The public broadcasters have made a preliminary selection of twelve plans for a new series of Telefilms from no fewer than 123 submissions. The final selection for the six Telefilms to be broadcast in 2012 will follow next spring.

Below, in alphabetical order, are the twelve plans. In parentheses are the writer(s); the director; the producer(s); and the co-producing broadcaster.

- Bara (Patrick van Es & Jaap van Heusden; Jaap van Heusden; IJswater Films; HUMAN)
- Black Out (Luuk Frank van Heerde; Arne Toonen; Hazazah Pictures & Orange Film; BNN)
- Cop vs. Killer (Simon de Waal; unknown; Shooting Star; AVRO)
- Manslaughter (Marcel Lenssen; unknown; Pupkin Film; HUMAN)
- One second black (Marcel Visbeen; Marcel Visbeen; IDTV Film; EO)
- The Hand of Malika (Franky Ribbens; Dana Nechustan; Lemming Film; AVRO)
- Hofstadt (Tomas Ross; unknown; PV Pictures; TROS)
- Laptop (Carel Donck & Ger Poppelaars; Ger Poppelaars; Waterland Film; EO)
- Uncle Henk (Bert Bouma; Elbert van Strien; Stetz Film; VPRO)
- Eye for an Eye (Lodewijk Crijns & Paul Jan Nelissen; Lodewijk Crijns; Lemming Film; VPRO)
- The Defector (Jan Harm Dekker & Henk Apotheker; unknown; Eyeworks Film; TROS)
- Sneak Preview (Ivan Lopez Nunez & Vincent van Zelm; Ivan Lopez Nunez; Pupkin Film; BNN)

The Telefilms that will be broadcast from January 1, 2011, are currently being filmed:

- Stay (Mirjam Oomkes; Lourens Blok; Shooting Star; NCRV)
- Letter Secret (Marco van Geffen; Simone van Dusseldorp; Lemming Film; VPRO)
- The strongest man in the Netherlands (Maarten Lebens & Pieter Bart Korthuis; Marc de Cloe; NL Film; KRO)
- Vacation in one's own country (Rob Bloemkolk; Hanro Smitsman; Waterland Film; VARA)
- Zieleman (Eveline Verwoerd; Ben Sombogaart; Waterland Film; AVRO)
- A Summer at Home (Tijs van Marle; Margien Rogaar; Pupkin Film; NPS)

Telefilms are feature films for television that address social themes. The co-productions between independent producers and the public broadcaster receive financial support from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and CoBO, the project implementer.

The official website: www.telefilm.nl



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