The Diamond Film ( nl, Diamanten Film) is a

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recognising domestic

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achievements in the

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. 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. The award is initiated by the

Netherlands Film Festival The Netherlands Film Festival ( nl, Nederlands 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, Dutch film productions and co-productions are exhibited. Be ...

and the

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in addition to the

Golden Film The Golden Film ( nl, Gouden 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 Fil ...

for 100,000 visitors, the Platinum Film for 400,000 visitors, and the

Crystal Film The Crystal Film ( nl, 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 ...

for 10,000 visitors of a

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History

The first Diamond Film was awarded to '' Black Book'' (2006) on 31 January 2007. The director of the Netherlands Film Festival presented the trophies to the producer

San Fu Maltha San Fu Maltha (born 17 July 1958) is a Dutch film producer and film distributor. He founded the production company Fu Works and he co-founded film distributor A-Film. Biography San Fu Maltha was born on 17 July 1958 in Rotterdam in the Netherlan ...

, director

Paul Verhoeven Paul Verhoeven (; born 18 July 1938) is a Dutch director, producer and screenwriter, active in the Netherlands, France and the United States. His blending of graphic violence and sexual content with social satire is a trademark of both his dram ...

, and the film cast, during a dinner for the

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and cast organized by San Fu Maltha. ''Black Book'' was the first film since the introduction of

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

box office awards in 2001 that reached an audience of one million visitors. ''Black Book'' had a budget of

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17,000,000, which made it the most expensive film from the Netherlands ever, at the time of its release. After receiving the Diamond Film, Paul Verhoeven says about ''Black Book'': Scenario writer

Gerard Soeteman Gerard Soeteman (born 1 July 1936 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch screenwriter. He worked together with Paul Verhoeven on several films, such as ''Turkish Delight'' and '' Black Book''. He also wrote the screenplay for '' The Assault'', which won the Ac ...

says about ''Black Book'' after it received the Diamond Film:

Films that received the Diamond Film

Other Dutch films with more than one million admissions

Between 1945 and 2013, the following Dutch films had admissions of greater than one million. In 2014, ''

Gooische Vrouwen 2 ''Gooische Vrouwen 2'' is a 2014 Dutch film directed by Will Koopman. The film is the sequel of the 2011 film '' Gooische Vrouwen'' and both films are based on the '' Gooische Vrouwen'' television series. The film was released on 4 December 2014 ...

'' had more than 2 million admissions.

Notes and references

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External links

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