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 .
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20-480: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Netherlands Film Festival During the ten-day festival, Dutch film productions and co-productions 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
30-588: Is sinful to worship it." In 1995 Rijk de Gooyer threw his Golden Calf statuette on the street in the reality TV series Taxi (the Dutch version of Taxicab Confessions ), when he was picked up by a taxi after a dissatisfying closing ceremony at the Netherlands Film Festival . In 1999 he let Maarten Spanjer , the host of Taxi , throw his Golden Calf for Scratches in the Table out of
40-484: 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 36th edition of the festival, in 2016, attracted more than 150,000 visitors. In 2007, the festival presented their Canon of Dutch Cinema, ( Canon van de Nederlandse Film ), containing sixteen monumental films in Dutch film history. The list included
50-540: 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), Golden Film (100,000 visitors), Platinum Film (400,000 visitors), and Diamond Film (1,000,000 visitors). The Netherlands Film Festival was founded in 1981 by
60-628: The categories Best Photography , Best Montage , Best Music , Best Production Design , Best Sound Design were added. Famous Dutch film makers and actors that have won a Golden Calf include Rutger Hauer , Louis van Gasteren , Paul Verhoeven , Eddy Terstall , Carice van Houten , Felix de Rooy , Fons Rademakers , Martin Koolhoven , Alex van Warmerdam , Fedja van Huêt , Jean van de Velde , Pim de la Parra , Dick Maas , Marleen Gorris , Ian Kerkhof , Jeroen Krabbé , Monic Hendrickx , Rijk de Gooyer , Marwan Kenzari and Steve McQueen . On
70-750: The following films: Since 1992, the festival organisation invites a special guest, usually a respected director or actor in the Dutch film business. Besides the Golden Calves the Festival also has its own special awards. Golden Calf (award) The Golden Calf ( Dutch : Gouden Kalf ) is the award of the Netherlands Film Festival , which is held annually in Utrecht . The award has been presented since 1981, originally in six categories: Best Actor , Best Actress , Best Feature Film , Best Short Film, Culture Prize and Honourable mention. In 2004, there were 16 award categories, mainly because in 2003
80-653: The largest correctional services union in Norway Other uses [ edit ] No fault found , used by engineers when responding to written fault reports Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title NFF . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NFF&oldid=1114605581 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
90-776: The one hand, the name refers to an animal as is common in names of European film awards, such as the Golden Bear of the Berlin Film Festival and the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival -- cattle being one of the most common types of livestock in the Netherlands. On the other hand, the name of the award also refers to the book of Exodus in the Bible , where a golden statue of a calf
100-595: Was made by Aaron , which was later destroyed by Moses because God prohibits worshipping anything other than the One, True God. Jury member in 2002 Martin Koolhoven says the Dutch Calvinist culture is more relativizing than proud: "This is why the Golden Calf is such a good prize, because of the wink that is included. Other countries have golden lions and golden bears. We have a golden calf and after all it
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