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HFM Archive
All HFM award winners and selections
Check out all the HFM Awardwinners and selections that took part of the Holland Film Meeting.
Former winners
2020: HOLY ELECTRICTY - Tato Kotetishvili & Irakli Metreveli & Tekla Machavariani
2019: THE STATION - Sara Ishaq & Nadia Eliewat
2017: THE WHOLE - Timers van Bibhusan Basnet & Pooja Gurung
2017: LIFE AFTER ZORO - Raf Reyntjens
2016: TEHRAN, CITY OF LOVE - Ali Jaberansari
2016: THE RELIGION OF NIGHT WALKS - Nikola Nikola Ležaic
2015: APPLE OF MY EYE - Yaron Shani
2015: UNKNOWN FAMILY - Ron Termaat
2015: SUMMER 1993 - Carla Simón
2014: GAMEOVER - Olena Fetisova
2014: I WANT TO BE LIKE YOU - Konstantin Bojanov
2014: A SHINING FLAW - Erwin Olaf
2013: HEARTSTONE - Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson
2013: MONK - Ties Schenk
2012: EUROPE'S BORDERLAND - Jakob Preuss
2012: J. KESSELS - Erik de Bruyn
2012: KNUCKLES' LAST TAPE - Jos de Putter
2011: KORSO - Akseli Tuomivaara
2011: METRO - Marcel Visbeen
2011: THOMAS AND THE BOOK OF EVERYTHING - Ineke Houtman
2011: WHISPERING CLOUDS - Meikeminne Clinckspoor
2010: THE SKY ABOVE US - Marinus Groothof
2009: ATLANTIC. - Jan-Willem van Ewijk
2008: SHOCKING BLUE - Mark de Cloe
2007: MILO - Berend en Roel Boorsma
2006: DOOD MEISJE - Elbert van Strien. Claudia Brandt
2005: WHITE WOMEN - Reinier Selen, Edwin van Meurs, Melinda Jansen
2004: POL & LOT - Maria Uitdehaag, Jacqueline de Goeij en Ruud van der Heyde
2003: WHEN NIGHT FALLS - Ineke Houtman, Jan van der Zanden & Wilant Boekelman
2002: CALIMUCHO - Eugenie Jansen & Stienette Bosklopper
2017: LA CAMA - Monica Lairana
2016: IN BLUE - Jaap van Heusden
2016: MORMAÇO - Marina Meliande,
2015: A QUIET PASSION - Terence Davies
2015: UPSTREAM - Marion Hänsel
2014: DUST CLOTH - Ahu Öztürk
2014: PARADISE TRIPS - Raf Reyntjens
2013: EUROPE'S BORDERLAND - Jakob Preuss
2013: ATLANTIC. - Jan-Willem van Ewijk
2019: MARINA – Laís Santos Araújo & Pethrus Tibúrcio, Nara Aragão & João Vieira Jr.
2019: THIS IS HOME - Silas Parry & Gill Parry
New Dutch selections
Selections of 2020
- ANOUSCHKA
Director: Tamara Shogaolu
Screenwriter: Sandy Bosmans & Elinor Vanderburg
Production: Jamari Perry, Tamara Shogaolu & Marcela Stolzmann - APOLLO
Director: Aaron Rookus (The Idyll & Other Exotics was part of BoostNL 2019-20; directed a Gouden Kalf winner. Een goed leven, 2015, nominated for Dutch Directors Guild Award in 2018)
Screenwriter: Wander Theunis
Producer: Laurette Schilings - BLACK PETE, OR: How I Found My True Self And Accidentally Unleashed A Race War
Screenwriter: Ashar MedinaDirector: Gonzalo FernandezProducer: Ashar Medina, Gonzalo Fernandez & IJswater Films (NL) - CANDY
Screenwriter and Director: Carin Goeijers
Producer: Sanne Cousijn & Camiel Zwart - EXHIBIT #8
Director: Ruben Broekhuis (Exhibit #8 is Ruben’s feature debut)
Screenwriter: Sarah Offringa
Producer: Monique van Kessel - THE MAN FROM ROME
Director: Jaap van Heusden
Screenwriter: Rogier de Blok
Producer: Marc Bary - NOSFERATU REANIMATED
Director and Screenwriter: Erik van Schaaik
Producer: Ate de Jong - PARADISE
Director and Screenwriter: Wout Malestein
Producer: Aydin Dehzad - UNDER THE NAKES SKY
Director and Screenwriter: Lilian Sijbesma (this script won the 2018 Visser-Neerlandia Award for Best Screenplay of the Netherlands and Flanders)
Producer: Germen Boelens & Kirsi Saivosalmi
- ANOUSCHKA
Selections of 2019
- 100UP
Director: Heddy Honigmann
Producer: Dutch Mountain Film - El Azul Bajo Sus Pies
Director: Isabel Muruzábal Lamberti
Screenwriters: Isabel Muruzábal Lamberti & Lenina Ungari
Producer: IJswater Films - The Fallen Astronaut
Director: Frank Herrebout
Producer: Lagestee Film BV - Forever Yours
Director: Mark de Cloe
Screenwriter: Marieke van de Pol
Producer: NL Film - I Don't Wanna Dance
Director: Flynn von Kleist
Screenwriter: Jeroen Scholten van Aschat
Producer: The Rogues - Immer Gerade Aus
Director: Anna van der Heide
Screenwriter: Anne Barnhoorn
Producer: Pupkin - Jildau
Director: Fedde Hoekstra
Screenwriters: Marlais Olijrhook & Fedde Hoekstra
Producers: Fedde Hoekstra & Moniek Baars - Oil
Director: Ayse Altinok
Screenwriter: Ayse Altinok
Producer: Revolver Amsterdam - Op zoek naar het paradijs (In search of paradise)
Director: Roy Dames
Producer: DocEye
- 100UP
HFM Interactive Projects
Selections of 2019
HFM collaborated with the Sandberg Institute and the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision for a four-month masterclass programme for creators who want to explore their limitations and develop new ways of storytelling. Under the thematic umbrella of “Artificial Imagination”, the creators - in interdisciplinary teams - have been asked to come up with alternative scenarios for the dystopias that seem to dominate our visions and visual culture of the future.- Data-driven LARPing
Makers: Steye Hallema & The Smartphone Orchestra - Don't Worry, We'll All Be Happy
Makers: Mirka Duijn & Mirte van Duppen - Ik ben Gezond
Maker: Rebekka Fries - Welcome to Paradise
Makers: Sjoerd ter Borg & Cyril Snijders - WINWIN, a consensus algorithm
Makers: James Bryan Graves & Nienke Huitenga
- Data-driven LARPing
BoostNL selections
Selection of 2020
- A FlYING CHARACTER
Director and Screenwriter: Martina Juncadella
Producer: Julieta Juncadella - HOLY ELECTRICITY
Director and Screenwriter: Tato Kotetishvili
Producer: Irakli Metreveli (Zango Studio), Tekla Machavariani (Nushi Film) - JACOB'S WAY
Director: Eelko Ferwerda
Screenwriter: Froukje Tan
Producer: Joram Willink & Maaike Neve - THE MALSTROM
Director: Teddy Cherim
Screenwriter: Kim Kokosky Deforchaux
Producer: Marten van Warmerdam - MARINA
Director and Screenwriter: Laís Santos Araújo & Pethrus Tibúrcio (Aguda Cinema)
Producer: Nara Aragão & João Vieira Jr. - MARIONETTES
Director and Screenwriter: Arianne Hinz
Producer: Ibrahim Karatay & Reinier Selen - THE SETTLEMENT
Director and Screenwriter: Mohamed Rashad
Producer: Hala Lotfy (Hassala Films)
Co-producer: Caracteres Productions (FR) - WOOD
Director: Flynn von Kleist
Screenwriter: Matthijs Bockting
Producer: Guusje van Deuren
- A FlYING CHARACTER
- THE DUMPED (DE AFVALLIGEN)
Scenario: Malu Janssen & Joeri Kloppert
Regie: Malu Janssen
Producent: IJswater Films - FIGURES IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE
Scenario: Ekaterina Selenkina
Regie: Ekaterina Selenkina
Producent: Vladimir Nadein - FROM GUINÉ (DE GUINÉ)
Scenario: Caroline Leone
Regie: Caroline Leone
Producent: Vulcana Cinema - THE GREAT ORATOR
Scenario: Daniel Ernst
Regie: Daniel Ernst
Producent: Submarine Channel - GROUNDSWELL
Scenario: Ian Bruce
Regie: Daniel Bruce
Producent: New Amsterdam Film Company - THE IDYLL & OTHER EXOTICS (DE IDYLLE & ANDERE EXOTEN)
Scenario: Aaron Rookus
Regie: Aaron Rookus
Producent: Studio Ruba - RAPTURE (RIMDOGITTANGA)
Scenario: Dominic Sangma
Regie: Dominic Sangma
Producent: Anna Films - THE STATION
Scenario: Sara Ishaq & Nadia Eliewat
Regie: Sara Ishaq
Producent: Nadia Eliewat - THE UNKNOWN FILMMAKER WHO WANTS TO GO TO SPACE
Scenario: Mauro Colombo
Regie: Mauro Colombo
Producent: Apertura Films
- THE DUMPED (DE AFVALLIGEN)
Selections of 2018
- THE LAST RIDE OF THE WOLVES
scenario: Alberto De Michele & Simone de Rita
regie: Alberto De Michele
producent: HALAL Pictures (Nederland) - METHUSALEM
scenario: Bastiaan Kroeger
regie: Floor van der Meulen
producent: Keplerfilm (Nederland) - MR. K
scenario & regie: Tallulah Schwab
producent: The Film Kitchen (Nederland) - WHEN WE LOST TO THE GERMANS
scenario: Bas Blokker & Guido van Driel
regie: Guido van Driel
producent: Family Affair Films (Nederland) - LA HIJA DE TODAS LAS RABIAS
scenario & regie: Laura Baumeister
producent: Tanacatana Films/Pomme Hurlante Pictures (Nicaragua/Frankrijk) - THE NEO-NEW ADVENTURES
scenario & regie: Qiu Jiongjiong
producent: Little Reunions Culture and Media Co., Ltd. (China) - EL ROSTRO DE LA MEDUSA
scenario & regie: Melisa Liebenthal
producent: Gentil (Argentinie) - TIGER STRIPES
scenario & regie: Amanda Nell Eu
producent: Ghost Grrrl Pictures (Maleisie)
- THE LAST RIDE OF THE WOLVES
Selection of 2017
- BABY, director: Marcelo Caetano (Brazil)
- EL AZUL BAJO SUS PIES, director: Isabel Lamberti (the Netherlands)
- THE HAGUE HILTON, director: Boris Paval Conen (the Netherlands)
- LIFE ON MARS, director: Michiel van Erp (the Netherlands)
- NASIR, director: Arun Karthick (India)
- THE STRANGER, director: Zhengfan Yang (China)
- LA VACA QUE CANTÓ UNA CANCIÓN SOBRE EL FUTURO, director: Francisca Alegría (Chile)
- LA CAMA, Monica Lairana (Argentina)
- NOCTURNE, Viktor van der Valk (the Netherlands)
- DER UNSCHULDIGE, Simon Jaquemet (Switzerland)
Selections of 2016
- THE REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM , director: Muayad & Rami Alayan (Palestina)
- JESSICA, director: Ninja Thyberg (Sweden)
- BOOTLEGGER, director: Caroline Monnet (Canada)
- THE BRIDGE, director: Hala Lotfy (Egypt)
- LOVELING, director: Gustavo Pizzi (Brazil)
- TEHRAN, CITY OF LOVE, director: Babak Jalali & Ali Jaberansari (UK)
- JADE, director: Sacha Polak (Netherlands)
- QUICKSAND, director: Margot Schaap (the Netherlands)
- DREAMSCAPE, director: Anna van der Heide (the Netherlands)
- IN DE ARMEN VAN MORPHEUS, director: Mark Schmidt (the Netherlands)
- QUALITY TIME, director: Daan Bakker (the Netherlands)
- MORMAÇO, director: Marina Meliande (Brazil)
Stories & Beyond selections
Selections of 2020
- The Clock (NL)
Screenwriter: Reinier Smit, based on an original script by George Sluizer & Nick Fisher
Producer: Anouk Sluizer - Dakar (NL)
Director: Tim Oliehoek
Screenwriter: Alexander de Bruijn
Producer: Kaja Wolffers - Good Enough: Burnout Diary (NL)
Director: Dario van Vree
Screenwriter: Eveline Hagenbeek, Dario van Vree
Producer: Tünde Vollenbroek - Mengelberg (NL)
Director and Screenwriter: Annette Apon
Producer: Digna Sinke & Hugo Naber - Monument (Germany)
Director and Screenwriter: Christoph Rainer
Producer: Maximilian Haslberge - Roxy (Germany)
Director: Joachim Massanek
Screenwriter: Katharina Reschke
Producer: Oliver Schütte - Sirens Call (Germany)
Director and Screenwriter: Miriam Gossing & Lina Sieckmann
Producer: Claus Reichel - Darlington Academy (Ireland)
Screenwriter: Sarah-Kate Fenelon - Lima 616 (Ireland)
Director: Martin Stalker
Screenwriter: Colin Weldon
Producer: Jules Charlton - Oileán (Ireland)
Screenwriter: Deborah Grimes - Outside the Family (Ireland)
Director: Miro Mirko Mastropasqua
Screenwriter: Roberto Scarpetti & Miro Mirko Mastropasqua
Producer: Anniina Kankaansivu - Brutes (UK)
Director and Screenwriter: Lucy Brydon
Producer: Jessie Mangum - This Is Home (UK)
Screenwriter: Silas Parry
Producer: Gill Parry
- The Clock (NL)
Selections of 2019
- Below (UK)
Screenwriter: Aaron Gray
Director: Paul Skillen
Producer: Louise Gallagher (Gallagher Films) - Burma Roots (UK)
Screenwriter: Charlotte Scott-Wilson
Director: Charlotte Scott-Wilson
Producer: Hannah Price (Fable Pics) - Heineken in Afrika (UK)
Screenwriter: Olivier van Beemen
Producer: Mike Chamberlain - For the Record (België)
Screenwriter: Andrew van Ostade
Director: Michael van Ostade
Producer: Tomas Leyers (Minds Meet) - Making Plans for Oscar (België)
Screenwriter: Brian Windelinckx
Director: Brian Windelinckx
Producer: Xavier Rombaut (Polar Bear) - Blaosmuziek (Nederland)
Screenwriter: Sophie van de Pol, Paul Jan Nelissen
Director: André van Duren
Producer: Felix van Gisbergen - The Waste Land (Nederland)
Screenwriter: Chris Teerink
Director: Chris Teerink
Producer: Joost Verheij, Frank van Reemst (DocEye) - Truly Naked (Nederland)
Screenwriter: Muriel d’Ansembourg
Director: Muriel d’Ansembourg
Producer: Isabella Depeweg, Els Vandevorst (Isabella Films) - The Secret Life of Penny Fletcher (Nederland)
Screenwriter: Martijn de Jong
Director: Diederik Koopal
Producer: Derk-Jan Warrink (Kepler Film)
- Below (UK)
Selections of 2018
- Silure (Catfish)
script Patricia Desmarès
producer Panache Productions / André Logie - Ducks
script Neary Adeline Hay
producer the cup of tea / Edwin Kadri - Feathers and Wings
script Zina Modiano
producer Petit Film / Amélie Jacquis - Red Jungle
script Juan José Lozano
producer Dolce Vita Films / Marc Irmer - This Land of Mine
script Diane Sara Bouzgarrou, Thomas Jenkoe
producer Films de Force Majeure Jean-Laurent Csinidis - Happy Together
script Ger Poppelaars / Rogier Proper
producer De Productie / René Goossens Annemiek van Gorp - Human Beasts (Cobra)
script Helena van der Meulen
producer Submarine / Sabine Veenendaal - Paradise in the Desert (Paradijs in de woestijn)
script Ike Bertels
producer Baldr Film / Katja Draaijer - Perspiration (Zweet)
script Jacqueline van Vugt
producer Revolver Films / Kirsi Saivosalmi - The Way Back (De terugreis)
script Marijn de Wit
producer Hazazah Pictures / Maarten Kuit
- Silure (Catfish)
Talent en Route selections
Tom van Blommestein (producer), Chris Stenger (producer), Ashgan El-Hamus (writer - director), Aiman Hassani (writer - director)
Stefanie Kolk (director), Sharif Abdel Mawla (director), Rogier Kramer (producer), Maaike Neve (producer)
Rosanne Pel (director), Max de Wolf (producer), Sven Bresser (director), Julia Rombout (producer)
Shady El-Hamus (director), Thessa Meijer (director), Loes Komen (producer), Randy Vermeulen (producer)
Mees Peijnenburg (director), Ena Sendijarevic (director), Erik Glijnis (producer), Juul op den Kamp (producer)
