The historical epic Michiel de Ruyter does not count this year with the presentation of the Golden Calf. Producer Klaas de Jong pulls his film back from dissatisfaction over the limited number of nominations for popular films at the prices gala of the Dutch film. The two nominations continue to be in force
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Michiel de Ruyter, one of the biggest box office successes of the last year, received two nominations , Best Actor (Frank Lammers) and best director (Roel Reiné). Gooische Women II, with two million tickets sold the most visited Dutch film of the past thirty years, was completely ignored.
“It’s not dissatisfaction with the lack of appreciation for Michiel de Ruyter,” said de Jong . “But it Calves gala has been an elitist party for arthouse films. The audience films are rarely discussed, so that the public is also totally unable to identify with the prices. “The producer proposes to establish a separate Golden Calf set for public films. “There happen to be a clear division in the Dutch film landscape that will always remain so. But at the Gala of Dutch film have also publicly films have the chance to be put in the limelight. And now totally not happening.”
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De Jong pulls Michiel de Ruyter also back from the festival. This means that the film is no longer shown at the NFF. The producer has decided not consult with actor Frank Lammers and director Roel Reine, who received nominations.
Reaction NFF
The Dutch Film Festival has announced to have taken note of the decision of De Jong. The film remains just nominated for two Golden Calf, a spokeswoman for the festival Saturday to know. “The nominations are a great appreciation for the individual performance of the co-creators of the film,” says the festival in a statement.
“These nominations are a form of free expression of colleagues and not be censored.” Also competing Michiel de Ruyter still bring the Audience granted by the public. For this, the film is automatically nominated by the epic has been awarded a Gold and Platinum Film for pulling more than 100 000 and 400 000 visitors.
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The nominations for the Golden Calves stand many years of discussion. Therefore, the NFF has this year changed the system: the prizes for the best Dutch films are no longer awarded by a jury but by a ‘Academy’ where several hundred artists from the film industry are members. Yet most nominations went back to arthouse films which went into the cinemas barely visitors like Gluckauf, Prince and Zurich. “Not surprising”, says De Jong. “For the vast majority of people in the industry aimed author film.” The only hit that received a substantial number of nominations, the Hazes film Blood sweat and tears
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