Paula van der Oest (born 1965) is a Dutch

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and

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. Her 2001 film ''

Zus & Zo ''Zus & Zo'' is a 2001 Dutch film directed by Paula van der Oest. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Plot The film deals with three sisters stopping their gay brother's new bride from inheriting the family hot ...

'' was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. With her final exam at the Dutch Film and Television Academy, ''Zinderend'', she won a Cannon Award in 1988. In the following years, she worked as an assistant director, until she returned in 1994 as a director. For the

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-series '' Lolamoviola'' she made the short movies ''Coma'' and ''Achilles en het zebrapad'' (Achilles and the Zebracrossing). With the first, she won a Golden Calf for the best television drama. In 1996 Van der Oest made her first long movie, ''De nieuwe moeder'' (''The New Mother''). Her husband at the time, Theu Boermans, had a role in this movie (later, he would also have a role in ''Zus & Zo''). ''De trip van Teetje'' (the journey of Teetje) was produced in 1998, with

Cees Geel Cornelis Pieter "Cees" Geel (born 13 March 1965 in Schagen) is a Dutch television, radio and film actor. His notable credits include in the TV miniseries ''Anne Frank: The Whole Story'' (2001) and in the film ''Simon'' (2004). He won the Gol ...

as a louche entrepreneur who buys a Russian cargo ship. With ''Zus & Zo'', loosely based on

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's ''The Three Sisters'', Van der Oest directed her first mainstream film in 2001. The realistic characters and the relations among the individuals from her former movies remained central, but there was more humour added, and an English script doctor made some changes, resulting in an Oscar nomination. However, the general public left the movie unseen. Hereafter she created the English thriller/fairytale ''Moonlight'' (2002) about the relation between a 13-year-old girl and a

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of the same age; the film ''Madame Jeannette'', situated in the

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-community (which was a great success in the

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Bijlmer area in 2004); and the film ''Verborgen gebreken'' (2004), based on a book by Renate Dorrestein. ''Moonlight'' was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival. In 2001, she wrote the screenplay for

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's telefilm ''Roos and Rana''. Currently, Paula van der Oest is planning a second film about Suriname and she is working on a movie based on

Heleen van Royen Heleen van Royen (born Helena Margaretha Kroon; 9 March 1965, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch novelist and columnist. Her novel ''De gelukkige huisvrouw'' ("The Happy Housewife") was best-selling Dutch novel of 2010. The candid descriptions of sexuality ...

's ''De gelukkige huisvrouw'' (The Happy Homemaker).

Filmography

* 1988 - '' Zinderend'' * 1994 - '' Coma'' * 1995 - ''

Achilles en het zebrapad In Greek mythology, Achilles ( ) or Achilleus ( grc-gre, Ἀχιλλεύς) was a hero of the Trojan War, the greatest of all the Greek warriors, and the central character of Homer's ''Iliad''. He was the son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus, k ...

'' * 1996 - ''

Always yours, for never Always may refer to: Film and television * ''Always'', a 1985 film directed by Henry Jaglom * ''Always'' (1989 film), a 1989 romantic comedy-drama directed by Steven Spielberg * ''Always'' (2011 film), a 2011 South Korean film, also known as '' ...

'' * 1996 - '' De nieuwe moeder'' * 1997 - '' Smakeloos'' * 1998 - '' Meedingers'' (televisiefilm) * 1998 - '' De trip van Teetje'' * 1999 - episode 2 (''Doolhof'') of the television sequel ' De zeven deugden' * 1999 - '' Link spel'' * 2001 - ''

'' * 2002 - '' Moonlight'' * 2004 - '' Madame Jeanette'' * 2004 - '' Verborgen gebreken'' * 2008 - ''

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'' * 2008 - ''

Wijster Wijster is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 11 km north of Hoogeveen. History The village was first mentioned in 1206 as in Wisnare. The etymology is unknown. Wi ...

'' * 2011 - '' Black Butterflies'' * 2011 - ''Mixed Up'' * 2012 - ''The Domino Effect'' * 2014 - ''

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'' * 2016 - ''

Tonio Tonio may refer to: * ''Tonio'' (film), a 2016 Dutch film *Tonio (software), a Vocaloid vocal *Tonio Kröger, a novella by Thomas Mann * ''Tonio Kröger'' (film), a film based on the novella *Tonio (app), an audio-decoding-app * Tonio (name), per ...

'' * 2017 - ''kleine ijstijd'' * 2020 - ''

The Bay of Silence ''The Bay of Silence'' is a 2020 internationally co-produced thriller film directed by Paula van der Oest from a screenplay by Caroline Goodall, based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Lisa St Aubin de Terán. It stars Claes Bang, Olga Kur ...

'' * 2021 - ''

Love in a Bottle ''Love in a Bottle'' is a Dutch romantic comedy directed by Paula van der Oest. Plot Two people in different countries fall in love over videocalls during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reception De Volkskrant liked the film but said the plot got qui ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oest, Paula van der 1965 births Living people People from Rheden Dutch film directors Dutch women screenwriters Dutch screenwriters Dutch women film directors Golden Calf winners