Crystal Film

Crystal Film
Awarded for Box office achievements
Presented by Netherlands Film Festival
Netherlands Film Fund
Country Netherlands
First awarded June 21, 2005
Official website http://www.kristallenfilm.nl/

The Crystal Film (Dutch: Kristallen Film) is a film award recognising domestic box office achievements in the Netherlands. The Crystal Film is awarded to documentary films from the Netherlands once they have sold 10,000 tickets. The award is an initiative of the Netherlands Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Fund to increase media attention for Dutch documentary films, in addition to the existing Golden Film and Platinum Film for Dutch films in general.[1] They announced the introduction of the Crystal Film on April 28, 2005.[2] The first Crystal Film was awarded on June 21, 2005 to Shape of the Moon (2004). Every year, two Crystal Films have been awarded.[i] Since its introduction, the Crystal Film has been awarded to six films.[i]

Crystal Film for 10,000 tickets sold
Year # Film Release date Crystal Film
2005 1 Shape of the Moon January 6, 2005[3] June 21, 2005[4]
2 Souls of Naples August 18, 2005[5] December 21, 2005[5]
2006 3 Buddha's Lost Children September 7, 2006[6] September 25, 2006[7]
4 Forever October 12, 2006[8] November 23, 2006[9]
2007 5 4 Elements November 30, 2006[10] January 10, 2007[11]
6 Goud October 4, 2007[12] October 17, 2007[13]

Notes

  • i As of October 17, 2007.

References

  1. ^ (Dutch) "Kristallen film voor filmdocumentaire Buddha's Lost Children" (Press release). Netherlands Film Festival. 2006-09-25. http://www.filmfestival.nl/index.php?id=530. Retrieved 2007-01-01. 
  2. ^ (Dutch) Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (2005-04-28). "Nieuwe prijs voor Nederlandse documentaires". Cinema.nl. http://www.cinema.nl/artikelen/2162530/nieuwe-prijs-voor-nederlandse-documentaires. Retrieved 2008-06-13. 
  3. ^ (Dutch) "Stand van de Maan (2004)". www.film1.nl. 2005-01-06. http://www.film1.nl/films/14436-Stand-van-de-Maan.html. Retrieved 2008-06-12. 
  4. ^ (Dutch) "Stand van de Maan". www.filmfestival.nl. Netherlands Film Festival. 2005-06-21. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. http://web.archive.org/web/20071217144331/http://www.filmfestival.nl/index.php?id=1392. Retrieved 2008-06-13. 
  5. ^ a b (Dutch) "Zielen van Napels". www.filmfestival.nl. Netherlands Film Festival. 2008-08-18. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. http://web.archive.org/web/20071217144233/http://www.filmfestival.nl/index.php?id=1393. Retrieved 2008-06-12. 
  6. ^ (Dutch) "Buddha's Lost Children (2006)". www.film1.nl. http://www.film1.nl/films/20087-Buddhas-Lost-Children.html. Retrieved 2008-06-12. 
  7. ^ (Dutch) "Buddha's Lost Children". www.filmfestival.nl. Netherlands Film Festival. 2006-09-07. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. http://web.archive.org/web/20071217144418/http://www.filmfestival.nl/index.php?id=1394. Retrieved 2008-06-13. 
  8. ^ (Dutch) "Forever (2006)". www.film1.nl. http://www.film1.nl/films/20708-Forever.html. Retrieved 2008-06-12. 
  9. ^ (Dutch) "Forever". www.filmfestival.nl. Netherlands Film Festival. 2006-11-23. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. http://web.archive.org/web/20071217144536/http://www.filmfestival.nl/index.php?id=1395. Retrieved 2008-06-13. 
  10. ^ (Dutch) "4 Elements (2006)". www.film1.nl. http://www.film1.nl/films/21438-4-Elements.html. Retrieved 2008-06-12. 
  11. ^ (Dutch) "4 Elements". www.filmfestival.nl. Netherlands Film Festival. 2007-01-10. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. http://web.archive.org/web/20071217144114/http://www.filmfestival.nl/index.php?id=1396. Retrieved 2008-06-13. 
  12. ^ (Dutch) "Goud. Nieuws". www.gouddefilm.nl. http://www.gouddefilm.nl/goud/. Retrieved 2008-06-12. 
  13. ^ (Dutch) "Goud". www.filmfestival.nl. Netherlands Film Festival. 2007-10-17. http://www.filmfestival.nl/index.php?id=1390. Retrieved 2008-06-12. 

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 Film