Golden Calf for Best Feature Film
The following is a list of winners of the Golden Calf for best long feature film at the NFF. [1]
| Year | Film | Original title | Language | Recipients |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | The Mark of the Beast | Het teken van het beest | Dutch | Pieter Verhoeff |
| 1982 | A Question of Silence | De stilte rond Christine M. | Dutch | Marleen Gorris |
| 1983 | Hans, Life Before Death | Hans: Het leven voor de dood | Dutch | Louis van Gasteren |
| 1984 | The Illusionist | De illusionist | None | Jos Stelling |
| 1985 | Flesh and Blood | Flesh+Blood | English | |
| 1986 | Abel | Abel | Dutch | & Dick Maas |
| 1987 | Bygones | Vroeger is dood | Dutch | |
| 1988 | The Vanishing | Spoorloos | Dutch & French | George Sluizer & |
| 1989 | Secret Wedding | Boda Secreta | Spanish | & |
| 1990 | Evenings | De avonden | Dutch | & |
| 1991 | Prospero's Books | Prospero's Books | English | |
| 1992 | Kyodai Makes the Big Time | Kyodai Makes the Big Time | English | Aryan Kaganof |
| 1993 | The Little Blonde Death | De kleine blonde dood | Dutch | Rob Houwer |
| 1994 | 1000 Roses | 1000 Rosen | Dutch | Matthijs van Heijningen |
| 1995 | Little Sister | Zusje | Dutch | & Robert Jan Westdijk |
| 1996 | Long Live the Queen | Lang leve de koningin | Dutch | & Dick Maas |
| 1997 | Character | Karakter | Dutch | |
| 1998 | Felice...Felice... | Felice…Felice… | Dutch & Japanese | & |
| 1999 | The Flying Liftboy | Abeltje | Dutch | Burny Bos |
| 2000 | Leak | Lek | Dutch | & Jean van de Velde |
| 2001 | The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time | Nynke | West Frisian & Dutch | Hans de Wolf & Hans de Weers |
| 2002 | Undercover Kitty | Minoes | Dutch | Burny Bos |
| 2003 | Twin Sisters | De tweeling | Dutch & German | Hanneke Niens & Anton Smit |
| 2004 | Simon | Simon | Dutch | |
| 2005 | Paradise Now | الجنّة الآن | Arabic | Bero Beyer |
| 2006 | Black Book | Zwartboek | Dutch & German | San Fu Maltha, , & Jeroen Beker |
| 2007 | Crusade in Jeans | Kruistocht in spijkerbroek | English | |
| 2008 | Love is All | Alles is liefde | Dutch | Jeroen Beker, , San Fu Maltha & |
| 2009 | Nothing Personal | Nothing Personal | English | & |
| 2010 | Joy | Joy | Dutch | & Jeroen Beker |
| 2011 | Black Butterflies | Black Butterflies | English | , , & |
| 2012 | The Girl and Death | Het meisje en de dood | Russian, German & French | Jos Stelling |
| 2013 | Borgman | Borgman | Dutch | |
| 2014 | How to Avoid Everything | Aanmodderfakker | Dutch | , & Pieter Kuijpers |
| 2015 | Son of Mine | Gluckauf | Limburgish | & |
| 2016 | The Paradise Suite | The Paradise Suite | English, French, Bosnian, Swedish, Bulgarian, Serbian & Dutch | & Jeroen Beker |
| 2017 | Brimstone | Brimstone | English | Martin Koolhoven |
| 2018 | The Resistance Banker | Bankier van het verzet | Dutch & German | , & |
| 2019 | Dirty God | Dirty God | English | |
| 2020 | Buladó | Buladó | Papiamento | & |
| 2021 | The Judgement | De veroordeling | Dutch | & |
Trivia[]
- 13 former "best feature film"-winners where the Dutch submission for the Academy Award for Best International Film, including Oscar-nominee Twin Sisters and Oscar-winner Character. The other two Dutch Oscar-winners, The Assault and Antonia's Line, didn't win the Golden Calf for Best Feature Film. Oscar-nominee Paradise Now from Dutch-Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad was submitted by Palestine.
- Hans, Life Before Death is so far the only Documentary-film to ever win this prize. According to the "Jaarboek film 1984" by , this was a compromise choice when the Golden Calf-jury and organizers of the Netherlands Film Festival didn't agree on the final winner.
- Most of the films that won are predominantly Dutch or English spoken. However it has happened three times that a film won in one of the minority languages spoken in the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Nynke in West Frisian, Son of Mine in Limburgish and Buladó in Papiamento.
- Ben Sombogaart is the only director who directed three of the winning films. Joram Lursen, Jos Stelling, Jean van de Velde, Alex van Warmerdam, Pieter Verhoeff and Paul Verhoeven all directed two.
See also[]
List of Dutch submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References[]
Sources[]
- Golden Calf Awards (Dutch)
- NFF Website
Categories:
- Golden Calf (award)
- Awards for best film