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.
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.
Father's Affair is a 2003 Dutch drama film directed by Maarten Treurniet, written by Kees van Beijnum and starring Peter Paul Muller, Carice van Houten and Halina Reijn. based on the book of the same name by Karel Glastra van Loon.
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.
The following is a list of winners of the Golden Calf for best actor/actress at the Nederlands Film Festival. From 2021 onwards the award became a gender-neutral award.
Anna Drijver is a Dutch actress and model.
The Rembrandt Award was a Dutch film award. Initially created in 1993, it was not awarded between 1999 and 2006, but was recreated in 2007 by René Mioch. It has not been awarded since 2015.
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.
Thijs Römer is a Dutch actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films and television shows since 2002.
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.
Pommelien Thijs is a Belgian actress and singer.
The Gang of Oss is a 2011 Dutch crime drama period film directed by André van Duren starring Sylvia Hoeks and Matthias Schoenaerts. It tells the story of a woman involved with the criminal gangs of the town of Oss in the Netherlands in the 1930s. The film is partly based on real events.
Benja Bruijning is a Dutch actor.
Johan Nijenhuis is a Dutch film producer, director and screenwriter.
Paradise Drifters is a 2020 Dutch film directed by Mees Peijnenburg. The film premiered at the 2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam.
The Marriage Escape (Dutch: De Beentjes van Sint-Hildegard is a 2020 Dutch comedy-drama film directed by Johan Nijenhuis. The film is an adaptation of the 2016 Czech film Tiger Theory, and it is the first cinema film predominantly spoken in the Tweants variety of Low Saxon, although the title is in Dutch.
