Dummie The MummyDummie the Mummy is a successful series of novels written by Tosca Menten. Five books have been published so far and they’ve proved to be incredibly popular in schools, bookstores and libraries. Penguin’s youth imprint Puffin is publishing the books in English. Dummie also has his own website and even a magazine is in the works.
The books have been published in Germany, Poland, Italy, China, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Australia.
Year of Production: 2014
Status: Available in fall 2014
Format: 90 mins feature film
Genre: Family
Director: Pim van Hoeve (Secrets of the House of Orange, Freddy Heineken: Hostage, The Van Gogh Legacy)
Screenplay: Tijs van Marle (Mister Twister, Mister Twister goes Camping, Spy of Orange)
Cast: Julian Ras, Roeland Fernhout, Jennifer Hoffman
Country of Origin: The Netherlands
Original Programming for Nickelodeon Europe. |
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100 EyesIris was raised by her father Pavo, son of a famous artist. She never knew her Brazilian mother who left her a letter explaining it all; why she ran off to become an artist herself. Iris explores the letter comparing it with her own life. When Brazilian filmmaker Oscar Rocha comes to make a film, Pavo has written about his life, they run out of money, forcing Pavo to sell all of his father’s art. Meanwhile, Iris and Oscar become secret lovers. As soon as Iris tells Oscar that she is carrying his child, he vanishes, bringing her to the realisation who her father really is, even more, why he never chose to become an artist and do what her mother could'nt: to love her and be there for her as a true mother.
Year of Production: 2014
Status: In Postproduction, available AFM 2014
Format: 95 mins feature film
Genre: Drama
Director: Thijs Bayens
Cast: Raymond Thiry, Kiki van Deursen, André Gago, Ad van Kempen, Tygo Gernandt, Marie Vinck
Country of Origin: The Netherlands/Brazil |
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Johan Cruyff - Soccer MessiahJohan Cruyff: Soccer Messiah tells the life story of the legendary footballer the Spanish have dubbed El Salvador, the saviour. Telling not just the highs and lows of his illustrious football career, the series delves deeper into his personal life, where marrying the love of his life cost him the love of his brother. Where his approach to football and his unwavering belief in his own vision causes strife and sets so many team mates against him. And where his business affairs fail, forcing him out of retirement and back onto the pitch when his body can barely support him. And let’s not forget the eve of the 1978 World Cup when he is held hostage…
Status: Completed
Format: 1 x 100 mins film or 4 x 50 Minutes TV series
Genre: Drama
Director: Pim van Hoeve (Secrets of the House of Orange, Freddy Heineken: Hostage)
Screenplay: Marc & Roeland Linssen (Empire of Seduction, Freddy Heineken: Hostage) with Karin van der Meer (The Van Gogh Legacy) and Pieter Bart Korthuis (Red Widow)
Cast: Reinout Scholten van Asschat, Bracha van Doesburg, Ian Bok, Elle van Rijn, Robert de Hoog
Country of Origin: The Netherlands
Original Programming for Dutch Public Broadcaster VPRO TV, NED1 |
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Mister Twister Goes Camping
A hilariously funny family film chronicling the misadventures of a young intern teacher at an elementary school. Class 6b is excited! They're going camping with their favorite intern teacher Mister Twister. But to the pupils’ shocked dismay their very strict headmistress Dreus is joining the trip. Instead of fun and games, Mrs Dreus plans a week of all work and no fun. When Mrs Dreus hurts her back, suddenly all responsibility rest on the shoulders of Mees Kees. And as things start to go wrong, Mister Twister begins to doubt himself.
Mr Twister goes Camping was the Christmas hit of 2013 and is still being shown in abundance in cinemas all over the country. Awarded the Golden Film and the Platinum Film within the first four weeks of release and after six weeks has been visited by more than 500.000 visitors. Despite the fact that Mr Twister goes Camping was only released in mid-December, it became the best attended family film in Holland of 2013
Production Year: 2013
Status: Completed
Genre: Family
Format: 80 mins feature
Director: Barbara Bredero
Screenplay: Tijs van Marle
Cast: Willem Voogd, Sanne Wallis de Vries, Cas Jansen, Hannah Hoekstra
Worldwide Rights: PV Pictures
Country of Origin: The Netherlands
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The Mr Twister series of films are based on the books Mees Kees by Mirjam Oldenhave. The books, already six parts, are wildly popular, selling almost 300,000 copies and being one of the most popular books in libraries. The film edition of the first two books was sold out within a week.
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Sequel to Mr Twister (600,000 viewers) and Mr Twister goes Camping (now already more than 500,000 viewers).
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Both Mr Twister films won the Golden Film and the Platinum Film in the first four weeks of release.
- Mr Twister won the Cinekid Publics’ Prize for Best Film and prizes at festivals in Chicago, Quebec and Teheran.
- Mr Twister has a place in Holland’s top 10 most successful children’s’ films ever.
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Based on the series of children’s books Mees Kees by Mirjam Oldenhave.
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300,000 sold, circulation during the Children’s Book Week 2010 ± 600,000
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Love is the Word13 year-old Bart is a sensitive and religious boy. He wants to do as many good deeds as he possibly can and believes that God watches his every move. When a new family suddenly arrives in the village, Bart falls head-over-heels in love with their sophisticated and highly-seductive 16 year-old daughter, Moniek. From that moment on, a string of distressing events start to plague Bart and his parents. He suspects that God is punishing him for being more occupied with Moniek than with doing good deeds for his family. He has to choose between persisting in his love for Moniek and tempt fate even further, or deny his feelings and return to the path of righteousness. But just as he has made his choice, Moniek falls seriously ill…
Year of Production: 2013
Status: Completed
Format: 90 mins feature film
Genre: Drama
Director: Pieter Kuijpers
Screenplay: Edward Stelder
Cast: Bram van Schie, Jeroen van Koningsbrugge, Huub Stapel, Lies Visschedijk
Country of Origin: The Netherlands
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The Van Gogh LegacyThe Van Gogh Legacy tells the compelling true story of Vincent van Gogh: his failed love life, his troubled relationship with his parents, his affection for his brother Theo, his doomed friendship with Paul Gauguin, the lack of interest in his art and his mounting psychological problems. Seen through the eyes of Vincent Willem van Gogh, Theo’s son and Vincent’s only heir, the story is an emotional and confrontational journey into his legendary uncle’s past to discover the real man behind the painter and ensure his continued legacy.
Year of Production: 2013
Status: Completed
Format: 1 x 100 mins feature film or 4 x 45 mins mini series or 2 x 90 mins mini series
Screenplay: Karin van der Meer, Ger Beukenkamp
Director: Pim van Hoeve
Cast: Barry Atsma, Jeroen Krabbé
Country of Origin: The Netherlands
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