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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…

The International Documentary Association (IDA) presented its awards in Los Angeles. Soundtrack to a Coup d’État by Johan Grimonprez won three awards: the ABC News VideoSource Award, Best Editing and Best Screenplay. The IDA Documentary Awards are one of the most important recognitions in the documentary film world. The awards ceremony took place on December…

Payal Kapadia’s Cannes-Winning All We Imagine As Light received a nomination in the Best Motion Picture – (Non-English Language). Payal Kapadia also won a nomination in the Best Direction (Motion Picture). After winning the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, All We Imagine As Light has been also shortlisted by France to represent the country at the Oscars…

Filmmaker Payal Kapadia’s acclaimed drama All We Imagine As Light won big at the 2024 Gotham Awards, bagging the Best International Feature honour. Kapadia attended the ceremony held at Cipriani Wall Street, New York City on Monday night. The film also won the Best International Film at New York Film Critics Circle. At the Gotham Awards,…

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat by Johan Grimonprez has been nominated for the European Film Awards in the category Best European Documentary and best European Film. This was announced by the European Film Academy. Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat was released in American cinemas last week. The film has been in cinemas in The Netherlands…

Jan-Willem van Ewijk’s Alpha took the Europa Cinemas Label for best European film in Giornate degli Autori sidebar in Venice, awarded by a jury consisting of European exhibitors Daira Aboliņa, Antonio Costa Valente, Andrea Porta and Jana Trnkova. The jury noted “a real tour de force which we think audiences will connect with.” LevelK boarded the…

Alpha. by writer/director Jan-Willem van Ewijk is selected for Venice’s Giornate degli Autori. It will celebrate its premiere in the competition and is one of the ten contenders from all over the world vying for the Giornate degli Autori Award. Alpha. is Jan Willem’s fourth feature film. In this existential adventure, Rein, a young snowboard…