Filmfund Wildcards and Tuschinski Award for Film Academy alumni

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Paul de Ruijter, Tessa Pope en Marit Weerheijm vielen in de prijzen. Ze wonnen elk een Wildcard van het Filmfonds. Tessa won bovendien ook de Tuschinski Award. De prijzen werden uitgereikt tijdens het Nederlands Film Festival in Utrecht.

Awards for Paul de Ruijter, Tessa Pope and Marit Weerheijm. They each won a Wildcard of the Netherlands Film Fund. Tessa also won the Tuschinski Award. The awards were presented during the Netherlands Film Festival in Utrecht.

The Film Fund Wildcards are an incentive for the Netherlands Film Fund for young, talented filmmakers who have just graduated from a film or art school. The winners receive a cash prize and with it the possibility to realize a new documentary, fiction film or animationfilm. 

Paul de Ruijter (Directing documentary, Class 2016) graduated with the film Het Nachtelijk Halfrond

Tessa Pope (Directing documentary, Class 2016) graduated with the film The Origin of Trouble.

Marit Weerheijm (Directed fiction, Class 2016) graduated with the film Grijs is ook een Kleur

The other Wildcard winners are Shanta Jethoe (graduated at ArtEZ), Cassandra Offenberg and Jelmer Wristers (both graduated from HKU).

The Netherlands Film Fund awarded since nine years Wildcards, and selected the winners from all submitted graduation films of the year.

The Tuschinski Award goes to the director of the best graduation film in 2016 and consists of a sum of € 5,000 provided by Pathe Theatres BV.

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