Do Dutch filmmakers look beyond their borders?
The jury of the Netherlands Film Festival in Utrecht in September had its doubts, causing a bit of a stir by rhetorically asking themselves, ‘Do some filmmakers from the Netherlands ever take a look at foreign films’. They expressed their dissatisfaction with the variable quality of content and production of the films they had to judge, suggesting that more should be done to keep Dutch cinema in step with international developments. On the other hand, quite a few of the thirty or so feature films produced in 2008 found their inspiration or location in other countries. Five of them are (partly) set in Africa, while Pieter Verhoeff’s handsomely produced adventure of a young knight-to-be, The Letter of the King (De brief voor de koning), made good use of Schottish scenery. Ben Sombogaart, director of the Academy Award-nominated Twin Sisters, filmed his ambitious new drama, Bride Flight, about the emotional secrets of three young Dutch immigrant brides in New Zeland. Featuring fine perform
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