With the spectacular New Year's reception still fresh in our minds, we are already looking forward to the first Film and TV (NBF) Network Drinks of the new year! On Monday, January 31st from 17:30, everyone is once again warmly welcome to drop by LAB111 to meet other film and television professionals and enjoy a nice, affordable bite to eat. The first drink is free for NBF members. Pitches It is possible to deliver a short 3-minute pitch at the networking reception, in which you can present yourself, a new project, or another interesting topic to the attendees in words and images. If you would like to give a pitch, please register via the NBF office at [email protected] or 020-6646588. You can provide visual material on DVD or a USB stick on the evening itself. Dinner deal The LAB111 restaurant is offering an attractive and affordable dinner deal especially for the Network Drinks: for €17.50, you get a surprise main course – and dessert, including a drink. You can sign up for the dinner deal at the NBF office via [email protected] or 020-6646588, no later than Sunday, January 30. Dinner will be served at 19:00 in the restaurant, so please be on time if you have signed up! The program for the evening: 17:30 - 19:00 Walk-in and drinks at the bar 19:00 - 20:00 joint dinner (optional) 20:00 - 20:30 pitches in the chapel (if there are enough registrations) 20:30 - … … … drinks at the bar What: Networking Drinks for Film and TV (NBF) When: Monday, January 31, 2011, doors open from 17:30 Where: LAB111, Arie Biemondstraat 111, Amsterdam-West

CINEBLEND, the monthly evening of SAVAN (Dutch Foundation for Audiovisual Anthropology) with dinner, film, and debate, has the following theme on Tuesday, February 1: OLD IMAGES - NEW COMMENTARY. Part 1: SURINAME The difficult relationship between the Netherlands and the former colonies in the West Indies is partly a result of decades of biased perceptions. These perceptions were expressed in colonial film footage. Following archiving projects by the Tropenmuseum and the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, among others, Cineblend is organizing a two-part series on colonial images of Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles, and is examining the film material in a new, contemporary way. Tonight, the focus is on Suriname. How do (young) Surinamese artists and scholars view the colonial images of their country? In what context should we place Dutch film footage, and how has that material shaped perceptions? Is it important for the identity and history of Surinamese people? Whose heritage is it? The guests are: Gikkels, rapper and co-founder of the political youth party Bijlmer Style; Patricia Kaersenhout, visual artist; and Alex van Stipriaan, curator at the Tropenmuseum and professor of Caribbean history at Erasmus University Rotterdam. The discussion moderator is Dr. Aspha Bijnaar, who studied sociology in Suriname and the Netherlands and is affiliated with Ninsee (the National Institute for the Dutch Slavery Past and Heritage). We look forward to seeing you at this inspiring evening! Location: Soeterijn Café, Tropentheater Amsterdam Time: 19:30. Free entry. No reservation required.

The international competition on New Arrivals, the online platform for short films, reaches its conclusion on Sunday, January 30, during the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). A professional jury will select the winning entry for the year 2010 from twelve monthly winners. New Arrivals, an initiative of broadcaster NTR and the IFFR, has offered an online platform to mostly young, up-and-coming filmmakers since 2006. Every month, they can upload films ranging from a minimum of 30 seconds to a maximum of 30 minutes to the website ntr.nl/newarrivals. A jury selects a winner each month. These monthly winners are screened once on the big screen during the IFFR (January 26 to February 6, 2011). In 2010, a total of 236 films were submitted. This year's final takes place on Sunday, January 30, at the LantarenVenster theater on the Wilhelminapier (Kop van Zuid) in Rotterdam. The event will be hosted by Isolde Hallensleben (known for, among others, *Vrw zkt knst* and *Nacht van de korte film*). An expert jury will select the ultimate winner, who will be presented with the New Arrivals Award (€1,000) at the end of the afternoon. For the first time this year, the online audience winner, *De Blauwe Bus* by Sanne Kortooms, will also be screened. The public is welcome. Nominated monthly winners: Vanishing Point - Hosogane Takuya (Japan, 2 min.) First Snow - Abyzov Evgeny (Russia, 1 min.) Ghost of Icarus - Amos Mulder (Netherlands, 15 min.) Battery Cage - Studio Smack (Netherlands, 4 min.) Aurore - Jean-Julien Pous and Denis Huneau (France/Netherlands, 2 min.) Silent Things - Rob Brown (England, 12 min.) Landscape, semi surround - Eriko Sonoda (Japan, 9 min.) I Stand - Lisa Maduro (Netherlands, 12 min.) Online audience winner: The Blue Bus - Sanne Kortooms (Netherlands, 29 min.) New Arrivals Final 2011 Date: Sunday, January 30, 15:45. Location: LantarenVenster, Otto Reuchlinweg 996 (Wilhelminapier), Rotterdam Reservations can be made from January 20 via the IFFR website http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com

The 2010 NFTVA graduation film *Dicht bij mij vandaan* by Martijn de Jong is the Dutch entry for the 2011 student Oscars in Los Angeles. Close to Me is an ensemble film in which four characters are followed separately. They all have a better or happier life within reach, yet there is a fear that holds them back from pursuing that happiness. Watch the film online!

3 days of lessons from the artistic elite! FILM DIRECTION With Paula van der Oest and Jos Stelling 4-6 Feb 2011 SONGWRITING With Huub van der Lubbe and Thomas Acda March 11-13, 2011 ACTING With Monic Hendrickx and Peter Blok March 25-27, 2011 These intensive mini-courses are of a high standard and are intended for people who are already involved in the discipline professionally or at a serious amateur level. The weekends are unique and therefore a one-off event. Location: De Balie, Amsterdam Register and more info: www.flitsacademie.nl and [email protected] Kunstenaars en Co reimburses 65% of the weekends if you use the WWIK. Quotes weekends 2010 Inspiring, heartwarming. The teachers were a perfect duo, incredibly insightful, loving, and patient. Where in the world is there a school where the student-teacher contact is so intensive, while the teachers happen to be 2 of the best actors and 2 of the best directors in their country? There is nothing I missed this weekend, hats off to you! A real peek into the kitchen of two 'Top chefs'

3 days of lessons from the artistic elite! FILM DIRECTION With Paula van der Oest and Jos Stelling 4-6 Feb 2011 SONGWRITING With Huub van der Lubbe and Thomas Acda March 11-13, 2011 ACTING With Monic Hendrickx and Peter Blok March 25-27, 2011 These intensive mini-courses are of a high standard and are intended for people who are already involved in the discipline professionally or at a serious amateur level. The weekends are unique and therefore a one-off event. Location: De Balie, Amsterdam Register and more info: www.flitsacademie.nl and [email protected] Kunstenaars en Co reimburses 65% of the weekends if you use the WWIK. Quotes weekends 2010 Inspiring, heartwarming. The teachers were a perfect duo, incredibly insightful, loving, and patient. Where in the world is there a school where the student-teacher contact is so intensive, while the teachers happen to be 2 of the best actors and 2 of the best directors in their country? There is nothing I missed this weekend, hats off to you! A real peek into the kitchen of two 'Top chefs'