The British film After sun by director Charlotte Wells is the best film of 2023 according to the Circle of Dutch Film Journalists (KNF). According to the assembled film press, the best Dutch film of the year is the colonial drama Sweet Dreams by director Ena Sendijarević. The KNF announced the results on Thursday. The titles were chosen by more than fifty Dutch film journalists.
After sun is about the young teenager Sophie and her 30-year-old father Calum who go on holiday to a Turkish seaside resort. They swim, play pool, sunbathe and laze around. While a new world opens up for the budding teenager, Calum struggles with the heaviness of life outside of Sophie’s sight. The film, which has already won almost a hundred awards worldwide, was one of the big hits at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) earlier this year. Finished in second and third place Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan and American drama Past Lives.
According to the film press it was the best Dutch film of the year Sweet Dreams, who previously won six Golden Calves. The film is about the family of a deceased Dutch sugar manufacturer who has to travel to Indonesia around 1900 to safeguard his legacy. Then his local concubine turns out to play a key role in his will. In addition to Sweet Dreams, the top 3 of the best Dutch films consist of the documentary The Occupied City by director Steve McQueen and the youth film Kiddo.
It is now the 21st year in a row that the Dutch film press has held the Film of the Year election. The past few years have dragged on Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022), Busy (2021), Babyteeth (2020) and Parasite (2019) won the title. The animation Grunt was the best Dutch cinema title of the year in 2022.
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