Filmkrant

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Filmkrant
EditorRonald Rovers
CategoriesFilm
FrequencyMonthly
First issueApril 1981;43 years ago (1981-04)
CompanyStichting Fuurland
CountryNetherlands
Based inAmsterdam
LanguageDutch
Website filmkrant.nl
ISSN 0169-8109

Filmkrant is a Dutch free independent film magazine covering the film industry in the Netherlands. The magazine was founded in 1981 by Jan Heijs and Henk Rabbers. It is distributed for free and is available online and at movie theaters across the Netherlands. Since 2012, conciding with the Netherlands Film Festival the Filmkrant releases a yearly top 20 list highlighting the most influential people and organizations in the Dutch film industry, they took it over from the Volkskrant who discontinued the list in 2010 after starting it in 1999. [1]

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History

The magazine was originally founded by Jan Heijs and designer Henk Rabbers in 1980 under the original name of Kriterion-Filmkrant, which was an offshoot of Filmtheater Kriterion, under the direction of Huub Bals. [2] [3] In its original incarnation it provided cinema listings for the Kriterion theatre in Amsterdam. [3] It was published by Bals' Film International until March 1983, after which it was taken over by Stichting Fuurland with an increased focus on journalism including an expanded coverage of cinema releases, providing more background information on the industry, interviews and reviews with the first issue appearing in April. [4] Stichting Fuurland was founded by Jan Heijs, Henk Rabbers and Willem Oosterbeek and still publishes the Filmkrant. [3] Heijs remained the editor-in-chief until 1992. [2]

Dana Linssen was the editor-in-chief over 20 years until she stepped down in 2019, she was succeeded by Ronald Rovers. [5]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the physical version was temporarily suspended while the website remained online. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Bobo's & beeldbepalers". Filmkrant. August 27, 2012. Archived from the original on September 3, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Beerekamp, Hans (March 1, 2006). "Bruggenbouwer tussen wolven en slangen". Filmkrant. Archived from the original on February 9, 2025. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "De Filmkrant ruikt voor de honderdste keer naar een krant". Volkskrant . April 11, 1990. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Filmkrant". Trouw . February 24, 1983. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Wisseling van de wacht bij de Filmkrant". NBF. March 15, 2019. Archived from the original on July 27, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  6. ↑ Moll, Maarten (April 8, 2020). "De Filmkrant tijdens de coronacrisis: hoop op nieuwe films online". Filmkrant. Archived from the original on April 9, 2020. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
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