Crystal Film for EL OLVIDO

Heddy Honigmann's documentary EL OLVIDO has attracted 10,000 cinema-goers within seven weeks of its theatrical release and has been awarded the Crystal Film. EL OLVIDO is the first Dutch documentary to achieve Crystal Film status this year. Heddy Honigmann also received a Crystal Film in 2006 for her documentary FOREVER.

Since the introduction of the Crystal Film in 2005, this film trophy has been awarded only six times to the makers of: THE STAND OF THE MOON and SOULS OF NAPLES in 2005, BUDDHA'S LOST CHILDREN and FOREVER in 2006, and 4 ELEMENTS and GOLD in 2007.

In the internationally acclaimed documentary El OLVIDO (Oblivion), Heddy Honigmann paints a poignant portrait of people living at the bottom of society. Street children, vagrants, waiters, and small business owners speak out and recount the entire political history of Peru through personal anecdotes. Despite the misery and sorrow, Honigmann also has an eye for the poetry and humor in their stories, thereby paying tribute to her native country.

Heddy Honigmann (Peru, 1951) trained as a filmmaker in Rome and has lived and worked in the Netherlands since 1978. She has directed a large number of short films, documentaries, and feature films, including O AMOR NATURAL (1996), HET ONDERGRONDS ORKEST (1997), and DAME LA MANO (2004). In 2000, she was put in the spotlight as Guest of the Year at the Netherlands Film Festival with a retrospective program. Her documentary CRAZY (1999) won the Golden Calf for Best Feature Documentary that same year. Her films have won awards all over the world.

The Netherlands Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Fund introduced the Crystal Film in April 2005, in addition to the Golden Film and Platinum Film award categories that had existed since 2001. The Golden Film, Platinum Film, and Diamond Film are awarded when a Dutch film sells 100,000, 400,000, and 1,000,000 cinema tickets, respectively, during its theatrical run. The Golden, Platinum, and Diamond Films can be awarded to feature films and documentaries. The Crystal Film is awarded exclusively to documentaries.

EL OLVIDO was produced by Cobos Films BV, IKON, and ZDF Arte. The film was made with financial support from the Netherlands Film Fund, the CoBO Fund, and the Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse Culturele Omroepproducties.

CINEMIEN Film & Video Distribution handles the theatrical distribution of the film. EL OLVIDO is currently showing at Cinescope in Almere and De Uitkijk and Rialto in Amsterdam.

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For more information:

Dutch Film Festival
Roos Schregardus, Head of Publicity
T 030-2303800
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W www.filmfestival.nl

Cinema Film & Video Distribution
Gideon Querido from Frank, Press and PR
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