REYKJAVIK-ROTTERDAM
EDDA Awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Sound Design and Best Music
REYKJAVIK-ROTTERDAM is without a doubt the most ambitious and expensive Icelandic Film in years (Iceland review)
WING, the fish that talked back
Best International Short, Jacksonville International Film Festival, USA
Special Mention, International Amsterdam Film Festival
A touching narrative short, definitely a filmmaker to watch (Steady Diet of Film blog)
13 eindrukliche, ratselhafte und packende Minuten (Swiss info)
Manhattan aan de Maas
A beautiful portrait about the man and his levers. (NRC Handelsblad)
A minimalistic masterpiece. (VARA TV Magazine)
Tales Of Two Cities
premiere: main program International Film Festival Rotterdam
opening & closing night of the Fantasporto International Film Festival, Porto
Bruggen
world premiere International Film Festival Locarno, Piazza Grande
Special Jury Award, Ukrain Film Festival
Festivals: Locarno, Rotterdam, Bilbao, Valladolid, Rome, Gent, Aachen, Barcelona, Kiev, Toronto, Athens, Istanbul, Madrid, Ankara, Calcutta, New Delhi, Torino, Tehran, Moscow
De Brugwachter
The small inventions, which are so beautiful it's a sin to even mention them. A monument for a disappearing era, matching Joris Ivens's famous first film about the then brandnew bridge in 1928. (NRC Handelsblad)
A ode to a man who considers his work as his life fulfilment. A moving social - realistic portrayal. (Volkskrant)
City Life
opening night of the International Film Festival Rotterdam
closing night of the Forum, Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
Major Award of the British filmindustry (Samuelson award) at the Birmingham International Film and Television Festival
Getz World Peace Award, Chicago International Film Festival
Sovjet Filmmakers Union Award, Moscow International Film Festival
Special Jury Award, Worldfest Houston
A rich banquet for buffs (Wall. Variety)
A monumental panorama of the world (Volkskrant)
A visual anthology by some of the world's most interesting and innovative filmmakers (Seattle Times)
Festivals: Rotterdam (opening night), Berlin (Forum, closing night), Hong Kong, Antwerp, Montréal, Figueira da Foz, Birmingham, Chicago, São Paulo, Amiens, Barcelona, Tampere, Seattle, Moscow, Göteborg, Cairo, Houston, New Delhi, Hamburg, Ankara, Calcutta, Vienna
Voro-Nova
opening night International Film Festival Rotterdam
first prize Arco 1991, Madrid
Pic is intriguing, innovative, quietly self assertive. It combines stunning photography with an arresting use of music and sound. A film to see and hear, to absorb, and to remember, as a touchstone for other pictures. (Wall. Variety)
Breathtaking. There is no way to summarize this film. It has to do with film history (Hubert Bals, founder International Film Festival Rotterdam)
Best Dutch film (Esther Kerkhof, Volkskrant)
Festivals: Rotterdam (opening night), Toronto, Riga, Valladolid, Bergamo, Montréal, São Paulo, Madrid
Pinkel
A stunning document full of absurd humour (Volkskrant)
A monumental film, a document of high standard, touching and amusing. (Rotterdams Dagblad)
Festivals: Rotterdam, Edinburgh, Montréal, São Paulo, Mannheim, Toronto, Gijon, Barcelona, Athens
I Take It For Granted
Best Dutch young film maker, Dutch Film Festival
Oecumenic Prize Film Festival Oberhausen
Exceptional motion picture: a superior cinematographic achievement, International Chicago Film Festival
Festivals: Chicago, Oberhausen, Arnhem