Reviews & Awards
Grand Prix Cine Eco Film Festival Seia, Portugal 2012. Best Nature and Culture Award: 2012 International Mountain Film Festival, Domzale Slovenia / Innovative Award, Envirofilm 2012, Slovakia / Water Award at CinemaVerde Film and Arts Festival Gainesville, Florida / Special Mention at Festival delle Terre, Rome / Survival International Award, IX Human Rights Film Festival Barcelona - Paris - New York
"With breathtaking images of nature, Golden Calf winner Jan van den Berg emphasizes both the beauty and vulnerability of our world." Movies that Matter festival, The Netherlands
Silent Snow short
ECOZINE Festival, Spain: Best Short Film
Short Shorts Film Festival in Japan:
Stop Global Warming Award and
J-Wave Audience Award
Planet in Focus, Toronto: First Prize
HRAFF Australia: Best International Film
FIFFEL, Zwitserland: Best Film
Global Environment Film Festival Japan:
Children Earth Vision Award
Slow Food Film Festival, Italy: Golden Snail
Green Film Fest, South-Korea: First Prize
Nominations and Honorable Mentions:
INKAFESTIVAL, Peru
HR Film Festival, Argentina
CMS VATAVARAN, India
Golden Calf Deacon of Death
"A tale so intimate and suspenseful that is has the feel of a novel."
Anne-Marie O'Connor, LA Times.
Other reviews: Cambodian Daily, The Power of Culture.
Dutch Reviews: NRC Handelsblad, Volkskrant, Het Parool, GPD.
Nomination Taming the Floods
Nominated for a Dutch Academy Award
The jury: "A fascinating film about a fascinating subject."
Dutch Reviews: Trouw, Volkskrant
Nomination Seven Dreams of Tibet
Nominated for a Dutch Academy Award
Bye Jan
Golden key in Lorquin (France), bronze dragon in Krakow (Poland), two awards in Oberhausen's int. short film festival in Germany and two nominations for a golden calf at the Dutch Film Festival
El Abrazo
European Video Dance Award, Paris
10-16-2012 Grand prix for Silent Snow in PortugalThis weekend Silent Snow received the grand prix at the Cine Eco Film Festival in Seia, Portugal. It's a good start for the pitch in Lisbon where Jan van den Berg is this week trying to get funding for Silent Land, a sequel to Silent Snow The award was in all the Portuguese newspapers. For more info, see www.silentsnow.org
09-25-2012 In Praise of Ceramics on Dutch Film FestivalSunday September 30th, the short film ‘In Praise of Ceramics’ will have its premiere on the Dutch Film Festival in Utrecht. The film is the 15th film from the series ‘Utrecht by the Sea’: a collection of short films about artists from Utrecht, a project by Jan van den Berg.
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07-04-2012 Rio results: It's the hunger, stupid.The apartment of consul general Paul Commenenda and his wife Sabina gives you a beautiful view over Ipanema beach and the lake behind it. Ipanema means ‘bad water, water you can’t fish in’ in Tupi, the native language. Last year, loads of death fish were taken out of the lake. We are more familiar with ‘The girl from Ipanema’, a girl “full of light and grace”, but also a song about life passing by and the loss of youth.
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05-01-2012 IMFFD Award for Silent Snow and screenings in Berlin, Cairo, and HungaryApril was a busy month for director Jan van den Berg. Silent Snow won an award on the IMFFD Festival in Slovenia and was screened on several other festivals and in cinemas.
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02-02-2012 Seven dreams of Tibet on Himalaya Film Festival in Dronten (NL)On February 19th, Jan van den Berg's film 'Seven Dreams of Tibet' (2001) will be screened in Dronten (NL) in the XL de Ateliers in Dronten on the Himalaya Film Festival.
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11-06-2011 Dutch cinema release Silent SnowAfter the successful Dutch premiere of Silent Snow on Sustainable Tuesday in September, we are proud to inform you that the Dutch cinema release of the film will take place this November. Starting on November 17th, Silent Snow will be screened in several Dutch cinemas.
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06-24-2011 Upcoming screenings Silent SnowJuly 4 - 10: Parnu International Film Festival Estonia
September 6: Dutch premiere and start release in Amsterdam
September 8: screening in Azerbaijan during international conference om POPs.
September 18 - 30: Dutch Film Festival
September 29 - okt 10: International Film Festival Hamburg
October: screenings in San Jose, Suretka (the Costa Rica village we filmed) and Panama
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05-18-2011 Belgische premiere Silent Snow vanavond in AntwerpenVanavond vindt in het KBC-auditorium te Antwerpen de Belgische première plaats van Silent Snow, georganiseerd door ANPED en ARGUS.
Bovendien brengt poolreiziger Dixie Dancercoer als exclusieve smaakmaker voor deze filmvertoning een pakkend relaas van zijn expedities naar de poolgebieden.
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05-07-2011 Silent Snow in AntwerpAfter successful screenings in Nairobi, The Hague, Tallahassee, Key West FL and Geneva the Belgian premiere is planned for May 18, and almost sold out. See for reports and reviews, and for the location in Antwerp: www.silentsnow.org. Picture: discussing distribution with Andreas Schriber (BioVison), Jan van den Berg (drsFILM) and Michael Stanley-Jones (SafePlanet).
04-26-2011 Utrecht aan Zee 'In het perspectief van Robbie Cornelissen' op U Stad/RTV UtrechtOp donderdag 28 april 2011 vanaf 18.20 uur zal "In het perspectief van Robbie Cornelissen", een korte film voor de serie 'Utrecht aan Zee', vertoond worden op stadszender U Stad –onderdeel van RTV Utrecht.
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