Film facts figures and
of The Netherlands
SepTember 2014
Heart Street/HartenStraat
Introduction Key Figures
chapter 1
Production and Financing
chapter 2
releases
chapter 3
Dutch films internationally
chapter 4
Distribution
chapter 5
exhibition
chapter 6
DVD/Blu ray/VOD
chapter 7
tV 4 5 7
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Key Figures
the netherlands 2013
population (2014-June) 16,857,807
Government/political organisation Constitutional Monarchy
Average G.D.p. 2013 (billion €) 599
regulatory body for media Ministry of education, Culture and Science
Production and Financing National funding (available budgets)
Subsidies Arts department, Film Fund1 36,782,255 Subsidies Arts department, excluding Netherlands Film Fund2 11,050,826
Subsidies media department3 9,861,331
total government subsidy to cinema activities 57,746,503
Number of allocated project subsidies by Netherlands Film Fund 482
Tuschinski Fund (private fund) 3,070,000
european funding (granted to Dutch films & projects in € in 2013) Development, production, Distribution, Theatres, markets, Festivals and New technologies support: Creative europe support 4,456,743 media mundus, europa Cinema mundus, Day&Date release 596,500
Film sales support 19,825
total european (MeDIa) support4 to Dutch film industry 5,073,068
Production
production activity (million €) 95,6
production support eurimages (9 films)5 2,640,000 european coproduction funding (excl eurimages)5 1,909,785 european coproduction funding (foreign tax credit)5 5,924,000
local market share Dutch films 20.6%
total production activity incl. majority + minority international co-productions € 84.4 m
releases
Domestic feature films released6 44
- feature films by debuting film makers 14
- features supported by Film Fund 41
minority co-productions released or international premiere 9
- supported by Film Fund 9
Average cost of all domestic feature films (1000 €), excluding 5 lowbudget films 1,587
Average subsidy (1000 €)7 578
average audience Dutch features 158,769
Domestic feature length documentaries released 19
- supported by Netherlands Film Fund 15
Animation films premiered 9
Completed experimental films 18
Completed shorts KOrT!8 9
Dutch films internationally
Dutch features at top 5 international film festivals 22 total screening of Dutch films at international film festivals 1172 prizes for Dutch features at international film festivals 89 prizes for Dutch documentaries at international film festivals 25 prizes for Dutch shorts at international film festivals 24 prizes for Dutch animations at international film festivals 16 prizes for persons at international film festivals 9
Distribution
box office total € 249.5 m
admissions for Dutch films 6.3 m
market share for 4 majors 51.8%
market share for 24 independent distributors 48.1%
exhibition
Number of cinemas (of which 113 film theaters) 261
Number of screens 828
- digital screens 2K/4K 100%
Number of seats 136,918
Number of admissions per capita 1.8
Average ticket price (€) 8.10
Average film rental percentage of GbO 40.05%
DVD/BLU raY/VOD
total value DVD/blu ray Sales € 168 m
total value VOD € 88 m
VOD providers in the Netherlands 14
Number of Dutch households watching VOD, June 2014 3 m
tV
viewers of Dutch films on public and commercial TV 48.7 m
Dutch Film Festivals
visitors top 8 Dutch film festivals 873,223
1) subsidies according to the Cultuurnota, includes contribution eurimages 2) eYe, IDFA, IFFr, Netherlands Film Festival, Holland Animation Film Festival,
Cinekid
3) contribution to TV film, feature films, feature length documentaries, talent schemes through public broadcasters, CobO, mediafund
4) Creative europe Desk Nederland 5) chart 1.3
6) including co-productions
7) Neth. Film Fund Supplementary regulations + Film Fund: 8 films; Film Fund Supplementary regulations only: 9 films; Film Fund only: 24 films 8) Netherlands Film Fund subsidised projects only
Year 2013 in review
The Netherlands boasts a vibrant film industry with an open attitude towards international co-production. In 2013, 22 Dutch feature length films were selected to one of the major international film festivals. For the first time in 38 years, a Dutch film succeeded to break through to the main competition of the world’s leading film festival with the selection of Borgman by Dutch film maker Alex van Warmerdam for the Golden palm competition of the Cannes International Film Festival 2013.
by the end of the year 2013, the Dutch Cabinet announced an additional 20 m euro per year will be available from 2014 onwards for a new incentive scheme to attract inward investment.
With 6.3 million admissions the market share for domestic films in the Netherlands rose with 4.8% to 20.6%. During the year 44 Dutch films were cinematically released and 52 feature films were shot representing a total production acti- vity of € 84.4 million.
Film revenues (€)
Total € 507,000,000 1) Source: NVpI marktinformatie 2) Source: NVpI/GFK
3) estimated
€ 250,000,000 Theatrical
€ 168,000,000 blu ray sales1
€ 88,000,000 pay per View (pVV)2
€ 1,000,000 blu ray rental3
Production activity releases 2013
€ 95,577,000 total Dutch film production4 4) Feature films produced, other films
released (incl. minority coproductions) Source: Netherlands Film Fund
€ 7,197,000 documentary
€ 2,543,000 shorts and experimental film
€ 1,397,000 animation film
€ 84,440,000 feature film
Market shares in admissions domestic
productions
20.6% market share Dutch Films
The market share for domestic films in the Netherlands rose with 4.8% to 20.6%. US product counted for 68.3%, whereas the european share decreased to 9.4%.
France, Italy and Denmark had the highest domestic market share, though France showed a significant drop compared to 2012.
Source: 2013 Yearbook Observatoire européen de l'Audiovisuel
chapter 1
Production and Financing
France 33.8% (2013)
Germany 26.2% (2013) the netherlands 20.6% (2013) Spain 14% (2013)
Italy 30.5% (2013)
belgium 12.9% (2013)
Sweden 24.8% (2013) Denmark 30% (2013)
Gb 21.5% (2013)
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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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1.1 Film Fund budgets &
activities
€ 30.2 m funding for films and activities by the netherlands Film Fund
Netherlands Film Fund support is offered for film development, production and distribution for features, documentaries, animation films, experimental films and shorts. In 2013, 482 out of the 1,211 pro- jects that applied were given funding. by the end of the year, the Dutch Cabinet announced a Film production Incentive, designed to attract inward investment from the international film community from 2014 on. An additional 20 m euro will be available anually from 2014 onward for a new film production incentive scheme.
Source: Netherlands Film Fund
Budget 2013
Submissions and expenditures per category and subsidy type
submitted granted granted % spent amount spent % Feature Films support
production
• Mainstream/commercial Production support majority (co-)productions Screen NL 19 9 47% 4,465,000 18.8%
Supplementary regulations Screen NL Plus 19 13 100% 7,843,363 33.1%
Telescoop 12 2 17% 1,157,140 4.9%
Total mainstream/commercial 50 24 13,465,503 56.8%
• Arthouse/cross-over Production support majority (co-)productions Screen NL 7 4 57% 2,100,000 8.9%
Production support New Screen NL 14 3 21% 700,000 3.0%
Dutch Crossover 9 2 22% 1,500,000 6.3%
De Oversteek 4 2 50% 600,000 2.5%
De Verbeelding 2 2 100% 300,000 1.3%
Total arthouse/cross-over 36 13 5,200,000 21.9%
• Minority co-productions Production support minority co-productions 39 16 41% 2,077,500 8.8%
Development Script & project development
Screen NL 128 62 48% 808,195 3.4%
New Screen NL 34 19 56% 204,500 0.9%
One Night Stand 88 12 14% 0 0.0%
De Oversteek 43 10 23% 46,000 0.2%
Writer’s scheme 60 9 15% 105,000 0.4%
Other support post-production 13 9 69% 208,153 0.9%
One Night Stand 12 6 50% 255,000 1.1%
Short fiction 104 9 9% 297,476 1.3%
Additional Funding 8 8 100% 1,057,500 4.5%
total Feature Film 615 197 23,724,827 100%
Documentary
production 15 6 40% 690,000 34.5%
minority co-productions 5 5 100% 230,000 11.5%
Teledocs 8 6 75% 521,665 26.1%
Teledoc Campus 41 5 12% 75,000 3.7%
Wildcards 18 3 17% 141,000 7.0%
Script development 23 11 48% 148,000 7.4%
Script development Teledocs & Oase 70 23 33% 48,000 2.4%
post-production 7 7 100% 127,500 6.4%
Additional Funding 1 1 100% 20,000 1.0%
total Documentary 188 67 2,001,165 100%
animation
production 13 4 31% 397,179 66.3%
minority co-productions 0 0 0 0.0%
production Ultrakort 23 4 17% 104,000 17.4%
Development 9 6 67% 48,000 8.0%
Development Animation Feature Film 1 1 100% 50,000 8.3%
total animation 46 15 599,179 100%
experimental Film
production 8 8 100% 556,900 84.1%
Development 9 5 56% 35,000 5.3%
post-production 12 9 75% 70,090 10.6%
total experimental Film 29 22 661,990 100%
Submissions and allocations per subsidy type
production Script & project development 465 158 34% 1,492,695 5%
production 372 109 29% 24,011,223 79%
post-production 32 25 78% 405,743 1,3%
Additional Funding 9 9 100% 1,077,500 3,6%
eurimages 120 919,805 3%
Distribution Domestic distribution Dutch film 38 33 87% 418,054 1,4%
Distribution arthouse films 18 12 67% 270,000 0,9%
International distribution Dutch films 20 20 100% 171,998 0,6%
Activities Special projects 104 93 89% 400,860 1,3%
Festivals 33 23 70% 1,070,000 3,5%
total 1.211 482 30,237,878 100%
number of submitted projects*
number of allocated project subsidies
* excluding applications eurimages 43%578 601
45% 541
46% 567
47% 482
40%
total
1338 total
1343
total 1180
total
1208 total
1211
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
€ 38,113,701
budget € 36,677,193
budget € 37,646,186
budget € 38,478,191
budget € 30,237,878 budget
3.5% Festivals 1.3% Special projects
0.6% International distribution Dutch films 0.9% Distribution arthouse films 1.4% Domestic distribution Dutch films
3% eurimages 3.6% Additional Funding
1.3% post-production 5% Script & project development
79% production
1.2 Production activity
Dutch feature films
From 38 Dutch feature films representing a total production activity of
€ 59.9 m, 9 were shot abroad.
In 2013, in total 52 feature films were shot, including 14 Dutch minority interernational coproductions representing a total production activity of € 84.4 m. Of this total, 29 feature films - including co-productions - were shot wholly or mainly in the Netherlands. The Netherlands participated in 14 Dutch minority international features, representing a signifi- cant value increase from € 15.8 m to € 24.8 m.
FF-Netherlands Film Fund/mF-matching Fund Netherlands/
pbF-public broadcasting Fund/Hb-Hubert bals Fund/SF- Screen Flanders/VAF-Flemish Filmfund/NrW-Film und media Stiftung NrW/DFFF-Deutsche Filmförderfonds/eur-eurimages/
mbb-medienboard berlin-brandenburg/HUF-Hungarian Film Fund/HSH-Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein/FCb- French Community of belgium/IFb-Irish Film board/pFI-polish Film Institute/SWI-Swedish Film Institute/NFI-Norwegian Film Institute/BI-Bruxellimage/AFSL-AFS Luxembourg/NM- Nordmedia Niedersachsen/bremen/INCAA-Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales Argentina/CmCNC-Cinema du Monde/ICAU-/FAW-Film Agency Wales/LFC-Lithuanian Film Center/CAFF-Chilean Audiovisual Foment Fund/WCFb-World Cinema Fund berlin
Source: Netherlands FIlm Fund
foreign start
budget coproducing tax credit shoot
title production companies (€ mil.) subsidy countries (x 1000 €) (d.m.y)
Dutch productions shot mainly or wholly in the netherlands
1 Icehorse/IJspaard revolver 0.03 01.13
2 Lessons in Love/Soof KeyFilm/Millstreet 2.25 18.03.13
3 30 milligram/30 milligram De Filmband 0.05 20.03.13
4 Freshers/Feuten: het feestje pupkin Film 1.20 02.05.13
5 Loonies 2/Loenatik de Reünie Topkapi Films 1.21 24.06.13
6 Sinterklaas en de pepernoten chaos SrSp Films 0.70 27.06.13
7 mister Twister Goes Camping/mees Kees op kamp pV pictures 1.61 29.06.13
8 The pool/De poel House of Netherhorror 0.50 10.07.13
9 Dance on a Volcano/Dansen op de vulkaan Stichting Dansen op de Vulkaan De Film 0.07 30.07.13
10 De Club van Sinterklaas en de pietenschool TDmp 0.37 08.08.13
11 Those Were the Days/Toen was geluk heel gewoon Inifinity Film & TV 1.14 09.08.13
12 Gluckauf/Glückauf Stetz Film 0.93 07.09.13
13 Heart Street/Hartenstraat 2CFILM 1.20 08.09.13
14 pim and pom-The big Adventure/pim & pom Flinck Film 1.00 08.13
15 Werk popov Film 0.31 09.13
16 reckless/De verdwijning van Vera muller Topkapi Films 1.00 14.10.13
17 The Intruder/De infiltrant Lemming Films 0.93 22.10.13
18 eyecatcher/Stuk! Steven de Jong Films 0.70 22.11.13
19 miracle monks/Wonderbroeders eyeworks Film & TV Drama 1.96 12.13
total (19 films) 17.16
Dutch productions shot mainly or wholly abroad
1 Cat and mouse/Kat en muis De productie/moskito Film 0.36 12.13
total (1 film) 0.36
Majority Dutch international co-productions shot mainly or wholly in the netherlands
1 Finn Flinck Film 1.79 NFF, MF, PBF, VAF NL/BE € 157 18.04.13
2 Trippel trappel Dierensinterklaas/Triple Trouble il Luster Film 1.62 NFF, PBF, VAF, SF NL/BE € 112 04.2013
3 Tuscan Wedding/Toscaanse bruiloft Kiar/Farmhouse 3.09 NFF, MF NL/BE € 395 01.06.13
4 Accused/Lucia de B. Rinkel Film 2.25 NFF, MF, PBF, SFI NL/BE/SE € 300 05.06.13
5 Bro’s before ho’s Eyeworks Film & TV 1.90 MF NL/BE € 90 06.13
6 Confetti Harvest/Dorsvloer vol confetti Column Film 1.85 NFF, MF, PBF NL/BE € 200 01.07.13
7 Nena KeyFilm 1.17 NFF, PBF, NM NL/DE 21.08.13
8 Bodkin Ras/Bodkin Ras Revolver 0.27 NFF, VAF NL/BE 01.09.13
9 Between 10 and 12/Tussen 10:00 en 12:00 Phanta Vision Film 1.44 NFF, PBF, SF, Eur NL/BE/FR € 270 09.09.13 10 Gift from the Heart/Pak van mijn hart Eyeworks Film & TV 1.96 MF NL/BE € 120 10.11.13
total (10 films) 17.34
Majority Dutch international co-productions shot mainly or wholly abroad
1 Kenau Fu Works Productions 6.00 NFF, MF, PBF, HUF, Eur NL/BE/HU € 1,139 25.02.13
2 The price of sugar/Hoe duur was de suiker Cool Beans B.V. 4.71 NFF, MF, PBF NL/SA € 1,061 11.05.13
3 Deadly Virtues: Love. Honour. Obey Mulholland Pictures 0.43 NL/UK 12.05.13
4 Secrets of war/Oorlogsgeheimen Rinkel Film/Bijker 2.93 NFF, MF, PBF, AFSL NL/LU/BE € 1,042 02.07.13 5 Life According to Nino/Het leven volgens Nino Waterland Film/Family Affair Films 1.74 NFF, PBF, VAF, SF, Eur NL/BE 12.07.13 6 The sky above us CTM LEV Pictures 1.14 NFF, FCB, Ministry of Culture Serbia NL/BE/RS € 180 20.08.13
7 Zurich Viking Films 1.89 NFF, PBF, VAF, MDM NL/BE/DE € 234 04.11.13
8 Wiplala BosBros 5.88 NFF, PBF, SF, AFSL NL/LU/BE € 2,570 05.11.13
total (8 films) 24.72
total Dutch productions (38 films) 59.58
Minority Dutch international co-productions shot mainly or wholly abroad
1 Brand New-U Rinkel Film 1.29 BFI, IFB, NFF UK/IE/NL 01.04.13
2 The Midfielder Topkapi Film 0.79 INCAA, ICAU, NRW, HBF, CMCNC AR/FR/DE/UY/NL 29.04.13
3 The Treatment/De behandeling Phanta Vision Film 2.79 VAF, FCB, NFF BE/NL 13.05.13
4 The Canal CTM LEV Pictures 0.90 IFB, FAW IE/UK/NL 05.06.13
5 Labyrinthus Family Affair Films 2.31 VAF, FCB, NFF BE/NL 08.07.13
6 Cub/Welp Submarine 2.19 VAF, FCB, NFF BE/NL 18.07.13
7 They have escaped Revolver 1.30 FFF Finland, NFF FI/NL 23.07.13
8 Sangaile Alante Kavaite 0.68 LFC, NFF, Eur LI/FR/NL 07.13
9 Dos Disparos Waterland Film 0.75 INCAA, NRW, HBF, CAFF AR/CI/NL/DE 23.09.13
10 False witness Phanta Vision Film 1.92 NFC Bulgaria, SWI, NFF, Filmski Find MK BG/SE/DE/NL 05.10.13
11 Francophonia N279 Entertainment 1.79 CNC, FFA, MBB, HFF, NFF, Eur FR/DE/NL 07.10.13
12 A Blast Bastide Film/PRPL 0.82 GFC Greece, NRW, HSH, NFF GR/DE/NL 25.09.13
13 Cafard Topkapi Films 2.70 VAF, CCA, SF, CNC, NFF, Eur BE/FR/NL 04.11.13
14 The Legend of Longwood Holland Harbour Productions 4.63 IFB, DFFF, NFF IE/DE/NL 04.11.13
total (14 films) 24.86
Foreign films shot partly or wholly in the netherlands
unknown
total number of films: 52 84.44
Dutch minority co-productions Dutch productions
2010 2011 2012 2013
39 43 38
32
16 13
14 15
total 47
total 55
total 56
total 52
production 92 M volume
84.4 M production
volume production 97 M
volume 96.6 M
production volume
1.3 Financing of Dutch feature films released
€ 74.6 m production value Dutch feature releases
The 44 Dutch feature releases in 2013 cost
€ 74.6 m to make. production support by the Netherlands Film Fund dropped from
€ 23.5 m in 2012 to € 19.4 m. Contributions were also derived from private investors, regional and european funding and broad- casters.
Source: Netherlands Film Fund NFF-Netherlands Film Fund
nFF Sup- production producers private nL atF european foreign other- production nFF plementary total costs maj. co- investment investors broad- admissions public tax in- private production costs subsidy regulations nFF productions nL nL nL casters scheme nL funding centives equity company € (1000s) € (1000s) € (1000s) € (1000s) % € (1000s) € (1000s) € (1000s) € (1000s) € (1000s) € (1000s) € (1000s) incl MG’s new theatrical releases 2013 in release date order
Lilet never happened Spring Film 644 40 40 6.2% 644 320 276 8
miffy the movie/Nijntje de Film Telescreen 3,421 430 921 1,351 39.5% 3,421 475 421 446 130 598
Loving Ibiza/Verliefd op Ibiza Farmhouse Film & TV 2,693 225 793 1,018 37.8% 2,693 700 425 50 200 300
Bobby and the Ghost Hunters/Bobby en de Geestenjagers Lagestee Film 1,400 414 414 29.6% 1,400 6 127 305 408 140
The Deflowering of eva van end/De Ontmaagding pupkin Film 930 391 391 42.0% 930 475 48 16
van eva van end
Ushi must marry Talent United 2,356 688 688 29.2% 2,356 38 380 250 400 600
The resurrection of a bastard/De Wederopstanding Topkapi Films 1,653 649 649 39.3% 1,653 74 312 72 240 306
van een Klootzak
&me phanta Vision Film 3,486 495 495 14.2% 3,486 205 938 330 539 904 75
Valentino Lemming Film 1,480 430 430 29.1% 1,480 154 115 283 10 180 308
App 2CFILM 566 57 57 10.1% 566 309 200
Dead body Welcome De productie 66 37 37 56.1% 66 29 -
Daylight/Daglicht eyeworks Film & TV Drama 2,295 20 665 685 29.8% 2,295 600 383 4 50 573
It's All So Quiet/boven is het stil Circe Films/Isabella Films 2,000 855 855 42.8% 2,000 59 363 630 93
Farmer's Love/Leve Boerenliefde Phanta Vision Film 924 277 277 30.0% 924 72 92 140 343
regret!/Spijt Shooting Star Filmcompany 1,200 500 500 41.7% 1,200 45 125 270 60 200
Die Welt Schaftkip Films/Alex pitstra media 362 15 15 4.1% 362 210 105 32
borgman Graniet Film 3,240 925 925 28.5% 3,240 245 396 35 878 350 411
Madly in Love/Smoorverliefd J,W,P, Scholte Beheer 2,274 663 663 29.2% 2,274 136 50 250 375 800
Wolf Habbekrats 998 450 450 45.1% 998 30 493 25
The price of Sugar/Hoe duur was de suiker Cool beans/pV pictures 4,705 690 900 1,590 33.8% 4,705 302 1341 1061 411
Chez Nous bosbros 3,863 690 780 1,470 38.1% 3,863 337 438 50 1061 507
A long Story Circe Films 1,030 390 390 37.9% 1,030 89 480 35 36
How to describe a Cloud Conijn Films 71 30 30 42.3% 71 40 1
Feuten: het Feestje pupkin Film 1,000 299 299 29.9% 1,000 52 295 54 300
The Dinner/Het Diner eyeworks Film & TV Drama 2,000 90 90 38.3% 2,000 100 665 550 135 460
A Christmoose Story/Midden in de Winternacht Lemming Film 2,607 20 745 765 23.9% 2,607 220 526 330 766
Men in the City/Mannenharten NL Film 1,950 623 623 29.2% 1,950 43 285 325 83 168 423
bro’s before Ho’s eyeworks Film & TV Drama 1,900 570 570 30.0% 1,900 75 375 110 90 680
mees Kees op Kamp/mister Twister Goes Camping pV pictures 1,357 452 452 33.3% 1,357 109 298 111 387
Finn Flinck Film 1,790 440 455 895 50.0% 1,790 65 335 5 150 157 183
Soof/Lessons in Love KeyFilm/Millstreet 2,251 400 675 1,075 47.8% 2,251 161 250 765
Ataraxia - poodleshaving for the blind (not released) seriousFilm 643 300 300 46.7% 643 6 232 105
total 32 majority (co)productions 57,155 8,139 10,350 18,489 32.3% 57,155 4,006 5,254 9,665 717 3,048 5,924 10,157
non-Film Fund releases (estimates)
matterhorn Column Film 900 900
Devastated by Love/Toegetakeld door de Liefde Studiorev 250 250
Tricked/Steekspel FCCe 110 110
Tula: the revolt Fisheye media 2,400 2,400
Het geheim van mariënburg Stichting Film & Arts promotion n/a
Sinterklaas en de pepernoten Chaos SrSp Films 700 700
De Club van Sinterklaas & De pietenschool TDmp 370 370
total 7 majority (co)productions 4,730 4,730 -
total 39 majority (co)productions 63,915 63,915 9,665
La Cinquième Saison Molenwiek Films 2,085 150 150 7.2% 2,085
Post Tenebras Lux Topkapi Films 1,525 75 75 4.9% 1,525
The Other Side of Sleep rinkel Film 1,425 177 177 12.4% 1,425
Kid N279 entertainment 1,464 150 150 10.2% 1,464
Tanta Agua Topkapi Films 602 50 50 8.3% 602
In the Fog Lemming Film 1,771 50 50 2.8% 1,771
Le Monde nous appartient (not released) Volya Films 2,852 115 115 4.0% 2,852
De Jueves a Domingo (not released) Circe Films 580 50 50 8.6% 580
Villegas (not released) NFI producties 407 50 50 12.3% 407
total 9 minority coproductions 12,711 867 - 867 6.8% 12,711
Grand total 48 films of which 4 not released 74,596 9,006 10,350 19,356 74,596 9,665
1.4 Dutch
documentaries, animation,
experimental and short films
For 55 non features
production filmfund interna- distri- release admis-
international/ production costs subsidy tional par- butor public cinema sions*
domestic title company director € (1000s) €(1000s) % ticipation (dd.m.yy) 08.14.14
Documentary
Karsu pieter van Huystee Film & TV mercedes Stalenhoef 227 20 9% CD 02.14.13 1,588
De stem van de meester seriousFilm Hester Overmars 256 88 34% CD 03.28.13 698
The only son IDTV Docs Simonka de Jong 450 174 39% CD 04.11.13 2,562
Nieuwe Tieten Viking Films Sacha polak 135 18 13% CD 10.02.13 247
buitenkampers Holland Harbour productions Hetty Naaijkens - retel Helmrich 310 80 26% JF 10.03.13 10,803
Land van aankomst Interakt Paul Scheffer, René Roelofs 617 80 13% e.b. 11.28.13 224
Ne me quitte pas Pieter van Huystee Film & TV Sabine Lubbe Bakker, Niels van Koevorden 170 80 47% NL/BE MFD 12.05.13 5,391 69: liefde seks senior Zuidenwind Filmproductie Menna Laura Meijer 289 105 36% CD 12.12.13 556 total 8 released majority (co)productions
bahar pieter van Huystee Film & TV Carin Goeijers 343 97 28%
Hoe luidt het land Volya Films Stella van Voorst van beest 305 78 26%
blind fortuin pieter van Huystee Film & TV ramon Gieling 394 126 32%
total 3 non released majority (co)productions 3.496 946 27%
Koning van de Mont Ventoux Bonanza Film Fons Feyaerts 629 50 8% BE/FR/NL CD 07.11.13 1,222
total 1 released minority coproduction 629 50
The boy is gone seriousFilm Christoph Bohn 298 50 17% BE/NL
The invisible men CTM LEV Pictures Yariv Mozer 155 40 26% IS/NL
Snake dance IDTV Docs Manu Riche 646 50 8% BE/IE/NL
total 3 non released minority (co)productions 1.099 140
non-Film Fund releases
De regels van matthijs Ie Films marc Schmidt n/a CD 01.31.13 631
De nieuwe wildernis e.m.S. Film mark Verkerk 1.500 bFD 09.26.13 695,817
Doe Maar: Dit is alles Pieter van Huystee Film & TV Patrick Lodiers, Martijn Nijboer 150 PF 10.10.13 1,387
poetin’s Olympische droom Zeppers Film & TV Hans pool 323 AmF 12.12.13 435
subtotal 7.197 996 721,561
average major (co)productions with fund support 250 86 34%
production filmfund
international/ production costs subsidy
domestic title company director € (1000s) €(1000s) %
animation
Spellbreaker ZigZag Fim Diana van Houten/Janis Joy epping 75 56 75%
I love Hooligans seriousFilm Jan Dirk bouw 166 96 58%
The Visitor Heernikk George Dechev/erik Thijssen 114 85 75%
Jorka photon michiel Wesselius 118 85 72%
Barcode 3.0 il Luster Films Adriaan Lokman 35 25 71%
Fallin’ Floyd il Luster Films Albert ‘t Hooft & Paco Vink 112 102 91%
Forever Mime il Luster Films Michael Visser 127 110 87%
Through You il Luster Films Lucette Braune 42 64 152%
total 8 majority (co)productions 789 623 79%
Mia il Luster Films/ViViFilm (BE) Wouter Bongaerts 311 50 16%
total 1 minority coproduction 311 50
Ultrakort
Wild Happy Ship bastiaan Hooimeijer 112 26 23%
Pommes Frites il Luster Films Balder Westein 68 26 38%
Trampoline musch & Tinbergen maarten Koopman 50 26 52%
Mac ‘n’ Cheese - Supermarket il Luster Films Tom Hankins, Gijs van Kooten 67 26 39%
subtotal 1.397 777
average major (co)productions 91 61 67%
experimental film/short documentaries
Inventaris van het moederland Van Lieshout Filmproducties Ben van Lieshout 66 48 73%
Ur Wald Inexcelsisvideo Arnoud Noordegraaf 93 70 75%
Inferno my-I productions Yael bartana 584 20 3%
One hand clapping IDTV Docs peter Delpeut 65 35 54%
Shifting sitting Aernout mik Aernout mik 286 50 17%
Nummer veertien, home roofvogel Guido van der Werve 190 60 32%
The Asylum peacefield Film Saskia Vredeveld 58 47 81%
Via Dolorosa baldr Film menno Otten 14 10 71%
mist FilmTent parisa Yousef Doust 36 25 69%
Dichter draagt voor Dichter draagt voor Shariff Nasr 126 13 10%
Sky high CTM LEV Pictures Shady El-Hamus 67 15 22%
In difference Dansgroep ruth meyer ruth meyer 20 10 50%
balance VeN Film Aaron rookus 24 6 25%
Stained ellen blom ellen blom 24 13 54%
97% Caviar ben brand 74 10 14%
Days at the Lennon Park Trueworks Annelies Kruk 46 12 26%
Verslag van het einde martijn payens martijn payens 19 8 42%
my Sister’s Quinceañera Small Town Aaron Douglas Johnston 67 15 22%
subtotal 18 productions 1.859 467
average 103 26 25%
Shorts
Chauffeur Viking Film Guido van Driel 74 55 74%
Kort Topkapi Films Sanne Vogel 74 55 74%
Greifensee Keyman Film Sonja Wyss 80 55 69%
Stand-by me (De laatste tijd) ALP Media Martijn de Jong 74 55 74%
pony place Topkapi Films Joost reijmers 74 55 74%
Uit huis il Luster Films Joost Lieuwma 81 55 68%
Vingers Habbekrats michiel ten Horn 77 55 71%
Sync IJswater Films mari Sanders 75 55 73%
Het paard en de nachtegaal baldr Film Nazli elif Durlu 75 55 73%
subtotal 684 495
average 76 55 72%
total of projects with funding 9,164 2,875
average 167 52
production support by the Film Fund
On average in 2013 the Netherlands Film Fund supported 34% of documentary production costs, 67% of animation pro- duction costs, 25% of experimental film production costs and 72% for shorts.
Source: Netherlands Film Fund
Film Fund support in production costs in %
Documentary experimental film
Shorts
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
43
46
41 56
56
39 44 44
44
36 32
43
31 34
37
61
44
67 72
25
animation (incl ultrakort)
1.5 Foreign spent and financing
released features supported by the Film Fund
€ 0.9 m average foreign spent per
foreign invested Dutch feature
After 3 years of significant growth of foreign financing in the budget of released Dutch feature films, the spenditure drop- ped slightly in 2013 to € 17.7 m. The average foreign spent per foreign invested Dutch title was € 0.98 m.
Source: Netherlands Film Fund
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releases
2010 2011 2012 2013 Foreign money
Foreign spent Dutch feature film in € 12,577,882 13,350,499 20,502,955 17,689,671
Foreign spent Dutch feature film in % of budget 22.4% 21.16% 32.85% 30,54%
Foreign financing Dutch feature film 3,938,000 4,377,000 9,653,000 8,972,000
number released 28 23 31 32
number of features with foreign financing 14 19 18 18
average foreign spent per foreign invested title 898,420 702,658 1,139,053 982,760
Foreign spent Dutch feature film in €
2010 2011 2012 2013
€ 12,577,882 € 13,350,499
€ 20,502,955 € 17,689,671
aCCUSeD/LUCIa De B.
production costs release date domestic number admissions1 box office1 box office screen international title domestic title production company director screenplay € (1000s) (dd-m-yy) distributor of prints € average € new theatrical releases 2013 (in release date order)
Lilet never happened Spring Film Jacco Groen Jacco Groen, Roy Iglesias 644 10.01.13 AMF 7 1,739 10,259 1,466
Nijntje de Film/miffy the movie Telescreen Hans perk James Still, Fine Trossel 3,421 30.01.13 Wb 123 173,125 1,176,278 9,563
Verliefd op Ibiza/Loving Ibiza Farmhouse Film & TV Johan Nijenhuis Tijs van Marle, Annelou Verboon 2,693 01.31.13 AFBFD 108 714,919 5,817,068 53,862 Bobby en de Geestenjagers/Bobby and the Ghost Lagestee Film Martin Lagestee Nancy Stevelinck, Martin Dewite 1,400 02.13.13 PAR 100 142,553 1,002,109 10,021 Hunters
De Ontmaagding van eva van end/The Deflowering pupkin Film michiel ten Horn Anne barnhoorn 930 02.14.13 bFD 10 7,489 50,251 5,025
of eva van end
Ushi must marry Talent United paul ruven paul ruven, marian batavier 2,356 02.14.13 DFW 107 177,871 1,387,562 12,968
De Wederopstanding van een Klootzak/ Topkapi Films Guido van Driel Guido van Driel 1,653 02.21.13 AFbFD 8 6,359 41,341 5,168
The resurrection of a bastard
&me phanta Vision Film Norbert ter Hall Norbert ter Hall 3,486 03.14.13 CNA 17 5,435 34,176 2,010
Valentino Lemming Film Remy van Heugten Melle Runderkamp 1,480 03.21.13 AFBFD 103 196,125 1,556,173 15,108
App 2CFILM Bobby Boermans Robert Jansen 566 04.04.13 JF 99 51,600 391,609 3,956
Dead body Welcome De productie Kees brienen Desiree Duwel 66 04.04.13 mFD 6 420 2,966 494
Daglicht/Daylight eyeworks Film & TV Drama Diederik van rooijen philip Delmaar 2,295 04.11.13 bFD 113 246,287 1,910,944 16,911
Boven is het stil/It's All So Quie Circe Films/Isabella Films Nanouk Leopold Nanouk Leopold 2,000 04.25.13 CNA 26 51,277 351,650 13,525
Leve Boerenliefde/Farmer's Love Phanta Vision Film Steven de Jong Dick van den Heuvel 924 05.16.13 DFW 108 81,246 616,848 5,712
Spijt/regret! Shooting Star Filmcompany Dave Schram Dick van den Heuvel, maria peters 1,200 06.20.13 DFW 120 418,456 3,125,302 26,044
Die Welt Schaftkip Films/Alex pitstra media Alex pitstra Alex pitstra 362 08.22.13 e.b. 6 62 432 72
borgman Graniet Film Alex van Warmerdam Alex van Warmerdam 3,240 08.29.13 CNA 42 116,045 883,586 21,038
Smoorverliefd/Madly in Love J.W.P. Scholte Beheer Hilde van Miechem Steven R. Thé 2,274 09.12.13 DFW 117 204,032 1,563,750 13,365
Wolf Habbekrats Jim Taihuttu Jim Taihuttu, Victor ponten 998 09.19.13 JF 32 49,747 375,938 11,748
Hoe duur was de suiker/The price of Sugar Cool beans/pV pictures Jean van de Velde Jean van de Velde 4,705 09.26.13 bFD 100 172,977 1,342,908 13,429
Chez Nous bosbros Tim Oliehoek Frank Houtappels 3,863 10.03.13 eOne 80 80,525 631,984 7,900
A long Story Circe Films Jorien van Nes Lotje IJzermans 1,030 10.17.13 CD 7 3,362 22,796 3,257
How to describe a Cloud Conijn Films David Verbeek David Verbeek 71 10.17.13 AmF 6 1,774 11,103 1,851
Feuten: het Feestje/Freshers Pupkin Film Lourens Blok Willem Bosch, Michael Leendertse 1,000 10.17.13 IF 75 109,828 873,284 11,644
Het Diner/The Dinner eyeworks Film & TV Drama menno meyjes menno meyjes 2,000 11.07.13 bFD 115 222,257 1,697,501 14,761
Midden in de Winternacht/A Christmoose Story Lemming Film Lourens Blok Maarten Lebens 2,607 11.27.13 BFD 127 228,710 1,556,810 12,258
Mannenharten/Men in the City NL Film Mark de Cloe Karin van der Meer 1,950 11.28.13 DFW 135 451,826 3,721,239 27,565
bro’s before Ho’s eyeworks Film & TV Drama Steffen Haars, Flip van de Kuil Steffen Haars, Flip van der Kuil 1,900 12.05.13 bFD 96 337,725 2,781,012 28,969 mees Kees op Kamp/mister Twister Goes Camping pV pictures barbara bredero Tijs van marle 1,357 12.11.13 eOne 124 593,797 4,191,674 33,804
Finn Flinck Film Frans Weisz Janneke van der pal 1,790 12.11.13 AFbFD 31 17,308 103,369 3,334
Soof/Lessons in Love KeyFilm/Millstreet Antoinette Beumer Marjolein Beumer 2,251 12.12.13 IF 124 786,259 6,420,352 51,777
Ataraxia - poodleshaving for the blind (not released) seriousFilm Sander blom Sander blom 643
total 32 majority (co)productions minus 2 57,155 2.272 5.651.135 43.652.274 438.604
Average 1,786 73 182.295 1.408.138 14.149
non-Film Fund releases
matterhorn Column Film Diederik ebbinge Diederik ebbinge 900 02.07.13 CNA 10 15,659 110,758 11,076
Toegetakeld door de Liefde/Devastated by Love Studiorev Ari Deelder Ari Deelder 250 03.21.13 JF 3 833 5,347 1,782
Steekspel/Tricked FCCe paul Verhoeven various 110 03.28.13 AmF 10 81 483 48
Tula: the Revolt Fisheye Media Jeroen Leinders Curtis Holt Hawkins, Jeroen Leinders 2,400 07.04.13 BFD 10 13,131 99,243 9,924
Het geheim van mariënburg Stichting Film & Arts promotion ramdjan Abdoelrahman n/a n/a 07.21.13 e.b. 1 846 6,774 6,774
Sinterklaas en de pepernoten Chaos SrSp Films martijn van Nellestijn martijn van Nellestijn 700 10.02.13 eOne 119 142,694 963,148 8,094
De Club van Sinterklaas & De pietenschool TDmp melcher Hillmann Sander de regt, michael van beers, 370 10.09.13 DFW 115 208,856 1,374,777 11,955 mike Steenvorden
total 7 majority (co)productions 4,730 268 382,100 2,560,530 49,653
Grand total 39 majority Dutch (co)productions 61,885 2,540 6,033,235 46,212,804 488,257
Average majority Dutch (co)productions (excl. 5 lowbudget) 1,587 67 158,769 1,216,126 12,849
Minority co-productions
La Cinquième Saison Molenwiek Films Peter Brosens Peter Brosens 2,085 02.21.13 CF 9 2,671 19,404 2,156
Post Tenebras Lux Topkapi Films Carlos Reygades Carlos Reygades 1,525 02.28.13 WBU 6 2,663 18,673 3,112
The Other Side of Sleep rinkel Film rebecca Daly rebecca Daly 1,425 03.28.13 e.b. 2 107 659 330
Kid N279 entertainment Fien Troch Fien Troch 1,464 04.18.13 CNA 5 1,560 9,948 1,990
Tanta Agua Topkapi Films Ana Guevera, Leticia Jorge Ana Guevera, Leticia Jorge 602 12.05.13 WBU 6 1,492 10,896 1,816
In the Fog Lemming Film Sergei Loznitsa Sergei Loznitsa 1,771 12.12.13 CF 8 1,480 10,748 1,344
no release in the netherlands
Le Monde nous appartient Volya Films Stephan Streker Stephan Streker 2,852
De Jueves a Domingo Circe Films Dominga Sotomayor Dominga Sotomayor 580
Villegas NFI producties Gonzalo Tobal Gonzalo Tobal 407
total 9 minority co-productions 12,711 36 9,973
Average 1,412 1,662
Grand total 48 films (minus 4, except total production costs) 74,596 2,576 6,043,208
2.1 theatrical
releases
44 Dutch features released with an average audience of 158,769
In total 44 feature films were released in 2013, just a slight drop compared to the 51 new releases in 2012. 14 Titles were directed by film makers for whom the project was their first feature film release. registered production costs averaged € 1.5 m. On average the fea- tures reached an audience of 158,769 an increase of 48,000 compared to 2012.
1) as per 14 August 2014
average audience total features released average production cost (m)
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
121,413 114,352 225,993 110,815 158,769
42 42 36 51 44
1,587 1,769
2,515 1,877
1,819
3.1 Features at major international
festivals
In 2013, 22 Dutch feature length films were selected for one of the major international film festivals. For the first time in 38 years, a Dutch film succeeded to break through to the main competition of the world’s leading film festival with the selection of Borgman by film maker Alex van Warmerdam for the Golden palm competition of the Cannes International Film Festival. Actress elve Lijbaart was granted the ICS Award for her children’s role in Borgman. At San Sebastian Wolf by Jim Taihuttu won the Desigual Youth Award. At the Cannes International Film Festival, Jozef van Wissum got granted the Soundtrack Award for for the score of Only Lovers Left Alive by Jim Jarmusch.
Source: eye International
San SeBaStIan Wolf
Jim Taihuttu section New Directors prize Desigual Youth Award Heli
Amat escalante
section Horizontes Latinos tanta agua
Ana Guevara Pose, Leticia Jorge romero
section Horizontes Latinos the Dinner
menno meyjes section Contemporary World Cinema Borgman
Alex van Warmerdam section Vanguard Qissa
Anup Singh
section Contemporary World Speakers
tIFF KIDS InternatIOnaL FILM FeStIVaL the Zigzag Kid Vincent bal Miffy the Movie Hans perk tOrOntO
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Dutch films
internationally
KarLOVY VarY the Deflowering of eva van end michiel ten Horn section Variety’s Ten european Director’s to WatchIt’s all so Quiet Nanouk Leopold section Audience Award How to Describe a Cloud David Verbeek
section Audience Award
CanneS Borgman
Alex van Warmerdam section In Competition prize International Cinephile Society (ICS) Award for elve Lijbaart for her children’s role in the film borgman in Competition
Heli
Amat escalante section In Competition
Dark Blood George Sluizer section Out of competition It’s all so Quiet Nanouk Leopold section panorama the Zigzag Kid Vincent bal section Generation Mussels in Love Willemiek Kluijfhout section Culinary Cinema Layla Fouri
pia marais section Competition BerLIn
the Broken Circle Breakdown Felix van Groeningen section panorama a Fold in My Blanket Zaza rusadze section panorama Lifelong Asli Özge section panorama tanta agua
Ana Guevara Pose, Leticia Jorge romero
section panorama
tHe DInner/Het DIner
3.2 non features at major
international film festivals
65 awards for docu- mentaries, animation films, experimental films & shorts
The prizes for documentaries, animation films, experimental films & shorts interna- tionally reached a number of 65 in 2013, a drop compared to 2012 with an award total of 83 for the same genres.
Source: eye International CanneS
Jozef van Wissum prize Soundtrack Award (for the score of Only Lovers Left Alive by Jim Jarmusch)
anneCY InternatIOnaL anIMatIOn FILM FeStIVaL
a Direct Film Farewell Oerd Van Cuijlenborg Lonely Bones rosto
prize best Original music Award/Grand prize
VISIOnS DU rÉeL, FeStIVaL InternatIOnaL De CInÉMa nYOn Poem of Death/Poule des Doods
Astrid bussink prize Special mention
3.3 number of visitors to the main Dutch film festivals
873,223 visitors
to top 8 Dutch film festivals
After a drop in 2012 the top 8 festivals figure rose again to 873,223 visitors. The IFFr remains the largest cultural event in the Netherlands, followed by IDFA, while the Netherlands Film Festival remains the largest media event in the Netherlands.
1) From 2013: number of visits to the main Dutch Film Festivals
2) Source: the respective festivals
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013¹ Visitors to Dutch festivals
International Film Festival rotterdam (IFFr)2 341,000 353,000 340,000 274,000 280,000
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)2 165,000 180,000 200,000 200,000 234,503
Netherlands Film Festival (NFF)2 151,000 154,000 152,000 140,000 150,023
Cinekid2 17,000 15,000 32,500 55,956 105,584
Film by the Sea (FbTS)2 43,700 42,350 45,700 44,500 46,000
Holland Animation Film Festival (HAFF)2 16,000 19,000 21,000 20,000 17,282
Imagine 17,000 15,000 17,000 16,000 15,000
Latin American Film Festival (LAFF)2 12,500 13,600 13,600 17,500 24,831
total 763,200 791,950 821,800 767,956 873,223
Prizes and selections at international
festivals
Prizes for persons animation
Shorts
Documentaries Feature films
2010 2011 2012 2013
total 97 films
total 125 films
total 137 films
total 163 films
29 26 27 9 8
47
43 18 25 4
57 36 28 19 3
89 25 24 16 9
ne me quitte pas Sabine Lubbe bakker, Niels van Koevorden Shado’man boris Gerrets
IFFr Janus
Erik van Lieshout prize Canon Tiger Awards for Short Films 2013
Unsupported transit Zachary Formwalt prize Canon Tiger Awards for Short
Films 2013 StUttGart
InternatIOnaL anIMateD FILM FeStIVaL Junkyard Hisko Hulsing Oh Willy emma de Swaef Fallin’ Floyd Albert 't Hooft, paco Vink
LOCarnO the unplaceables rené Hazekamp Semaine de la critique Documentary competition
admissions cumulative share of cumulative share of total release 2013 admissions total admis- GBO € GBO(per total GBO prints title distributor date (x1000) (per 15.4.14) sions 2012 % (x 1000) 15.4.14) 2013 % released top 20 admissions
1 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (3D) Wb 12.11.13 781 1,134 7.3% 8,165 11,828 3.3% 248
2 Despicable me 2 (3D OV) UpI 06.27.13 915 3.0% 7,666 3.1% 271
3 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire IF 11.21.13 682 765 2.2% 5,876 6,597 2.4% 140
4 Loving Ibiza/Verliefd op Ibiza WB (FOX) 01.31.13 715 2.3% 5,817 2.3% 109
5 Fast & Furious 6 UpI 05.23.13 624 2.0% 5,305 2.1% 116
6 The New Wilderness/De Nieuwe Wildernis DFW 09.26.13 691 694 2.2% 5,257 5,279 2.1% 142
7 The Smurfs 2(3DNL)/De Smurfen 2 (3D NL) UPI 07.31.13 628 2.0% 5,117 2.1% 206
8 The Hangover 3 Wb 05.30.13 615 2.0% 5,066 2.0% 120
9 The Hobbit: Un Unexpected Journey (3D) Wb 12.12.12 456 1,192 1.5% 4,672 12,322 1.9% 243
10 Iron man 3 (3D) WDS 04.25.13 436 1.4% 4,335 1.7% 121
11 Frozen (3D NL) WDS 12.12.13 518 937 1.7% 4,237 7,662 1.7% 234
12 Gravity (3D) Wb 10.03.13 390 400 1.3% 3,900 4,003 1.6% 79
13 The Croods (3D) Wb(FOX) 03.27.13 434 1.4% 3,564 1.4% 230
14 Django Unchained Spr 01.17.13 420 1.4% 3,539 1.4% 90
15 Turbo (3D NL) WB(FOX) 04.05.12 414 1.3% 3,316 1.3% 194
16 Life of Pi (3D) WB(FOX) 12.20.12 348 522 1.1% 3,309 4,966 1.3% 118
17 Now You See me eOne 06.27.13 406 1.3% 3,182 1.3% 91
18 regret!/Spijt! DFW 06.20.13 418 1.4% 3,123 1.3% 121
19 Men in the City/Mannenharten DFW 11.28.13 377 1.2% 3,095 1.2% 117
20 We’re the millers Wb 08.29.13 366 1.2% 2,846 1.1% 107
total top 20 10,634 34.5% 91,387 36.6% 3,097
total of all admissions 2013/GBO revenue 2013 30,818 249,508
4.1 top 20
admissions all releases
36.6% of box office by top 20 releases
The top 20 performing titles of 2013 collectively accounted for 36.6% of the yearly box-office total, which reached
€ 249.5 m. The best performing domes- tic title was Loving Ibiza/Verliefd op Ibiza which attracted 715,000 visitors, followed by the feature length documentary The New Wilderness/De nieuwe wildernis with 691,000 visitors.
AFD-A-Film Distribution/bFD-benelux Film Distributors/
eOne-entertainment One benelux/IF-Independent Film/
pAr-paradiso entertainment/Spr-Sony pictures releasing/
UpI-Universal pictures International Netherlands/Wb- Warner bros. pictures Holland/Wb (FOX)-Warner bros. 20th Century Fox catalogus/WDS-Walt Disney Studios motion pictures.
Source: NVb/NVF
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Distribution
tHe POOL/De POeL
admissions share of total Cumulative share of release 2013 cumulative total prints admissions GBO GBO total GBO title distributor date (x 1000) (until 03.14) released 2013 % (x1000)€ (per 15.4.14) 2013 % Dutch films
1 Loving Ibiza/Verliefd op Ibiza AFB 01.31.13 715 109 2.3% 5,817 2.3%
2 The New Wilderness/De Nieuwe Wildernis DFW 09.26.13 688 691 142 2.2% 5,257 5,279 2.1%
3 regret!/Spijt! DFW 06.20.13 418 121 1.4% 3,123 1.3%
4 men in the City/mannenharten DFW 11.28.13 377 452 117 1.2% 3,095 3,724 1.2%
5 Soof/Lessons in Love IF 12.12.13 310 782 129 1.0% 2,530 6,389 1.0%
6 Class of Fun Goes Camping/mees Kees Op Kamp eOne 12.11.13 308 587 125 1.0% 2,177 4,150 0.9%
7 Daylight/Daglicht bFD 04.11.13 244 113 0.8% 1,899 0.8%
8 bro’s before Ho’s AFb 12.5.13 238 241 97 0.8% 1,944 2,781 0.8%
9 De Club van Sinterklaas en de pietenschool DFW 10.10.13 210 116 0.7% 1,388 0.6%
10 Madly in Love/Smoorverliefd DFW 09.12.13 204 117 0.7% 1,567 0.6%
11 Valentino AFb 21.03.13 196 103 0.6% 1,557 0.6%
12 The Dinner/Het Diner AFb 11.07.13 193 221 128 0.6% 1,486 1,687 0.6%
13 The Family Way/Alles is Familie AFb 11.22.13 192 861 143 0.6% 1,553 7,022 0.6%
14 A Christmoose Story/midden in de Winternacht AFb 11.27.13 179 228 169 0.6% 1,202 1,555 0.5%
15 Ushi must marry DFW 02.14.13 179 115 0.6% 1,394 0.6%
16 miffy the movie/Nijntje de Film Wb 01.30.13 173 173 123 0.6% 1,177 1,177 0.5%
17 The price of Sugar/Hoe Duur Was De Suiker eOne 09.26.13 170 172 101 0.6% 1,328 1,337 0.5%
18 Sinterklaas en de pepernoten Chaos eOne 10.03.13 143 121 0.5% 963 0.4%
19 bobby and the Ghost Hunters/bobby en de pAr 02.13.13 143 101 0.5% 1,002 0.4%
Geestenjagers
20 borgman CNA 08.29.13 114 115 155 0,4% 873 874 0.3%
Other Dutch productions 937 6,719
total 6,331 2,445 20.5% 48,051 19.3%
total of all admissions 2013/GBO revenue 2013 30,818 249,508
4.2 top 20
admissions Dutch films
Growth to 6.3 million
admissions for Dutch films
The Top 20 performing Dutch titles of 2013 reached a market share of 20.5%. Total market grew to 6.3 million admissions, an impressive growth compared to the 4.3 million admissions in 2012 for Dutch films.
AFb-A-Film benelux Distribution toevoegen/bFD- benelux Film Distributors/CD-Cinema Delicatessen/CNA -Cinéart Netherlands/eOne-entertainment One benelux/
IF-Independent Film/JF-Just Film/pAr-paradiso Filmed entertainment/Warner bros. entertainment
Source: NVb/NVF
admissions GBO
release distributor (x1.000) (x1.000 €) releases 2004-2013
1 Viper’s Nest/Gooische Vrouwen 10.03.11 IF 1.914 15,027 2 Love Is All/Alles is Liefde 11.10.07 AFD 1.318 9,910 3 Stricken/Komt een Vrouw bij de Dokter 26.11.09 bFD 1.211 9,255
4 New Kids: Turbo 09.12.10 bFD 1.088 8,828
5 black book/Zwartboek 14.09.06 AFD 1.056 7,521
6 Nova Zembla (3D) 24.11.11 bFD 890 8,286
10 The Family Way/Alles is Familie 22.11.12 AFD 861 5,484 7 Winter in Wartime/Oorlogswinter 27.11.08 bFD 845 6,201
9 The Storm/De Storm 17.09.09 UpI 744 4,732
10 Loving Ibiza/Verliefd op Ibiza¹ 31.03.13 AFD 715 5,817 11 The New Wilderness/De Nieuwe Wildernis¹ 26.09.13 DFW 691 5,258
12 mister Twister/mees Kees 03.10.12 eOne 602 4,142
13 Class Of Fun Goes Camping/Mees Kees op Kamp¹ 11.12.13 eOne 587 4,150 14 Anubis & het pad der 7 Zonden 09.10.08 IF 561 3,683 15 The Happy Housewife/De Gelukkige Huisvrouw 15.04.10 bFD 521 3,860
16 New Kids: Nitro 08.12.11 bFD 490 4,013
17 Crusade In Jeans/Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek 16.11.06 bFD 484 3,197 18 pluk And His Tow Truck/pluk van de petteflet 18.11.04 Wb 483 2,873
19 Chubby Drums/Dik Trom 24.11.10 bFD 456 3,048
20 Loft 16.12.10 IF 445 3,524
4.3 top 20
admissions 2004-2013
3 entries by 2 features and 1 documentary
In 2013, 2 features and 1 documentary entered the Top 20 2004-2013 based on their success in 2013.
1) New titles, results until 15 march 2014 Source: NVb/NVF
(1000s)
title release admissions
all time
1 Turks Fruit 22.02.73 3,338
2 Fanfare 24.10.58 2,636
3 Ciske de rat (1955) 07.10.55 2,433
4 Wat zien ik 04.09.71 2,359
5 blue movie 30.09.71 2,335
6 Flodder 18.12.86 2,314
7 Viper’s Nest/Gooische Vrouwen 10.03.11 1,914
8 Keetje Tippel 06.03.75 1,829
9 Alleman 20.12.63 1,665
10 Ciske de rat (1984) 29.03.84 1,593 11 Soldaat van Oranje 22.09.77 1,547 12 Flodder in Amerika 03.07.92 1,494
13 De Overval 21.12.62 1,474
14 Love Is All/Alles is Liefde 11.10.07 1,318 15 Koninkrijk voor een Huis 11.03.49 1,292 16 Stricken/Komt een Vrouw bij de Dokter 26.11.09 1,211
17 Kruimeltje 09.12.99 1,136
18 Sterren stralen overal 30.01.53 1,130
19 Spetters 28.02.80 1,124
20 New Kids: Turbo 09.12.10 1,088
4.5 Distributor
market shares 2009-2013
51.9% Market
share for majors and 48.1% for independent distributors
Distributor market shares over the last years show a continuous increase for the independent distributors and a decrease for the majors.
1) NVF-members Source: NVb/NVF
admissions
(x1000) 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % 2013 % title with the most admissions in 2013Majors
Warner bros. pictures International Holland bV 6,857 25.1 7,620 27.0 7,294 23.9 5,897 19.3 6,642 21.55 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (3D) Universal pictures International Netherlands bV 4,627 16.9 4,676 16.6 4,468 14.7 4,888 16.0 6,096 19.78 Despicable me2 (3D)
The Walt Disney Company (benelux) bV 3,148 11.5 2,696 9.6 2,729 9.0 1,904 6.2 2,527 8.20 Frozen (3D) Sony pictures releasing Holland bV(tot 01,03,13) 2,673 9.8 2,139 7.6 2,680 8.8 3,551 11.6 727 2.36 Django Unchained Subtotal 17,305 63.4 17,131 60.8 17,171 56.4 16,240 53.1 15,992 51.89
Independents
Dutch Filmworks bV 247 0.8 1,709 5.6 3,283 10.65 The New Wilderness/De Nieuwe Wildernis
A-Film Distribution BV 1,183 4.3 1,824 6.5 2,294 7.5 1,788 5.9 2,912 9.45 Loving Ibiza/Verliefd op Ibiza entertainment One benelux bV 2,510 9.2 1,649 5.8 1,552 5.1 2,023 6.6 2,680 8.70 Now You See me
Independent Films bV 1,556 5.7 2,158 7.7 3,771 12.4 2,563 8.4 2,289 7.43 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Cinéart Nederland bV 995 3.6 523 1.9 612 2.0 801 2.6 661 2.14 borgman
paradiso entertainment Nederland bV 491 1.8 327 1.2 941 3.1 494 1.6 583 1.89 blue Jasmine Cinemien (ABC Theatrical Distribution BV) 293 1.1 249 0.9 284 0.9 235 0.8 431 1.40 La Grande Belleza benelux Film Distributors (tot 01-06-2013) 2,092 7.7 3,477 12.3 2,566 8.4 1,581 5.2 432 1.40 Daylight/Daglicht Wild Bunch Benelux Distribution BV 249 0.9 220 0.8 303 1.0 676 2.2 429 1.39 A Late Quartet
Just Film Distribution bV 214 0.7 215 0.7 231 0.75 App
Lumière Publishing BV 19 0.1 415 1.4 146 0.47 Like Father, Like Son
Filmfreak Distributie 1,237 4.0 114 0.37 No
Imagine Filmdistributie Nederland 80 0.3 105 0.34 mud
Stichting eye Film Instituut Nederland 122 0.4 126 0.4 97 0.3 77 0.3 80 0.26 paradies: Hoffnung
Moonlight Films BV 68 0.2 27 0.1 20 0.1 2 0.0 44 0.14 Prinses Lillifee En De Kleine Eenhoorn
Amstelfilm bV 23 0.1 19 0.1 31 0.1 25 0.1 39 0.13 mariage A mendoza
Twin Film 27 0.1 43 0.2 32 0.1 33 0.1 41 0.13 The Cricket/De Krekel
Stichting Cinema Delicatessen 43 0.2 77 0.3 46 0.2 30 0.1 25 0.08 The Act of Killing
Arti Film vof 10 0.0 17 0.1 24 0.08 Still mine
LOC Film Distribution 40 0.1 0.0 0 0.00
Shooting Star Filmcompany 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.00
Other 318 1.2 339 1.2 249 0.8 318 1.0 277 0.90 Dugun Dernek
Subtotal 10,011 36.6 11,058 39.2 13,288 43.6 14,319 46.9 14,826 48.11
total 27,316 28,189 30,459 30,559 30,818
Gross Box Office
(x1000 €) 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % 2013 %Majors
Warner bros, pictures International Holland bV 54,740 27.2 63,676 29.0 59,300 24.7 50,645 20.7 58,560 23.47 Universal pictures International Netherlands bV 33,319 16.6 37,437 17.1 36,005 15.0 39,658 16.2 50,383 20.19 The Walt Disney Company (benelux) bV 22,944 11.4 22,011 10.0 23,462 9.8 16,006 6.5 21,693 8.69 Sony pictures releasing Holland bV 20,877 10.4 16,220 7.4 21,640 9.0 30,390 12.4 6,130 2.46
Subtotal 131,880 65.6 139,344 63.5 140,407 58.5 136,699 55.9 136,766 54.81
Independants
Dutch Filmworks bV 2,081 0.9 12,725 5.2 25,071 10.05
A-Film Distribution bV 7,830 3.9 13,067 6.0 17,093 7.1 13,541 5.5 22,421 8.99
entertainment One benelux bV 17,699 8.8 12,017 5.5 11,144 4.6 14,995 6.1 20,464 8.20
Independent Films bV 10,611 5.3 16,254 7.4 28,862 12.0 19,882 8.1 18,105 7.26
Cinéart Nederland bV 6,794 3.4 3,251 1.5 4,215 1.8 5,763 2.4 4,766 1.91
paradiso entertainment 3,291 1.6 2,253 1.0 6,972 2.9 3,514 1.4 4,281 1.72
Cinemien (AbC Theatrical Distribution bV) 1,875 0.9 1,647 0.8 1,909 0.8 1,647 0.7 3,191 1.28
benelux Film Distributors 15,225 7.6 25,793 11.8 20,460 8.5 12,067 4.9 3,167 1.27
Wild bunch benelux 1,643 0.8 1,452 0.7 2,024 0.8 5,153 2.1 3,104 1.24
Just Film Distribution bV 1,498 0.6 1,495 0.6 1,699 0.68
Lumière Publishing BV 144 0.1 3,049 1.2 937 0.38
Filmfreak Distributie 9,836 4.0 788 0.32
Imagine Filmdistributie Nederland 572 0.2 755 0.30
Stichting eye Film Instituut Nederland 722 0.4 727 0.3 506 0.2 420 0.2 560 0.22
moonlight Films bV 471 0.2 162 0.1 138 0.1 10 0.0 301 0.12
Amstelfilm bV 141 0.1 115 0.1 188 0.1 149 0.1 261 0.10
Twin Film 81 0.0 220 0.1 162 0.1 188 0.1 256 0.10
Stichting Cinema Delicatessen 291 0.1 540 0.2 335 0.1 237 0.1 218 0.09
LOC Film Distribution 237 0.1 166 0.07
Arti Film vof 61 0.0 111 0.0 0.00
Shooting Star Filmcompany 4 0.0 0 0.0 0.00
Other1 2,264 1.1 2,530 1.2 1,837 0.8 2,546 1.0 2,231 0.89
Subtotal 69,179 34.4 80,028 36.5 99,629 41.5 107,900 44.1 112,742 45.19
total 201,059 219,372 240,036 244,599 249,508 100.00
4.4 Monthly box office and
releases Dutch features
13.1% highest
box office share in December
The box office peaks in Summer and during the Christmas season, whereas most Dutch films are released in September and October.
Source: Netherlands Film Fund???
Market share for Majors and Independent ditributors
admissions independents admissions majors
% Monthly box office share number of dutch releases
j f m a m j j a s o n d
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
36.6%
63.4% 60.8%
39.2%
56.4%
43.6% 46.9%
53.1%
48.1%
51.9%
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5.1 Country shares admissions/
gross box office 2009-2013
29% of Dutch cinema visitors see european films
The audience market share in the Netherlands for european films dropped with 6,1% to 29% in 2013. market shares for American films grew with 5.3% to 68.3% in the same year.
Source: NVb/NVF
2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % 2013 %
(1000s) (1000s) (1000s) (1000s) (1000s)
admissions
european Union
Dutch films 4,744 17.4% 4,471 15.9% 6,805 22.3% 4,831 15.8% 6,267 20.3%
british films 2,303 8.4% 594 2.1% 2,620 8.6% 2,996 9.8% 816 2.6%
German films 491 1.8% 817 2.9% 644 2.1% 1,986 6.5% 340 1.1%
Spanish films 185 0.7% 290 1.0% 222 0.7% 109 0.4% 279 0.9%
French films 162 0.6% 151 0.5% 170 0.6% 32 0.1% 612 2.0%
Italian films 216 0.8% 201 0.7% 171 0.6% 58 0.2% 191 0.6%
Other eU films 774 2.8% 693 2.5% 358 1.2% 703 2.3% 421 1.4%
Subtotal europe 8,875 32.5% 7,217 25.6% 10,990 36.1% 10,715 35.1% 8,926 29.0%
Co-productions eU-USA n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
American films 17,806 65.2% 20,484 72.7% 19,011 62.4% 19,264 63.0% 21,035 68.3%
Other films 623 2.3% 489 1.7% 455 1.5% 581 1.9% 857 2.8%
total 27,304 28,190 30,456 30,560 30,818
Gross Box Office
Dutch films 32,852 16.3% 32,503 14.8% 52,449 21.9% 35,926 14.7% 47,528 19.0%
british films 17,801 8.9% 4,015 1.8% 22,431 9.3% 24,629 10.1% 6,212 2,5%
French films 3,118 1.6% 5,689 2.6% 4,332 1.8% 15,278 6.2% 4,451 1.8%
German films 1,062 0.5% 1,832 0.8% 1,611 0.7% 782 0.3% 2,412 1.0%
Spanish films 1,077 0.5% 977 0.4% 1,181 0.5% 219 0.1% 2,232 0.9%
Italian films 1,448 0.7% 1,327 0.6% 1,128 0.5% 403 0.2% 1,482 0.6%
Other european films 4,974 2.5% 4,761 2.2% 2,339 1.0% 4,828 2.0% 2,882 1.2%
Subtotal europe 62,332 31.0% 51,104 23.3% 85,471 35.6% 82,065 33.6% 67,199 26.9%
Co-productions eU-USA n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
American films 134,534 66.9% 164,968 75.2% 151,453 63.1% 158,199 64.7% 175,703 70.4%
Other films 4,197 2.1% 3,302 1.5% 3,114 1.3% 4,335 1.8% 6,605 2.6%
total 201,063 219,374 240,038 244,599 249,507
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