The Crystal 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. They announced the introduction of the Crystal Film on 28 April 2005. 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.
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 21 June 2005 2 Souls of Naples 18 August 2005 21 December 2005 2006 3 Buddha's Lost Children 7 September 2006 25 September 2006 4 Forever 12 October 2006 23 November 2006 2007 5 4 Elements 30 November 2006 10 January 2007 6 Goud 4 October 2007 17 October 2007 2008 7 El ovido 23 October 2008 11 December 2008 El ovido , Netherlands Film Festival, 2008. Retrieved on 22 January 2014. 2009 8 Contractpensions - Djangan loepah! 18 January 2008 29 September 2009 Contractpensions - Djangan loepah! , Netherlands Film Festival, 2009. Retrieved on 22 January 2014. 2010 9 Janine 7 October 2010 16 November 2010 Janine , Netherlands Film Festival, 2010. Retrieved on 22 January 2014. 2011 10 Position Among the Stars 18 November 2010 22 April 2011 Stand van de sterren , Netherlands Film Festival, 2011. Retrieved on 22 January 2014. 11 Ouwehoeren 1 December 2011 30 December 2011 Ouwehoeren , Netherlands Film Festival, 2011. Retrieved on 22 January 2014. 2012 12 Over canto 8 December 2011 12 February 2012 Over canto , Netherlands Film Festival, 2012. Retrieved on 22 January 2014.
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External links Kristallen Film Golden and Platin Film Netherlands at the Internet Movie Database