WISTFUL WILDERNESS well received at 
Visions du Réel and HotDocs

The feature documentary WISTFUL WILDERNESS by Digna Sinke, screened during the prestigious documentary festivals Visions du Réel and HotDocs, has received positive reactions in the foreign media. A few can be read by clicking on the following links: International Film Guide, Now Toronto

Digna Sinke photographed during Visions du Réel (photo: Marie Bergé (CEPV))

logline: 
On the island Tiengemeten fertile agricultural soil has been reshaped to nature. The film follows the changes in the landscape over a period of 13 years, from a personal poetic perspective, with temporality and transitoriness as central themes.

The voice-over of WISTFUL WILDERNESS is spoken by Dawn Mastin.

The English and Dutch trailers of WISTFUL WILDERNESS (WEEMOED & WILDERNESS) 
by Digna Sinke can be viewed online by clicking on the following links:
UK version                   NL version

30 years Studio Nieuwe Gronden / SNG Film
The Netherlands Film Festival has devoted a special programme to Studio Nieuwe Gronden / SNG Film
 in honour of its 30 years existence. This festive occasion will take place on Tuesday September 29th 
at 19.30 in Hoogt 1 in Utrecht.

A number of short films will be shown: Veere (David Lammers), Match (Jef Nassenstein), 
Schrödingerscat (Paolo Pistolesi), Farewell (Digna Sinke), Reservation (Clara van Gool), 
The Chimney Sweep (Ron Termaat), Journey Through the Night (Joram ten Brink), Spring Song (Erik de Bruyn), 
and also some trailers: Another Mother (Paula van der Oest), Love Hurts (Mijke de Jong), 
Belle van Zuylen (Digna Sinke), The Cherry Pick (Arno Kranenborg).  

The Three Best Things in Life (Ger Poppelaars) will also be shown at the Netherlands Film Festival, 
as a choice of Jack Wouterse: Sa26-9 20:00 MO 2, Tu29-9 14:00 MO 2

Homage to Anton van Munster
The Netherlands Film Festival pays honours filmmaker and cameraman Anton van Munster 
with a tribute: Su27-09 16:15 RE3. The special programme consists of three films by the maker himself, 
preceded by a presentation of the DVD that SNG Film has produced about Anton van Munster. 
The DVD ANTON VAN MUNSTER is available via SNG Film.

Anton van Munster (1934-2009) attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. In 1958, he was hired as a focus puller for Fanfare by Bert Haanstra. This film was taken up in the Canon of Dutch Film in 2007. He subsequently signed on for the camera work for virtually all of Haanstra's films, amongst which Bij de beesten af and Alleman, both of which were nominated for an Oscar. Van Munster did the camerawork for in total more than forty feature films and documentaries.

Four SNG Film classics out on DVD
Four old films from the SNG Film collection will now be released on DVD. The films concerned are: 

ABOVE THE MOUNTAINS by Digna Sinke, 
THE THREE BEST THINGS IN LIFE by Ger Poppelaars, 
ONCE BEATEN, TWICE SHY by Gerrard Verhage and 
ANOTHER MOTHER by Paula by der Oest

The DVD's are for sale via Filmfreaks for €14,95 per DVD. All films are subtitled in English.

WINTER SILENCE trailer viewable online
The trailer for WINTER SILENCE by Sonja Wyss is now available online. To view the trailer please click HERE.

Variety - "Striking images of a hard-edged brilliance are reason to see "Winter Silence",
video artist Sonja Wyss' feature debut, composed of often-dazzling tableux in an isolated Swiss village suspended in time."
Cineuropa - “Top-notch cinematography and sound", "a full-blooded cinematic experience"

BROSSA
In the NRC Handelsblad of October 24th 2008 Hans Beerekamp wrote about the best television of September and October. 
The Invisible Film of which BROSSA is part ranks 3rd place in his top 5. The DVD of BROSSA can still be by ordered at SNG Film.

ATLANTIS 
selected for the San Sebastian International Film Festival

The feature film ATLANTIS by Digna Sinke has been selected for the San Sebastian International Film Festival. The festival will take place from 18 to 27 September in San sebastian, Spain. The fourth feature film by Digna Sinke tells the story of the shy Xenia (14) who feels out of place in the over-regulated society in which she lives. In her search for her own place she discovers an island where time does not seem to exist. There she finds the key to her future.

ATLANTIS is produced by Waterland Film. Click HERE for more information about ATLANTIS.

FAREWELL PAVEL
Farewell Pavel by Rosemarie Blank is available via Mediaboetiek.nl and Bol.com.
The film dives into the shady world of women trafficking and Russian organised crime and tells the story of the adventures of journalist Alexei Petrov and his son Pavel.

The DVD of Farewell Pavel is for sale via Mediaboetiek.nl for €12,79 and via Bol.com for €12,99.

in production:

MY LONG DISTANCE FRIEND
a documentary by Maria Mok en Carina Molier, has received a grant from the CoBo-fonds, SNS Reaal fonds and 
Nederlands Fonds voor de Film.
The film is a co-production with the IKON.

AN ANGEL IN DOEL
a documentary by Tom Fassaert, has received a grant from Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, 
Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, VRT and Omroep Zeeland.
The film is a co-production with Cineté / Willem Thijssen.

in development:

THE FISHERMAN, THE DRAGON AND THE SEA
Jeroen van Velzen and Sara Kee are doing research in Kenia

NORDFJORD
a film by Danyael Sugawara
screenplay: Helena van der Meulen

LITTLE DAUGHTER
a screenplay by Boris Paval Conen

ORVOS / DE LIJFARTS
a screenplay by Annette Apon and Stan Lapinski
based on the book De Lijfarts (The Personal Physician) by Maria Stahlie

TIENGEMETEN, THE WEBSITE

The first design of the website came about during the workshop organised in 1999/2000 by the Dutch Cultural Broadcasting Fund in cooperation with the Sandberg Institute. The Fund has made it possible for this design to be completed. Fred Inklaar is responsible for the design, Gridline for the programming and Digna Sinke for the content.

The site aims to show how the island of Tiengemeten once came about and about the plans for the future.
The newsletter of the Project Organisation can be found there along with information about the documentary's Tiengemeten part 1 and Tiengemeten part 2, entitled Tiengemeten 2001-2006, both produced by SNG FILM.

Website: http://www.tiengemeten.com