We decided to make summary/review of this year. 2011 has been an amazing year for Carice. With only one movie actually being released this year (“Black Butterflies”) we were afraid it was going to be a quiet year. But luckily it turned out this was not going to be the case. Carice has been busy promoting “Intruders” as well. With over 50+ news post Carice showed us she had been busy in 2011.

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HBO released a new video a few weeks ago that gives us a behind the scenes look of the second season of the acclaimed “Games of Thrones“. We also get a glimpse of Carice as Melisandre around the 0:15 mark.

One of Carice’s first feature films is getting a release in English. The film is originally a dutch movie, but it will be in english when they are releasing it in the US. It’s still on of our favorites, so be sure to catch it in theaters if you can.

The movie will hit selected theaters in New York and Chicago on December 23 and you can watch the high definition trailer over here. For more information go to the official website.

This utterly charming classic family film tells the tale of Miss Minoes, a cat who is transformed into a young woman (Carice van Houten) and befriends Tibbe (Theo Maassen), a shy bumbling cub reporter for the local newspaper. Miss Minoes, still recognized as a cat by the neighborhood felines despite her new appearance, organizes them into a news-gathering service and helps Tibbe become a star reporter. He soon turns investigative and discovers that the popular chairman of the “Club For Friends of Animals” and boss of a nearby factory has evil plans…

Exciting casting news for “Jackie” and be sure to follow Carice @caricevhouten because she recently flew to New Mexico to film the movie.

Antoinette Beumer to direct Dutch road movie, which begins shooting on Monday in New Mexico.
AMSTERDAM – Oscar-winner Holly Hunter (The Piano) has signed on to play one of the leading roles in Jackie, a Dutch road movie from director Antoinette Beumer.

The film follows Dutch twin sisters who travel to America to look for their long-lost mother, played by Hunter. The siblings are played by real-life sisters Carice van Houten (Blackbook) and Jelka van Houten (The Domino Effect).

Beumer, whose own sister is X-Men star Famke Janssen, is an established director of mainstream features in the Netherlands. Her last two films – the thriller Loft and the romantic comedy The Happy Housewife, the latter also starred Carice van Houten, were local box office hits.

Jackie begins shooting on Monday in New Mexico. Dutch-based Eyeworks is producing and eying a May 17, 2011 release in the Netherlands.
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Bavaria Film International has closed a host of dals for Paula van der Oest’s Black Butterflies, including a US/Canada deal with Tribeca Enterprises.

The film is a drama starring Carice van Houten, Liam Cunningham and Rutger Hauer in the story of South African poet Ingrid Jonker.

Other key sales are to France (Zootrope), Middle East (Shooting Stars), CIS (Carmen), Brazil (Imovision), Latin America (HBO), Hong Kong (Edko), Colombia (Babilla), Mexico (Cinemas Nueva Era), Switzerland (Frenetic), Scandinavian (Future Film), Taiwan (Swallow Wings).

There is also buyer interest from Germany, the UK and other territories, Bavaria noted.

The film recently won three Dutch Film Awards including Best Picture and Best Actress.

“Black Butterflies has fulfilled all our expectations and has proven our collaboration with Dutch producers Frans van Gestel and Arnold Heslenfeld and their co-producing partners to be a very valuable one. Paula’s direction makes this film stand as an example of high quality filmmaking with ambition while still aiming to reach out to a broad audience,” stated Thorsten Ritter, Head of Bavaria Film International.

Black Butterflies is produced by Frans van Gestel (IDTV Film), Richard Claus (Cool Beans, Comet Film), Michael Auret (Spier Films) and Arry Voorsmit (Riba Film International). The production was supported by The Netherlands Film Fund, The Cobo Fund, NTR, and the Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa.

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Carice attended the dutch film festival opening gala which premiered the dutch movie “De Bende van Oss” on September 21st. We added the first photos we could find in our gallery. Stay tuned for more updates coming in the next few days!

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Public Appearances > 2011 > September 21st: Dutch Film Festival – De Bende van Oss Premiere

The dutch media is reporting that Carice and her sister Jelka van Houten are both starring in the upcoming dutch movie “Jackie” directed by Antoinette Beumer who also directed “The Happy Housewife” (De Gelukkige huisvrouw).

“Jackie” tells the story of two sisters who go on a road trip to America to find their mother who they didn’t see for 30 years. They are raised by two men and they go on a road trip to the States with their mother. The movie is a drama comedy and will be shot late 2011. (Source)

We just added the first released photos of Carice during yesterday’s ‘Gouden Kalf’ award ceremony. Like we updated before Carice won her 5th ‘Gouden Kalf’ yesterday for her role in “Black Butterflies“. She looked stunning and we are still so happy she won again.

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September 30th: Dutch Film Festival – Award Show