Wilant Boekelman and René Huybrechtse start a new production house

This week the new Dutch production company Dutch Mountain Film opened its doors. The founders are the producers Wilant Boekelman and René Huybrechtse.

Wilant Boekelman and René Huybrechtse think the time is right for a film company that looks society straight in the eye. Given the international experience of both producers, Dutch Mountain Film will explicitly focus on co-productions with other countries. The new film company will have three main subdivisions: Dutch Mountain Art House Film, Dutch Mountain Documentary and Dutch Mountain Family Film.

Huybrechtse: "We are looking for a new commitment in our films. Films that do not shy away from serious subjects and away from cynicism. Our films, but also ourselves, are part of society and we want to account for that."
Boekelman: "We aim for very high quality. That means that we will cherish our makers above average, which also creates the space to realize that aim. Our ambition is high and why not. There are enough cuts in the Netherlands already."

Boekelman and Huybrechtse have known each other since the Film Academy. Both started their careers making youth programmes, including for the VPRO. For the KRO they made the disruptive On je eyes. At the time unknown filmmakers such as John Appel, Mijke de Jong and Mark de Clou worked on this series.

Boekelman is the founder of Waterland Film. His productions include Kauwboy, Nachtrit, Drift, Tussenland, Deining, Vakantie in eigen land, De Geheimen van Barslet, Rundskop, Abrir puertas y ventanas, De val van Aantjes, Tonino, De Ramp and Shocking Blue.
Huybrechtse founded Dutch Mountain Movies, the predecessor of Dutch Mountain Film. His productions include Het Leven uit een dag, Den Uyl and the Lockheed Affair, Deadly Dilemma, De Dominee, Boy Meets Girl Stories, Fat, Devilish Dilemmas, Shouf Shouf Habibi! and The Sea That Thinks.

Together Boekelman and Huybrechtse won a Tiger Award, the Joris Ivens Award, a Silver Bear, a Golden Leopard, many Golden Calves and just barely an Oscar with their productions.



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