The Little Gangster (2015 film)

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The Little Gangster
The Little Gangster 2015 poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Arne Toonen
Screenplay byLotte Tabbers
Based onDe Boskampi's
by Marjon Hoffman
Produced by
  • Dave Schram
  • Maarten Tuit
Starring
  • Thor Braun
  • Henry van Loon
  • René van 't Hof
  • Meral Polat
  • Fedja van Huêt
  • Thijn Brobbel
  • Maas Bronkhuyzen
  • Rick Lens
  • Noël Keulen
CinematographyRutger Storm
Edited by
  • Marc Bechtold
  • Brian Ent
Production
companies
  • Hazazah Pictures
  • Shooting Star Filmcompany
  • Wrap the Gap
Distributed by Dutch FilmWorks
Release dates
  • April 19, 2015 (2015-04-19)(Filmfestival Zeeuws-Vlaanderen)
  • April 29, 2015 (2015-04-29)(theatrical)
CountryThe Netherlands
LanguageDutch

The Little Gangster (Dutch: De Boskampi's) is a 2015 Dutch film directed by Arne Toonen and Arent Jack. [1]

Contents

The film is based on the book De Boskampi's, een legendarische maffiafamilie by Marjon Hoffman. [2]

Awards

The film won the Best Dutch Family Film at the 2015 Cinekid Festival, both the jury prize and the audience prize. [3] [4] [5] The film won the Michel Award at the 2015 Filmfest Hamburg as well as the audience award at the Seoul International Youth Film Festival. [6] [7] The film also won the jury award at Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival. [2]

Cast

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References

  1. "De Boskampi's" (in Dutch). Nederlands Film Festival. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 "De Boskampi's ontvangt Finse jeugdfilmprijs" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 24 November 2015. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  3. "De Boskampi's en The New Kid winnaars Cinekid" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 22 October 2015. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  4. "Winnaars Cinekid jury- en publieksprijzen 2015" (in Dutch). Filmfonds. 22 October 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  5. "De Boskampi's valt in de prijzen bij Cinekid Festival" (in Dutch). 1Limburg. 22 October 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  6. "Duitse jeugdprijs voor film De Boskampi's" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 14 October 2015. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  7. "De Boskampi's wint publieksprijs in Seoul" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 15 August 2015. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.