HKU graduation films on screen during Netherlands Film Festival

  • 06 September 2023
The coming edition of the famous Netherlands Film Festival (NFF) on Wednesday 27 September in Louis Hartlopercomplex, will screen all the graduation movies of HKU Film graduates during a special event. The HKU Blikvangers (‘Eyecatchers’) event is the perfect occasion for professionals to spot new talents, and for movie fans to be the first to see what this new cohort of filmmakers has to offer.
HKU graduation films on screen during Netherlands Film Festival

'Eyecatchers'

At the HKU Blikvangers event, the graduation movies are screened from 10:00 to 17:00 in the Louis Hartloopercomplex in Utrecht. The day is officially opened by the director of the Netherlands Film Festival. The programme consists of fiction, animation, documentaries and experimental work. More information and tickets are available at blikvangers.hku.nl.

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HKU x NFF

The national stage that NFF offers for these creators, is a testimony to the ambition of HKU’s film and animation courses: ‘Our film and animation makers are in the centre of society’, says Mir Wermuth, director of HKU Media. ‘We teach them to show stories that either reflect the world of the present, past and future, of sharply criticize it. The film makers at HKU know how to create their own conditions and excel in teamwork. Lastly, they find their way to their own audience and understand their starting position in the field. Therefore, they organise HKU Blikvangers all by themselves.’

In the coming years, the NFF is intensifying their cooperation with the community of creators at HKU. Incorporating HKU Blikvangers in the NFF programme is a first step in this direction.

Nominations

The nominations of NFF awards have also been announced! The nominated film makers contend for one of the many awards that are handed out on Monday 25 September during the Talent Award Ceremony in Stadsschouwburg Utrecht. A total of seven HKU students have been nominated:

Debut and student competition

Loëlle Monsanto (Asema)
Jikkie Schelling (Funny Feeling)
Brent Bosker (Silent Waters)
Christian Holtland

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Selectie Script & Score

Joey Pavić
Sebastiaan Bax
Fons Beijer

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