The Crystal Film (Dutch: Kristallen Film) is a film award recognising domestic box office achievements in the Netherlands. The Crystal Film is awarded to documentary films from the Netherlands once they have sold 10,000 tickets.

Crystal Film
Awarded forBox office achievements
CountryNetherlands
Presented byNetherlands Film Festival
Netherlands Film Fund
First awarded21 June 2005
Websitehttp://www.kristallenfilm.nl/

The award is an initiative of the Netherlands Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Fund to increase media attention for Dutch documentary films, in addition to the existing Golden Film and Platinum Film for Dutch films in general.[1] They announced the introduction of the Crystal Film on 28 April 2005.[2] The first Crystal Film was awarded on 21 June 2005 to Shape of the Moon (2004). Since its introduction, the Crystal Film has been awarded to twelve films.[a]

Films that received the Crystal Film

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Crystal Film for 10,000 tickets sold
Year # Film Release date Crystal Film
2005 1 Shape of the Moon 6 January 2005[3] 21 June 2005[4]
2 Souls of Naples 18 August 2005[5] 21 December 2005[5]
2006 3 Buddha's Lost Children 7 September 2006[6] 25 September 2006[7]
4 Forever 12 October 2006[8] 23 November 2006[9]
2007 5 4 Elements 30 November 2006[10] 10 January 2007[11]
6 Goud 4 October 2007[12] 17 October 2007[13]
2008 7 El ovido 23 October 2008 11 December 2008[14]
2009 8 Contractpensions - Djangan loepah! 18 January 2008 29 September 2009[15]
2010 9 Janine 7 October 2010 16 November 2010[16]
2011 10 Position Among the Stars 18 November 2010 22 April 2011[17]
11 Ouwehoeren 1 December 2011 30 December 2011[18]
2012 12 Over canto 8 December 2011 12 February 2012[19]

Notes

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  1. ^ As of 22 January 2014.

References

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  1. ^ "Kristallen film voor filmdocumentaire Buddha's Lost Children" (Press release) (in Dutch). Netherlands Film Festival. 2006-09-25. Retrieved 2007-01-01.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (2005-04-28). "Nieuwe prijs voor Nederlandse documentaires". Cinema.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2008-06-13.
  3. ^ "Stand van de Maan (2004)". film1.nl (in Dutch). 2005-01-06. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  4. ^ "Stand van de Maan". filmfestival.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands Film Festival. 2005-06-21. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
  5. ^ a b "Zielen van Napels". filmfestival.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands Film Festival. 2008-08-18. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  6. ^ "Buddha's Lost Children (2006)". film1.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  7. ^ "Buddha's Lost Children". filmfestival.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands Film Festival. 2006-09-07. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
  8. ^ "Forever (2006)". film1.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  9. ^ "Forever". filmfestival.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands Film Festival. 2006-11-23. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
  10. ^ "4 Elements (2006)". film1.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  11. ^ "4 Elements". filmfestival.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands Film Festival. 2007-01-10. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
  12. ^ "Goud. Nieuws". gouddefilm.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  13. ^ "Goud". filmfestival.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands Film Festival. 2007-10-17. Archived from the original on May 27, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  14. ^ (in Dutch) El ovido Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine, Netherlands Film Festival, 2008. Retrieved on 22 January 2014.
  15. ^ (in Dutch) Contractpensions - Djangan loepah! Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine, Netherlands Film Festival, 2009. Retrieved on 22 January 2014.
  16. ^ (in Dutch) Janine Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine, Netherlands Film Festival, 2010. Retrieved on 22 January 2014.
  17. ^ (in Dutch) Stand van de sterren Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine, Netherlands Film Festival, 2011. Retrieved on 22 January 2014.
  18. ^ (in Dutch) Ouwehoeren Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine, Netherlands Film Festival, 2011. Retrieved on 22 January 2014.
  19. ^ (in Dutch) Over canto Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine, Netherlands Film Festival, 2012. Retrieved on 22 January 2014.
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