The opening film of the 37th Ghent Film Festival is director Hilde Van Mieghem’s new film, Madly In Love. In this romantic comedy Van Mieghem focuses on the turbulent love lives of four women living together, played by Veerle Dobbelaere, Wine Dierickx, Marie Vinck and Aline Van Hulle. Their male counterparts are Koen De Bouw, Koen De Graeve, Kevin Janssens, Jan Decleir and Huub Stapel. Madly In Love, a feel-good rom-com zooms in on the turbulent lives of four strong women: teenager Eva, her mo...
During the Gala of the Dutch Film at the 29th Netherlands Film Festival, on Friday 2 October, departing director Doreen Boonekamp (1968) was honoured with the Golden Calf for the Culture Award 2009. The prize was presented by chairwoman of the board Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven. The Golden Calf for the Culture Award is granted by the board of the Foundation Netherlands Film Festival to a person or organisation that made an important contribution to the Dutch film culture.Doreen Boonekamp graduated fr...
On the Opening Night of the 28th Netherlands Film Festival on Wednesday 24 September, actor Rutger Hauer (1944) will be honoured with the Golden Calf for the Culture Award 2008. The prize will be presented by Minister Ronald Plasterk. The Golden Calf for the Culture Award is granted by the board of the Foundation Netherlands Film Festival to a person or organisation that made an important contribution to the Dutch film culture. Rutger Hauer graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Amsterdam...
Winners of 2008 Tiburon International Film Festival : ‘Golden Reel Awards’ The winners of the Golden Reel Award were announced during a formal ceremony on Friday, March 21, 2008 in Tiburon, with many filmmakers, local guests, and dignitaries present. Best Film: The Yellow House, directed by: Amor Hakkar [Algeria] Best Director: Zoltan Kamondi, for: Dolina [Hungary]Best Actor: Jan Decleir, for A Perfect Match [Belgium] Best Actress: Minnie Driver, for Take {US]Best Documentary: Behin...
Tonight, the Golden Calves, the Grand Prize of the Dutch Film 2007, were awarded during the Gala Dutch Film Gala. The presentation, hosted by Paul de Leeuw, was broadcast live on the Internet on www.filmfestival.nl. The ceremony was the conclusion of the 27th Netherlands Film Festival, which attracted 125,000 visitors. The Golden Calves jury 2007 – consisting of André van Duren, Pieter Fleury, Ronald Giphart, Brigit Hillenius, Jannie Langbroek, Reinier Selen, Paula van der Oest (chairman) ...
Four awards were presented tonight within the framework of the closing event of Filmfest Hamburg in the cinema CinemaxX Dammtor:The Hamburg Film Critics Award, presented this year for the fourth time by ‘DerSpiegel’, ‘Stern’, ‘Hamburger Abendblatt’ and ‘NDR 90,3’, went to the English film ‘Control’ (director: Anton Corbijn, German distributor: capelight pictures).Endowed with 30,000 euros by the Department of Economy and Finance, the TVProduzentenpreis (TV Producers Award) we...
This year's Flanders International Film Festival - Ghent is proud to announce David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen (History of Violence), François Ozon and Jeanne Moreau (Time To Leave), and Mike Leigh, one of contemporary Britain's most renowned directors, as expected guests. Leigh makes remarkable films, known for their levelheaded, unsensational portrayals of topics that would become four-hankie "message" melodramas in the hands of mainstream directors. This "slice-of-life" realism of Leigh ...
The World Film Festival – Montreal 2005 wrapped this Monday evening and honored Off Screen by Pieter Kuijpers with the Grand Prix of the Americas.The Dutch-Flemish coproduction Off Screen by Pieter Kuijpers has won the Grand Prix des Ameriques at the 29th World Film Festival in Montréal. Jan Decleir was awarded the Prize for Best Actor for his performance of John R in the film. Off Screen is a coproduction by Dutch Rinkel Film and the Flemish Another Dimension Of An Idea. The film is supporte...
The World Film Festival – Montreal 2005 wrapped this Monday evening followed by the screening of the French film “Camping à la Ferme” by Jean-Pierre SinapiThe Grand Prix of the Americas went to Off Screen by Pieter Kuijpers but Kamataki from Claude Gagnon stole the show winning 5 awards for best directing, the Fipresci prize, the Oecumenic prize, the audience award and the ward for most popular Canadian movie.Gagnon is a regular from the festival (still the only Canadian director to ever ...
The Alzheimer Case Best Belgian film 2003.With four Awards (out of five nominations), and the Box Office Award THE ALZHEIMER CASE by Erik Van Looy is the great winner of this year’s Belgian Oscars, the Joseph Plateau Awards. All films released between January 1st and December 31 2003 were eligible for nominations. The Joseph Plateau Awards Ceremony is an organization of the Flanders International Film Festival Ghent. Nominated in four categories, The Alzheimer Case won just as much Joseph Plat...
Today the nominees for the Joseph Plateau Awards 2003 were announced. All Belgian short and feature length films released in Belgian theatres between January 1st and December 31st, 2003 were eligible. These are the nominees BEST BELGIAN FILMANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS (Corridor)LES TRIPLETTES DE BELLEVILLE (Vivi Films)THE ALZHEIMER CASE (MMG)BEST BELGIAN DIRECTORLUCAS BELVAUX (Cavale, Un Couple Epatant & Apres La Vie)STIJN CONINX (Sea Of Silence)ERIK VAN LOOY (The Alzheimer Case)BEST BELGIAN ACTRESSN...
