''Skoop'' ( nl, Scope) was a film magazine which was published from 1963 to 1993 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It was one of the earliest publications on cinema and related topics in the country. The magazine contributed to the Dutch film industry in the 1960s and 1970s.

History and profile

''Skoop'' was established in 1963, and its first issue appeared in February of that year. Its founders were the students of the

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. Its editorial board members were Pim de la Parra, Wim Verstappen,

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and

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and film reviewers such as Janus van Domburg. From its first issue the magazine supported the non-traditional film criticism. ''Skoop'' became one of the influential film magazines in the Netherlands in the 1980s and had a circulation of 12,500 copies. Another film magazine entitled ''Critisch Filmforum'' was merged with ''Skoop'' in 1969. In addition to film reviews and other related material, ''Skoop'' conducted surveys one of which was about the choices of people who went to cinemas. The results of the survey were published in the February–March 1984 issue of the magazine. ''Skoop'' folded in 1993.

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