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Documentary about composer Simeon ten Holt to be released in the Dutch cinemas in January

Canto Ostinato can rightly be called one of the most beautiful compositions by a Dutchman. Simeon ten Holt was his name, the composer who lived most of his life in his native Bergen where he passed away in 2012. The Canto is of course his most famous work, but he...

Première Descartes in Egmond – Extended Version

The work of René Descartes is probably familiar to most people. His statement “I think therefore I am” has, in a sense, determined the course of the history. However, not much is known about his private life, especially his time in Egmond. For who knows that he not...

That Pärt Feeling to be distributed internationally by ORF Content Sales International

  The Austrian distributor ORF Content Sales International has acquired the rights to distrubute That Pärt Feeling internationally. ORF is an international distributor with a catalogue of highly qualitative films and we are very pleased to work with them and we...

Painting of young Simeon by his father Henri ten Holt, 1939.

Cello Octet Amsterdam performing Summa by Arvo Pärt for the ballet of the same name. © Paul Hegeman Productions

COMPLETED: DESCARTES IN EGMOND

Through the approaches of a novelist, a philosopher and two historians, all interviewed in the beautiful natural and historical surroundings of Egmond, the life and work of René Descartes is deconstructed during his stay in Egmond in The Netherlands. A new and lively perspective on the life and thought of the French philosopher.

Statue of René Descartes in Egmond © Paul Hegeman Productions