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Winners of the Grand Prize of the Dutch Film, the Golden Calf 2004

The Grand Prize of Dutch Film, the Golden Calves for 2004, were presented during the Dutch Film Gala.

The presentation ceremony marked the close of the 24th Netherlands Film Festival, which on Wednesday evening concluded the film screenings with the première of the festival's closing film, HIDDEN FLAWS, attended by director Paula van der Oest, writer Renate Dorrestein and lead actors Henny Orri, Priscilla Knetemann and Bram van den Hooven. The festival attracted 106,500 visitors; an increase on last year, when 105,000 visited the festival. Next year's 25th anniversary will be celebrated with a special jubilee edition.

The Golden Calf Jury 2004 - consisting of Dick Willemsen (chair), Barry Atsma, Hans Hylkema, Hanneke Niens, Antoinette Polak, Bert Rijkelijkhuizen and Dirk Teenstra - awarded the Golden Calves in fifteen categories: Best Sound Design, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Music, Best Photography, Best Scenario, Best Short Film, Best Short Documentary, Best Full-Length Documentary, Best TV Drama, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Direction Feature Film, 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 festival audiences.

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 Robbert Blokland, Ronald Ockhuysen, Jann Ruyters, Bianca Stigter and Karin Wolfs.

The winners of the Grand Prize of Dutch Film, the Golden Calf 2004:

BEST SOUND DESIGN
Georges Bossaers for A FATHER'S AFFAIR

BEST EDITING
Mario Steenbergen for THE LAST VICTORY

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Marco Rooth for THE PREACHER

BEST MUSIC
Mark van Platen for KEES DE JONGEN

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
Erik van Empel for THE LAST VICTORY

BEST SCENARIO
Mischa Alexander for ELLIS IN GLAMOURLAND

The winner of the Golden Calf for Best Scenario 2004 receives 7,000 euros from the Dutch Film Fund, to be spent on writing a treatment for a new film.

BEST SHORT FILM
DOKTER VOGEL by Lodewijk Crijns

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
.TIBBAR by Leo Wentink

BESTE FULL-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
DEACON OF DEATH by Jan van den Berg

BEST TV DRAMA
MAKING WAVES by Nicole van Kilsdonk

BEST ACTOR
Cees Geel for his role in SIMON

BEST ACTRESS
Monic Hendrickx for her role in SOUTH

BEST DIRECTION FEATURE FILM
Eddy Terstall for SIMON

BEST FEATURE FILM
Imko Nieuwenhuijs for SIMON

SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Albert ter Heerdt and Mimoun Oaïssa for SHOUF SHOUF HABIBI!

TISCALI AUDIENCE AWARD
SIMON by Eddy Terstall

The Tiscali Audience Award includes an extra prize in the form of internet promotion for SIMON worth 10,000 euros.

DUTCH FILM CRITICS AWARD
SHOUF SHOUF HABIBI! by Albert ter Heerdt

The Dutch Film Critics Award is supported by Holland Subtitling, who will facilitate a subtitled copy of the winning film or a subsequent film.

SPECIAL MENTION DUTCH FILM CRITICS
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