Announcement of the nominations for the 2008 Grand Prize of the Dutch Film, the Golden Calves

This evening during the Talkshow of the 28th Netherlands Film Festival, the nominations were announced for the Golden Calves, the Grand Prize of the Dutch Film. The Jury of the Golden Calves competition selected the nominees after watching 72 film productions in the competition programme. The members of the jury are Nanouk Leopold, Britta Hosman, Albert ter Heerdt, Petra Goedings, Roberto van Eijden, Jan Vandierendonck and Frans Afman (chairman).

Furthermore, the nominations were revealed for the Dutch Film Critics Award: CALIMUCHO by Eugenie Jansen, SHANGHAI TRANCE by David Verbeek and RECYCLE by Mahmoud Al Massad. This press award is granted by the Circle of Dutch Film Critics. This year's jury is made up of Ronald Rovers, Ellen van Slagmaat and Harry Peters.

The Golden Calves and the Dutch Film Critics Award will be presented during the Netherlands Film Gala on Saturday 3 October from 20.00 to 21.30 in the Stadsschouwburg Theatre in Utrecht. The Gala will be broadcast live on the Internet via www.filmfestival.nl/festivaltv and VPRO Tv reports on the Gala from 22.50 on Nederland 2.

The Jury awards Golden Calves in seventeen categories: Best Sound Design, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Score, Best Photography, Best Short Film, Best Short Documentary, Best Full-Length Documentary, Best TV Drama, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Feature Film and the Special Jury Award.
There are no nominations for the Special Jury Award.

During the Gala, the Golden Calf for the Film1 Audience Award will also be presented to the feature film that got the highest score from festival audiences.

In tonight’s Talkshow, SKIN by Hanro Smitsman was awarded the Moviesquad Junior Utrecht Award.

The nominations for the 2008 Grand Prize of the Dutch Film, the Golden Calves are, in alphabetical order by film title:

BEST SHORT FILM
AKIKO by Michaël Sewandono
NUMMER ACHT (EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT) by Guido van der Werve
RIF by Eric Steegstra

BEST TV FILM
DEN HELDER by Jorien van Nes
DE FUIK by Mischa Kamp
ONCE by Jaap van Heusden

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
THE HOUSES OF HRISTINA by Suzanne Raes
LANDSCAPES UNKNOWN (II) by Melle van Essen and Riekje Ziengs
YVETTE by Simonka de Jong

BEST FULL-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
2KM2 – A SQUARE VIEW by Carel van Hees, André van der Hout
BLOODY MONDAYS & STRAWBERRY PIES by Coco Schrijber
JOAQUÍN SABINA – 19 DAYS AND 500 NIGHTS by Ramón Gieling

BEST SOUND DESIGN
Gert Janssen for DUNYA & DESIE
Ed Meijaard, Michiel Mullink, Rens Pluym and Sebastiaan Roestenburg for SING FOR DARFUR
Alex Booy and Huibert Boon for WINTER SILENCE

BEST SCORE
Johan Hoogewijs for BLOOD BROTHERS
Maarten Spruijt for THE SEVEN OF DARAN – THE BATTLE OF PAREO ROCK
Michiel Borstlap for TIRAMISU

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Vincent de Pater for BLOOD BROTHERS
Harry Ammerlaan for LOVE IS ALL
Elsje de Bruijn for NOTHING TO LOSE

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
Menno Westendorp for IN REAL LIFE
Lex Brand for LOVE IS ALL
Melle van Essen for THE LAST DAYS OF SHISHMAREF

BEST EDITING
Robert Jan Westdijk for IN REAL LIFE
Dorith Vinken for KATIA’S SISTER
Peter Alderliesten for LOVE IS ALL

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen for BLOOD BROTHERS
Loek Peters for IN REAL LIFE
Ton Kas for VOX POPULI

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Olga Louzgina for KATIA’S SISTER
Julia Seijkens for KATIA’S SISTER
Lies Visschedijk for LOVE IS ALL

BEST ACTOR
Erik van Heijningen for BLOOD BROTHERS
Theo Maassen for NOTHING TO LOSE
Robert de Hoog for SKIN

BEST ACTRESS
Eva van de Wijdeven for DUNYA & DESIE
Sallie Harmsen for IN REAL LIFE
Anneke Blok for TIRAMISU

BEST SCEENPLAY
Robert Jan Westdijk for IN REAL LIFE
Jan Eilander and Jolein Laarman for KATIA’S SISTER
Kim van Kooten for LOVE IS ALL

BEST DIRECTOR
Arno Dierickx for BLOOD BROTHERS
Mijke de Jong for KATIA’S SISTER
Joram Lürsen for LOVE IS ALL

BEST FULL-LENGTH FEATURE FILM
DUNYA & DESIE, Leontine Petit and Joost de Vries (Lemming Film)
KATIA’S SISTER, Hans de Wolf (Keyman Film)
LOVE IS ALL, Jeroen Beker and Frans van Gestel (Motel Films/IDTV FILM), San Fu Maltha (Fu Works), Job Gosschalk (Kemna & Zonen)