Crystal Film

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Crystal Film
Awarded for Box office achievements
Country Netherlands
Presented by Netherlands Film Festival
Netherlands Film Fund
First awarded21 June 2005
Website http://www.kristallenfilm.nl/

The Crystal Film (Dutch : Kristallen Film) is a film award recognising domestic box office achievements in the Netherlands. The Crystal Film is awarded to documentary films from the Netherlands once they have sold 10,000 tickets.

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The award is an initiative of the Netherlands Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Fund to increase media attention for Dutch documentary films, in addition to the existing Golden Film and Platinum Film for Dutch films in general. [1] They announced the introduction of the Crystal Film on 28 April 2005. [2] The first Crystal Film was awarded on 21 June 2005 to Shape of the Moon (2004). Since its introduction, the Crystal Film has been awarded to twelve films. [lower-alpha 1]

Films that received the Crystal Film

Crystal Film for 10,000 tickets sold
Year#FilmRelease dateCrystal Film
20051 Shape of the Moon 6 January 2005 [3] 21 June 2005 [4]
2 Souls of Naples 18 August 2005 [5] 21 December 2005 [5]
20063 Buddha's Lost Children 7 September 2006 [6] 25 September 2006 [7]
4 Forever 12 October 2006 [8] 23 November 2006 [9]
20075 4 Elements 30 November 2006 [10] 10 January 2007 [11]
6 Goud 4 October 2007 [12] 17 October 2007 [13]
20087 El ovido 23 October 200811 December 2008 [14]
20098 Contractpensions - Djangan loepah! 18 January 200829 September 2009 [15]
20109 Janine 7 October 201016 November 2010 [16]
201110 Position Among the Stars 18 November 201022 April 2011 [17]
11 Ouwehoeren 1 December 201130 December 2011 [18]
201212 Over canto 8 December 201112 February 2012 [19]

Notes

  1. ↑ As of 22 January 2014.

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References

  1. ↑ "Kristallen film voor filmdocumentaire Buddha's Lost Children" (Press release) (in Dutch). Netherlands Film Festival. 2006-09-25. Retrieved 2007-01-01.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (2005-04-28). "Nieuwe prijs voor Nederlandse documentaires". Cinema.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2008-06-13.
  3. ↑ "Stand van de Maan (2004)". film1.nl (in Dutch). 2005-01-06. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  4. ↑ "Stand van de Maan". filmfestival.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands Film Festival. 2005-06-21. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
  5. 1 2 "Zielen van Napels". filmfestival.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands Film Festival. 2008-08-18. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  6. ↑ "Buddha's Lost Children (2006)". film1.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  7. ↑ "Buddha's Lost Children". filmfestival.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands Film Festival. 2006-09-07. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
  8. ↑ "Forever (2006)". film1.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  9. ↑ "Forever". filmfestival.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands Film Festival. 2006-11-23. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
  10. ↑ "4 Elements (2006)". film1.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  11. ↑ "4 Elements". filmfestival.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands Film Festival. 2007-01-10. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
  12. ↑ "Goud. Nieuws". gouddefilm.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  13. ↑ "Goud". filmfestival.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands Film Festival. 2007-10-17. Archived from the original on May 27, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  14. ↑ (in Dutch) El ovido Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine , Netherlands Film Festival, 2008. Retrieved on 22 January 2014.
  15. ↑ (in Dutch) Contractpensions - Djangan loepah! Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine , Netherlands Film Festival, 2009. Retrieved on 22 January 2014.
  16. ↑ (in Dutch) Janine Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine , Netherlands Film Festival, 2010. Retrieved on 22 January 2014.
  17. ↑ (in Dutch) Stand van de sterren Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine , Netherlands Film Festival, 2011. Retrieved on 22 January 2014.
  18. ↑ (in Dutch) Ouwehoeren Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine , Netherlands Film Festival, 2011. Retrieved on 22 January 2014.
  19. ↑ (in Dutch) Over canto Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine , Netherlands Film Festival, 2012. Retrieved on 22 January 2014.


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