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Hannah Hoekstra
Hannah Hoekstra (born August 2, 1987) is a Dutch actress. Career In 2010, Hoekstra graduated from the Amsterdam Theatre Academy, where she studied from 2006. During training she participated in the play ''Underground'' by director Johan Simons. The following year, she made her debut on TV, playing a small role in the TV series ''Flikken Maastricht''. Her breakthrough came in 2012 when she was cast in Sacha Polak's film '' Hemel'', in which Hoekstra plays sensual beauty with signs of hypersexuality. The film was shown at the Berlin film festival and received a special prize FIPRESCI. She was also awarded a Golden Calf Award at the Netherlands Film Festival and was nominated for a Rembrandt Award. She was named a recipient of the Shooting Stars Award which was presented by the European Film Promotion board at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected appearances Film Video games * ''Horizon Zero Dawn'' (2017) as the model for Aloy * ''Horizon Forbidden West ''Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"New Meuse"'' inland shipping channel, dug to connect to the Meuse first, but now to the Rhine instead. Rotterdam's history goes back to 1270, when a dam was constructed in the Rotte. In 1340, Rotterdam was granted city rights by William IV, Count of Holland. The Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 2.7 million, is the 10th-largest in the European Union and the most populous in the country. A major logistic and economic centre, Rotterdam is Europe's largest seaport. In 2020, it had a population of 651,446 and is home to over 180 nationalities. Rotterdam is known for its university, riverside setting, lively cultural life, maritime heritage and modern architecture. The near-complete destruction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of the " Big Three" alongside the Venice Film Festival in Italy and the Cannes Film Festival in France. Tens of thousands of visitors attend each year. About 400 films are shown at multiple venues across Berlin, mostly in and around Potsdamer Platz. They are screened in nine sections across cinematic genres, with around twenty films competing for the festival's top awards in the Competition section. The major awards, called the Golden Bear and Silver Bears, are decided on by the international jury, chaired by an internationally recognisable cinema personality. This jury and other specialised Berlinale juries also give many other awards, and in addition there are other awards given by i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horizon Forbidden West
''Horizon Forbidden West'' is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The sequel to 2017's ''Horizon Zero Dawn'', the game is set in a post-apocalyptic version of the Western United States recovering from the aftermath of an extinction event caused by a rogue robot swarm. The player can explore the open world and complete quests using ranged and melee weapons against hostile machine creatures. ''Horizon Forbidden West'' was released on February 18, 2022, for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. It was praised for its visuals, combat, vocal performances and technical advancements, while the writing and open world design drew mixed responses. An expansion, ''Burning Shores'', will be released on April 19, 2023. Gameplay ''Horizon Forbidden West'' is an action role-playing game played from a third-person perspective. The player controls Aloy, a hunter in a world populated by dangerous, animalistic machines. In an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aloy
Aloy is a fictional character and protagonist of the 2017 video game ''Horizon Zero Dawn'' and its sequel ''Horizon Forbidden West''. In the games' post-apocalyptic tribal setting, she is born in 3021, raised as an outcast, and trains as a warrior in order to win a ritual competition to discover her mother's identity. After narrowly evading an assassination attempt, she embarks on a journey to stop a cult that worships an artificial intelligence bent on the world's destruction, while also hunting machines that have grown hostile to humans. She has been critically praised for her design and characterization. She is voiced by American voice actress Ashly Burch and modeled after Dutch actress Hannah Hoekstra. Character development Aloy was created as a character who could provide many tactical options in battle. As a "hunter at heart", she has little compassion for machines beyond a "hunter's respect". She also has a gritty personality, disliking "comforts or ease", and tends to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horizon Zero Dawn
''Horizon Zero Dawn'' is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The plot follows Aloy, a young hunter in a world overrun by machines, who sets out to uncover her past. The player uses ranged weapons, a spear, and Stealth game, stealth to combat mechanical creatures and other enemy forces. A skill tree provides the player with new abilities and bonuses. The player can explore the open world to discover locations and take on side quests. It is the first game in the ''Horizon'' series and was released for the PlayStation 4 in 2017 and Windows in 2020. ''Horizon Zero Dawn'' is Guerrilla Games' first intellectual property since ''Killzone (video game), Killzone'' in 2004 and its first role-playing video game. Development began in 2011 after the completion of ''Killzone 3'', with director Mathijs de Jonge considering it the riskiest idea Sales presentation, pitched at the time. The game engine, Decima (game engin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cocaine Bear
''Cocaine Bear'' is an upcoming American black comedy thriller film directed and co-produced by Elizabeth Banks from a screenplay by Jimmy Warden. It is inspired by the true story of the "Cocaine Bear", an American black bear who ingested a duffel bag full of cocaine in 1985. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Keri Russell, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Christian Convery-Jennings, Alden Ehrenreich, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Brooklynn Prince, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Kristofer Hivju, Hannah Hoekstra, Aaron Holliday, Margo Martindale, and Ray Liotta in one of his final performances before his death. ''Cocaine Bear'' is scheduled to be released in the United States on February 24, 2023, by Universal Pictures. Premise After ingesting a duffel bag full of cocaine, an American black bear goes on a murderous rampage in a small Georgia town where a group of locals and tourists must join forces in order to survive the attack. Cast * Keri Russell as Colette Matthews * O'Shea Jackson Jr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love In A Bottle
''Love in a Bottle'' is a Dutch romantic comedy directed by Paula van der Oest. Plot Two people in different countries fall in love over videocalls during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reception De Volkskrant liked the film but said the plot got quite straining at points. The film also received mixed reviews from Trouw, NRC Handelsblad and Algemeen Dagblad The ''Algemeen Dagblad'' () or ''AD'' () (English: "General Daily Paper") is a Dutch daily newspaper based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. History and profile ''Algemeen Dagblad'' was founded in 1946. The paper is published in tabloid format and is .... References External links * 2021 films Dutch romantic comedy films 2021 romantic comedy films 2020s English-language films {{Netherlands-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Father Is An Airplane
''My Father Is an Airplane'' ( nl, Mijn vader is een vliegtuig) is a 2021 Dutch psychological drama film directed by Antoinette Beumer from a screenplay by Maaik Krijgsman, based on the novel of the same name by Beumer. The film premiered as the opening film of the Netherlands Film Festival before its nationwide theatrical release. The film was nominated for three Golden Calf awards, including Best Feature Film and Best Leading Role (Elise Schaap). Both ''Algemeen Dagblad The ''Algemeen Dagblad'' () or ''AD'' () (English: "General Daily Paper") is a Dutch daily newspaper based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. History and profile ''Algemeen Dagblad'' was founded in 1946. The paper is published in tabloid format and is ...'' and '' NRC'' praised the film. References External links * 2021 films 2021 drama films 2020s Dutch-language films 2020s psychological drama films Dutch psychological drama films Films about father–daughter relationships Films based on Dutch novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie's Angels (2019 Film)
''Charlie's Angels'' is a 2019 American action comedy film written and directed by Elizabeth Banks from a story by Evan Spiliotopoulos and David Auburn. It stars Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, and Ella Balinska as the new generation of Angels who are working for a private detective agency named the Townsend Agency. The film is the third installment in the ''Charlie's Angels'' film series and serves as a continuation of the story that began with the television series of the same name by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, and the two previous theatrical films, '' Charlie's Angels'' (2000) and '' Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'' (2003). Development of the film began in September 2015 when Sony Pictures opted to reboot the series following the cancellation of the 2011 television reboot and the release of 2003's ''Full Throttle''. Months later, Banks joined the project as director, producer, and writer. Casting announcements were made throughout 2018, with Banks herself also confirmed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick (2019 Film)
''Patrick'' ( nl, De Patrick) is a 2019 Belgian comedy-drama film directed by Tim Mielants and starring Kevin Janssens, Jemaine Clement, Hannah Hoekstra, and Bouli Lanners. It had its world premiere at the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it competed for the Crystal Globe, winning the Best Director Award for Mielants. It received five nominations at the 10th Magritte Awards, winning Best Flemish Film. Cast * Kevin Janssens as Patrick * Jemaine Clement as Dustin * Hannah Hoekstra as Nathalie * Jan Bijvoet as Flik * Bouli Lanners as Mon * Josse De Pauw as Rudy * Pierre Bokma Pierre Henri Martin Bokma (born 20 December 1955 in Paris) is a Dutch stage, television and film actor. Bokma received his professional training at the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts. In November 2007 he won an International Emmy Award fo ... as Herman * Frank Vercruyssen as Wilfried * Jean-Benoît Ugeux as the retailer Accolades References External links * {{DE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal World Film Festival
The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto International Film Festival is North America's only accredited non-competitive festival). The public festival, which was founded in 1977 as a replacement for the defunct Montreal International Film Festival (1960–68), is held annually in late August in the city of Montreal in Quebec. Unlike the Toronto International Film Festival, which has a greater focus on Canadian and other North American films, the Montreal World Film Festival has a larger diversity of films from all over the world. The festival was cancelled in 2019. In 2022, former festival president Serge Losique announced plans to revive the festival as the Global Montreal Film Festival, with a 2022 edition featuring free screenings of a selection of films that had previously screene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fury (2016 Film)
''The Fury'' ( nl, De Helleveeg) is a 2016 Dutch drama film directed by André van Duren. It was based on the novel ''De Helleveeg'' by A.F. Th. van der Heijden. Plot Tiny lives with her domineering parents as a housekeeper of sorts. She is visited and rejected by several suitors, eventually marrying Koos. Over the years she shares many private moments with her nephew Albert, with whom she is close. It is through these moments, and through arguments with her parents and sister, that we learn about Tiny's character and get a glimpse of the secret at the heart of her personality. Cast * Hadewych Minis as Hanny * Hannah Hoekstra as Tiny * Frank Lammers as Nico van Dartel * Benja Bruijning as Albert * Robert de Hoog as Koos * Anneke Blok as Grandmother * Gijs Scholten van Aschat as Grandfather Accolades At the Golden Calf awards, ''The Fury'' won in the categories of Best Actress (Hoekstra) and Best Supporting Actress ( Anneke Blok). At the 2016 Montreal World Film Festiva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
