2012 Gouden Kalveren (Dutch Film Awards) – winners

The 2012 Nederlands Film Festival came to a close this weekend in Utrecht with the ceremony for the 32nd annual Gouden Kalveren (Golden Calf Awards) for the best in Dutch cinema. The awards are named after the Biblical golden calf from the story of Moses in Exodus.

Jos Stelling's Het Meisje en de Dood (The Girl and Death) won the top prize of Best Film. It also won for Best Cinematography and Best Sound.

De Heineken ontvoering (The Heineken Kidnapping) also picked up three awards, winning for Best Actor (Reinout Scholten van Aschat), Editor and Production Design.

Paula van der Oest took Best Director for The Domino Effect, the film's only award. The third Best Film nominee Plan C won for Best Supporting Actor (René van 't Hof) and Best Screenplay.

The prize of the Kring van Nederlandse Filmjournalisten (Dutch Film Critics) went to Boudewijn Koole's Kauwboy, which also won for Best Music for Helge Slikker. Kauwboy is the Dutch submission for Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards.

The Audience Award went to Dennis Bots' Achtste-Groepers Huilen Niet (Eight Graders Don't Cry).


Complete list of winners for the Gouden Kalveren 2012

Best Short Documentary
Immer Fernweh. Das Künstlerleben der Johanna Kaiser (Johanna Kaiser's Life as an Artist) – Peter Delpeut

Best Feature Documentary
De Regels van Matthijs (Matthew's Laws) – Marc Schmidt

Best Short Film
Sevilla – Bram Schouw

Best Television Drama
Overspel – Frank Ketelaar, Dana Nechushtan and Arno Dierickx

Best Actress in a Television Drama
Rifka Lodeizen – Overspel

Best Actor in a Television Drama
Jeroen Willems – Cop vs. Killer

Best Sound
Bert Rijkelijkhuizen – Het Meisje en de Dood (The Girl and Death)

Best Music
Helge Slikker – Kauwboy

Best Editing
JP Luijsterburg – De Heineken ontvoering (The Heineken Kidnapping)

Best Production Design
Wilbert van Dorp – De Heineken ontvoering (The Heineken Kidnapping)

Best Cinematography
Goert Giltay – Het Meisje en de Dood (The Girl and Death)

Best Supporting Actress
Olga Zuiderhoek – Süskind

Best Supporting Actor
René van 't Hof – Plan C

Best Actress
Hannah Hoekstra – Hemel

Best Actor
Reinout Scholten van Aschat – De Heineken ontvoering (The Heineken Kidnapping)

Best Screenplay
Max Porcelijn – Plan C

Best Director
The Domino Effect – Paula van der Oest

Best Film
Het Meisje en de Dood (The Girl and Death) – Jos Stelling Films

Audience Award
Achtste-Groepers Huilen Niet (Eight Graders Don't Cry) – Dennis Bots

Dutch Film Critics' Prize
Kauwboy – Boudewijn Koole



Complete nominations for the Gouden Kalveren 2012

Best Short Documentary
I Used to Dance – Femke Kramer
Immer Fernweh. Das Künstlerleben der Johanna Kaiser (Johanna Kaiser's Life as an Artist) – Peter Delpeut
Jeroen Jeroen – Petra Lataster-Czisch en Peter Lataster

Best Feature Documentary
900 Dagen (900 Days) – Jessica Gorter
De Regels van Matthijs (Matthew's Laws) – Marc Schmidt
Zoete rook van het vaderland (Sweet Smoke of the Fatherland) – Masha Novikova

Best Short Film
Junkyard – Hisko Hulsing
Lief Konijn – Camiel Schouwenaar
Sevilla – Bram Schouw

Best Television Drama
De Geheimen van Barslet – Boris Paval Conen
De hoer en het meisje (The Whore and the Girl) – Martijn Maria Smits
Overspel – Frank Ketelaar, Dana Nechushtan and Arno Dierickx

Best Actress in a Television Drama
Sanneke Bos – De Geheimen van Barslet
Sallie Harmsen – De Geheimen van Barslet
Rifka Lodeizen – Overspel

Best Actor in a Television Drama
Jeroen Willems – Cop vs. Killer
Kees Prins – Overspel
Roeland Fernhout – Terug

Best Sound
Peter Warnier – De Heineken ontvoering (The Heineken Kidnapping)
Alek Goosse – Lena
Bert Rijkelijkhuizen – Het Meisje en de Dood (The Girl and Death)

Best Music
Tom Holkenborg – De Heineken ontvoering (The Heineken Kidnapping)
Helge Slikker – Kauwboy
Erik-Jan Grob – Plan C

Best Editing
JP Luijsterburg – De Heineken ontvoering (The Heineken Kidnapping)
Marc Bechtold – Plan C
Katarina Türler – De Regels van Matthijs (Matthew's Laws)

Best Production Design
Wilbert van Dorp – De Heineken ontvoering (The Heineken Kidnapping)
Rosie Stapel – Silent City
Hubert Pouille – Süskind

Best Cinematography
Jeroen de Bruin – Black Out
Guido van Gennep – The Domino Effect
Goert Giltay – Het Meisje en de Dood (The Girl and Death)

Best Supporting Actress
Truus te Selle – De Heineken ontvoering (The Heineken Kidnapping)
Olga Zuiderhoek – Süskind
Nanette Drazic – De Verbouwing (The Renovation)

Best Supporting Actor
Bas Keijzer – Black Out
Niels Gomperts – Lena
René van 't Hof – Plan C

Best Actress
Hannah Hoekstra – Hemel
Jelka van Houten – Jackie
Susan Visser – Taped

Best Actor
Reinout Scholten van Aschat – De Heineken ontvoering (The Heineken Kidnapping)
Ruben van der Meer – Plan C
Jeroen Spitzenberger – Süskind

Best Screenplay
Marcel Lenssen – Doodslag (Manslaughter)
Helena van der Meulen – Hemel
Max Porcelijn – Plan C

Best Director
The Domino Effect – Paula van der Oest
Het Meisje en de Dood (The Girl and Death) – Jos Stelling
Plan C – Max Porcelijn

Best Film
The Domino Effect – The Domino Effect BV
Het Meisje en de Dood (The Girl and Death) – Jos Stelling Films
Plan C – Sander Verdonk en Gertjan Langeland voor LEV Pictures en Denis Wigman voor CTM Films