Japan’s fastest-growing streaming platform U-next has acquired exclusive rights to popular Dutch series “Mocro Maffia” and mini-series “The Swell” from the Netherlands-based sales agent Dutch Features Global Entertainment.
Directed by Bobby Boermans (“App”) and Giancarlo Sanchez (“Horizon”), “Mocro Maffia” is a fiction series based on the popular book of the same name by journalists Wouter Laumans and Marijn Schrijver. The plot is inspired by the recent gang war between rival organized crime gangs operating in the Amsterdam underworld.
The show follows a young generation of gangsters who rule the streets in major European cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp. “Mocro Maffia” stars Moroccan-Dutch actors Achmed Akkabi and Walid Benmbarek (“Brothers”) and Dutch actor Daan Schuurmans (“Neighbors”).
“Mocro Maffia” bowed last year in the Netherlands on Rtl’s VOD platform Videoland by where 60% of all subscribers binge-watched the entire series on its debut weekend, making it Videoland’s number...
Directed by Bobby Boermans (“App”) and Giancarlo Sanchez (“Horizon”), “Mocro Maffia” is a fiction series based on the popular book of the same name by journalists Wouter Laumans and Marijn Schrijver. The plot is inspired by the recent gang war between rival organized crime gangs operating in the Amsterdam underworld.
The show follows a young generation of gangsters who rule the streets in major European cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp. “Mocro Maffia” stars Moroccan-Dutch actors Achmed Akkabi and Walid Benmbarek (“Brothers”) and Dutch actor Daan Schuurmans (“Neighbors”).
“Mocro Maffia” bowed last year in the Netherlands on Rtl’s VOD platform Videoland by where 60% of all subscribers binge-watched the entire series on its debut weekend, making it Videoland’s number...
- 5/30/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Netherlands-based sales agent Dutch Features has sold Rtl’s upcoming crime series “Mocro Maffia” to Maxdome, the streaming service of the 7Tv joint venture GmbH which boasts Germany’s largest online video library.
Maxdome has acquired the series for Germany and Austria. Several deals are currently in negotiations on the series which Dutch Features launched at Mipcom.
“Mocro Maffia” is a fiction series based on the popular book of the same name by journalists Wouter Laumans and Marijn Schrijver. The plot is inspired by the recent gang war between rival organized crime gangs operating in the Amsterdam underworld. The show follows a young generation of gangsters who rule the streets in major European cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp.
Directed by Bobby Boermans (“App”) and Giancarlo Sanchez (“Horizon”), the series boasts an ensemble cast headlined by renowned Moroccan-Dutch actors Achmed Akkabi and Walid Benmbarek (“Brothers”) and Dutch actor Daan Schuurmans (“Neighbors”).
Pim van Collem,...
Maxdome has acquired the series for Germany and Austria. Several deals are currently in negotiations on the series which Dutch Features launched at Mipcom.
“Mocro Maffia” is a fiction series based on the popular book of the same name by journalists Wouter Laumans and Marijn Schrijver. The plot is inspired by the recent gang war between rival organized crime gangs operating in the Amsterdam underworld. The show follows a young generation of gangsters who rule the streets in major European cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp.
Directed by Bobby Boermans (“App”) and Giancarlo Sanchez (“Horizon”), the series boasts an ensemble cast headlined by renowned Moroccan-Dutch actors Achmed Akkabi and Walid Benmbarek (“Brothers”) and Dutch actor Daan Schuurmans (“Neighbors”).
Pim van Collem,...
- 2/12/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Netherlands-based sales agent Dutch Features has acquired worldwide rights to Rtl’s upcoming crime series “Mocro Maffia” in the run-up to Mipcom.
“Mocro Maffia” is a fiction series based on the popular book of the same name by journalists Wouter Laumans and Marijn Schrijver. The plot is inspired by the recent gang war between rival organized crime gangs operating in the Amsterdam underworld.
Directed by Bobby Boermans (“App”) and Giancarlo Sanchez (“Horizon”), the series boasts an ensemble cast headlined by renowned Moroccan-Dutch actors Achmed Akkabi and Walid Benmbarek (“Brothers”) and Dutch actor Daan Schuurmans (“Neighbors”).
“After the breakthrough success of the Scandinavian thriller series in recent years, we are currently witnessing a growing international demand for the so-called ‘Dutch Noir’ drama series,” said Pim van Collem, CEO of Dutch Features. “We are thrilled to introduce the gripping and uncompromising story of the ‘Mocro Maffia’ – a young generation of hard-nosed gangsters...
“Mocro Maffia” is a fiction series based on the popular book of the same name by journalists Wouter Laumans and Marijn Schrijver. The plot is inspired by the recent gang war between rival organized crime gangs operating in the Amsterdam underworld.
Directed by Bobby Boermans (“App”) and Giancarlo Sanchez (“Horizon”), the series boasts an ensemble cast headlined by renowned Moroccan-Dutch actors Achmed Akkabi and Walid Benmbarek (“Brothers”) and Dutch actor Daan Schuurmans (“Neighbors”).
“After the breakthrough success of the Scandinavian thriller series in recent years, we are currently witnessing a growing international demand for the so-called ‘Dutch Noir’ drama series,” said Pim van Collem, CEO of Dutch Features. “We are thrilled to introduce the gripping and uncompromising story of the ‘Mocro Maffia’ – a young generation of hard-nosed gangsters...
- 9/27/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
We know what you're thinking ... "Damn it! We haven't had a new trailer for the foreign zombie comedy from the Netherlands, Shouf Shouf Zombibi, in months!" Okay, so maybe you weren't thinking that. Still, here's one anyway!
Shouf Shouf Zombibi is Erwin van den Eshof and Martijn Smits' new zombie comedy from the Netherlands starring Achmed Akkabi, Mimoun Ouled Radi, and Yes-r.
"The bizarre story takes place in Amsterdam-West, where a virus turns people into bloodthirsty zombies. Although much blood is flowing and many limbs chopped off, there is a lot to laugh at in this bizarre horror comedy."
Dig on the trailer below, and look for more soon!
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Shouf Shouf Zombibi is Erwin van den Eshof and Martijn Smits' new zombie comedy from the Netherlands starring Achmed Akkabi, Mimoun Ouled Radi, and Yes-r.
"The bizarre story takes place in Amsterdam-West, where a virus turns people into bloodthirsty zombies. Although much blood is flowing and many limbs chopped off, there is a lot to laugh at in this bizarre horror comedy."
Dig on the trailer below, and look for more soon!
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Start shoufing in the comments section below.
- 2/21/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Generally speaking, meteorites kind of suck. When they’re not violently obliterating major cities, these evil otherworldly rocks are transforming innocent human beings into flesh-eating zombies. Such is the case with director Martijn Smits and Erwin van den Eshof upcoming Dutch horror flick “Zombibi”, a film which chronicles such an event with a healthy dose of culture clash humor. The embedded trailer is fiendishly gory, and should appeal to those of you who can’t stop watching “Shaun of the Dead” every other week. You know who you are. Read this quick synopsis before proceeding: The bizarre story takes place in Amsterdam-West, where a virus turns people into bloodthirsty zombies. Although much blood is flowing and many limbs chopped off, there is a lot to laugh at in this bizarre horror comedy. “Zombibi” stars Achmed Akkabi, Rik Sinkeldam, Gigi Ravelli, Sergio Hasselbaink, Mimoun Ouled Radi, Yahya Gaier, Noel Deelen, Wouter Braaf,...
- 1/11/2012
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
Well now. He's a trailer guaranteed to leave you scratching your head. Get ready for another look at the first ever zombie movie to shamble forth from the Netherlands, Shouf Shouf Zombibi. Whatever that means.
Shouf Shouf Zombibi is Erwin van den Eshof and Martijn Smits' new zombie comedy from the Netherlands starring Achmed Akkabi, Mimoun Ouled Radi, and Yes-r.
"The bizarre story takes place in Amsterdam-West, where a virus turns people into bloodthirsty zombies. Although much blood is flowing and many limbs chopped off, there is a lot to laugh at in this bizarre horror comedy."
Dig on the trailer below, and look for more soon!
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Start shoufing in the comments section below.
Shouf Shouf Zombibi is Erwin van den Eshof and Martijn Smits' new zombie comedy from the Netherlands starring Achmed Akkabi, Mimoun Ouled Radi, and Yes-r.
"The bizarre story takes place in Amsterdam-West, where a virus turns people into bloodthirsty zombies. Although much blood is flowing and many limbs chopped off, there is a lot to laugh at in this bizarre horror comedy."
Dig on the trailer below, and look for more soon!
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Start shoufing in the comments section below.
- 9/11/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The ongoing World Cinema Festival Amsterdam is holding a special section on independent Indian cinema called “Soul of India”. The festival will be on till August 21, 2011.
Besides “Soul of India”, Gandu (Asshole) by Kaushik Mukherjee (Q) is one of the nine films competing at the festival. The Jury comprises of actor Achmed Akkabi, Esther van Driesum, Head of Programmes of Programmes of Binger Filmlab and Meenakshi Shedde, Indian consultant to International film festivals.
The films that are being screened in “Soul of India” are Aamir Bashir’s Harud (Autumn), Onir’s I Am, Sidharth Srinivasan’s Pairon Talle (Soul of Sand) and Umesh Kulkarni’s Vihir (The Well). Two short films: Wagah by Supriyo Sen and Udedh Bun (Unravel) by Siddharth Sinha are also being screened at the festival.
“The early years of the 21st century seem to have brought forth a first cautious flowering of a new, independent, artistic Indian cinema.
Besides “Soul of India”, Gandu (Asshole) by Kaushik Mukherjee (Q) is one of the nine films competing at the festival. The Jury comprises of actor Achmed Akkabi, Esther van Driesum, Head of Programmes of Programmes of Binger Filmlab and Meenakshi Shedde, Indian consultant to International film festivals.
The films that are being screened in “Soul of India” are Aamir Bashir’s Harud (Autumn), Onir’s I Am, Sidharth Srinivasan’s Pairon Talle (Soul of Sand) and Umesh Kulkarni’s Vihir (The Well). Two short films: Wagah by Supriyo Sen and Udedh Bun (Unravel) by Siddharth Sinha are also being screened at the festival.
“The early years of the 21st century seem to have brought forth a first cautious flowering of a new, independent, artistic Indian cinema.
- 8/15/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Shouf! Shouf! Let it all ouf! These are the things we can do withouf! Come on! I'm talking to you, so come on. Sorry, got carried away there. No, this new indie flick has nothing to do with the band Tears for Fears although its makers hope to bring you to tears with their funny fears.
In retrospect that entire first paragraph really makes my head hurt. Anyway ... yeah! What we're talking about here is Shouf Shouf Zombibi, Erwin van den Eshof and Martijn Smits' new zombie comedy from the Netherlands starring Achmed Akkabi, Mimoun Ouled Radi, and Yes-r.
"The bizarre story takes place in Amsterdam-West, where a virus turns people into bloodthirsty zombies. Although much blood is flowing and many limbs chopped off, there is a lot to laugh at in this bizarre horror comedy."
Dig on the trailer below, and look for more soon!
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
In retrospect that entire first paragraph really makes my head hurt. Anyway ... yeah! What we're talking about here is Shouf Shouf Zombibi, Erwin van den Eshof and Martijn Smits' new zombie comedy from the Netherlands starring Achmed Akkabi, Mimoun Ouled Radi, and Yes-r.
"The bizarre story takes place in Amsterdam-West, where a virus turns people into bloodthirsty zombies. Although much blood is flowing and many limbs chopped off, there is a lot to laugh at in this bizarre horror comedy."
Dig on the trailer below, and look for more soon!
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
- 5/24/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Marrakech International Film Festival
MARRAKECH, Morocco -- In Whatever Lola Wants, director Nabil Ayouch gives audiences what they may want -- a heady mix of Western and Oriental in this liberal dose of feet-tapping music and Egyptian belly dancing. Interestingly choreographed by Morocco and Tony Stevens and set to the lilting music of Krishna Levy, the dance numbers of American actress Laura Ramsey, who plays Lola, are sure crowd-pleasers. But beyond the lavishly mounted dance floors, Whatever Lola Wants fails to engage.
In this modern-day fairy tale, Lola, a mail delivery worker in New York, is passionate about dancing and bored with her job. Her best friend, Yussef (Achmed Akkabi), lifts her spirits by telling her about the legendary Egyptian belly dancer, Ismahan (Carmen Lebbos), living a life of disgrace in Cairo after an extra-marital affair.
When Lola meets a dashing Egyptian millionaire, Zack (Assaad Bouab), she falls in love with him and has an affair so intense that she blows all her savings to follow him to Cairo. But Zack is terribly traditional, not one to marry someone dreaming of a career in dance. An angry and disappointed Lola turns to her first love. Determined to learn only from Ismahan -- who is reclusive and refuses to have anything to do with Lola, let alone teach her belly dancing -- the young American befriends the dancer's little girl and worms her way into the mother's heart. Lola becomes a sensation under Ismahan's guidance, taking Cairo by storm.
Whatever Lola Wants is a breezy Hollywood style movie that falls back on Ramsey's seductive figure and her sensuous belly dancing. Both Ramsey and Lebbos contribute significantly: the first as a bubbly dancer set to get whatever she wants and the second as a woman forced to hide from the world when she gives up dancing.
WHATEVER LOLA WANTS
The 7th Floor/Ali'n Prods./B.C. Films/Pathe Films/Transfilm
Credits:
Director: Nabil Ayouch
Writers: Nabil Ayouch, Nathalie Saugeon, Jane Hawksley
Producers: Allen Bain, Jake Eberts
Executive producer: Pierre Grunstein
Director of photography: Vincent Mathias
Production designer: Pierre-Francois Limbosch
Music: Krishna Levy
Costume designer: Tom Soluri, Julie Armand
Editor: Herve de Luze
Cast:
Lola: Laura Ramsey
Ismahan: Carmen Lebbos
Zack: Assaad Bouab
Yussef: Achmed Akkabi
Running time -- 110 minutes
No MPAA rating...
MARRAKECH, Morocco -- In Whatever Lola Wants, director Nabil Ayouch gives audiences what they may want -- a heady mix of Western and Oriental in this liberal dose of feet-tapping music and Egyptian belly dancing. Interestingly choreographed by Morocco and Tony Stevens and set to the lilting music of Krishna Levy, the dance numbers of American actress Laura Ramsey, who plays Lola, are sure crowd-pleasers. But beyond the lavishly mounted dance floors, Whatever Lola Wants fails to engage.
In this modern-day fairy tale, Lola, a mail delivery worker in New York, is passionate about dancing and bored with her job. Her best friend, Yussef (Achmed Akkabi), lifts her spirits by telling her about the legendary Egyptian belly dancer, Ismahan (Carmen Lebbos), living a life of disgrace in Cairo after an extra-marital affair.
When Lola meets a dashing Egyptian millionaire, Zack (Assaad Bouab), she falls in love with him and has an affair so intense that she blows all her savings to follow him to Cairo. But Zack is terribly traditional, not one to marry someone dreaming of a career in dance. An angry and disappointed Lola turns to her first love. Determined to learn only from Ismahan -- who is reclusive and refuses to have anything to do with Lola, let alone teach her belly dancing -- the young American befriends the dancer's little girl and worms her way into the mother's heart. Lola becomes a sensation under Ismahan's guidance, taking Cairo by storm.
Whatever Lola Wants is a breezy Hollywood style movie that falls back on Ramsey's seductive figure and her sensuous belly dancing. Both Ramsey and Lebbos contribute significantly: the first as a bubbly dancer set to get whatever she wants and the second as a woman forced to hide from the world when she gives up dancing.
WHATEVER LOLA WANTS
The 7th Floor/Ali'n Prods./B.C. Films/Pathe Films/Transfilm
Credits:
Director: Nabil Ayouch
Writers: Nabil Ayouch, Nathalie Saugeon, Jane Hawksley
Producers: Allen Bain, Jake Eberts
Executive producer: Pierre Grunstein
Director of photography: Vincent Mathias
Production designer: Pierre-Francois Limbosch
Music: Krishna Levy
Costume designer: Tom Soluri, Julie Armand
Editor: Herve de Luze
Cast:
Lola: Laura Ramsey
Ismahan: Carmen Lebbos
Zack: Assaad Bouab
Yussef: Achmed Akkabi
Running time -- 110 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 1/29/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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