Several awards were handed out in various competitions during the 42nd edition of the Netherlands Film Festival (21 to 30 September). Below you can find the winners for each category.
Winners 42nd edition Netherlands Film Festival
- Best Digital Culture 
 LAWKI (Life As We Know It)- ARK (Arran Lyon, Federico Campagna, Louis Braddock Clarke, Roosje Klap, Senka Milutinović, Teoniki Rożynek, Valentin Vogelmann, Zuzanna Zgierska)
 Best Short Documentary
 In Flow of Words - Eliane Esther Bots (productie: near/by film)
 Best Short Film
 La Ultima Ascensión - Kevin Osepa (scenario: Kevin Osepa, productie: Smarthouse)
 Best Leading Role Short Film/Single play
 Sinem Kavus - Mocro Maffia: Meltem
 Best TV Drama
 Rampvlucht - Michael Leendertse, Fleur Winters, Lourens Blok, Edson da Conceicao (productie: Big Blue)
 Best Leading Role in a Drama Series
 Jeroen Spitzenberger - Het jaar van Fortuyn
 Best Supporting Role in a Drama Series
 Charlie Chan Dagelet - Dirty Lines
 Best Sound Design
 Evelien van der Molen - Captain Nova
 Beste Music
 Ella van der Woude - Moloch
 Best Photography
 Martijn van Broekhuizen - Narcosis
 Best Editing
 Ruben van der Hammen - Do Not Hesitate
 Best Long Documentary
 Shabu - Shamira Raphaëla (productie: Tangerine Tree)
 Best Production Design
 Mascha Halberstad - Knor
 Best Costume Design
 Manon Blom - Narcosis
 Best Leading Role Feature Film
 Thekla Reuten - Narcosis
 Best Supporting Role Feature Film
 Tobias Kersloot - Do Not Hesitate
 Best Screenplay
 Jolein Laarman - Do Not Hesitate
 Best Director
 Mascha Halberstad - Knor
 Best Film
 Knor - Marleen Slot, Viking Film (scenario: Fiona van Heemstra, regie: Mascha Halberstad)
 Audience Award
 Bon Bini Holland 3 - Maarten Swart, Kaap Holland Film (scenario: Michel Bonset, Jandino Asporaat, Maarten Swart en Anjali Taneja, regie: Pieter van Rijn)
 Film Culture Award
 Will Koopman
- Market Potential Award 
 Quatro Meninas (Brazil) written by Clara Ferrer
 Director: Karen Suzane
 Producer: Marcello Ludwig Maia for República Pureza Filme- Work-in-progress Award 
 Pènc 13 (Senegal/South Africa) by Selly Raby Kane
 Producer: Tamsin Ranger for Big World cinema- Cam-a-lot & Filmmore Emerging Cinema Award 
 I'll Never Be A Cop (Nunca seré policía, Chile) by Carolina Moscoso
 Producer: Camila José Donoso- NFF Script Development Award 
 Anton de Kom - I Shall Be Heard (Netherlands) written by Philip Delmaar and Raoul de Jong
 Director: Edson da Conceicao
 Producers: Marc Bary and Nicky Onstenk of IJswater Films, and Ray Blinker and Vincent Berkleef of Tulsa Studios.
- Filmprijs van de Stad Utrecht (Debuutcompetitie) 
 Master of Light van Rosa Ruth Boesten- EY Talent Award - highest production value 
 Void Between Us (regie en scenario: Luka Gribnau, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht)- Fentener van Vlissingen Fonds Award - most distinctive performance crew member 
 Muhammed Berber - production design It Will Rain (regie: Amir Zaza, scenario: Zeynep Dulger en Amir Zaza, Nederlandse Filmacademie)- NFF Talent Award - director of the best graduation project 
 Wessel van Wanrooij - Over een pastoor op regenlaarzen (scenario: Reowin Renkema, Nederlandse Filmacademie)- KNF Award – best graduation project 
 Verwoede pogingen (regie en scenario: Joris Tobé, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht)- NAPA - producer with the most innovative vision of the future 
 Patou ten Cate (Nederlandse Filmacademie)
 Robijn Boekelman (Nederlandse Filmacademie)- Film Fund Wildcards - Animation Wildcard: Quita Felix, Mahmood Shakuri
- Documentary Wildcard: Jiyan Düyü, Niek Silvan
- Fiction Wildcard: Idriss Nsangou Nabil, Jikkie Schelling
 
- Teledoc Campus – Buurman Abdi van Douwe Dijkstra