WINNERS GOLDEN CALVES, THE PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR DUTCH CINEMA 2006

Tonight, the Prestigious Awards for Dutch Cinema, the 2006 Golden Calves, were presented during the Dutch Film Gala. The presentations could be seen live on the Internet on www.filmfestival.nl; the VPRO's Cinema.nl Festivaljournaal will report on the ceremony at 23.10 tonight. On Saturday 7 October at 17.00 and on Sunday 8 October at 21.00, the digital culture channel Cultura will broadcast the Gala in its entirety.

The presentation ceremony marked the close of the 26th Netherlands Film Festival, which attracted a total of 118,000 visitors. The first edition of the Netherlands Online Film Festival (NOFF) brought 90,000 unique visitors to the website.

The Golden Calves Jury 2006 - consisting of Esther Bannenberg, Jan van den Berg, Jacqueline de Goeij, Rolf Koot (vice-chairman), Esmé Lammers (chairwoman), Erik Langhout and Wouter Suyderhoud - awarded Golden Calves in seventeen categories: Best Sound Design, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Music, Best Photography, Best Short Film, Best Short Documentary, Best Full-Length Documentary, Best TV Drama, Best Male Supporting Role, Best Female Supporting Role, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Script, Best Director, Best Feature Film and the Special Jury Award.

The Golden Calf for the Tiscali Audience Award was presented to the feature that was most appreciated by the festival's audiences. An extra prize of 25,000 euros is attached to the Golden Calf for the Tiscali Audience Award, to be spent on an online media campaign.

The Dutch Film Critics' Award was also presented this evening. This press prize is awarded by the Circle of Dutch Film Journalists (KNF). The jury this year was made up of Pieter van Lierop (GPD), Saskia Legein (TVFilm, Radio M), Mike Peek (NL20), Bregtje Schudel (Vrij Nederland) and Willem Schouten (Sp!ts).

The winners of the Golden Calves, the Prestigious Prize for Dutch Cinema 2006:

BEST SOUND DESIGN
Peter Flamman and the sound crew for A THOUSAND KISSES

BEST EDITING
Menno Boerema, Eugenie Jansen, Albert Elings and Chris van Oers for JUNGLE RUDY, THE CHRONICLE OF A FAMILY

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Gert Brinkers for WAITER

BEST MUSIC
Giorgio Tuinfort, Bart van de Lisdonk, Big Orange and Earforce for BOLLETJES BLUES

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
Thomas Doebele and Maarten Schmidt for CONSTANT, AVANT LE DÉPART

BEST SHORT FILM
MEANDER by Joke Liberge

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
PHOTO SOUVENIR by Paul Cohen and Martijn van Haalen

BESTE FULL-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
FOREVER by Heddy Honigmann

BEST TV DRAMA
ESCORT by Frank Ketelaar

BEST MALE SUPPORTING ROLE
Fedja van Huêt for NIGHT RUN

BEST FEMALE SUPPORTING ROLE
Catherine ten Bruggencate for A THOUSAND KISSES

BEST ACTOR
Frank Lammers for NIGHT RUN

BEST ACTRESS
Carice van Houten for BLACK BOOK

BEST SCRIPT
Alex van Warmerdam for WAITER

BESTE DIRECTOR
Paul Verhoeven for BLACK BOOK

BESTE FEATURE FILM
BLACK BOOK by San Fu Maltha for Fu Works, Jos van der Linden for Hector BV and Frans van Gestel and Jeroen Beker for Motel Films

SPECIAL JURY AWARD
I NEVER WANT TO BE FAMOUS by Mercedes Stalenhoef

TISCALI AUDIENCE AWARD
BONKERS by Martin Koolhoven

DUTCH FILM CRITICS AWARD
FOREVER by Heddy Honigmann