Platinum Film

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Platinum Film
Awarded for Box office achievements
Country Netherlands
Presented by Netherlands Film Festival
Netherlands Film Fund
First awarded28 September 2001
Website http://www.platinafilm.nl/

The Platinum Film (Dutch : Platina Film) is a film award recognising domestic box office achievements in the Netherlands. It is awarded for the first 400,000 visitors of a Dutch film production. [1] In 2003, one of the requirements for the award was raised from 200,000 to 400,000 visitors.

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All films that had received the Platinum Film for 200,000 tickets sold, would also have received the award under the new criterion, with the exception of The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time (2001). [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Golden and Platin Film, Netherlands". Internet Movie Database . Retrieved 25 December 2006.
  2. "NFC annual report 2001" (PDF). nfcstatistiek.nl (in Dutch). Dutch Federation for Cinematography. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2007.
  3. "NFC annual report 2002" (PDF). nfcstatistiek.nl (in Dutch). Dutch Federation for Cinematography. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2007.