Voor een paar knikkers meer

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Voor een paar knikkers meer
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Directed by Jelmar Hufen
Screenplay byJelmar Hufen
Produced by
  • Erik Schut
  • Christoph Koelemeijer
Starring
  • Ruben van den Besselaar
  • Tom Schild
  • Aidan Vernée
  • Pauline Winckel
  • Merijn van Heiningen
Cinematography Aage Hollander
Edited by
  • Marco Mocking
  • Jelmar Hufen
Music by Maarten Spruijt
Production
company
Kairos Films
Release date
  • 23 September 2006 (2006-09-23)
Country Netherlands
LanguageDutch

For a few marbles more (Dutch : Voor een paar knikkers meer) is a 2006 short Dutch film written and directed by Jelmar Hufen. [1] The film was selected for over 240 film festivals in 57 countries and received 41 awards. 'For a few marbles more' is the most selected and awarded Dutch (short) film ever. [2] [3]

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Plot

Four ten–year-olds are kicked out of their favorite playground by two aggressive drunkards. When they realize their parents are not going to help them, there's only one solution. They have to find a way to get the toughest boy in the neighborhood to help them. From that moment on the four friends are in for an exciting adventure.

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References

  1. "Voor een paar knikkers meer". Netherlands Film Festival . Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  2. "For a Few Marbles More selected for its 200th international film festival". Holland Film . 2008-12-04. Archived from the original on November 16, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
  3. "Korte film geselecteerd voor 200ste filmfestival". Cinema.nl (in Dutch). 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2009-01-13.