Topkapi Films was founded this year by Frans van Gestel and Arnold Heslenfeld, former producers of IDTV Film that originated four years ago by the merger of Motel Films and IDTV. Frans van Gestel produced, first by himself and later with Arnold Heslenfeld, films such as THE MAGICIANS, JOY (Dutch Film Award best film 2010), BLACK BUTTERFLIES (Dutch Film Award best film 2011), CODE BLUE and recently THE HEINEKEN KIDNAPPING. In the area of drama they are responsible in part for series such as
