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Speaking in Rotterdam, Netherlands Film Fund director Doreen Boonekamp has delivered an upbeat assessment of the state of the Dutch film industry.Boonekamp has also revealed details of how the countrys new cash rebate system, introduced last year, is driving up production leve
stanley cup ls.Some 鈧?8m was spent on Dutch production last year, a considerable hike on production investment in 2013, which was around 鈧?4m less.Boonekamp said, as a result of the new incentive, a lot of post production work is going back to the Netherlands .The incentive offers a cash rebate of 30% on the eligible Dutch spend.Since the incentive was launched in June 2014, 51 film projects have received a total of 鈧?3.6m from the scheme.These have included high profile projects such as Mike van Diems De Surprise, Alex van Warmerdams Schneider vs. Bax, Polish feature Math Sucks, Austrian movie The Night Of A Thousand Hours, and Roel Rein茅s epic seafaring yarn Michiel de Ruyter, about the Golden Age Dutch admiral who sank the English fleet.There will be slightly over 鈧?5m available through the incentive during 2015.New local film commissions emergingIn response to the increased investment and production activity, a number of new local film commissions have sprung up in different regions of the Netherlands.Dutch films had an appro
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Four documentary projects that screened at AFI DOCS 2015 film festival in Washington DC have been chosen to receive funding from the new AFI DOCS/NBCUniversal Impact Grants.The grants were created to support social action and outreach for the four documentaries that took place at the fir
stanley cup st-ever AFI DOCS Impact Lab.The programme not only plans to garner financial support, but also partner with the Center for Media Social Impact CMSI at American Uni
stanley germany versity and CMSI Co-Director Caty Borum Chattoo to measure the social impact each film generates. NBCUniversal is excited to have joined with AFI on this initiative to help filmmakers find innovative ways to create a positive impact through their films, said Beth Colleton, svp of corporate social responsibility at NBCUniversal. We believe these grants will drive awareness and
stanley cup education around important social issues by engaging consumers, communities and government, and help these filmmakers also be change makers. The first Impact Lab took place in Washington DC from June 16-17 during AFI DOCS. Led by Heidi Nel, president of Picture Motion, the Lab introduced participants to policy makers tackling issues from civil rights to education to the refugee crisis.Addressing some of todays most important worldwide issues, the films obtained distribution in 2015. The four projects that accumulated the $75,000 are: The Conversation by Blair Foster; Most Likely To Succeed by Greg Whiteley; Peace Officer by Scott Christopherson; and Sa
