KeyFilm

KeyFilm
Private
Industry Entertainment
Founded 2008 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founders Hanneke Niens, Hans de Wolf
Headquarters Amsterdam, Netherlands
Area served
 Worldwide
Products Motion pictures
Documentaries
Television
Website keyfilm.nl/en/

KeyFilm is a film & television production company located in Amsterdam, Netherlands specialized in the development and production of motion pictures, documentaries and television series. The company was founded in 2008 by film producers Hanneke Niens and Hans de Wolf. The past few years the production company has built up an extensive international network of co-producers and funders. This resulted in collaborations with (among others) ITVS, Eurimages, the British Film Institute, Chios Investments, Al Jazeera and Netflix.

In September 2017 September Film Production announced it had acquired a stake in KeyFilm. The aim is to further expand the international position and co-productions of KeyFilm. [1]

Awards

Both producers received various (inter)national awards among which an Academy Award nomination Best foreign language film for Twin Sisters (2004),[2] an International Emmy Award for telemovie De uitverkorene (The Chosen One) (2006)[3] and the Prix Europa for Television Programme of the Year for De uitverkorene (The Chosen One).[4]

Notable box office hits were Nynke, Oysters at Nam Kee's, Twin Sisters, Bride Flight, Soof en Soof 2. In addition their movies competed in the international film festivals of Locarno (with Katia's sister), San Sebastián (Godforsaken, Silent City), Toronto (Nynke, The Idol) and Berlin (Chopsticks, Bluebird and Nena).[5]

Selected filmography

  • Soof: A new Beginning (2017)
  • Soof 2 (2016)
  • Night of a 1000 Hours (2016)
  • Beyond Sleep (2016)
  • The Idol (2016)
  • Ventoux (2015)
  • Nena (2014)
  • Soof (2013)
  • Silent City (2012)
  • Richting West (2010)
  • Bollywood Hero (2009)

References

  1. ↑ "Strategische alliantie voor KeyFilm en September Film Production". entertainmentbusiness.nl. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "THE 76TH ACADEMY AWARDS 2004". oscars.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "List of 2007 International Emmy winners". reuters.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "AWARDS ARCHIVE". prixeuropa.eu. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "A-FESTIVALS AND AWARDS". KeyFilm.nl. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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