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PLANK was chosen by a jury with 'the most respected and iconic minds in skateboarding', including C.R. Stecyk, Stacy Peralta, Grant Brittain, Fred Mortagne, Bryce Kanights, Ed Templeton, Ricki Bedenbaugh, Greg Hunt, Mike Manzoori, Jamie Thomas, Ty Evans and Geoff Rowley.

Watch PLANK HERE

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Out of 123 entries the Dutch public broadcasting corporations selected 12 plans for the new series of Telefilms. Next spring they will make the definitive choice for the 6 plans that will be broadcasted in 2012.

BLACK OUT will be produced by Hazazah Pictures in cooperation with Orange Film.

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A jury with 'the most respected and iconic minds in skateboarding', including C.R. Stecyk, Stacy Peralta, Grant Brittain, Fred Mortagne, Bryce Kanights, Ed Templeton, Ricki Bedenbaugh, Greg Hunt, Mike Manzoori, Jamie Thomas, Ty Evans and Geoff Rowley selected and nominated PLANK.

Watch the trailer HERE
Watch PLANK HERE

http://www.thelaskatefilmfestival.com/
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Watch an impression of the award ceremony HERE, click Impressionen ]]> Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:35:27 +0200 HERE.

PLANK screens at festivals across the world, among which the prestigious Oscar qualifying Aspen Shortsfest and Oberhausen Int'l Short Film Festival.

Watch the teaser HERE.]]> Mon, 17 May 2010 04:26:12 +0200
The 15-year-old Dutch-Moroccan Nassim is a skateboarder -- even though he is well aware that Moroccans are supposed to like soccer or kickboxing. "They just don't think it's cool," he explains, "When they think of skaters, they think of that Gothic shit and people with black nail polish." Now that his parents are divorced, Nassim lives with his mother and sisters. Things were "not cool" at home before his folks split. Watching old family videos, he talks about his relationship with his father: "He was more interested in teaching me a lesson than teaching me stuff." Because his father did not keep his word about paying for soccer, Nassim started skating -- it is free, after all, and you can do it anywhere. Nassim wants to become a pro-skater when he is older. School, a job, or his own family are low on his list, so every day he practices dangerous stunts with his skate buddies. "Skating is my springboard to another world." This is the first year that Nassim will not be joining his family on their annual vacation to Morocco. He is participating in big skating competitions, including the Grand Prix of Rotterdam. Nassim demonstrates his coolest moves, although it sometimes ends up causing him (and even the camera) physical damage. The film also features some remarkable competition footage and a soundtrack with everything from hip-hop to the folk rock of Cat Stevens.

For IDFA tickets go to: http://www.idfa.nl/

Watch the trailer HERE]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:28:31 +0100
In the United States, a poetry subculture has grown up around a group of young, mostly non-white spoken-word artists. Although the work they produce is widely diverse, it tends to have a strong affinity with contemporary social reality and urban culture. The poets' work is not aimed at a mass audience, and they perform in small clubs. Each of them has found his or her own way to focus the power of the spoken word. Spitting Ink is a portrait of some of these artists. Interviews and live performances are interspersed with images of the streets of New York -- not the orderly, well-to-do neighborhoods, but their lively and sometimes dilapidated backstreet counterparts, with their graffiti-covered walls, subway trains, and bars. Spoken-word artist Mike Ladd speaks about this poetry's origins and background (its roots in gospel and other forms) and about how it reached a turning point with the arrival of rap. Beau Sia creates poetry both to impress the girls and to rebut prejudices about his Asiatic roots; Celena Glenn only writes once a year, when her head is full to overflowing and dozens of poems suddenly stream out.

The SPITTING INK trailer can be watched HERE.]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:31:06 +0100
Fons celebrates his fiftieth birthday with a parachute jump. He is actually afraid, but Mike, his instructor, reassures him. While Fons is already tied up to him, Mike hears his girlfriend has left him for someone else. Mike sobs his heart out the whole flight. Fons gets the shock of his life when Mike shows suicidal tendencies during the jump.

From Sunday the 4th of October DROP DEAD! can be watched online HERE

DROP DEAD! t-shirts are available in a limited edition for 25 euro. Send an email to info@hazazah with your size and sex.

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Billy was invited by the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) to develop PLANK as part of Kids & Docs, an initiative of IDFA, Cinekid and the Media Fund. The documentary will be shown at IDFA and Cinekid and will be broadcasted on TV by the NPS.
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The premiere of the feature film at the Theatre National de Chaillot in Paris was attended by Bernard Kouchner, French Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Rama Yade, the French Secretary of State in charge for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights.

STORIES ON HUMAN RIGHTS participants have been selected for their strong artistic qualities and their deep interest towards the promotion of Human Rights : Marina Abramovic (Serbia/The Netherlands), Hany Abu-Assad (Palestine), Armagan Ballantyne (New Zeland), Sergei Bodrov (Russia), Charles De Meaux (France), Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster&Ange Leccia (France), Runa Islam (UK/Bangladesh), Francesco Jodice (Italy), Etgar Keret & Shira Geffen (Israel), Zhan Gke Jia (China), Murali Nair (India), Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso), Pipilotti Rist (Switzerland), Walter Salles e Daniela Thomas (Brazil), Saman Salour (Iran), Sarkis (France), Teresa Serrano (Mexico), Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritania), Pablo Trapero (Argentina), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand) and Jasmila Zbanic (Bosnia).

The movies have been shot in more than fifteen countries and languages. They will exist as single short movie and will also be presented all together in a feature film of eighty minutes, subtitled in the six official languages of the UN (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish). The film is accompanied by a book, published by Electa, that contains interviews with the film makers and the artists, still frames of the short movies and backstage pictures as well as contributions by twelve authors, including five Nobel prize winners, referring to the six themes of the Declaration: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Khaled Hosseini, Roberto Saviano, Naguib Mafuz, Elfriede Jelinek, Ruth Ozeki, José Saramago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Assia Djebar, Nuruddin Farah, Toni Morrison and Mo Yan.

From 2009, the short movies and the long feature will be screened around the world, especially in film festivals, cinemas, schools, museums and cultural institutions. They will also be broadcasted on the most important international TV channels.
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The jury, consisting of Joram Lürsen (director Alles is Liefde) Jochum ten Haaf (actor Vuurzee), Petra ten Brinke (Filmfonds) en Ben Willems (Filmmore) rewarded IMPASSE with a 10.000 euro cheque.

Watch IMPASSE HERE]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:42:14 +0100
The jury, consisting of Yaël Vinckx, Jonathan Rudnick en Nina Köll about IMPASSE: "To tell a simple story in a non-simplifying, subtle way is one of the most difficult things for a story-teller - IMPASSE is a beautiful example of exactly that. Intriguing and convincing characters, a clear, strong story line that still invites the viewer for interpretations, and the choice to avoid dialogue makes it a very strong film."

IMPASSE is part of STORIES ON HUMAN RIGHTS, a film produced by the World Cinema Foundation and the United Nations. This feature film, existing of 23 short films from directors as Hany Abu-Assad, Walter Salles and Sergei Bodrov, will have it's world premiere at the Berlinale 2009. For more info about the Stories On Human Rights project see www.art-for-the-world.com.

IMPASSE will also be shown at the 21st International Film Festival Tokyo (18-24th October).]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:44:49 +0200
The prize was awarded for the 6th time to the best graduation film of the Dutch audio visual academies, except for Amsterdam. Rob Lücker graduated from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht with this film, that was produced by Hazazah.

In SKODA two neighbours both lead a boring life, in spite of being each others opposites. When one of them wants to help the other, he gets a punch in the face. Yet in the end they prove to get along.

The Talent&Pro Award jury on SKODA: 'In this film every shot was like a painting. Every scene is just right in timing, image and action.'

The winner receives 2.500 euro. The Talent&Pro Award aims to stimulate young talents in their further career in the film industry.

Watch trailer SKODA

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Besides OH, DEER, Arne's television film HOU HOLLAND SCHOON and the video clip JUICED will be shown at the Dutch Film Festival.]]> Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:47:26 +0200
The award, accompanied by a richly illustrated letter from Hans Brinker himself, was presented to Burton by way of thanking him for his inspiring work and to arouse his interest in the feature film project BRINKER.
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Watch Milah and the commercial]]> Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:51:39 +0200
PARADISE NOW from director Hany Abu Assad and producer Bero Beyer was showered with prizes:
nomination Oscar Best Foreign Language Film / Academy Awards
winner Golden Globe Best Foreign Language Film / Golden Globes
winner Blue Angel, Amnesty International Film Prize, Audience Award and nomination Golden Berlin Bear / Berlin International Film Festival
winner European Film Award Best Screenwriter / European Film Awards
winner Golden Calf Best Editing, Golden Calf Best Film and nomination Golden Calf Best Director, Golden Calf Best Screenplay, Dutch Critics Award / Nederlands Film Festival
nomination Silver Condor Best Foreign Film / Argentinian Film Critics Association Awards
nomination Critics Choice Award Best Foreign Language Film / Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
winner DFWFCA Award Best Foreign Language Film / Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
third prize Emden Film Award / Emden International Film Festival
nomination Gold Film Award Best Screenplay and Outstanding Feature Film / German Film Awards
winner Golden Trailer Best Foreign Dramatic Trailer / Golden Trailer Awards
winner Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film / Independent Spirit Awards
winner NBR Award Best Foreign Language Film / National Board of Review, USA
winner VFCC Award Best Foreign Film / Vancouver Film Critics Circle

Official Movie Site]]> Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:53:25 +0200