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Torino Film Festival has announced the winner of its Best Film award, which went to Morgan Knibbe’s The Garden of Earthly Delights as Best Film. The film was also awarded €20,000. It tells the story of teenage Ginto, who lives in the slums of Manila and dreams of becoming a gangster one day. The jury consisted…

Paikar, the debut of artist and filmmaker Dawood Hilmandi, received no less than three awards; the IDFA Award for Best First Feature, the Special Mention IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film and the FIPRESCI Award. Some words from the jury: “[A] profoundly sensitive portrait of his own family, rendered with honesty, nuance, and emotional depth.”…

We are very excited to announce the international premiere of The Garden of Earthly Delights in the international competition of Torino Film Festival. For more info, visit the website of Torino Film Festival: https://www.torinofilmfest.org/en/43-torino-film-festival/film/the-garden-of-earthly-delights/57262/  

Dawood Hilmandi’s feature debut documentary Paikar was selected for this year’s IDFA line-up. The film is featured in the Luminous section and is competing for the Best First Feature Award, the Best Dutch Film Award and the FIPRESCI Award. Paikar is a personal portrait of director Dawood Hilmandi’s quest for beloning. Years after he ran…

On October 4th, the Dutch Academy Awards (Gouden Kalf) were awarded. The Garden of Earthly Delights was nominated for no less than 8 categories. Eventually Morgan Knibbe won the award for Best Director, Vincent Sinceretti the award for Best Sound Design, Frank van der Eeden the award for Best Cinematography and Xander Nijsten the award…

The Dutch Academy Awards (Gouden Kalf) are the awards of the Nederlands Film Festival (NFF). The Golden Calf is the most prestigious award in the Dutch film industry, and the winners were announced on October 4th. Jan Willem van Ewijk’s feature Alpha was nominated for Best Film and Best Cinematography and Ella van der Woude…

The Garden of Earthly Delights, Morgan Knibbe’s new feature film, will have its official premiere during the Movies That Matter Film Festival 2025 in The Hague. The film features in both Grand Jury Fiction Competition and Dutch Focus Competition. The Dutch Focus competition (formerly Dutch Movies Matter) of the Movies that Matter Festival focuses on…

The jury, chaired by Cindy Godefroi (artistic director of Theater aan Zee), named Alpha. by Jan-Willem van Ewijk as Best Film of the COOP! competition. This international film was created thanks to intensive collaboration between the Netherlands, Switzerland and Slovenia. According to the jury, Alpha. is a reflection of the Filmfestival Oostende 2025 theme SUPER…

Belgian filmmaker Johan Grimonprez’s Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat has been nominated for an Oscar® in the Best Documentary Feature category, the Academy announced on Thursday. Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (2024) is the story of how the US and Belgium conspired to assassinate Patrice Lumumba, one of Africa’s most popular political leaders of the…

The closing weekend of the Ostend Film Festival (FFO) was festively kicked off on Friday 7 February with the Ensors Gala. The Ensors, the most important film awards in Flanders, were presented at the Kursaal in Ostend. Skunk was awarded the Ensor for Best Film, and also cashed in on the nomination for Best Make-up…