The Golden Calf ( nl, Gouden Kalf) is the award of the Netherlands Film Festival, which is held annually in

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. The award has been presented since 1981, originally in six categories:

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, Best Actress,

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, Best Short Film, Culture Prize and Honourable mention. In 2004, there were 16 award categories, mainly because in 2003 the categories Best Photography, Best Montage,

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, Best Production Design, Best Sound Design were added. Famous Dutch film makers and actors that have won a ''Golden Calf'' include Rutger Hauer,

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, Carice van Houten,

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, Fons Rademakers, Martin Koolhoven, Alex van Warmerdam,

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, Jean van de Velde, Pim de la Parra, Dick Maas, Marleen Gorris, Ian Kerkhof,

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Monic Hendrickx Monic Hendrickx (born 3 December 1966 in Sint Anthonis) is a Dutch actress. She has won several awards during her career including four Golden Calf awards for Best Actress at the Nederlands Film Festival, the Jury Award at the 2001 Newport Beach ...

, Rijk de Gooyer and Marwan Kenzari.

Name and meaning

The name refers to an animal as is common in names of European film awards, such as the Golden Bear of the

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and the

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of the

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, and

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is one of the most common types of livestock in the Netherlands.(translation a

The name of the award also refers to the

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reference, where a golden statue of a calf was made by

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, which was later destroyed by

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because God prohibits worshipping anything other than the One, True God. Jury member in 2002 Martin Koolhoven says the Dutch

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culture is more relativizing than proud: "This is why the Golden Calf is such a good prize, because of the wink that is included. Other countries have golden lions and golden bears. We have a golden calf and after all it is sinful to worship it." In 1995 Rijk de Gooyer threw his Golden Calf statuette on the street in the reality TV series ''

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'' (the Dutch version of ''

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after a dissatisfying closing ceremony at the Netherlands Film Festival. In 1999 he let

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, the host of ''Taxi'', throw his Golden Calf for ''

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'' out of the window.

Award categories

Film awards

* Culture Prize * Best long feature film *

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* Best Script * Best Leading Role * Best Supporting Role * Best Short film * Best long documentary * Best Short Documentary *

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* Best Production Design * Best Sound Design * Best Photography

TV awards

* Best Actor in a Television Drama * Best Actress in a Television Drama * Best Acting in a Television Drama * Best Television Drama

Interactive award

The Golden Calf Award for Best Interactive is a category presented since 2015. It is awarded to forms of interactive storytelling outside standard film and television like, for instance, VR films,

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projects. The winners were: * 2015:
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* 2017: ''

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* 2019: ''

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and Mamali Shafahi

Special awards

* Special Jury Prize * Public Prize * Development Prize * Awards only awarded once or twice are: ** Best Film of the Century (1999) -

& Rob Houwer for '' Turks Fruit'' ** Control Award (1994, 1992) - Cor Koppies (1994), J.Th. van Taalingen (1992) ** Best Commercial (1990, 1991) -

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for '' Woonruimte gevraagd'' (1991), Trevor Wrenn voor '' Hamka's'' (1990) ** Best European Film (1994, 1995) - Kazimierz Kutz for '' Turned Back'' (1995),

Jonathan Cavendisch Jonathan may refer to: * Jonathan (name), a masculine given name Media * ''Jonathan'' (1970 film), a German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer * ''Jonathan'' (2016 film), a German film directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski * ''Jonathan'' (2018 ...

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for '' Into the West'' (1994)

Retired awards

* Occupation Award * Honourable Mention

References

External links

*
Netherlands Film Festival
at the

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