Today, Willemien van Aalst, Director of the Netherlands Film Festival, held a press conference at the Ketelhuis in Amsterdam regarding the upcoming edition of the 30th Netherlands Film Festival. During the conference, she presented the highlights of the 2010 program and announced several news items, such as the awarding of the Golden Calf for the Culture Prize, the nominations for the City of Utrecht Film Prize, the speaker for the Variety Cinema Militans Lecture, and the presentation of the online NFF Film Archive featuring thirty years of NFF history.

Golden Calf for the Culture Prize to Rolf Orthel

Producer and director Rolf Orthel will be honored with the Golden Calf for the Culture Prize 2010 during the Opening Night of the 30th Netherlands Film Festival on Wednesday, September 22. The Golden Calf for the Culture Prize is awarded by the Board of the Netherlands Film Festival Foundation to individuals or organizations that have rendered outstanding service to Dutch film culture.
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Nominations for the City of Utrecht Film Prize announced

The nominations have been announced for the City of Utrecht Film Prize, the award for the festival's best debut film: Daan Bakker for *Kort! - BUKOWSKI*, Moon Blaisse for *MISSCHIEN LATER*, and Allard Westenbrink for *VLOTTER*. The jury consists of Sonja de Leeuw, Professor of Film and Television at Utrecht University, and filmmakers Mahmoud Al Massad and Andre van Duren. The winner of the City of Utrecht Film Prize will be announced on the Opening Night of the Netherlands Film Festival on September 22, 2010. Read the full report here.

NFF Film Archive online with thirty years of NFF history

Starting today, the Netherlands Film Festival presents thirty years of festival history with the online NFF Film Archive. Behind the scenes, work has been underway for two years to digitally unlock the information for all films ever screened at the NFF. The NFF Film Archive now contains updated descriptions and credits for more than 8,600 film titles. Film lovers run the risk of literally running out of eyes, as the NFF Film Archive houses no fewer than 14,000 scene photos, as well as numerous trailers. Read the full report here.

Christine Vachon guest speaker Variety Cinema Militans Lecture

Christine Vachon, producer of films including HAPPINESS (1998), BOYS DONT CRY (1999), and FAR FROM HEAVEN (2002), will give this year's Variety Cinema Militans Lecture. The lecture will be held on Sunday, September 26 at 4:00 PM in the Academiegebouw, Unie van Utrecht Hall, Domplein 29 in Utrecht. The lecture is organized annually as part of the Holland Film Meeting, the international program of the Netherlands Film Festival. Read the full announcement here.

View the full festival program from Wednesday, September 8 on www.filmfestival.nl or in the Festival Special supplement to de Volkskrant on Thursday, September 9.

The Netherlands Film Festival takes place from September 22 to October 1, 2010.



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