Golden Film
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The Golden Film (Dutch: Gouden Film) is a film award recognising domestic box office achievements in the Netherlands. The Golden Film is awarded to Dutch film productions for the first 100,000 tickets sold. The award is an initiative by the Netherlands Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Fund to increase media attention for Dutch film productions. Critics of the award say that films selling as few tickets as the number needed to receive the Golden Film are not successful.
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[edit] Background
The Golden Film is an initiative by the Netherlands Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Fund with the support of Film Investors Netherlands. The initiators wish to create more awareness for Dutch film productions in the Netherlands. It should bring good news about a film when the media attention for the film's release has stopped. The award is similar to the Golden Record already existing for the music industry in the Netherlands.[1] The Golden Film was introduced on September 4, 2001 as an award for the first 75,000 visitors of a Dutch film production, together with the Platinum Film for the first 200,000 visitors. The initiators use the terms number of visitors and tickets sold interchangeably.[2] The number of visitors is based on box office information provided by the Netherlands Association of Film Distributors and the distributor of the particular film.[3]
During the first years of the award, the public interest for Dutch film productions in the Netherlands increased. Within one and a half years a total of ten Golden Films were awarded. In 2003 the condition for the award was changed, according to the Netherlands Film Fund, to continue to stimulate the Dutch film industry. For all films released after January 1, 2003, the Golden Film would be awarded for the first 100,000 visitors and the Platinum Film for 400,000 visitors.[2] In 2005 the Crystal Film was introduced to award the first 10,000 visitors of a documentary film.[4]
The film Black Book (2006) received the Golden Film within four days after its release, which was at that time the shortest period for a film to receive the award.[5]
[edit] The Golden Film trophy
The Golden Film trophy is made from milled wood[6] and contains a still from the receiving film.[4] For each receiving film, one trophy is awarded to the producer and one trophy to the director, who are together representing the film crew. Sometimes a producer asks for an extra trophy to be awarded to the lead actors, representing the cast, or the screenwriter.[2]
[edit] Response to the award
Some people respond to the Golden Film by saying that films selling as few tickets as the number needed to receive the Golden Film are not successful. In 2002, Ronald Ockhuysen wrote in a column about the Golden Film: "A good idea – in itself. (...) 'A positive signal towards the people.' However it is doubtful that the mass grasps the signal. 75 thousand visitors is something meager, something poor. Especially when a film, like Full Moon Party, is made only for the mass. Johan Nijenhuis, the director of Full Moon Party, admitted outright that he sees only 300 thousand visitors as a failure."[1] Dutch film producer Rob Houwer thinks the Golden Film is the prize for a flop. In 2005, when the condition for the award had already been increased from 75,000 to 100,000 visitors, he said in an interview: "It is really nothing at all. A failure. Only from 350,000 cinema tickets sold it starts to look like something for a producer. It is incomprehensible that the media report about this prize. Why does everybody accept this nonsense?"[7]
[edit] List of awarded films
[edit] 2001
In 2001 the Golden Film for 75,000 visitors was awarded to these films:[8]
- I Love You Too (September 28)
- The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time (October 11)
- The Discovery of Heaven (November 7)
- Undercover Kitty (December 27)
[edit] 2002
In 2002 the Golden Film for 75,000 visitors was awarded to these films:[9]
- Oysters at Nam Kee's (September 30)
- Full Moon Party (October 15)
- Yes Nurse! No Nurse! (October 15)
- Loonies (October 30)
- Peter Bell (November 27)
- Twin Sisters (December 30)
[edit] 2003
In 2003 the Golden Film for 100,000 visitors was awarded to these films:[10]
- Love to Love (March 31)
- Godforsaken (May 12)
- De Schippers van de Kameleon (July 2)
- Phileine Says Sorry (October 19)
- Pipo en de p-p-Parelridder (December 23)
- Peter Bell II: The Hunt For The Czar Crown (December 29)
[edit] 2004
In 2004 the Golden Film for 100,000 visitors was awarded to these films:[11]
- Cloaca (January 9)
- Hush Hush Baby (February 8)
- Father's Affair (March 24)
- Polleke (March 24)
- In Oranje (May 19)
- Alice in Glamourland (October 11)
- The Preacher (October 11)
- Simon (November 24)
- Tow Truck Pluck (December 3)
[edit] 2005
In 2005 the Golden Film for 100,000 visitors was awarded to these films:[12]
- Floris (January 7)
- Erik of het klein insectenboek (January 26)
- Too Fat Too Furious (February 16)
- Lepel (February 22)
- Kameleon 2 (July 8)
- Zoop in Africa (July 25)
- Schnitzel Paradise (September 19)
- Winky's Horse (October 26)
[edit] 2006
In 2006 the Golden Film for 100,000 visitors was awarded to these films:[13]
- Gruesome School Trip (January 2)
- Zoop in India (July 26)
- Black Book (September 18)
- Keep Off (October 18)
- Crusade in Jeans (November 27)
[edit] 2007
In 2007 the Golden Film for 100,000 visitors was awarded to this film:[14]
- 'n Beetje verliefd (January 15)
- Waiter (January 26)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Ockhuysen, Ronald (2002-10-24). Nederlandse film viert feest. Cinema.nl. Retrieved on January 12, 2007. (Dutch)
- ^ a b c Netherlands Film Fund (2003-03-11). Nieuwe voorwaarden Gouden en Platina Film. Press release. Retrieved on 2005-12-25. (Dutch)
The Netherlands Film Festival explained the ambiguous press release and stated in an email: "Each time in principle two trophies are awarded, one to the producer and one to the director. It happened some times that the producer asks to make extra trophies for example for the actors or the screenwriter." - ^ De Kristallen Film, Gouden Film en Platina Film. www.goudenfilm.nl. Retrieved on December 25, 2006. (Dutch)
- ^ a b Nieuwe prijs voor Nederlandse documentaires. Cinema.nl (2005-04-28). Retrieved on January 11, 2007. (Dutch)
- ^ Gouden Film voor Zwartboek. filmfocus.nl (2006-09-18). Retrieved on December 25, 2006. (Dutch)
- ^ Cnc freeswerk. Speravi. Retrieved on January 13, 2007. (Dutch)
- ^ Ekker, Jan Pieter; Ockhuysen, Ronald (2005-10-20). 'Ik ben de trait-d'union'. Cinema.nl. Retrieved on January 11, 2007. (Dutch)
- ^ Golden and Platin Film, Netherlands: 2001. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on December 25, 2006.
- ^ Golden and Platin Film, Netherlands: 2002. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on December 25, 2006.
- ^ Golden and Platin Film, Netherlands: 2003. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on December 25, 2006.
- ^ Golden and Platin Film, Netherlands: 2004. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on December 25, 2006.
- ^ Golden and Platin Film, Netherlands: 2005. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on December 25, 2006.
- ^ Golden and Platin Film, Netherlands: 2006. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on December 25, 2006.
- ^ Gouden Film voor 'n Beetje verliefd. goudenfilm.nl (2007-01-15). Retrieved on January 19, 2007.
[edit] External links
- Gouden Film (Dutch)
- Golden and Platin Film Netherlands at the Internet Movie Database
Golden Calf (NFF) • Joris Ivens Award (IDFA) • Tiger Award (IFFR)
Crystal Film • Golden Film • Platinum Film • Diamond Film
