About us
Film and drama producers IDTV Film, situated on the bank of the river IJ in Amsterdam, earned its reputation with successful feature films like Love is All, Twin Sisters, Northern Light and Godforsaken. Each year IDTV Film is present at one of the mayor film festivals with an international (co-)production. In 2007 with Stellet Licht (Carlos Reygadas, Jury Award Cannes), in 2009 with The Misfortunates Felix van Groeningen, Prix Art et Essai Cannes). In 2010 IDTV Film was represented at the International Film Festival Berlin with Joy (Mijke de Jong) and RU There was selected for the prestigious program Un Certain Regard in Cannes. This year the co-production Schlafkrankheit with Pierre Bokma in the lead is selected for the competition of Berlinale.
IDTV Film is the product of a merger between Motel Films (Love is All, Northern Light, Polish Bride) and IDTV Film (Godforsaken, Twin Sisters and Cloaca) in 2007. The company is run by Producers Frans van Gestel and Arnold Heslenfeld and is focused on the realization of popular films and (inter)national art house (co-)productions.
Besides Head of Drama Idse Grotenhuis produces drama series and television films in co-operation with the Netherlands public broadcasters, a.o. Line 32 (Maarten Treurniet), Kinfolk II (Bloedverwanten), Eileen (Hanro Smitsman) and the comedy Mixed Up.
We keep up a close co-operation with writers and directors to guarantee the highest possible quality. Apart from that we aim at co-operation with filmmakers and foreign co-producers like Pandora and Zentropa, which resulted in a broad slate of high-quality and award winning titles.
At present IDTV Film has eleven employees (see TEAM).
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