Rosetown Film Festival

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Rosetown Film Festival (RFF) is a publicly attended film festival held each March in Rosetown, Roseland, Brunant. The festival begins on September 8, lasting for eleven days.

The 48th Rosetown Film Festival was held at the Habermas Theater between September 8 and September 18, 2012, though The Arts Center Rosetown will be hosting the event from 2013 on.

History[]

The RFF was founded in 1964, by John Barker (1906-1982), a prominent director and actor of early Brunanter cinema. Barker was also the Festival's first president, from its foundation until 1970.

The last few years, total attendance at RFF has exceeded 10,000, with 12,300 public and industry admissions in 2013. Beginning in 2014 a select few foreign films, mostly from wikinations will be shown.

List of presidents[]

John Barker (1964-1970)
Amelia Barnhard (1970-1974)
Edwin de Vries (1974-1984)
Carl Stopanek (1985-1988)
Pieter Calkoen (1988-1990)
J.J. Morris (1991-1992)
Jelka van Bavel (1992-1993)
Pieter Groenland (1994-1995)
Diederick Kluijskens (1996-1998)
Philip Rennet (1999-2003)
Ali Salman (2003)
Nathalie Jonker (2004-2005)
Alexander Neyt (2006-2007)
Antoni Wisnowski (2008-2010)
Philip Spring (2011-2013)
Antoni Wisnowski (2014-present)

Barker Award[]

The Barker Award, named after John Barker, is an award given out, similar to the Oscars. Barkers are presented in the following main categories: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress (since 1964) Best Supporting Performer (since 1983) and Best TV Show (since 2001). In various cases an Honorary Award is given.

List of Best Film Winners[]

1966: Triangle of Thieves
1969: The Lovebird
1970: My Boss' Daughter
1971: The Cottage
1972: Where the Ocean meets the Sand
1974: Wolf Castle
1975: The Armchair Hunters
1976: Red Hands
1980: The Crimson Blouse
1981: Trust Nobody
1983: The Wolf
1984: The Good Man
1988: My Last Bullet
1990: Children Lost in Time
1991: A Garden of Miracles
1992: His Last Wish
1993: Hans and Diederik
1996: Shadow Children
1997: The Network
1998: Raging Youth
1999: Boisterous Nights
2000: The Story of a Dreamer
2001: Vanished
2002: Let the Pistols Sing
2004: History of a Mob Wife
2005: When the Clock Strikes Ten
2006: Crocodile
2007: Sons of Adam
2008: Do You Like Ye-ye?
2009: Peppermint
2010: Sleepless Night in Brunant
2011: Karen Haig
2012: The White Album
2013: The Black Butterfly
2018: This Is Their War

List of Best Director Winners[]

1965: Ennio Pazzini (Affair in Sint-Anders)
1969: Paul Riesner (The Lovebird)
1970: Diederick Kluijskens (The Burnt Cypress)
1971: J.J. Morris (The Cottage)
1972: Paul-Jan Seelaar (Where the Ocean meets the Sand)
1973: Herbert S. Hosen (Milk & Mocha)
1974: Ernst van den Boom (Wolf Castle)
1976: Cristove Vianna (20 Hours)
1977: Paul-Jan Seelaar (Into Maarten's Head)
1980: Michael Maybury (The Crimson Blouse)
1981: Antoni Wisnowski (Trust Nobody)
1983: Diederick Kluijskens (The Wolf)
1984: Michael Maybury (The Good Man)
1988: Antoni Wisnowski (My Last Bullet)
1990: Michael Maybury (Children Lost in Time)
1991: Lorraine Shannon (A Garden of Miracles)
1992: Geert van Miltenburg (His Last Wish)
1993: Andrew Hillan (Hans and Diederik)
1995: Tumas Deago (Obey)
1996: Nathalie Jonker (Shadow Children)
1997: Henry Parrish (The Network)
1998: Carles Botto (Raging Youth)
1999: John Fadaaq (Two Women and a Corpse)
2000: Tumas Deago (The Story of a Dreamer)
2001: Philip Spring (Vanished)
2002: Christopher Bowers (Life and Times of Hans Ziemerink)
2005: Edith van der Looy (When the Clock Strikes Ten)
2006: Alexander Forrest (Crocodile)
2007: Erik Rooymans (Sons of Adam)
2008: Wim Nelissen (Do You Like Ye-ye?)
2009: Jeroen Besseling (Peppermint)
2010: Roger Heisner (Sleepless Night in Brunant)
2011: Robert Steiner (Karen Haig)
2012: Bert Macher (The Lost Company)
2013: Nathalie Jonker (The Black Butterfly)

List of Best Screenplay Winners[]

1969: Harry Winslow (The Lovebird)
1972: Cristove Vianna (Hipnosis)
1975: Ciaran and Eoin Hoolahan (The Armchair Hunters)
1976: Willem Sandberg (Red Hands)
1977: Paul-Jan Seelaar (Into Maarten's Head)
1981: Ciaran and Eoin Hoolahan (This Must be War)
1982: Christopher Scott (The Germans are Back)
1983: Bastiaan Barends, Diederick Kluijskens (The Wolf)
1991: Nathalie Jonker (Aquarelle)
1993: Frits de Haas (Hans and Diederik)
1995: John Fadaaq (The Wedding)
1997: Henry Parrish, Joseph Parrish (The Network)
1999: Horatio Kudbryn (Boisterous Nights)
2001: Philip Spring (Vanished)
2002: Christopher Bowers, Pieter Kalb (Life and Times of Hans Ziemerink)
2005: Edith van der Looy, Peter Krauss (When the Clock Strikes Ten)
2006: Alexander Forrest (Crocodile)
2007: Adam Martin, Christian Gordon (The Crack)
2008: Wim Nelissen (Do You Like Ye-ye?)
2009: Jeroen Besseling, Carolien Solsen (Peppermint)
2010: Adam Martin (Lethal Suits)
2013: Adam Martin (Sweet Revenge)

List of Best Actor Winners[]

1966: Philip Rennet (Triangle of Thieves)
1970: Robert Kahn (The Burnt Cypress)
1973: Philip Rennet (Mortimer, the Mortician)
1974: Alexander Neyt (Wolf Castle)
1976: Robert Steiner (20 Hours)
1977: Alexander Neyt (The Escape)
1978: Martin Carbonell (All Aboard)
1979: Martin Carbonell (Olga)
1983: Robert Steiner (The Wolf)
1985: Pieter Groenland (Hidden)
1992: Emile Veling (His Last Wish)
1993: Adrian Coleman (Hans and Diederik)
1994: Michael Adamo Barzetti (Silent City)
1995: Daniel Canodo (Obey)
1998: Stephen Greeley (Raging Youth)
2001: Martin Vrienten (Vanished)
2002: James Roe (Let the Pistols Sing)
2006: Josep Olente (Crocodile)
2007: Miquel Ricard (The Crack)
2008: Paul de Arien (The Barzuna Council)
2010: Gregory Hume (Lethal Suits)
2013: Filip De Rycke (The Black Butterfly)
2020: Martin Carbonell (The Ruski Rogue)

List of Best Actress Winners[]

1970: Caroline Koch (My Boss' Daughter)
1971: Mary McEveety (The Cottage)
1973: Annette Howards (Napoleon's Children)
1976: Claudia Abbes (Red Hands)
1978: Liza Norai (A Last Fraud)
1980: Maria Allard (The Crimson Blouse)
1984: Angela Miller (The Good Man)
1987: Angela Miller (The Tears of a Clown)
1991: Karen Jobse-Veerman (Aquarelle)
1996: Angela Miller (Shadow Children)
1999: Anna Lindbergs (Two Women and a Corpse)
2005: Anna Heemskerk (When the Clock Strikes Ten)
2009: Sara Bernès (Emma)
2012: Davina Henneman (The White Album)
2013: Angela Miller (A Dark Place)

List of Best Supporting Performer Winners[]

1983: Liza Norai (The Wolf)
1984: Jan Soomer-Delsen (The Good Man)
1987: Jelka van Bavel (The Tears of a Clown)
1988: Oliver Hewton (My Last Bullet)
1991: Franka Reynst (A Garden of Miracles)
1992: Elise Knops (His Last Wish)
1995: Paul Perkins (The Wedding)
1997: Michel Bircamp (The Network)
1999: Anthony Swanson (Boisterous Nights)
2002: Liza Norai (The Worthingtons)
2004: Steve Syracuse (History of a Mob Wife)
2006: Angela Miller (Mob Wars)
2009: Dieuwke Stentler (Peppermint)
2010: Filip De Rycke (The Man Who Would Be President)
2011: Michael Adamo Barzetti (Karen Haig)
2012: Edward Goldsmith (The White Album)
2013: May Benley (The Black Butterfly)

List of Best TV Show Winners[]

2001: De Piraat
2002: House of Sanity
2005: Brunant Is Not a Continent?
2007: Small Town Crooks
2008: Small Town Crooks
2009: Resistance
2010: Detective Huygen
2011: Motorcycle Diaries
2012: The Hard Years
2013: Caroline

List of Honorary Award Winners[]

1973: Carl Stopanek
1978: John Barker
1980: Fabian Barthols
1983: Anatole Bircamp
1995: Ali Salman
2000: Rene Anderson
2002: Robert Kahn
2005: Martin Carlotti
2007: Jelka van Bavel