This Friday, 10 November, The Man From Rome will shine at the Black Nights Festival in Tallinn! The film has been selected for the official competition and will have its international premiere at this prestigious film festival. In Estonia, a delegation will attend the premiere, consisting of: director Jaap van…
At the Netherlands Film Festival, the feature film THE MAN FROM ROME by Jaap van Heusden was awarded with the Dutch Academy Award / Golden Calf for Best Film Music 2023 (by Minco Eggersman) and was also nominated for the Dutch Academy Award for Best Production Design (Jorien Sont), Best…
The Man from Rome, the new film made by director Jaap van Heusden is out April 6! In this film the sceptical priest Filippo is sent by the Vatican to investigate a crying statue of the Virgin Mary in a Dutch southern border community. Determined to expose the statue, he…
WORLD PREMIERE MAGMA BERLINALE! Our latest short film MAGMA has been invited to have its world premiere at the 73th International Film Festival Berlin this February. The film has been selected for the Berlinale Generation Competition. Magma is a short coming of age film directed by Luca Meisters and written…
Dutch kids drama series KABAM! wins International Emmy Award The Dutch kids drama series KABAM! has won the prestigious International Emmy Award in the category Kids: Live Action. This was announced last night during the 50th edition of the International Emmy Awards Gala in New York. The series from KRO-NCRV…
Kabam! nominated for an INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARD 2022 The children’s series KABAM!, produced by IJswater Films in coproduction with Dutch Public Broadcaster KRO-NCRV is nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Kids: Live Action series! KABAM! is the only Dutch nomination out of all the submissions this year, the award ceremony will take place on the 21st of…
We are extremely grateful for the enthusiastic support of the Netherlands Film Fund for our new Dutch-Canadian co-production, IN ALASKA! Written by Jaap van Heusden and Vinnie Karetak, to be directed by Jaap van Heusden, IJswater Films in coproduction with Uuktimiaq Studios (CAN), in association with Rhombus Media (CAN), Volterra…
This afternoon, the Kplus Children’s Jury of the 45th Generation Awards at Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival presented the Crystal Bear to the short fiction film Spotless. On behalf of all makers, director Emma Branderhorst accepted this main prize for the best short (youth) film 2022 in Berlin. Earlier…
Finally we can share the news: in February of 2022 the short Spotless wil have its INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE on the 72nd edition of the Berlin Filmfestival in the Generation competition. Congrats to director Emma Branderhorst, cast, crew, partners & otherwise involved! Let’s start the international journey of Spotless! https://www.berlinale.de/…/news…/news/detail_110856.html https://www.instagram.com/spotlessthefilm/