This evening during the Talk Show of the 25th Netherlands Film Festival, the nominations were announced for the Grand Prize of the Dutch Film, the Golden Calf. The Jury of the Golden Calves competition selected the nominees after watching 75 filmproductions in the competition programme. The members of the jury are Kees van Twist (chair), Robbert Aarts, Piotr van Dijk, Mijke de Jong, Rens Machielse, Hans Pos en Els Vandevorst.

Also in this evening's Talk Show, the nominations were announced for the Dutch Film Critics Award. This press award is granted by the Circle of Dutch Film Critics. This year's jury is made up of Bas Blokker, Jan Pieter Ekker, Romy van Krieken, Remke de Lange en Ronald Rovers.

The Golden Calves and the Dutch Film Critics Award will be presented during the Netherlands Film Gala on Friday 7 October from 19:45 to 21:30 in the Central Studios in Utrecht. The Gala can be seen live on the internet via www.filmfestival.nl.

The Jury awards Golden Calves in seventeen categories: Best Sound Design, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Music, Best Camera, Best Scenario, Best Short Film, Best Short Documentary, Best Full-Length Documentary, Best Direction TV Drama, Best Male Supporting Role, Best Female Supporting Role, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Direction, Best Feature Film and the Special Jury Award.

During the Gala, the Golden Calf for the Tiscali Audience Award will also be presented to the feature film that got the highest score from festival audiences.

Finally, the Film Prize of the City of Utrecht will be awarded during the Gala. The nominees for the Best Direction debut were announced during the opening night of the festival on September 28, 2005.

Tonight, the Moviesquad Award was granted to LIVE! A jury made up of five youngsters chose the feature film out of nine film productions.

The nominations for the Grand Prize of the Dutch Film, the Golden Calf 2005, in alphabetical order by film title, are:

BEST SOUND DESIGN
Mark Glynne for HAVEN, ROAMING THROUGH THE NIGHT
Michel Schöpping and Marc Lizier for FORELAND
Bart Jilesen for BLACK SWANS

BEST EDITING
Merel Notten for 06/05 THE SIXTH OF MAY
Sander Vos for PARADISE NOW
Job ter Burg for HET SCHNITZELPARADIJS

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Gert Brinkers for LEPEL
Floris Vos for HET SCHNITZELPARADIJS
Eric Bernhard and Joppe van der Zwan for VALSE WALS

BEST SCORE
Paul M. van Brugge for ALIAS KURBAN SAÏD
Rainer Hensel for VALSE WALS
Han Otten for BLACK SWANS

BEST CAMERA
Melle van Essen for ECHOES OF WAR
Leonard Retel Helmrich for SHAPE OF THE MOON
Richard van Oosterhout for BLACK SWANS

BEST SCENARIO
Nanouk Leopold for GUERNSEY
Tamara Bos for WINKY'S HORSE
Hany Abu-Assad and Bero Beyer for PARADISE NOW

BEST SHORT FILM
DIALOOGOEFENING by Esther Rots
JONA/TOMBERRY by Rosto
STILL WORLD by Elbert van Strien

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
CROSSING MY LIPS by Janica Draisma
IK BEN MOHAMMED by Roy Dames
DE KINDEREN VAN MIJN VADER by Meral Uslu

BEST FULL-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
ME AND MY PARENTS, MY PARENTS AND I by Gerrit van Elst
LOMAX THE SONGHUNTER by Rogier Kappers
SHAPE OF THE MOON by Leonard Retel Helmrich

BEST TV DRAMA
DE KROON by Peter de Baan
MASTERCLASS by Hans Teeuwen
MEDEA by Theo van Gogh

BEST MALE SUPPORTING ROLE
Ali Ben Horsting for his role in LIVE!
Mamoun Elyounoussi for his role in WINKY'S HORSE
Yahya Gaier, Tygo Gernandt, Micha Hulshof, Gürkan Küçüksentürk and Mimoun Oaïssa for their role as members of the kitchen staff in HET SCHNITZELPARADIJS

BEST FEMALE SUPPORTING ROLE
Lidewij Mahler for her role in FLIRT
Sarah Jonker for her role in LIVE!
Sophie van Winden for her role in LIVE!

BEST ACTOR
Thijs Römer for his role in 06/05 THE SIXTH OF MAY
Fedja van Huêt for his role in GUERNSEY
Dragan Bakema for his role in BLACK SWANS

BEST ACTRESS
Susan Visser for her role in AMAZONS
Maria Kraakman for her role in GUERNSEY
Carice van Houten for her role in BLACK SWANS

BEST DIRECTION
Nanouk Leopold for GUERNSEY
Hany Abu-Assad for PARADISE NOW
Martin Koolhoven for HET SCHNITZELPARADIJS

BEST FEATURE FILM
GUERNSEY by producer Stienette Bosklopper for Circe Films WINKY'S HORSE by producers Burny Bos, Sabine Veenendaal and Michiel de Rooij for BosBros Film & TV Productions BV PARADISE NOW by producer Bero Beyer for Augustus Film

NOMINATIONS FOR THE DUTCH FILM CRITICS AWARD
Nanouk Leopold for GUERNSEY
Hany Abu-Assad for PARADISE NOW
Albert Elings en Eugenie Jansen for FORELAND