Golden Calf (Film Award) / Culture Award
The Culture Prize ( Cultuurprijs ) in the form of the Golden Calf honors a person or institution at the Dutch Film Festival who has made a special contribution to Dutch film culture. The award was first presented at the festival's premiere in 1981. The management of the festival will decide on the award of the prize as soon as it sees a reason to do so.
Award winners
- 1981 JGJ Bosman
- 1982 Dan Ireland
- 1983 Bert Haanstra
- 1984 JML Peters
- 1985 Joris Ivens
- 1986 Anton Koolhaas
- 1987 Fons Rademakers
- 1988 Johan van der Keuken
- 1989 Ellen Waller
- 1990 Jos Stelling
- 1991 De Filmkrant
- 1992 Paul Verhoeven
- 1993 Jan Blokker
- 1994 Jan de Vaal
- 1995 Wim Verstappen
- 1996 Jeroen Krabbé
- 1997 Robbert Wijsmuller
- 1998 Geoffrey Donaldson
- 1999 Matthijs van Heijningen
- 2001 René Scholten
- 2002 Louis van Gasteren
- 2003 Jan Decleir
- 2005 Hans Kemna
- 2007 Robby Müller
- 2009 Doreen Boonekamp
- 2010 Rolf Orthel
- 2011 not awarded
- 2012 Willeke van Ammelrooy
- 2013 Monique van Schendelen
- 2014 Burny Bos
- 2015: Sandra den Hamer
- 2016: Alex van Warmerdam and Marc van Warmerdam
- 2017: Gerard Soeteman
- 2018: Monique van de Ven
- 2019: Jac. Goderie