DISTRIBUTION NEWS
Since November 15th the NIAf has 2 new films in distribution: ON THE WATER by Yi Zhao and VICTORY by Guusje Kaayk.

ON THE WATER is the film with which Yi Zhao graduated from AKV St. Joost in Breda. In this short poetic animation film, life is a long journey in a rowing boat, sometimes in quiet drift, sometimes in perilous storm. It is the same for everyone: you are born out of the water and it will be the place where you end up too.
During the Playgrounds Festival (Tilburg) in October the film already won "Best National student short" award.

In VICTORY the dancer is fighting with her eternal enemy of mankind, the Gravity. The film is a co-production of Guusje Kaayk and Conny Janssen danst. The film was already screened in the competition 'Audience Award Dutch Animation' during the Holland Animation Film Festival in November (Utrecht).

FESTIVALS ABROAD
THINGS YOU'D BETTER NOT MIX UP by Joost Lieuwma, The Drawing Room
Selected for the competition of Les Nuits Magiques - International Animated Film Festival in Bègles (France, 3-12 December).

THE ORIGIN OF CREATURES by Floris Kaayk, seriousFilm
Selected for the tour of the Festival on Wheels (Turkey, 3-19 December).

PIK van Erik by Schaaik, The Drawing Room
Selected for the competition 'Film for Children' of the Animateka Festival in Ljubljana (Slovenia, 6-12 December).

FAST FORWARD LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD by Sjaak Rood, Nederlands Instituut voor Animatiefilm
Selected for the competition of Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival in Poznán (Poland, 6-12 December).
Selected for the 'experimentel animation film retrospective' of the Animateka Festival in Ljubljana (Slovenia, 6-12 December).

SCRATCH van Oerd by Cuijlenborg, Nederlands Instituut voor Animatiefilm
Selected for the 'experimentel animation film retrospective' of the Animateka Festival in Ljubljana (Slovenia, 6-12 December).

VOLGENS DE VOGELS by Linde Faas
Selected for the 'EU Student Panorama' of the Animateka Festival in Ljubljana (Slovenia, 6-12 December).

NOTEBOOK by Evelien Lohbeck
Selected for the 'EU Student Panorama' of the Animateka Festival in Ljubljana (Slovenia, 6-12 December).

FATHER AND DAUGHTER by Michael Dudok de Wit, CinéTé Filmproduktie BV
Selected for the Dutch retrospective "Going Dutch" of the International Short Film Festival Leuven (Belgium, 4-11 December).
Selected for the "carte blanche" programme of jury member Solweig von Kleist during the Animateka Festival in Ljubljana (Slovenia, 6-12 December).

GET REAL! by Evert de Beijer, CinéTé Filmproduktie BV
Selected for the festival Les Sommets du Cinéma d'Animation de Montréal (Canada, 2-5 December).

DUTCH FESTIVALS
ZALIGER by Nina Gantz
Selected for the Student Film Festival which is organized by Het Nutshuis in Den Haag (18-19 December).

ON THE WATER by Yi Zhao
Selected for the Student Film Festival which is organized by Het Nutshuis in Den Haag (18-19 December).

YOUTUBEPLAY
NOTEBOOK by Evelien Lohbeck is one of the 25 winners of the YouTube Play competition!!
The film will be shown n the Guggenheim museums in New York, Berlin, Bilbao and Venice.
The Guggenheim Museum and YouTube organized the competition YouTube Play in June. The New York museum was looking for the next generation video artists. The competition got 23.358 submissions from 91 countries.
Besides the work of Evelien Lohbeck, 4 other Dutch submissions by Niels Hoebers, Sjors Vervoort, the duo Lernert & Sander and Wim Conradi made it to the shortlist.

Check the YouTube Channel hier.

Read more (in Dutch only):
- NOS Headlines.
- AKV St. Joost.

http://www.evelienlohbeck.com

AWARDS
THE ORIGIN OF CREATURES by Floris Kaayk has won the Iron Herring at the Leids Film Festival.
For all winners: click here.
The film is also chosen by a youth jury during the Holland Animation Film Festival to be part of the MovieZone programme for the school year 2011-2012.

FESTIVALS ABROAD
JAZZED by Anton Setola, Lumière/La Boite..Productions/Les Films du Nord/CRRAV Nord-Pas de Calais/NIAf
Selected for the 'Open Submissions' programme of the Flip Animation Festival in Wolverhampton (UK, 4-6 November).
Selected for the programme "Animation and Jazz" at Cinanima International Animated Film Festival in Espinho (Portugal, 8-14 November).
Selected for the European competition of the European Short Film Festival Unlimited in Cologne (Germany, 23-28 November).

THE ORIGIN OF CREATURES by Floris Kaayk, seriousFilm
Selected for the 'Open Submissions' programme of the Flip Animation Festival in Wolverhampton (UK, 4-6 November).
Selected for the animation panorama of Brest European Short Film Festival (France, 8-14 November).
Selected for the competition of InterFilm Berlin (Germany, 16-21 November).

WHITE SWAN by Sil van der Woerd
Selected for the special programme 'Clipped' at InterFilm Berlin (Germany, 16-21 November).

GET REAL! by Evert de Beijer, CinéTé Filmproduktie BV
Selected for the competition of the Brisbane International Film Festival (Australia, 4-14 November).
Screening at Les Sommets du Cinéma d'Animation de Montréal in Québec City (Canada, 27-28 November).

VOLGENS DE VOGELS by Linde Faas
Screenign during the Brussels Children's Film Festival (Belgium, 31 October - 7 November).

DE ZWEMLES by Danny de Vent, Lumière/La Boite..Productions/Les Films du Nord/CRRAV Nord-Pas de Calais/NIAf
Selected for "SHORT MATTERS! - European Film Academy Short Film Nominees 2009 on Tour". This tour of the European Film Academy runs from March until November 2010. This month the film will be screened at the following festivals: Alcine Festival de Cine in Alcalá de Henares (Spain, 5-13 November), Filmfest Braunschweig (Germany, 9-14 November), Aarhus Film Festival (Denmark, 11-14 November), Scanorama - European Film Forum in Vilnius (Lithuania, 12-13 November) and Kaunas (Lithuania, 20 November), Exground Filmfest in Wiesbaden (Germany, 12-21 November) and Malatya International Film Festival (Turkey, 26 November - 2 December).
For more information see: the website.

JAZZIMATION by Oerd van Cuijlenborg, Nederlands Instituut voor Animatiefilm
Selected for the programme "Animation and Jazz" at Cinanima International Animated Film Festival in Espinho (Portugal, 8-14 November).

FATHER AND DAUGHTER by Michael Dudok de Wit, CinéTé Filmproduktie BV
Selected for the panorama "Best Animation form the last 50 years" of the International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima in Krakow (Poland, 19-25 November).

DUTCH FESTIVALS
GET REAL! by Evert de Beijer, CinéTé Filmproduktie BV
Selected for the competition shorts and competition Dutch Animation (audience award) of the Holland Animation Film Festival (3-7 November).

THE ORIGIN OF CREATURES by Floris Kaayk, seriousFilm
Selected for the competition shorts and competition Dutch Animation (audience award) of the Holland Animation Film Festival (3-7 November).

FAST FORWARD LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD by Sjaak Rood, Nederlands Instituut voor Animatiefilm
Selected for the competition shorts of the Holland Animation Film Festival (3-7 November).

PIK by Erik van Schaaik, The Drawing Room
Selected for the competition Dutch Animation (audience award) of the Holland Animation Film Festival (3-7 November).

WHITE SWAN by Sil van der Woerd
Selected for the competition for commissioned films of the Holland Animation Film Festival (3-7 November).

FATHER AND DAUGHTER by Michael Dudok de Wit, CinéTé Filmproduktie BV
Selected for the programme "Replay 25: Grand Prix Shorts" of the Holland Animation Film Festival (3-7 November).

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
In the frame of the 10th anniversary of Lux Nijmegen a Rutger Hauer retrospective will be shown on 6 and 7 November. The film THE LAST WORDS OF DUTCH SCHULTZ by Gerrit van Dijk, for which Rutger Hauer provided the English voice-over, will also be screened.
For the whole programme see: the Lux website.

THE ORIGIN OF CREATURES by Floris Kaayk will be screened, in the presence of her Majesty the Queen, during the opening op the new Lantaren/Venster theater in Rotterdam On Saturday November 6th.

Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo (Spain, 5-13 November) will screen the Dutch Retrospective "Animazing" which comtains the following films I MOVE SO I AM by Gerrit van Dijk, FATHER AND DAUGHTER by Michael Dudok de Wit, TEST ONE TWO by Paul and Menno de Nooijer, BARCODE by Adriaan Lokman and others.
For more info see: the website.

DISTRIBUTION NEWS
As of 1 October the NIAf starts with the distribution of the film/performance REIS DOOR DE STAD (CITY TRIP), a project by Gerben Agterberg, Jasper Bos, Emma Hazenak and Daniel Oliveira Prins.
REIS DOOR DE STAD (CITY TRIP) ian animation made by eleven animators who worked in an unique way on this project: in a relay race. The music track was composed and recorded by Convoi Exceptional, and later divided in eleven parts. Each part was given to an animator. The first animator made an animation of thirty seconds, timed on her piece of the soundtrack. The last frame of this first part, was given to the next animator who used this frame and the following piece of the soundtrack to make the next part of the animation. All the animators have inspired themselves on the work of other participants and the theme 'City Trip'.
The project can also be 'screened' as a live-performance. From a van the animation film is projected on the wall of that location. Meanwhile Convoi Exceptional plays the soundtrack live, which gives an interaction between the musicians and the animation film. At the end of the performance, the 'City Trip' group travels on to the next location, to repeat the same activity.

Meanwhile the NIAf also started the distribution for the UltraKort film DIRKJAN HEERST! by Wilfred Ottenheijm and Remco Polman (Mooves) and for the graduation film ZALIGER by Nina Gantz (AKV St. Joost Breda).

AWARDS
AniFest ROZAFA2010 has awarded the film THE 7 BROTHERS by Kaj and Paul Driessen as "Best film in the international competition'.
The jury report stated: "Once upon a time ... many great stories begin with these words and they often have very simple roots. This film plays in a virtuous way with the universal grammar of fairytales, invites us to discover all the details in this film layer by layer and shows us that inspiration can be found everywhere".
WHITE SWAN by Sil van der Woerd was announced as Best Videoclip at the I've Seen Films Festival. Singer Anouk de Groot, aka Lolly Jane Blue, has won the award for Best Music Performer.

During the Cinématou festival in Geneva Evelien Lohbeck was awarded the Télévision Suisse Romande Jury Award 2010 of the Young Adience Competition for her film NOTEBOOK.

FESTIVALS ABROAD
THEATRE PATOUFFE by Maarten Koopman, Musch & Tinbergen
Selected for the competition of Anim'Est in Bucharest (Romenia, 8-17 October).

SECUNDE by Guusje Kaayk
Selected for the panorama programme of Cinématou International Animated Film Festival (Switzerland, 2-10 October).

GET REAL! by Evert de Beijer, CinéTé Filmproduktie BV
Selected for the competition of Ottawa International Animation Festival (Canada, 20-24 October).
Selected for the competition of Tindirindis Animation Film Festival (Lithuania, 25-30 October).

THE ORIGIN OF CREATURES by Floris Kaayk, seriousFilm
Selected for the Anima'T competition of Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic (Spain, 7-17 October).
Selected for the creepy animation night of Anim'Est in Bucharest (Romenia, 8-17 October).
Selected for the animation competition of the Lille International Film Festival (France, 9-16 October).
Selected for the competition of the Cyprus International Film Festival in Nicosia (Cyprus, 13-18 October).
Selected for the competition of Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal (Canada, 13-24 October).
Selected for the International Panorama of DOK Leipzig (Germany, 18-24 October).
Selected for Salon des Refusés of the Ottawa International Animation Festival (Canada, 22 October).
Selected for the competition of Tindirindis Animation Film Festival (Lithuania, 25-30 October).
Selected for the panorama of the Yasujiro Ozu Film Festival in Sassuolo (Italy, 29-31 October).

FAST FORWARD LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD by Sjaak Rood, Nederlands Instituut voor Animatiefilm
Selected for the competition of Cinématou International Animated Film Festival (Switzerland, 2-10 October).
Selected for the competition of Tindirindis Animation Film Festival (Lithuania, 25-30 October).

WHITE SWAN by Sil van der Woerd
Selected for the clip competition of the Lille International Film Festival (France, 9-16 October).
Selected for the competition of Tindirindis Animation Film Festival (Lithuania, 25-30 October).

NOTEBOOK by Evelien Lohbeck
Selected for the young audience competition of Cinématou International Animated Film Festival (Switzerland, 2-10 October).
Selected for the "Shnit animiert" programme of International Shortfilmfestival Shnit (Switzerland, 6-10 October).
Selected for the Mosaic programme of Anim'Est in Bucharest (Romenia, 8-17 October).

THE 7 BROTHERS by Kaj and Paul Driessen, CinéTé Filmproduktie BV
Selected for the young audience competition of Cinématou International Animated Film Festival (Switzerland, 2-10 October).
Selected for the competition of AniFestROZAFA in Shkoder (Albania, 4-9 October).

DE ZWEMLES by Danny de Vent, Lumière/La Boite..Productions/Les Films du Nord/CRRAV Nord-Pas de Calais/NIAf
Selected for the "Shnit animiert" programme of International Shortfilmfestival Shnit (Switzerland, 6-10 October).
Selected for "SHORT MATTERS! - European Film Academy Short Film Nominees 2009 on Tour". This tour of the European Film Academy runs from March until November 2010. This month the film will be screened at the following festivals: Panorama of European Cinema, Athene (Greece, 21-29 October) and Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Sweden, 25-31 October).
For more information see: the website.

THE HEART OF AMOS KLEIN by Michal & Uri Kranot, TinDrum Animation, Les Films de L'Arlequin, IJssel Producties en NIAf
Selected for the competition of AniFestROZAFA in Shkoder (Albania, 4-9 October).
Selected for the "Shnit animiert" programme of International Shortfilmfestival Shnit (Switzerland, 6-10 October).

GOD ON OUR SIDE by Michal & Uri Kranot, NIAf
Selected for the anniversary programme of the Lille International Short Film Festival (France, 9-16 October).

ACCORDING TO BIRDS by Linde Faas
Screening during the Brussels Children's Film Festival (Belgium, 31 October - 7 November).

DUTCH FESTIVAL
FAST FORWARD LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD by Sjaak Rood, Nederlands Instituut voor Animatiefilm
Selected for the programme Nederlands Kort of Cinekid (20-29 October).

PIK by Erik by Schaaik, The Drawing Room
Selected for the programme Nederlands Kort of Cinekid (20-29 October).

THE ORIGIN OF CREATURES by Floris Kaayk, seriousFilm
Selected for the Hollandse Nieuwe competition animation of the Leids Film Festival (26-31 October).

Get Real! by Evert de Beijer, CinéTé Filmproduktie BV
Selected for the Hollandse Nieuwe competition animation of the Leids Film Festival (26-31 October).

NOTEBOOK by Evelien Lohbeck
Screening during the Dutch Design Week in De Fabriek, Eindhoven (30 October).

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
On October 30th the CBK 's-Hertogenbosch organises "Allerzielen.nu" at Lanspark Assisië in Biezenmortel. During this event the film FATHER AND DAUGHTER by Michael Dudok de Wit will also be screened.

AWARDS
The film GET REAL! by Evert de Beijer has won the award for Best Visual at Fantoche - Internationales Festival für Animationsfilm in Baden, Switzerland. From 13 September until 3 October the film will be part of the programme "The Best of Fantoche on tour", which will be screend in several Swiss cities.
For all winners and information about the tour: see the website.

The film THINGS YOU'D BETTER NOT MIX UP by Joost Lieuwma won the Audience Award at KLIK!
For all winners see: the website

DUTCH OSCAR ENTRY
The Dutch Animated short film THE ORIGIN OF CREATURES by Floris Kaayk has been chosen as the Dutch entry for the Academy Award Best Short Animated Film. The film is produced by Marc Thelosen of seriousFilm, with Reinier van Brummelen as director of photography.

The members of the Oscar selection committee animated film 2010 were representatives of the Holland Animation Film Festival (HAFF), the Netherlands Institute for Animation Film (NIAF) and the Association of the Netherlands Animation Producers (VNAP).
On January 25 2011 the nominations will be announced for de Best Short Animated Film Award. The Oscars will be presented on February 27 2011.

DISTRIBUTION NEWS
As of August 1st the NIAf manages the distribution of the films PIK by Erik van Schaaik and THINGS YOU'D BETTER NOT MIX UP by Joost Lieuwma. Both films are produced by The Drawing Room.

PIK is about a bird who pecks to the dismay of the ox. But without the pecking, life of the ox becomes unbearable!
In THINGS YOU'D BETTER NOT MIX UP we see a series of actions you'd better not mix up.

FESTIVALS ABROAD
Y DEAR GRANDMA by Marta Abad Blay, Nederlands Instituut voor Animatiefilm
Selected for the competition 'Sweet Dreams' of Nueva Mirada International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Buenos Aires (Argentina, 2-8 September).

FAST FORWARD LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD by Sjaak Rood, Nederlands Instituut voor Animatiefilm
Selected for the Parallel section 'Sweet Dreams' of Nueva Mirada International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Buenos Aires (Argentinia, 2-8 September).
Selected for the panorama of International Animated Film Festival KROK (Ukraine, 18-27 September).
Selected for the competition of flEXiff in Auburn (Australia, 24-26 September).

THE ORIGIN OF CREATURES by Floris Kaayk, seriousFilm
Selected for the competition of the L'Étrange Festival in Le Perreux sur Marne (France, 3-12 September).
Screening in the frame of the Impakt presentation 'Dimension Play' at the Split Film Festival (Croatia, 11-18 September).

JAZZED by Anton Setola, Lumière/La Boite..Productions/Les Films du Nord/CRRAV Nord-Pas de Calais/NIAf
Selected for the main competitie of ISAFF Open Cinema in St. Petersburg (Russia, 3-12 September).

THE 7 BROTHERS by Kaj and Paul Driessen, CinéTé Filmproduktie BV
Selected for the Parallel section 'Sweet Dreams' of Nueva Mirada International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Buenos Aires (Argentinia, 2-8 September).
Selected for the Parallel competition of ISAFF Open Cinema in St. Petersburg (Russia, 3-12 September).

GET REAL! by Evert de Beijer, CinéTé Filmproduktie BV
Selected for the competition of Fantoche - Internationales Festival für Animationsfilm in Baden (Switzerland, 7-12 September).

DE ZWEMLES by Danny de Vent, Lumière/La Boite..Productions/Les Films du Nord/CRRAV Nord-Pas de Calais/NIAf
Selected for the competition of Buster - Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth (Denmark, 10-20 September).
Selected for a special programme for children at El Meu Primer Festival in Terrassa (Spain, 18 September).
Selected for the competition of the Auburn International Film Festival for Children (Australia, 20-24 September).
Selected for "SHORT MATTERS! - European Film Academy Short Film Nominees 2009 on Tour". This tour of the European Film Academy runs from March until November 2010. This month the film will be screened at the following festivals: ARTos Foundation in Nicosia (Cyprus, 16-27 September), Drama International Short Film Festival (Greece, 20-25 September) and Nordisk Panorama 5 Cities Film Festival in Bergen (Norway, 24-29 September).
For more information see: the website.

NOTEBOOK by Evelien Lohbeck
Selected for the competition of International Animated Film Festival KROK (Ukraine, 18-27 September).

VOLGENS DE VOGELS by Linde Faas
Selected for the competition of International Animated Film Festival KROK (Ukraine, 18-27 September).

DUTCH FESTIVALS
THINGS YOU'D BETTER NOT MIX UP by Joost Lieuwma, The Drawing Room
Selected for the competition of KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival (15-19 September).

PIK by Erik van Schaaik, The Drawing Room
Selected for the 'Hollandse Nieuwe' programme and the MOPTI competition of KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival (15-19 September).

FAST FORWARD LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD by Sjaak Rood, Nederlands Instituut voor Animatiefilm
Selected for the 'Hollandse Nieuwe' programme of KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival (15-19 September).

THE ORIGIN OF CREATURES by Floris Kaayk, seriousFilm
Screening during Festival Into the Great Wide Open on Vlieland (3-5 September).
Selected for the 'Gouden Kalf' competition and the year's overview of the Nederlands Film Festival (22 September - 1 October).

GET REAL! van Evert de Beijer, CinéTé Filmproduktie BV
Selected for the year overview of the Nederlands Film Festival (22 September - 1 October).

WHITE SWAN van Sil van der Woerd
Selected for the year overview and the programme re:visie of the Nederlands Film Festival (22 September - 1 October).

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
The Internationaal Poppenspelfestival Meppel (8-12 September) will screen a programme with animated short films, like DE MOORD VAN RAAMSDONK by Frans ter Gast and Otto van Neijenhoff, PRAVDA by Huub Kistemaker, DE KAST by Maarten Koopman a.o.

The film 3 MISSES by Paul Driessen will be screened in a programme about fairy-tales during Fantoche - Internationales Festival für Animationsfilm (Switzerland, 7-12 September).

During the ReAnimania Festival in Yerevan (Armenia, 9-13 September) the films FATHER AND DAUGHTER by Michael Dudok de Wit and A GREEK TRAGEDY by Nicole van Goethem will be shown in a special Annecy-programme.

On 11 and 12 September Filmhuis Zevenaar will screen animted short films in the frame of the Cultural festival. The following films will be screened: WHITE SWAN by Sil van der Woerd, MY DEAR GRANDMA by Marta Abad Blay, THEATRE PATOUFFE by Maarten Koopman, FAST FORWARD LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD by Sjaak Rood, JAZZED and SPACE INVADER by Anton Setola.

During an educational programme in 't Hoogt in Utrecht the film DE MOORD VAN RAAMSDONK by Frans ter Gast and Otto van Neijenhoff will be shown (15 September).

FESTIVALS ABROAD
FAST FORWARD LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD by Sjaak Rood, Nederlands Instituut voor Animatiefilm
Selected for the competition of the Odense International Film Festival (Denmark, 23-28 August).

GET REAL! by Evert de Beijer, CinéTé Filmproduktie BV
Selected for the competition of the China International Animation and Digital Arts Festival (China, 26-31 August).

THE 7 BROTHERS by Kaj and Paul Driessen, CinéTé Filmproduktie BV
Selected for Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt (Germany, 12-16 August).

JAZZED by Anton Setola, Lumière/La Boite..Productions/Les Films du Nord/CRRAV Nord-Pas de Calais/NIAf
Selected for Tel Aviv Animation Festival (Israël, 17-21 August).
Selected for the competition of the China International Animation and Digital Arts Festival (China, 26-31 August).
Selected for the competition of the Singapore Short Film Festival (Singapore, 28 August - 5 September).

NOTEBOOK by Evelien Lohbeck
Selected for the panorama of Bornshorts 2010 Film Festival (UK, 27-28 August).

WHITE SWAN by Sil van der Woerd
Selected for the panorama of Bornshorts 2010 Film Festival (UK, 27-28 August).

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
THE ORIGIN OF CREATURES by Floris Kaayk will be screened during Impakt Open Air at De Neude in Utrecht (28 August).

FESTIVALS ABROAD
JAZZED by Anton Setola, Lumière/La Boite..Productions/Les Films du Nord/CRRAV Nord-Pas de Calais/NIAf
Selected for the competition of Cartoon Club Rimini - Festival Internazionale del Cinema d'Animazione e del Fumetto (Italy, 9-31 July).
Selected for the competition of Animator 2010 (Poland, 15-17 July).

WHITE SWAN by Sil van der Woerd
Selected for the competition of LA Shorts Fest (USA, 22-30 July).
Selected for the panorama of the Sacramento Film & Music Festival (USA, 23 July - 1 August).

THE 7 BROTHERS by Kaj and Paul Driessen, CinéTé Filmproduktie BV
Selected for the competition of Cartoon Club Rimini - Festival Internazionale del Cinema d'Animazione e del Fumetto (Italy, 9-31 July).
Selected for the competition of Anima Mundi (Brazil, 16 July - 1 August).

THE ORIGIN OF CREATURES by Floris Kaayk, seriousFilm
Screening during the Impakt Highlights programme "Dimension Play" at Loft Etagi in St. Petersburg (Russia, 3 July).
Selected for the competition of the Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival (Korea, 21-25 July).

THEATRE PATOUFFE by Maarten Koopman, Musch & Tinbergen
Selected for the panorama of Anima Mundi (Brazil, 16 July - 1 August).

DE ZWEMLES by Danny De Vent, Lumière/La Boite..Productions/Les Films du Nord/CRRAV Nord-Pas de Calais/NIAf
Selected for "SHORT MATTERS! - European Film Academy Short Film Nominees 2009 on Tour". This tour of the European Film Academy runs from March until November 2010. This month the film will be screened at the following festivals: Tabor Film Festival (Croatia, 30 June-4 July), Jerusalem Film Festival (Israel, 8-17 July) and Seminário Internacional de Cinema e Audiovisual Salvador, Bahia (Brazil, 26-31 July).
For more information see: the website.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
The film FATHER AND DAUGHTER by Michael Dudok de Wit is part of an open air screening in the Artium Museum in Vitoria (Spain, 23 July).

AWARDS
WHITE SWAN by Sil van der Woerd received a Special Jury Award - World Cinema Music Video during the Amsterdam Film Festival in New York.
See for all winners: www.AmsterdamFilmFestival.com.

FESTIVALS ABROAD
THE ORIGIN OF CREATURES by Floris Kaayk, seriousFilm
Selected for the panorama of Festival International du Film d'Animation Annecy (France, 7-12 June).

WHITE SWAN by Sil van der Woerd
Selected for the Commissioned Films competition of Animafest Zagreb (Croatia, 1-6 June).

NOTEBOOK by Evelien Lohbeck
Selected for the competition of Animafest Zagreb (Croatia, 1-6 June).
Screening in the programme 'The best short student films of last year' during Lagow Film Festival (Poland, 20-27 June).
Screening in the programme 'The best short student films of last year' during the Taipei International Film Festival (Taiwan, 25 June-15 July).

VOLGENS DE VOGELS by Linde Faas
Selected for the panorama for children aged 3 to 6 years of Plein La Bobine-Sancy Film Festival (France, 25 May-21 June).
Selected for the competition of Femina Festival Internacional de Cinema Feminino (Brazil, 7-13 June).

DE ZWEMLES by Danny De Vent, Lumière/La Boite..Productions/Les Films du Nord/CRRAV Nord-Pas de Calais/NIAf
Selected for the competition of the Nantucket Film Festival (USA, 17-20 June).
Selected for the children's programme of the International Short Film Festival Detmold (Germany, 9-13 June).
Selected for "SHORT MATTERS! - European Film Academy Short Film Nominees 2009 on Tour". This tour of the European Film Academy runs from March until November 2010. This month the film will be screened at the following festivals: Krakow Film Festival (Poland, 4-5 June) and Festroia IFF in Setúbal (Portugal, 4-13 June).

For more information see: the website.

FATHER AND DAUGHTER by Michael Dudok de Wit (CinéTé Filmproduktie & Cloudrunner Ltd.)
Screening at the 50th edition of the Krakow Film Festival (Poland, 31 May - 6 June).

NEWS
As of May 1st the NIAf has started the festival distribution of the films THE ORIGIN OF CREATURES by Floris Kaayk (production: SeriousFilm) and GET REAL! by Evert de Beijer (production: CinéTé Filmproduktie).

THE ORIGIN OF CREATURES is a futuristic vision of a world after a catastrophic disaster. In this dark parable mutated limbs are looking for cooperation, but due to miscommunication this mission is doomed to fail.

GET REAL! is about a high school student is addicted to a computer game in which he protects as a bodyguard a sexy female mega singer against all kinds of attacks. That way he "scores" her love. But that addiction goes at the cost of his home work and his sense of reality, until a girl of his class gives him a real kiss.

FESTIVALS ABROAD
The installation HANDELINGEN by Maarten Isaäk de Heer is part of the World Expo 2010 and can be viewed in the Dutch Pavilion in Shanghai. The World Expo takes place from 1 May until 31 October.

WHITE SWAN by Sil van der Woerd
Selected for the competition of Curtocircuito in A Coruña (Spain, 23-30 May).
Selected for the competition of the Amsterdam Film Festival in New York (USA, 31 May).

NOTEBOOK by Evelien Lohbeck
Screening in the programme 'The best short student films of last year' during St. Kilda Film Festival (Australia, 25-30 May).

VOLGENS DE VOGELS by Linde Faas
Selected for the Panorama for children aged 3-6 of Plein La Bobine-Sancy Film Festival (France, 25 May-21 June).

DE ZWEMLES by Danny de Vent, Lumière/La Boite..Productions/Les Films du Nord/CRRAV Nord-Pas de Calais/NIAf
Selected for "SHORT MATTERS! - European Film Academy Short Film Nominees 2009 on Tour". This tour of the European Film Academy runs from March until November 2010. This month the film will be screened at the following festivals: Brussels Short Film Festival (Belgium, 29 April - 9 May), Eurocine - Festival de Cine Europeo en Colombia in Cali (5-9 May), in Pereira (12-16 May) and in Bucaramanga (17-21 May), Curtocircuito in Santiago de Compostela (Spain, 23-30 May) and VIS Vienna Independent Shorts (Austria, 27 May - 2 June).
For more information see: the website.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
On 2, 3 and 4 May Lantaren/Venster in Rotterdam will screen a selection of the Hotel Modern Animatie Festival. Amongst others the following films will be screened DE ZWEMLES by Danny de Vent, NOTEBOOK by Evelien Lohbeck and SPRÖSSLING by Anne Breymann (current NIAf-participant).
For more information: website Lanteren/Venster.

KLIK! Amsterdam Animatie Festival presents a Dutch animation programme at the international comic conference Ficomic in Barcelona (Spain, 6-9 May), This programme consists of the films NOTEBOOK by Evelien Lohbeck, LOST IN SPACE by Frodo Kuipers, BARBAZAN by Patrick Raats and Balder Westein and others.
For more information: website Ficomic.

AWARDS
The film THE 7 BROTHERS by Paul and Kaj Driessen has won thee RTP2 - ONDA CURTA Award during Festival Monstra Lisbon. This award is attributed by João Garção Borges, Program Director of Onda Curta (a Portuguese national television program dedicated exclusively to short films).

THE HEART OF AMOS KLEIN by Michal en Uri Kranot received an International Jury Award at the Roanne International Short Animation Film Festival (France).

DISTRIBUTION NEWS
Since the end of March the film FAST FORWARD LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD by Sjaak Rood will be distributed by the NIAf. The film is a result of the NIAF-masterclass with Andreas Hykade and tells the story of Little Red Riding Hood in 1 minute and 30 seconds.

NEWS
The selection for the 50th edition of Festival International du Film d'Animation Annecy has been announced. The following Dutch films are selecetd:
RED-END AND THE SEEMINGLY SYMBIOTIC SOCIETY by Robin Noorda and Bethany De Forest for the short films competition, KLIK LEADER by Arjan van Meerten, Bobby de Groot and Sven Neve for the competition for advertising films an ARJANM: "BLACKHOLE" by Arjan van Meerten for the music video competition.
The films THE ORIGIN OF CREATURES by Floris Kaayk and WHITE TAPE by Uri and Michal Kranot are selected for the category Out of Competition Shorts.

For all selected films see: www.annecy.org

FESTIVALS ABROAD
DE ZWEMLES by Danny de Vent, Lumière/La Boite..Productions/Les Films du Nord/CRRAV Nord-Pas de Calais/NIAf
Selected for the competition of Mecal International Short Film Festival (Spain, 9-18 April).
Selected for "SHORT MATTERS! - European Film Academy Short Film Nominees 2009 on Tour". This tour of the European Film Academy runs from March until November 2010. This month the film will be screened at the following festivals: Festival del Cinema Europeo in Lecce (Italy, 13-18 April), NexT Film Festival in Bucharest (Romenia, 13-18 April) and Eurocine - Festival de Cine Europeo en Colombia in Bogotà (15-25 April) and in Medllín (28 April - 2 May).
For more information see: the website.

JAZZED by Anton Setola, Lumière/La Boite..Productions/Les Films du Nord/CRRAV Nord-Pas de Calais/NIAf
Selected for the competition of KinoFilm in Manchester (UK, 27 April - 2 May).

NOTEBOOK by Evelien Lohbeck
Screening in the programme 'The best short student films of last year' during Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films in Trebon (Czech Republic, 28 April - 2 May).
Selected for the competition of the RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem (USA, 15-25 April).
Selected for the programme 'Best Shorts of the 25th Interfilm Berlin' that tours along several festivals, amongst which at Fuoricircuito in Catania (Italy, 28 April).

SECUNDE by Guusje Kaayk
Selected for the Polish festival 'Shortly Speaking... Dutch III Edition' in Warschau (22-25 April) and Spichrz (6-7 May), Poznan (7-13 May), Kraków (10-12 May).

THE HEART OF AMOS KLEIN by Michal & Uri Kranot, TinDrum Animation, Les Films de L'Arlequin, IJssel Producties and NIAf
Selected for the competition of the International Women's Film Festival in Seoul (Korea, 8-15 April).

VOLGENS DE VOGELS by Linde Faas
Selected for the competition of the RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem (USA, 15-25 April).

FATHER AND DAUGHTER by Michael Dudok de Wit (CinéTé Filmproduktie & Cloudrunner Ltd.)
Screening at the Filmed by Bike Festival in Portland, Oregon (USA, 16-18 April)

DUTCH FESTIVALS
WHITE SWAN by Sil van der Woerd
Selected for the competition of the Zwols Animatiefestival (16 April).

SECUNDE van Guusje Kaayk
Selected for the competition of the Zwols Animatiefestival (16 April).

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
On April 24th and 25th Het Kunstgebeuren in Ede will organise the annual Spring exhibition. In the frame of that exhibition the film FATHER AND DAUGHTER by Michael Dudok de Wit will be screened.
For more information:
www.hetkunstgebeuren.nl

AWARDS
Linde Faas has won an award with her film VOLGENS DE VOGELS during the Tricky Women Festival. The awards is a 3 month Scholarship to live and work at quartier 21/ MQ under the Artist-in-Residence Program. The selecting jury was Julie Roy, producer at the National Film Board of Canada; Jayne Pilling, director of the British Animation Awards and Barbara Musil, Austrian artist and animator.

FESTIVALS ABROAD
NOODLOT by Guusje Kaayk
Selected for the competition of the Tricky Women Festival in Vienna (Austria, 4-8 March).
Selected for the Dance programme of the Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche (Germany, 17-24 March).

NOTEBOOK by Evelien Lohbeck
Selected for the competition of the Women's Film Festival in Chennai (India, 1-8 March).
Selected for the competition of the Tricky Women Festival in Vienna (Austria, 4-8 March).
Selected for the competition of Cortoons Festival in Rome (Italy, 24-28 March).

VOLGENS DE VOGELS by Linde Faas
Selected for the competition of the Tricky Women Festival in Vienna (Austria, 4-8 March).
Selected for the competition of Athens Animfest (Greece, 11-14 March).

JAZZED by Anton Setola, Lumière/La Boite..Productions/Les Films du Nord/CRRAV Nord-Pas de Calais/NIAf
Selected for the competition of the Monstra Lisbon Festival (Portugal, 11-21 March).
Selected for the competition of the Tiburon International Film Festival (USA, 18-26 March).
Selected for the competition of Cortoons Festival in Rome (Italy, 24-28 March).

THE 7 BROTHERS by Kaj en Paul Driessen, CinéTé Filmproduktie
Selected for the competition of the Monstra Lisbon Festival (Portugal, 11-21 March).

THEATRE PATOUFFE by Maarten Koopman, Musch & Tinbergen
Selected for the competition of Athens Animfest (Greece, 11-14 March).

WHITE SWAN by Sil van der Woerd
Selected for the competition of Cortoons Festival in Rome (Italy, 24-28 March).

DUTCH FESTIVALS
SWIM by Sil van der Woerd
Selected for the competition of the Hotel Modern Animatie Festival (online, January-June).

NOTEBOOK by Evelien Lohbeck
Selected for the competition of the Hotel Modern Animatie Festival (online, January-June).

DE ZWEMLES by Danny De Vent, Lumière/La Boite..Productions/Les Films du Nord/CRRAV Nord-Pas de Calais/NIAf
Selected for the competition of the Hotel Modern Animatie Festival (online, January-June).

THE MOLE WHISPERER by Olivier Schrauwen en Stanley Duchateau, Lumière
Selected for the competition of the Hotel Modern Animatie Festival (online, January-June).

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
On 13 March the Magogo Chamber Orchestra will play the performance CineMagogo. In this performance the orchestra plays an interpretation of beautiful film music for eye and ear. Besides classic plays by Bach (from HANNIBAL), Mozart (from OUT OF AFRICA) e.a., the music by Normand Roger from the film FATHER AND DAUGHTER by Michael Dudok de Wit will also be played.
For more information see: www.magogokamerorkest.nl

In the weekend of 13 and 14 March the film FATHER AND DAUGHTER by Michael Dudok de Wit will be screened during the Family Fuse Weekend in Vancouver Art Gallery (Canada).

Athens Animfest (Greece, 11-14 March) honours Paul Driessen with a retrospective. During the festival the following films will be shown: AIR!, CATS CRADLE, DAVID, ON LAND AT SEA AND IN THE AIR, THE WRITER, SUNNY SIDE UP, THE WATERPEOPLE, OH WHAT A KNIGHT, 3 MISSES, 2D OR NOT 2D - THE SHORTCUT, THE BOY WHO SAW THE ICEBERG and THE 7 BROTHERS.

PAS A DEUX by Gerrit van Dijk and Monique Renault will be screened in het Dance and Animation programma at the Monstra Lisbon Festival (Portugal, 11-21 March).

Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (17-21 March) will screen the film SWIM by Sil van der Woerd in the focusprogramme 'New Worlds, New Identity'.

On 22 March SWIM by Sil van der Woerd will be screened during the celebration of WORLD WATER DAY in Aegina, Greece.

FESTIVALS ABROAD
JAZZED by Anton Setola, Lumière/La Boite..Productions/Les Films du Nord/CRRAV Nord-Pas de Calais/NIAf
Selected for the competition of the Future Film Festival in Bologna (Italy, 26-31 January).
Selected for the Panorama of Animex - International Festival of Animation and Computer Games in Middlesbrough (UK, 8-12 February). Selected for the competition of Animac 2010 in Lleida (Spain, 22-28 February).

VOLGENS DE VOGELS by Linde Faas
Selected for the competition of Festival Premiers Plans d'Anger (France, 22-31 January).
GSelected for the competition of the Future Film Festival in Bologna (Italy, 26-31 January).

NOTEBOOK by Evelien Lohbeck
Selected for the competition of Festival Premiers Plans d'Anger (France, 22-31 January).
Selected for the competition of the Future Film Festival in Bologna (Italy, 26-31 January).

THE 7 BROTHERS by Kaj and Paul Driessen, CinéTé Filmproduktie
Selected for the competition of the Future Film Festival in Bologna (Italy, 26-31 January).

THE HEART OF AMOS KLEIN by Michal & Uri Kranot, TinDrum Animation, Les Films de L'Arlequin, IJssel Producties and NIAf
Selected for the competition of the Future Film Festival in Bologna (Italy, 26-31 January).

DUTCH FESTIVALS
SWIM by Sil van der Woerd
Selected for the competition of the Hotel Modern Animatie Festival (online, January-June).

NOTEBOOK by Evelien Lohbeck
Selected for the competition of the Hotel Modern Animatie Festival (online, January-June).

DE ZWEMLES by Danny De Vent, Lumière/La Boite..Productions/Les Films du Nord/CRRAV Nord-Pas de Calais/NIAf
Selected for the competition of the Hotel Modern Animatie Festival (online, January-June).

THE MOLE WHISPERER by Olivier Schrauwen en Stanley Duchateau, Lumière
Selected for the competition of the Hotel Modern Animatie Festival (online, January-June).

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
In de period January-May 2010 the films FATHER AND DAUGHTER by Michael Dudok de Wit and DE KAST by Maarten Koopman will be screened at the Filmmuseum during educational screenings.

During Festival 'De Poppentheaterfilmmix' (22-31 January) of the Amstelveens Poppentheater a short animation programme will be shown with the following films: DE KAST by Maarten Koopman, VAN EEN BANAAN DIE ZIJN SCHIL KWIJT WAS by Paul Moggré, DE VIER JAARGETIJDEN by Maarten Koopman, TEMPERA by Liesbeth Worm and STILTWALKERS by Sjaak Meilink.