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Netherlands Film Festival 
Logo of the Netherlands Film FestivalLocation Utrecht, Netherlands Language Dutch Official website The Netherlands Film Festival (Dutch: Nederlands Film Festival) is an annual film festival, held in September and October of each year in the city of Utrecht.
During the ten-day festival, all Dutch film productions of the previous year are exhibited. Besides feature films, the program also consists of short subjects, documentary films, and television productions. On the closing evening of the festival, the Golden Calves are awarded to the best films, directors, and actors.
Together with the Netherlands Film Fund, the festival also recognises box office results of Dutch film productions during the year with the Crystal Film (10,000 visitors of documentary films), the Golden Film (100,000 visitors), the Platinum Film (400,000 visitors), and the Diamond Film (1,000,000 visitors).[1]
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History
The Netherlands Film Festival was founded in 1982 by the Dutch film maker Jos Stelling, who called it the "Netherlands Film Days" (Nederlandse Filmdagen). Initially the festival was oriented towards film makers only, but it gradually reached a broader audience.
The 25th edition of the festival, in 2005, attracted more than 100.000 visitors.
Special guests
Since 1992, the festival organisation invites a special guest, usually a respected director or actor in the Dutch film business.
- 1992: Paul Schrader
- 1993: Krzysztof Zanussi
- 1994: Rutger Hauer
- 1995: Nouchka van Brakel
- 1996: Jan de Hartog
- 1997: Monique van de Ven
- 1998: First Floor Features
- 1999: ?
- 2000: Heddy Honigmann
- 2001: Renée Soutendijk
- 2002: Pieter Verhoeff
- 2003: Jan Decleir
- 2004: Jean van de Velde
- 2005: Jos Stelling
- 2006: Johanna ter Steege
- 2007: Burny Bos
- 2008: Monic Hendrickx
Awards
Besides the Golden Calves the Festival also has its own special awards.
- Dutch Film Critics award
- Award of the city Utrecht
- Tuschinski Award (former Cannon City Prize)
- Talent & Pro Student Award
- NPS Award for best short film
- Teen Award
- Cinema.nl Award (former Skrien Afficheprijs)
- Grolsch Film Award
References
- ^ "Gouden, Platina, Diamanten en Kristallen Film". www.filmfestival.nl. Netherlands Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2007-06-17. http://web.archive.org/web/20070617005024/http://www.filmfestival.nl/index.php?id=1251. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
External links
Film awards in the Netherlands Golden Calf (NFF) • Golden Onion • Joris Ivens Award (IDFA) • Tiger Award (IFFR)
Crystal Film • Golden Film (list) • Platinum Film (list) • Diamond FilmCategories:- Film festivals in the Netherlands
- Recurring events established in 1982
- Utrecht (province)
- Golden Calf award
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