The following is a list of winners of the

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for best long feature film at the NFF.

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* 13 former "best feature film"-winners where the Dutch submission for the

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for Best International Film, including Oscar-nominee Twin Sisters and Oscar-winner

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. The other two Dutch Oscar-winners,

The Assault ''The Assault'' (original title in Dutch language, Dutch: ''De aanslag'') is a 1982 novel by Netherlands, Dutch author Harry Mulisch. Random House published an English translation by Claire Nicolas White in 1985. It covers 35 years in the life o ...

and

Antonia's Line ''Antonia's Line'' (Original title: ''Antonia'') is a 1995 Dutch feminist film written and directed by Marleen Gorris. The film, described as a "feminist fairy tale", tells the story of the independent Antonia (Willeke van Ammelrooy) who, after ...

, didn't win the Golden Calf for Best Feature Film. Oscar-nominee

Paradise Now ''Paradise Now'' ( ar, الجنّة الآن, al-Janna al-ʾāna) is a political and psychological drama film directed by Hany Abu-Assad about two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel. It won the Golden Globe Award for Best ...

from Dutch-Palestinian filmmaker

Hany Abu-Assad Hany Abu-Assad ( ar, هاني أبو أسعد; born 11 October 1961) is a Palestinian-Dutch film director. He has received two Academy Award nominations: in 2006 for his film ''Paradise Now'', and again in 2013 for his film ''Omar''. Early life ...

was submitted by

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. * Hans, Life Before Death is so far the only Documentary-film to ever win this prize. According to the "Jaarboek film 1984" by Hans Beerekamp, this was a compromise choice when the Golden Calf-jury and organizers of the

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didn't agree on the final winner. * Oink is the only animated film to win this prize. * Most of the films that won are predominantly Dutch or English spoken. However it has happened three times that a film won in one of the minority languages spoken in the

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Nynke ''The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time'' ( West Frisian title: ''Nynke'') is a 2001 Dutch drama film in the West Frisian language. It is a costume drama film about the life of Nienke van Hichtum and Dutch socialist and politician Pi ...

in West Frisian,

Son of Mine ''Son of Mine'' ( li, Gluckauf) is a 2015 Dutch crime film directed by Remy van Heugten. The film won 4 Golden Calves: Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Plot Lei, descendant of an unemployed coal miner ...

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and Buladó in

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. * Ben Sombogaart is the only director who directed three of the winning films. Joram Lursen,

Jos Stelling Jos Stelling (born 16 July 1945) is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. Career He made his debut as a film director in 1974 with ''Mariken van Nieumegen'', which was selected for the official Cannes competition in 1975. In 1981 he founded t ...

, Jean van de Velde,

Alex van Warmerdam Alex van Warmerdam (born 14 August 1952) is a Dutch screenwriter, film director, and actor. He is also a painter. Life and career Van Warmerdam was born in Haarlem, a city in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. He was cofounder of ...

Pieter Verhoeff Pieter Verhoeff (4 February 1938 – 17 April 2019) was a Dutch film director. He studied at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy and graduated in 1966. He is known for his films '' The Mark of the Beast'', '' The Dream'' and '' The Moving ...

and

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 ...

all directed two.

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* Golden Calf Awards (Dutch)
NFF Website
{{Golden Calf for Best Feature Film Best Long feature film Awards for best film

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