Dutch cast headlined by Sylvia Hoeks and Barry Atsma.
Set against the 1953 storms in Holland,...
The deal is part of Universal's overseas releasing arm's strategy to partner with filmmakers in releasing films that resonate with audiences in their own country.
Upi will release the film in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg in fall 2009.
"I think our involvement in 'De Storm' gives a pretty good indication of one of the many ways in which we can work with international filmmakers," Grass said. "We are very happy to be working with Nl Film as their distribution partners on 'De Storm.' "
Written by Rik Launspach and Marjolein Beumer, the movie is produced by Alain de Levita and Johan Nijenhuis at Nl Film and features an ensemble Dutch cast headlined by Sylvia Hoeks and Barry Atsma.
Set against the 1953 storms in Holland,...
- 10/29/2008
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
AMSTERDAM -- Dutch entertainment giant Endemol N.V. announced Thursday that it has raised its stake from 40% to 51% in local production house NL Film & TV. Headed by Johan Nijenhuis and Alain De Levita, the company focuses on scripted television drama, comedy and feature films. NL Film launched in 2001 and has since grown to become one of the most successful Dutch production outfits with theatrical hits including Costa! Zoop in Africa and Ellis in Glamourland. De Levita said on Thursday: "We are excited to be part of the global network of Endemol which gives us the opportunity to further expand abroad." His partner John Nijenhuis added: "A good format must first prove itself locally. When it has true potential, it can be understood and enjoyed by audiences all over the world."...
- 4/20/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
AMSTERDAM -- Dutch entertainment giant Endemol N.V. announced Thursday that it has raised its stake from 40% to 51% in local production house NL Film & TV. Headed by Johan Nijenhuis and Alain De Levita, the company focuses on scripted television drama, comedy and feature films. NL Film launched in 2001 and has since grown to become one of the most successful Dutch production outfits with theatrical hits including Costa! Zoop in Africa and Ellis in Glamourland. De Levita said on Thursday: "We are excited to be part of the global network of Endemol which gives us the opportunity to further expand abroad." His partner John Nijenhuis added: "A good format must first prove itself locally. When it has true potential, it can be understood and enjoyed by audiences all over the world."...
- 4/20/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands -- Will the Dutch stay in touch with the Dutch? That is the main concern of the film community in the Netherlands this year. Last year's local market share dropped below 10%, from more than 13% in 2003, leaving the industry reflecting on how to improve results this year. The irony is that in the past few years, local films had managed to gain the confidence of a skeptical local audience that traditionally has been lukewarm to national product. Since 1999, Dutch market share had nearly tripled, spurring optimism among Dutch producers. Better promotional campaigns and casting popular television stars like soap actors Katja Schuurman, Georgina Verbaan and Daan Schuurmans resulted in more efficient targeting of the youth audience. In particular, NL Film, the production house of producer-director Johan Nijenhuis, had a string of successes with such titles as Costa! and Full Moon.
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