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SCENECS International Debut Film Festival, is held annually in Hilversum, the Netherlands and is produced by the SCENECS foundation.
The festival uniquely promotes new and emerging filmmakers from around the world. It provides a platform to introduce themselves and their craft to their new audience and also to the film industry. Here, the completed films receive their first preview. The entries also participate in an international competition in the categories fiction, short fiction, documentary and student film. The winning entries in each category receive an award, shich is presented at the SCENECS Grand Gala Award Event, this ceremony wraps up the end of the festival on the last night. [1] SCENECS consist of a film festival, award ceremony, international exchange program and different activities with regards to film education and the development of talent.
The festival was founded in 2006 by the film maker Arya Tariverdi and organised in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. [2] It is the first film festival in the Netherlands to focus entirely on debutant filmmakers. In 2016 the festivalmoved its program and head office to the media city of Hilversum.
The venues of the festival are currently: VUE Hilversum, Studio 21, Film Theater Hilversum and various libraries.
This award, called "the Dutch Golden Stone Award" is in the image of a winged female form, with a golden stone in her hands. The award was designed in 2005 by Arya Tariverdi and made by the Dutch artist Ellis de Kreij.
The Dutch Golden Stone Award is awarded during the annual Grand Gala Award Event to the directors of the categories of Best Fiction, Best Short Fiction, Best Documentary and Best Student Film. [3] In addition awards are also presented in the categories of Best Acting Talent, Audience Award and Litetime Achievement Award.
In 2006 the festival introduced "Miss SCENECS Film Festival". Every year a young talented woman from the entertainment and film industry is selected by the organization and awarded with this title. Her role in this title is as festival ambassador and promote its activities. Miss SCENECS Film Festival portraits the Dutch Golden Stone Award and during the award event she awards the winners. In 2017 Miss Asia Pacific International (2016), Tessa le Conge was awarded with this title.
Year | Film | Director | Country |
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2006 | Zeven Zonden | Naäma Palfrey | Netherlands |
2007 | Gödel | Igor Kramer | Netherlands |
2008 | Brand | Niels Bourgonje | Netherlands |
2009 | Bingo | Timur Ismailov | Azerbaijan |
2010 | Wing: The Fish That Talked Back | Ricky Rijneke | Netherlands |
2011 | Geen Weg Terug | Shariff Korver | Netherlands |
2012 | Atomes | Arnaud Dufeys | Belgium |
2013 | Silent Ones | Ricky Rijneke | Netherlands |
2014 | Bahar In Wonderland | Behrooz Karamzizade | Germany |
2015 | Beste Vrienden | Ruwan Heggelman | Netherlands |
2016 | Journey To The Mother | Mikhail Kosyrev Nesterov | France / Russia |
2017 | Tenderness | Emilia Zielonka | Poland |
2018 | An American In Texas | Anthony Pedone | United States |
Year | Film | Director | Country |
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2016 | One In | Vasha Narace | Trinidad and Tobago |
2017 | The Wedding Patrol | Rogier Hardeman | Germany |
2018 | You Did Not Forget | Simon Intihar | Slovenia |
Year | Director / Producer |
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2009 | Jos Stelling |
2010 | Jean van den Velde |
2011 | Pieter Verhoeff |
2012 | Dick Maas |
2013 | Dave Schram & Maria Peters |
2014 | Hans de Wolf |
2016 | Steven de Jong |
2017 | Jeroen Beker |
Year | Film | Director | Country |
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2011 | Lieve Anne-Marieke | Anne-Marieke Graafmans | Netherlands |
2012 | Framing the Other | Willem Timmers & Ilja Kok | Netherlands |
2013 | Onomkeerbaar | Maaike Broos | Netherlands |
2014 | Bonapetit! | Anastasia Lukovnikova | Russia |
2014 | Last of you | Dan Sachar | Israel |
2015 | Dance Iranian style | Farshad Aria | Netherlands |
2016 | Gender Victory | Len Enkhuizen | Netherlands |
2017 | A Lifetime of Love | Carilijne Pieters | Netherlands |
2018 | Wheels of Change | Jaime Prins | Netherlands |
Year | Film | Director | Country |
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2016 | Mannenpraat | Sean Musch, Manon Zwaan & Richard van der Spoel | Netherlands |
2017 | Always Move Forward | Fergus Riem Vis | Netherlands |
2018 | Breaking Borders | Barabara Vollebregt en Fatima Warsame | Netherlands |
Year | Film | Director | Country |
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2017 | Spaak | Tim Douwsma | Netherlands |
2018 | The Conductor | Christanne de Bruijn | Netherlands |
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