Crystal Film

Crystal Film
Awarded for	Box office achievements
Country	Netherlands
Presented by	Netherlands Film Festival Netherlands Film Fund
First awarded	21 June 2005
Official website	http://www.kristallenfilm.nl/

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. 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.^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Films that received the Crystal Film

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

1. As of 22 January 2014.

References

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

External links

• Kristallen Film
• Golden and Platin Film Netherlands at the Internet Movie Database