Golden Calf (award)

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Golden Calf

The Golden Calf
Awarded for Best in film and television programs
Presented by Nederlands Film Festival
Country The Netherlands
First awarded 1981
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The Golden Calf (Dutch: Gouden Kalf) is the award of the Netherlands Film Festival, which is held annually in Utrecht. The award has been presented since 1981, originally in six categories: Best actor, Best actress, Best film, Best Short film, Culture Prize and Honourable mention. In 2004, there were 16 award categories, mainly because in 2003 the categories Best Camera, Best Montage, Best Music, Best Production Design, Best Sound Design were added.

Famous Dutch film makers and actors that have won a Golden Calf include Rutger Hauer, Louis van Gasteren, Paul Verhoeven, Eddy Terstall, Carice van Houten, Fons Rademakers, Martin Koolhoven, Alex van Warmerdam, Fedja van Huêt, Jean van de Velde, Dick Maas, Marleen Gorris, Ian Kerkhof, Jeroen Krabbé, Monic Hendrickx and Rijk de Gooyer.

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[edit] Statuette

The Golden Calf statuette is depicting a golden calf looking up in the sky. It was designed in 1980 by sculptor Theo Mackaay for the initiator of the Netherlands Film Festival Jos Stelling. Jos Stelling contributes the idea of making a golden calf to director Wim Verstappen, but Theo Makaay claims the original idea himself.[1] The statuette is a 33 centimeters high casted bronze sculpture.[2] In the early years of the award the statuette had a marble base, but this version is now replaced by a less heavy version also made by Theo Mackaay to enable winners to raise the award above their heads more easily.[1]

[edit] Name and meaning

Dutch cattle
Dutch cattle

The name refers to an animal as is common in names of European film awards, such as the Golden Bear of the Berlin Film Festival and the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival, and cattle is one of the most common types of livestock in the Netherlands.[1] The name of the award also refers to the Old Testament where a golden calf was made by Aaron and later destroyed by Moses because people should not worship a golden calf. Jury member in 2002 Martin Koolhoven says the Dutch Calvinist culture is more relativizing than proud: "This is why the Golden Calf is such a good prize, because of the wink that is included. Real foreign countries have golden lions and golden bears. We have a golden calf and after all it is sinfull to worship it."[1]

In 1995 Rijk de Gooyer threw his Golden Calf statuette on the street in the reality TV series Taxi (the Dutch version of Taxicab Confessions), when he was picked up by a taxi after a dissatisfying closing ceremony at the Netherlands Film Festival.[1]. In 1999 he let Maarten Spanjer, the host of Taxi, throw his Golden Calf for Krassen in het Tafelblad out of the window.

[edit] Award Categories

[edit] Film Awards

[edit] TV awards

[edit] Special awards

[edit] Retired awards

[edit] Winners

[edit] 1998

[edit] 1999

[edit] 2000

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[edit] 2003

[edit] 2004

[edit] 2005

[edit] 2006

[edit] 2007

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e Jungmann, Bart (2002-10-03). Hé, het lijkt de Oscars wel. Cinema.nl. Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
  2. ^ Gouden Kalf. www.filmfestival.nl. Netherlands Film Festival. Retrieved on 2007-01-07.

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