Golden Film
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The Golden Film is a film
award
recognizing domestic box office
achievements in the Netherlands
. The Golden Film is awarded to films from the Netherlands once they have sold . The award is an initiative by the Netherlands Film Festival
and the Netherlands Film Fund
to increase media attention for Dutch
films. For each awarded film there is one trophy
for the film crew
and another for the film cast
.
When the Golden Film was introduced in 2001, it was awarded to films once they had sold . In the following years, the public's interest in Dutch films in the Netherlands had increased. In 2003, the audience criterion was increased to in an effort to further stimulate the Dutch film industry
. Since its introduction, the Golden Film has been awarded to 62 films.
While the cast and crew have considered their receiving films to be successful, critics have said that films that sold only or cannot be considered a commercial success. For this reason the fact that Dutch newspapers report about this award is also criticized.
from the Netherlands
once it has sold tickets in the Netherlands during the original cinema circulation. The number of tickets sold is based on box office
information provided by the film's distributor
and the Netherlands Association of Film Distributors
. After a film is awarded the Golden Film, it can receive a Platinum Film
after it sells and a Diamond Film
after it sells . In addition to these awards, there is the Crystal Film
, which is awarded to documentary film
s that sell more than
The Golden Film is an initiative by the Netherlands Film Festival
and the government-subsidized Netherlands Film Fund
, with the support of Film Investors Netherlands
, to increase the public's awareness of Dutch
films in the Netherlands. The Golden Film recognises box office achievements to encourage positive publicity for a film after the initial media attention surrounding its release has begun to wane. The award is similar to the Dutch music industry's Golden Record, that is awarded after selling 40,000 singles, 35,000 popular music albums, or 15,000 classical music albums.
The Golden Film awards are presented during small press ceremonies throughout the year and shortly after a film has reached the audience criterion. The trophies are presented by the director of the Netherlands Film Festival or sometimes by a member of the crew or cast of the film itself. Two trophies are presented for each film: one to the film crew
, represented by the producer
and the director
, and the other to the cast of the film
, represented by the lead actor
s.
The trophy was designed by Jeroen Tirion and consists of a thick square frame, containing a film frame
of the awarded movie. The outer frame is made of milled
wood
, which has a plate attached to it, on the first line inscribed with the text "Gouden Film", three squares, and the year, and on the second line with the film's title.
was introduced at the same moment, for films with paying audiences of 200,000 or more. The first Golden Film was awarded on September 28, 2001 to I Love You Too
(2001), and by the end of 2002 a total of 10 Golden Films had been awarded.
Within 18 months of the award's introduction, the public's interest in Dutch films in the Netherlands had increased. The audience for Dutch films as a percentage of the total cinema audience in the Netherlands was 5.5% in 1999 and 5.9% in 2000. In 2001, the year of the award's introduction, audiences increased to 9.5%. And in 2002, the audience for Dutch films further increased to 10.5%.
In 2003, the criterion for the award was changed in an effort to further stimulate the Dutch film industry. Films released after January 1, 2003 had to reach paying audiences of 100,000 to qualify for the Golden Film and 400,000 for the Platinum Film. All films that had received a Golden Film before 2003 would also have received a Golden Film under the new criterion. From 2003 until 2007, the percentage of cinema visitors in the Netherlands who watched a Dutch film was between 9.20% and 13.4%.
Since its introduction, the Golden Film has been awarded to 62 films. In 2008, fourteen films were awarded the Golden Film, the highest number to have received the award in a single year. Most of the films that are awarded the Golden Film have taken a week or more to reach the target audience figure. Only Full Moon Party
(2002) and Black Book (2006) have reached the criterion, for respectively 75,000 and , during their opening weekends.
said, when Schnitzel Paradise
(2005) received the award, that he did not expect his film to be such a success. Schnitzel Paradise was his first commercially successful film. Fifteen-year-old Sem Veeger, lead actress in the film Keep Off
(2006), said she knew that many people had seen the film, but she did not expect it to receive a Golden Film.
Critics of the award have said that films which have sold only 75,000 or cannot be considered commercially successful. In 2002, film journalist Ronald Ockhuysen said about the Golden Film:
Ockhuysen also wrote that the Golden Film is a "child of our time" because it tries to reduce the value of a film to its commercial success, and it is supporting films that already have large publicity budgets instead of smaller and more vulnerable productions. Film producer Rob Houwer
has said that he believes the Golden Film is the prize for a commercial flop
. In 2005, when the criterion for the award had already been increased from 75,000 to 100,000 visitors, he said in an interview:
Dutch newspapers, such as Algemeen Dagblad
, De Telegraaf
, and NRC Handelsblad
, have reported about films receiving the Golden Film. When the film De Scheepsjongens van Bontekoe
(2007) had drawn to the cinema, the Dutch news agency Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau
said the film had reached "the magical threshold of 100,000".
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
award
Award
An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signifiedby trophies, titles, certificates, commemorative plaques, medals, badges, pins, or ribbons...
recognizing domestic box office
Box office
A box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through an unblocked hole through a wall or window, or at a wicket....
achievements in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. The Golden Film is awarded to films from the Netherlands once they have sold . The award is an initiative by the Netherlands Film Festival
Netherlands Film Festival
The Netherlands 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...
and the Netherlands Film Fund
Netherlands Film Fund
The Netherlands Film Fund is a subsidy fund for Dutch film productions and was founded in 1993. The Netherlands Film Fund is itself mainly subsidized by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science...
to increase media attention for Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
films. For each awarded film there is one trophy
Trophy
A trophy is a reward for a specific achievement, and serves as recognition or evidence of merit. Trophies are most often awarded for sporting events, from youth sports to professional level athletics...
for the film crew
Film crew
Television crew positions are derived from those of film crew positions.A film crew is a group of people hired by a production company for the purpose of producing a film or motion picture. Crew are distinguished from cast, the Actors who appear in front of the camera or provide voices for...
and another for the film cast
Cast member
A cast member is:* An actor who performs in a theatrical production, motion picture, or television program. The actors who perform in the show are collectively referred to as the cast....
.
When the Golden Film was introduced in 2001, it was awarded to films once they had sold . In the following years, the public's interest in Dutch films in the Netherlands had increased. In 2003, the audience criterion was increased to in an effort to further stimulate the Dutch film industry
Film industry
The film industry consists of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking: i.e. film production companies, film studios, cinematography, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, distribution; and actors, film directors and other film crew...
. Since its introduction, the Golden Film has been awarded to 62 films.
While the cast and crew have considered their receiving films to be successful, critics have said that films that sold only or cannot be considered a commercial success. For this reason the fact that Dutch newspapers report about this award is also criticized.
Award
A Golden Film is awarded to a filmFilm
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
from the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
once it has sold tickets in the Netherlands during the original cinema circulation. The number of tickets sold is based on box office
Box office
A box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through an unblocked hole through a wall or window, or at a wicket....
information provided by the film's distributor
Film distributor
A film distributor is a company or individual responsible for releasing films to the public either theatrically or for home viewing...
and the Netherlands Association of Film Distributors
Netherlands Association of Film Distributors
Netherlands Association of Film Distributors is an association for film distributors in the Netherlands, based in Amsterdam. Sixteen film distributors in the Netherlands are member organizations. Weekly, the association publishes information about new film releases and box office results in the...
. After a film is awarded the Golden Film, it can receive a Platinum Film
Platinum Film
The Platinum Film is a film award recognising domestic box office achievements in the Netherlands. It is awarded for the first 400,000 visitors of a Dutch film production...
after it sells and a Diamond Film
Diamond Film
The Diamond Film is a film award recognising domestic box office achievements in the Netherlands. The Diamond Film is awarded to films from the Netherlands once they have sold 1,000,000 cinema tickets or more during the original circulation...
after it sells . In addition to these awards, there is the Crystal Film
Crystal Film
The Crystal 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...
, which is awarded to documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
s that sell more than
The Golden Film is an initiative by the Netherlands Film Festival
Netherlands Film Festival
The Netherlands 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...
and the government-subsidized Netherlands Film Fund
Netherlands Film Fund
The Netherlands Film Fund is a subsidy fund for Dutch film productions and was founded in 1993. The Netherlands Film Fund is itself mainly subsidized by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science...
, with the support of Film Investors Netherlands
Film Investors Netherlands
Film Investors Netherlands or Fine BV is a company with the goal of increasing the number of successful films from the Netherlands. They support Dutch box office awards, such as Golden Film and Platinum Film....
, to increase the public's awareness of Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
films in the Netherlands. The Golden Film recognises box office achievements to encourage positive publicity for a film after the initial media attention surrounding its release has begun to wane. The award is similar to the Dutch music industry's Golden Record, that is awarded after selling 40,000 singles, 35,000 popular music albums, or 15,000 classical music albums.
The Golden Film awards are presented during small press ceremonies throughout the year and shortly after a film has reached the audience criterion. The trophies are presented by the director of the Netherlands Film Festival or sometimes by a member of the crew or cast of the film itself. Two trophies are presented for each film: one to the film crew
Film crew
Television crew positions are derived from those of film crew positions.A film crew is a group of people hired by a production company for the purpose of producing a film or motion picture. Crew are distinguished from cast, the Actors who appear in front of the camera or provide voices for...
, represented by the producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and the director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, and the other to the cast of the film
Cast member
A cast member is:* An actor who performs in a theatrical production, motion picture, or television program. The actors who perform in the show are collectively referred to as the cast....
, represented by the lead actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
s.
The trophy was designed by Jeroen Tirion and consists of a thick square frame, containing a film frame
Film frame
In filmmaking, video production, animation, and related fields, a film frame or video frame is one of the many still images which compose the complete moving picture...
of the awarded movie. The outer frame is made of milled
Milling machine
A milling machine is a machine tool used to machine solid materials. Milling machines are often classed in two basic forms, horizontal and vertical, which refers to the orientation of the main spindle. Both types range in size from small, bench-mounted devices to room-sized machines...
wood
Wood
Wood is a hard, fibrous tissue found in many trees. It has been used for hundreds of thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression...
, which has a plate attached to it, on the first line inscribed with the text "Gouden Film", three squares, and the year, and on the second line with the film's title.
History
The Netherlands Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Fund announced the Golden Film on September 4, 2001. At that time, the Golden Film was awarded to films from the Netherlands once they had been seen by a paying audience of 75,000 or more. The Platinum FilmPlatinum Film
The Platinum Film is a film award recognising domestic box office achievements in the Netherlands. It is awarded for the first 400,000 visitors of a Dutch film production...
was introduced at the same moment, for films with paying audiences of 200,000 or more. The first Golden Film was awarded on September 28, 2001 to I Love You Too
I Love You Too (film)
I Love You Too is a 2001 Dutch drama film.The film received a Golden Film in 2001, the first film to receive this award....
(2001), and by the end of 2002 a total of 10 Golden Films had been awarded.
Within 18 months of the award's introduction, the public's interest in Dutch films in the Netherlands had increased. The audience for Dutch films as a percentage of the total cinema audience in the Netherlands was 5.5% in 1999 and 5.9% in 2000. In 2001, the year of the award's introduction, audiences increased to 9.5%. And in 2002, the audience for Dutch films further increased to 10.5%.
In 2003, the criterion for the award was changed in an effort to further stimulate the Dutch film industry. Films released after January 1, 2003 had to reach paying audiences of 100,000 to qualify for the Golden Film and 400,000 for the Platinum Film. All films that had received a Golden Film before 2003 would also have received a Golden Film under the new criterion. From 2003 until 2007, the percentage of cinema visitors in the Netherlands who watched a Dutch film was between 9.20% and 13.4%.
Since its introduction, the Golden Film has been awarded to 62 films. In 2008, fourteen films were awarded the Golden Film, the highest number to have received the award in a single year. Most of the films that are awarded the Golden Film have taken a week or more to reach the target audience figure. Only Full Moon Party
Full Moon Party (film)
Full Moon Party is a 2002 Dutch film.It received a Golden Film and a Platinum Film .- Plot :...
(2002) and Black Book (2006) have reached the criterion, for respectively 75,000 and , during their opening weekends.
Response to the award
Recipients consider the Golden Film to be an award given to films that are a success. Director Martin KoolhovenMartin Koolhoven
Martin Koolhoven is a Dutch film director and screenwriter.Born as Martinus Wouter Koolhoven, Koolhoven graduated from Dutch film school in 1996 and almost immediately made an impact on the Dutch film industry with his 53 minute television film Duister Licht in which the slaughtering of a pig was...
said, when Schnitzel Paradise
Schnitzel Paradise
Martin Koolhoven's Schnitzel Paradise is a 2005 Dutch comedy film about Dutch-Moroccan Nordip Dounia who starts working in a restaurant kitchen and falls in love with Agnes Meerman, niece of the hotel's manager...
(2005) received the award, that he did not expect his film to be such a success. Schnitzel Paradise was his first commercially successful film. Fifteen-year-old Sem Veeger, lead actress in the film Keep Off
Keep Off
Keep Off is a 2006 Dutch children's film, based on the children's novel Afblijven by Carry Slee. The film, much like the book, explores drug abuse by adolescents and the negative effects it has on their lifes....
(2006), said she knew that many people had seen the film, but she did not expect it to receive a Golden Film.
Critics of the award have said that films which have sold only 75,000 or cannot be considered commercially successful. In 2002, film journalist Ronald Ockhuysen said about the Golden Film:
Ockhuysen also wrote that the Golden Film is a "child of our time" because it tries to reduce the value of a film to its commercial success, and it is supporting films that already have large publicity budgets instead of smaller and more vulnerable productions. Film producer Rob Houwer
Rob Houwer
-Awards:*1999 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Production -Selected filmography:* Hunting Scenes From Bavaria * Man on Horseback * Business Is Business * Turkish Delight * Katie Tippel * Soldier of Orange...
has said that he believes the Golden Film is the prize for a commercial flop
Failure
Failure refers to the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic...
. In 2005, when the criterion for the award had already been increased from 75,000 to 100,000 visitors, he said in an interview:
Dutch newspapers, such as Algemeen Dagblad
Algemeen Dagblad
The Algemeen Dagblad is a Dutch newspaper. Founded in Rotterdam in 1946, it currently has a daily circulation of 315,000. The newspaper is owned by AD NieuwsMedia, a joint venture between Wegener and PCM Uitgevers....
, De Telegraaf
De Telegraaf
De Telegraaf is the largest Dutch daily morning newspaper, with a daily circulation of approximately . De Telegraaf is based in Amsterdam...
, and NRC Handelsblad
NRC Handelsblad
NRC Handelsblad, often abbreviated to NRC, is a daily evening newspaper published in the Netherlands by NRC Media. The newspaper was created on October 1, 1970, from merger of the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant and Algemeen Handelsblad . In 2006 a morning newspaper, nrc•next, was launched...
, have reported about films receiving the Golden Film. When the film De Scheepsjongens van Bontekoe
De Scheepsjongens van Bontekoe
De Scheepsjongens van Bontekoe is a 2007 Dutch family film, directed by Steven de Jong.The film received a Golden Film for .The film is based on the book De Scheepsjongens van Bontekoe....
(2007) had drawn to the cinema, the Dutch news agency Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau
Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau
The Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau is the largest news agency in the Netherlands. ANP was founded on December 11, 1934 by the association of Dutch newspapers NDP...
said the film had reached "the magical threshold of 100,000".
External links
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