The Golden Calf is the award of the Netherlands Film Festival, which is held annually in Utrecht. The award has been presented since 1981, originally in six categories: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Feature Film, 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, Best Music, Best Production Design, Best Sound Design were added.
Black Book is a 2006 war drama thriller film co-written and directed by Paul Verhoeven, and starring Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman and Halina Reijn. The film, credited as based on several true events and characters, is about a young Jewish woman in the Netherlands who becomes a spy for the resistance during World War II after tragedy befalls her in an encounter with the Nazis. The film had its world premiere on 1 September 2006 at the Venice Film Festival and its public release on 14 September 2006 in the Netherlands. It is the first film that Verhoeven made in his native Netherlands since The Fourth Man, made in 1983 before he moved to the United States.
Carice Anouk van Houten is a Dutch actress. Her first leading role in the television film Suzy Q (1999) won her the Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama; two years later, she won the Golden Calf for Best Actress for Miss Minoes (2001).
Halina Reijn is a Dutch actress, writer and film director.
A Thousand Kisses is a 2006 Dutch drama film directed by Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen. It was based on the novel of the same name by Ronald Giphart. This was van de Sande Bakhuyzen's final film and was released posthumously.
The Toneelacademie Maastricht, or Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts, is a college of dramatic arts located in the city of Maastricht in the Netherlands. It is part of the Zuyd University of Applied Sciences.
Melody Zoë Klaver is a Dutch actress.
Martinus Wouter "Martin" Koolhoven is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. Internationally he is most known for Schnitzel Paradise (2005), Winter in Wartime (2008) and Brimstone (2016), which was his first film in English. It was released in 2017, after it premiered in the competition of the Venice Film Festival in 2016.
Black Swans is a 2005 Dutch drama film directed by Colette Bothof and written by Arend Steenbergen and stars Carice van Houten, Dragan Bakema and Mohammed Chaara. The film won a Golden Calf for Best Sound at the Netherlands Film Festival in 2005. It also showed at the 2005 International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Miss Minoes is a 2001 Dutch family film written and directed by Vincent Bal and co-written and produced by Burny Bos, based on the Dutch children's novel Minoes by Annie M.G. Schmidt. The film stars Theo Maassen and Carice van Houten as the titular character.
Jelline Floriska van Houten is a Dutch actress and singer. She has acted in Dutch films, musicals, and television series. She also played Sabine in the British TV series Fresh Meat.
Alles is Liefde is a 2007 Dutch romantic comedy film directed by Joram Lürsen and written by Kim van Kooten and starring Carice van Houten, Paul de Leeuw, Wendy van Dijk, and Daan Schuurmans. The movie is loosely inspired by the British Christmas movie Love Actually.
Lepel is a 2005 Dutch-language family adventure film directed by Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen. Filming took place in Germany, with scenes shot in Gera.
Suzy Q is a 1999 Dutch film starring Carice van Houten and directed by Martin Koolhoven. It is based on the childhood memories of Frouke Fokkema, who wrote the script together with Koolhoven. The film featured van Houten in her first leading role; she worked again with Koolhoven on the films AmnesiA and Brimstone.
Mariken is a 2000 Dutch medieval family film directed by André van Duren, from a screenplay written by Kim van Kooten based on the children's book Mariken by Peter van Gestel, an adaptation of the early sixteenth-century text Mariken van Nieumeghen. It stars Laurien Van den Broeck as the titular character alongside Jan Decleir, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Kim van Kooten and Ramsey Nasr.
The Happy Housewife is a 2010 Dutch drama film directed by Antoinette Beumer. It stars Carice van Houten as Lea, a housewife who has trouble adjusting to the birth of her son.
Jackie is a 2012 Dutch comedy-drama film directed by Antoinette Beumer, from an idea by Marnie Block and Karen van Holst Pellekaan. The leading roles are played by Carice van Houten, her real-life sister Jelka van Houten and Academy Award winner Holly Hunter.
Brimstone is a 2016 psychological Western film written and directed by Martin Koolhoven. The film stars Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Emilia Jones, Kit Harington, and Carice van Houten. It is a Dutch-American as well as French, German, Belgian and Swedish international production.
AmnesiA is a 2001 Dutch drama film directed by Martin Koolhoven.
Snowfever is a 2004 Dutch romantic comedy film directed by Pim van Hoeve and produced by Johan Nijenhuis and Alain de Levita. The film was released on 14 October 2004 where it received mixed to negative reviews from critics.
