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Léon: The Professional in 4K — with one of the people who mixed it.
In January 2026 the DFSA brought French re-recording mixer Bruno Tarrière from Paris to Amsterdam. At the newly opened Vue Cinema in the Houthavens we watched the 4K restoration of Besson's 1994 classic, a film Bruno worked on himself. Afterwards Dutch re-recording mixer Jan Willem van den Brink sat down with him to talk about his career and his approach to the craft.
Edited for length and clarity; some film clips were removed or shortened for licensing reasons.
Thanks to the DFSA and its sponsors, Gaumont and Vue Houthavens — and above all to Jan Willem and Bruno.

Geen lange interviews dit keer, maar een ongefilterde duik in de tas met trucs van collega's.
Aline en Lennart vroegen vakgenoten naar de plugin, de shortcut of de workflow waar ze niet meer zonder kunnen. In deel 1: dialoog zijdezacht maken, audio reconstructie, een m&e-mix-hack, extreme pitch-shifting, en immersieve werelden bouwen uit duizenden fragmenten. Plus: waarom je eigen kompas belangrijker is dan ooit in een wereld vol AI-muziekgeneratoren.
Dank aan Arno Willemstein, Benjamin Braasem, Mark Meeuwis, Huibert Boon en Max van den Oever voor het delen van hun kennis.
Heb jij zelf een hack? Wat ons betreft kan de kist voller. Mail ons of ga naar klankmakers.nl en help mee aan deel 2.

The Garden of Earthly Delights by Morgan Knibbe won the Gouden Kalf for best sound design at the 2025 Netherlands Film Festival. Every year the DFSA marks that award with an evening for its members: this is the recording of that night.
Aline spoke with sound designer Vincent Sinceretti and sound recordist Taco Drijfhout about the film's soundscape: how they built it, and the technical and creative choices behind it. The enthusiasm in the room made one thing clear. There's an appetite for more sessions where technique, creativity and result come together.
Thanks to the DFSA, Posta Vermaas and Fair CBO for making this broadcast possible.

Hearing connects us to the world three-dimensionally and emotionally. We hear in 360°, through obstacles, in the dark, even while we're asleep. Lose it, and your sense of presence and your grasp of your surroundings shrink dramatically.
As audio professionals we use sound to tell stories, to enrich images, and to draw an audience in. That sound takes many forms, linear or non-linear, in mono, stereo, surround, spatial and everything between.
Today we discuss a form we sort of knew, but never had a name for: Audio Augmented Reality. Our guest Matias Harju is so deep into this field that he wrote a book about it, Audio Augmented Reality: Concepts, Technologies and Narratives. Far too much for one episode, so we dip our toes in and talk mostly about what you can actually do with it.

Fearless Sounds in Game and Film.
Watson Wu en Glen Gathard laten zien hoe vernieuwend, origineel en gedurfd geluid een verhaal compleet kan transformeren. Van explosieve achtervolgingen tot spookachtige stiltes: hoe soundscapes een verhaal niet alleen ondersteunen, maar uitdagen, verdiepen en verrassen.
Met credits als Baby Driver, Mufasa: The Lion King, Bohemian Rhapsody, Peaky Blinders, Ex Machina en Death Stranding 2 tonen ze hoe je geluid inzet als volwaardig vertelmiddel in film, tv en games.
Dank aan Watson, Glen, het NFF, Fair CBO en de DFSA.
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Fearless Sounds in Game and Film. Two renowned experts, Watson Wu and Glen Gathard, share how innovative, original and daring sound can transform a story. From explosive chases to haunting silences: how soundscapes challenge, deepen and surprise. With credits including Baby Driver, Mufasa: The Lion King, Bohemian Rhapsody, Peaky Blinders, Ex Machina and Death Stranding 2. Thanks to Watson, Glen, the NFF, Fair CBO and the DFSA.