The Netherlands Film Fund ( nl, Nederlands Filmfonds) is a
subsidy
A subsidy or government incentive is a form of financial aid or support extended to an economic sector (business, or individual) generally with the aim of promoting economic and social policy. Although commonly extended from the government, the ter ...
fund Fund may refer to:
* Funding is the act of providing resources, usually in form of money, or other values such as effort or time, for a project, a person, a business, or any other private or public institution
** The process of soliciting and gath ...
for
Dutch film production
Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, casti ...
s and was founded in 1993. The Netherlands Film Fund is itself mainly subsidized by the Dutch
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science ( nl, Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen; OCW) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for education, culture, science, research, gender equality and communications. The Ministry was cre ...
. In 2007, the total budget of the fund was
€33,000,000.
The fund gave €651,174 subsidy to the film ''
Character'' (1997) and €578,570 to the film ''
Black Book'' (2006).
Since 2001, the Netherlands Film Fund and the
Netherlands Film Festival recognize
box office
A box office or ticket office is a place where ticket (admission), tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through a hole in a wall or window, or at a Wicket gate, wicke ...
results of Dutch films with awards. Currently, there are four different box office awards: the
Crystal Film (10,000 visitors for
documentary films), 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 ...
(100,000 visitors), the
Platinum Film
The Platinum Film ( nl, Platina 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. In 2003, one of the requirements for the award was ra ...
(400,000 visitors), and the
Diamond Film (1,000,000 visitors).
References
External links
Official website
1993 establishments in the Netherlands
Film organisations in the Netherlands
Government agencies of the Netherlands
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