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Matthijs Wouter Knol
Matthijs Wouter Knol (born 9 May 1977) is a Dutch film programme curator and producer, mainly known for his work at several international film festivals and as director of the European Film Academy. Knol's career started in Amsterdam, where he initially worked as a producer of documentary films and for IDFA, the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam. Early life and education Matthijs Wouter Knol was born in Assen, the Netherlands. He is the son of Dutch poet Henk Knol (1955). He grew up in the Dutch province of Gelderland, first in Hoenderloo (1978-1982) and then in Ede (1982-1995). After graduating from a gymnasium secondary school in Amersfoort, he read History at Leiden University (1995-2000), specialising in Modern and Contemporary History. In 1998 he was selected for an extracurricular seminar and in 1999 continued studying with a scholarship at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome, where he did research and wrote his thesis “La terza Roma: Political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthijs Wouter Knol (cropped)
Matthijs Wouter Knol (; born 9 May 1977) is a Dutch film programme curator and producer, mainly known for his work at several international film festivals and as director of the European Film Academy. Knol's career started in Amsterdam, where he initially worked as a producer of documentary films and for IDFA, the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam. Early life and education Matthijs Wouter Knol was born in Assen, the Netherlands. He is the son of Dutch poet Henk Knol (1955). He grew up in the Dutch province of Gelderland, first in Hoenderloo (1978-1982) and then in Ede (1982-1995). After graduating from a gymnasium secondary school in Amersfoort, he read History at Leiden University (1995-2000), specialising in Modern and Contemporary History. In 1998 he was selected for an extracurricular seminar and in 1999 continued studying with a scholarship at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome, where he did research and wrote his thesis “La terza Roma: Politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heddy Honigmann
Heddy Honigmann (1 October 1951 – 21 May 2022) was a Peruvian-born Dutch film director of fictional and documentary films. Early life and education Honigmann was born on 1 October 1951 in Lima, Peru, to Jewish refugees. Her mother, Sarah Pach Miller, an actress and homemaker, was from Poland; her father, Witold Honigmann Weiss, an artist and illustrator, was from Vienna. Career Most of Honigmann's films were Dutch productions, but were made in a variety of languages. In 2003 the Museum of Modern Art in New York held a retrospective showing of a number of her films, as did the International Documentary Film Festival Munich in 2020. Honigmann won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2007 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. In November 2011, the Centre Pompidou in Paris held a retrospective showing of all of her films. She toured Europe from 2012 to 2014 performing the art of mime. She graced the stages of many prestigious theaters including the Düssel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlinale Talents
Berlinale Talents, formerly Berlinale Talent Campus, is the talent development programme of the Berlin International Film Festival (also called Berlinale). An annual summit and networking platform for 200 outstanding creatives from the fields of film and drama series, the events take place in February at the three venues of HAU Hebbel am Ufer Theatre in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Berlinale Talents is organized and directed by Florian Weghorn as programme manager and Christine Tröstrum as project manager. History The initiative was founded in 2003 after the director of the Berlin International Film Festival Dieter Kosslick announced his plans to create a platform to support the next generation of filmmakers within the festival. Previously named Berlinale Talent Campus, the new title Berlinale Talents has been in place since October 2013. In October 2022, it was announced that Berlinale Talents, along with the European Film MarketBerlinale Co-Production Marketand World Cinema Fund, will be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Téchiné
André Téchiné (; born 13 March 1943) is a French screenwriter and film director. He has a long and distinguished career that places him among the most accomplished post- New Wave French film directors. Téchiné belongs to a second generation of French film critics associated with ''Cahiers du cinéma'' who followed François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard and others from criticism into filmmaking. He is noted for his elegant and emotionally charged films that often delve into the complexities of emotions and the human condition. One of Téchiné's trademarks is the examination of human relations in a sensitive but unsentimental way, as can be seen in his most acclaimed films: ''My Favorite Season'' (1993) and ''Wild Reeds'' (1994). In his films he addresses various themes related to morality and the development of modern society, such as homosexuality, divorce, adultery, family breakdown, prostitution, crime, drug addiction or AIDS. Life André Téchiné was bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahiers Du Cinéma
''Cahiers du Cinéma'' (, ) is a French film magazine co-founded in 1951 by André Bazin, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca.Itzkoff, Dave (9 February 2009''Cahiers Du Cinéma Will Continue to Publish''The New York TimesMacnab, Geoffrey (7 April 2001''Pretentious, nous?''''The Guardian'' It developed from the earlier magazine ''Revue du Cinéma'' ( established in 1928) involving members of two Paris film clubs Objectif 49 (Robert Bresson, Jean Cocteau, and Alexandre Astruc, among others; ) and Ciné-Club du Quartier Latin (). Initially edited by Doniol-Valcroze and, after 1957, by Éric Rohmer (aka, Maurice Scherer), it included amongst its writers Jacques Rivette, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol, and François Truffaut, who went on to become highly influential filmmakers. It is the oldest French-language film magazine in publication. History The first issue of ''Cahiers'' appeared in April 1951. Much of its head staff, including Bazin, Doniol-Valcroze, Lo Duca, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Van Der Keuken
Johan van der Keuken (; 4 April 1938 – 7 January 2001) was a Dutch documentary filmmaker, author, and photographer. In a career that spanned 42 years, Van der Keuken produced 55 documentary films, six of which won eight awards. He also wrote nine books on photography and films, his field of interest. For all his efforts, he received seven awards for his life work, and one other for photography. Works Documentary films * 1957-1960: Produced the film ''Paris à l'Aube'' (10 min.), in collaboration with James Blue and Derry Hall. * 1960: Produced the film ''Sunday'' (14 min.), using a "Prosper Dekeukeleire" camera. * 1960-1963: Produced the film ''Even stilte''/''A Moment's Silence'' (10 min.).The Museum of Modern Art to Present Retrospective of Filmmaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arna's Children
''Arna's Children'' is a 2004 Dutch-Israeli documentary film directed by Juliano Mer Khamis and Danniel Danniel. The film's story revolves around a children's theater group in Jenin in the Palestinian territories established by Arna Mer-Khamis, the director's mother, an Israeli Jewish political and human rights activist. The film portrays the lives of Arna Mer-Khamis and the children members of the theater including Ala el-Sabagr, Zakaria Zubeidi, Daud Zubeidi, Majdi ShadiHaifa Staiti Nidal Swetti, Yussef Swetti, Mahmoud Kaneri, Khairia Fakhri and Ashraf Abu-Alheji. The film won "Best Documentary Feature" in the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival. Three of the theater children died in various operations or while resisting the Israeli army, namely Ala, Nidal, and Ashraf. Yussef committed a suicide attack in Hadera in 2001, murdering four civilians. Two other children, Daud and Zakaria were imprisoned. The director of the film Juliano Mer Khamis was assassinated in Jenin Jenin (; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliano Mer-Khamis
Juliano Mer-Khamis ( he, ג'וליאנו מר ח'מיס; ar, جوليانو مير خميس; born Juliano Khamis; 29 May 19584 April 2011) was an Israeli/Palestinian actor, director, filmmaker, and political activist of Jewish and Palestinian Eastern Orthodox Christian parentage. On 4 April 2011, he was assassinated by a masked gunman in the Palestinian city of Jenin, where he had established The Freedom Theatre. Biography Juliano Khamis (later Mer-Khamis) was born in Nazareth, the son of Arna Mer-Khamis, a former Palmach combatant who had turned communist and joined the Maki on experiencing disenchantment with Zionism after having participated in operations to drive Bedouin inhabitants out of parts of the Negev, and Saliba Khamis, an Israeli Arab of Eastern Orthodox Palestinian Christian descent who was an intellectual as well as one of the leaders of the Israeli Communist Party in the 1950s. He was called Sputnik Hamis at birth. He had two brothers, Spartacus and Abir. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danniel Danniel
Danniel Danniel ( he, דניאל דניאל; 1950-May 4, 2017) was an Israeli film director, screenwriter and film editor. He lived in the Netherlands since 1980. He died in the morning of 4 May 2017 in Amsterdam. He graduated from the Netherlands Film and Television Academy (NFTVA) in 1981. His 1987 short film ''Ei'' won the Best International Fantasy Film Award. He directed the 2003 documentary on the Palestinian conflict ''Arna's Children''. Filmography As director *Meetings (1981) *The Way to Paris (1982) *Station (1985) *Ei (1987). Won International Fantasy Film Award for best short film at the Fantasporto film festival (1989) *Viaduc (1991) *Tralievader (1995) (TV) *Mykosch (1995) *Winter '89 (1998) *"Russen" (2000) TV Series (unknown episodes) *De zaak Braun (2000) Short Television Drama *Arna's Children (2003) Won FIPRESCI Prize at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (2004) and the Jury Award (shared with Juliano Mer-Khamis for Best Documentary Featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oeke Hoogendijk
Oeke Hoogendijk (Amsterdam, 5 August 1961) is a documentary maker, best known for the documentary ''The New Rijksmuseum'', which followed the renovation of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam over ten years. She made her debut with the documentary film ''The Saved'' (1998), which won the “Het Gouden Beeld” (Dutch Academy Awards) in 1998 and the “Euro-Comenius Award” in Vienna (1999). Her second film, '' The Holocaust Experience'' (2002), had its premiere during IDFA Festival 2002 and was selected for several festivals in Europe and the US. I 2019 her ''My Rembrandt'' was released, a movie about art and art dealers. Biography Hoogendijk graduated in 1990 from the Utrecht School of the Arts. Over the years Oeke Hoogendijk specialized in documentary films about art. They are often long-running projects with a cinematographic approach that involves capturing the content as much as possible in scenes. ''The New Rijksmuseum (Het Nieuwe Rijksmuseum)'' Over a period of 10 years Hoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Hilbrand
Sophie Francine Hilbrand (born 5 October 1975) is a Dutch Television presenter, actress and radio host. She followed a course drama at De Trap, a private school for acting in Amsterdam, but left after one and a half year when she debuted on 6pack. Television career She debuted on SBS 6 SBS6 is a Dutch free-to-cable commercial TV channel and is a part of Talpa TV, formerly known as SBS Broadcasting B.V. and now owned by Talpa Network. Other channels of the group in the Netherlands are Net5, Veronica, and SBS9. History SBS st ... as part of the 6pack show. In 2004 Hilbrand joined broadcaster BNN. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hilbrand, Sophie 1975 births Living people Dutch actresses De Trap Theater Academy alumni Dutch television presenters People from Alkmaar Dutch women television presenters Dutch radio presenters Dutch women radio presenters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaartje Quirijns
Klaartje Quirijns (born 1967 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch film and television director and producer. In The Netherlands she worked as a documentary director and producer for the public stations VPRO, IKON and NPS. Internationally, Quirijns got recognition for her documentaries ''The Brooklyn Connection'' (2005), ''The Dictator Hunter'' (2007), with Souleymane Guengueng and ''Peace vs. Justice'' (2011), a documentary about the Lord's Resistance Army and Anton Corbijn Inside Out (2012). While pursuing independent documentary projects, Quirijns continues to work as a correspondent for Dutch national radio and television. Early life and career Quirijns was based in New York City between 1997 and 2007, Quirijns lives with her family in London, United Kingdom. In 2013, Quirijns began to direct fiction films. Her first work was ''Speelman'', a story of a marriage, which premièred at the Dutch Film Festival in the Netherlands. Filmography Documentaries * ''The Brooklyn Connec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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