Tonight, the Golden Calves, the Grand Prize of the Dutch Film 2007, were awarded during the Gala Dutch Film Gala. The presentation, hosted by Paul de Leeuw, was broadcast live on the Internet on www.filmfestival.nl. The ceremony was the conclusion of the 27th Netherlands Film Festival, which attracted 125,000 visitors.

The Golden Calves jury 2007 – consisting of André van Duren, Pieter Fleury, Ronald Giphart, Brigit Hillenius, Jannie Langbroek, Reinier Selen, Paula van der Oest (chairman)  – granted the Golden Calves in seventeen categories:

Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Soundtrack, Best Photography, Best Short Film, Best Short Documentary, Best Long Documentary, Best TV Drama, Best Male Supporting Role, Best Female Supporting Role, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Direction, Best Long Feature Film and the Special Jury Award.

The Golden Calf for the KPN Audience Award was granted to the feature film which was appreciated most highly by festival visitors. The Golden Calf for the KPN Audience Award entails an extra cash prize of 25,000 Euro, to be spent on an online media campaign. 

The Dutch Film Critics Award was also presented tonight. This press prize is granted by the Circle of Dutch Film Journalists. This year, the jury consisted of Leo Bankersen, Paul van Es, Sven Gerrets, Oene Kummer and Clementine van Wijngaarden.

VPRO’s Cinema.nl Festival Journal will report on the ceremony at 22.30 tonight. On Monday 8 October at 21.30, the digital culture channel Cultura will broadcast the entire Gala. Interactieve TV by KPN offers the Gala on demand in the month of October.

The winners of the Golden Calves, the Grand Prize of the Dutch Film 2007:

BEST SHORT FILM

Anna van der Heide for Missiepoo16

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Simone de Vries for Touch me Somplace

BEST LONG DOCUMENTARY

Jeroen Berkvens for Jimmy Rosenberg – the Father, the Son & the Talent

BEST TV DRAMA

Peter de Baan for The Prince and the Girl

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Maarten Piersma for Nightwatching

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY

Richard van Oosterhout for Wolfsbergen

BEST SOUND

Mark Glynne, Kees de Groot, Joost Roskam en Pepijn Aben for Stages

BEST EDITING

Herman P. Koerts for Crusade in Jeans

BEST SOUNDTRACK

Vincent van Warmerdam for Kicks

BEST MALE SUPPORTING ROLE

Jan Decleir for his role in Wolfsbergen

BEST FEMALE SUPPORTING ROLE

Sylvia Hoeks for her role in Duska

BEST ACTOR

Marcel Hensema for his role in Wild Romance

BEST ACTRESS

Elsie de Brauw for her role in Tussenstand

BEST SCREENPLAY

Peter Greenaway for Nightwatching

BEST DIRECTION

Mijke de Jong for Stages

BEST LONG FEATURE FILM

Kees Kasander of The Kasander Film Company for Crusade in Jeans

SPECIAL JURY AWARD

Halina Reijn and Fedja van Huêt for The Prince and the Girl

KPN AUDIENCE AWARD

Where is Winky’s Horse? from Mischa Kamp

KNF AWARD

Stages from Mijke de Jong