Leonard Retel Helmrich; Screening and talk of Promised Paradise

 

Promised Paradise. Courtesy: The Cinema Guild.

Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 7:30 PM
Union Docs, Brooklyn, NY

Renowned Dutch filmmaker and cinematographer Leonard Retel Helmrich is the first two-time winner of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) as well as the winner of Sundance’s World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize, amongst many other awards. He will join Union Docs on Saturday to present his controversial 2006 documentary Promised Paradise, which asks the following questions: How can one believe that terrorism leads to heaven? Banned by the Indonesian government, this provocative documentary examines the psychology of extremism in a country with the largest Muslim population in the world. » Read more «

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May 17th, 2013 by

Award winning documentary “Children Of The Wind” New York Screening

 

 

Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 6:00 PM
Dolby 88 Theater, New York, NY

Children of the Wind tells the story of two Dutch Caribbean brothers and their cousin who journey from humble fishing families on the tiny Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire, ( a special Province to the Netherlands)to become three of the best freestyle windsurfers in history.
Set against the backdrop of the 2011 Windsurfing World Cup on Bonaire, the film follows the boys over 15 years as they transform not only their island but the face of the sport worldwide.

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April 16th, 2013 by

Tribeca Film Festival tickets now on sale

 
Tricked. Photo: courtesy of the artist.

Wednesday April 17 through Sunday April 28, 2013
Tribeca Film Festival – New York, NY

With four Dutch films scheduled, the Tribeca Film Festival tickets are now on sale. In addition to the screenings there is a broad range of events planned, including a conversation with famous Dutch director Paul Verhoeven on making an audience-created film on April 23. 

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April 16th, 2013 by

Dutch films shown at Tribeca Film Festival

 

Raw Herring. Photo: courtesy of the artist.

Wednesday April 17 through Sunday April 28, 2013
Tribeca Film Festival – New York, NY

The Dutch are well presented at the annual Tribeca Film Festival. Four films are shown during the festival including a documentary about the Dutch herring fishers, a new picture by famous director Paul Verhoeven, the North-American premiere of a Dutch horror picture and a movie collaboration between Belgium and the Netherlands.

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April 2nd, 2013 by

“LENA” presented at the EUNIC Disappearing Act European Film Festival in New York

 

Lena, Photo: Courtesy of the Artist

Tuesday April 16, 2013 at 8:30PM
Bohemian National Hall – New York, NY

Festival runs from Tuesday April 9 thru Sunday April 21, 2013
Disappearing Act European Film Festival – New York, NY

Presented by the EYE Film Institute Netherlands, Christophe van Rompaey’s Dutch-Flemish film LENA was part of the official selection for the Toronto International Film Festival and Les Arcs European Film Festival.

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March 27th, 2013 by

New Directors/New Films festival features the premiere of Die Welt by Alex Pitstra

 
Die Welt. Photo: courtesy of the artist.

Tuesday March 26, 2013 at 6:15PM
Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center – New York, NY

Thursday March 28, 2013 at 8:30PM
The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1, MoMA – New york, NY

The New Directors/New Films festival, presented jointly by The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, introduces New York audiences to the work of emerging or not-yet-established filmmakers from around the world. One of the features is Die Welt by Dutch filmmaker Alex Pitstra.

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March 25th, 2013 by

Screening of The Palace by Ruud Satijn at Fort Myers Film Festival

 

 

The Palace. Photo: courtesy of the artist.

Sunday March 24, 2013 at 4:00PM
Fort Myers Film Festival
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
– Fort Myers, FL

Fort Myers Film Festival presents The Palace by Dutch director Ruud Satijn. The Palace is about fourteen year old Machteld, who on her first ever night out discovers that the grown up world in disco The Palace is not as mysterious, romantic or exciting as she expected it to be, and realizes she would rather stay a girl for a little while longer.

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March 22nd, 2013 by

Dutch Film “Die Welt” at MoMa’s New Directors/New Films in NYC

 

Die Welt, Photo: Courtesy of the artist

Tuesday March 26, 2013 at 6:15PM
Walter Reade Theater – New York, NY

Thursday March 28, 2013 at 8:30PM
MoMa – New York, NY

Alex Pitstra’s debut feature Die Welt has been selected for the prestigious New Directors/New Films festival in New York. The festival is one of the most important showcases for emerging filmmakers from all over the world. New Directors/New Films has previously introduced the work of Pedro Almodóvar, Spike Lee, Darren Aronofsky, Wim Wenders, Wong Kar Wai, Christopher Nolan en Michael Haneke and Dutch talents including Esther Rots, Sacha Polak and Sander Burger.

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Amsterdam artist Tomoko Mukaiyama presented by the NYC Japan Society

 

Tomoko Mukaiyama, Photo:Courtesy of the artist

Monday March 11, 2013 at 7:30PM
Japan Society – New York, NY

Amsterdam based pianist and visual artist Tomoko Mukaiyama presents Nocturne: Reemergence Through Music in collaboration with violinist Eriko Mitsui as part of the Japan Society’s Performing Arts Season.

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February 27th, 2013 by

“Kauwboy” by Boudewijn Koole at the New York International Children’s Film Festival

 

Kauwboy, Photo: Daniël Bouquet

Sunday March 3, 2013 at 10:45AM
NY International Children’s Film Festival – New York, NY

Sunday March 24, 2013 at 1:30PM
NY International Children’s Film Festival – New York, NY

The Netherlands’ official entry for this year’s Oscars® and winner of the Best First Feature award at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival, Kauwboy is a tender portrait of a boy struggling to come to terms with a family that’s not what it once was.

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