New Zealand Film Wins One of the Top Awards at the Amsterdam Film Festival
 
2010 AMSTERDAM FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARDS (Festival press release)

It is with great pleasure that we announce at this time the award winners of the 2010 Amsterdam Film Festival Van Gogh Awards.

This has been a truly remarkable inaugural year for the Amsterdam Film Festival.  The contest received a wide variety of submissions representing top storytellers from over 20 countries around the world.  The quality of the work that we had the honor of reviewing was simply astounding.  Judging from among this exceptionally high caliber of filmmaking talent proved to be extremely difficult as there were so many unique, well-made and worthy projects.  After several months of careful consideration, we present to you the very best of of the 2010 competition.

2010 VAN GOGH AWARDS:

De grote Prijs van de Jury - Quest For Honor (Iraq/Kurdistan)

Cinematic Vision Award - Through the Air to Calais or The Wonderful Cruise of Blanchard's Balloon (USA)

Van Gogh Award - Art That Moves (New Zealand)

Prodigy Auteur Prize - Pechatnikoff Alley, 3 (Russian Federation)

The Van Gogh Award was presented to Art That Moves directed by Roger Horrocks and produced by Shirley Horrocks (New Zealand). This short film dramatizes the moment when sixteen year old Len Lye (later a famous artist and film-maker) has 'the best idea of his life' for a new art of movement.
 
About the Amsterdam Film Festival 
The Amsterdam Film Festival celebrates films that capture both the artistry and progressive nature of world cinema today. Created to recognize and award films that have potential to move audiences and change perceptions, the Amsterdam Film Festival is devoted to filmmakers whose quest is self-expression and communication. Much like Amsterdam itself, the Amsterdam Film Festival contains a unique mix of art and expression. Its vision is one that has been realized by filmmakers who live for the art of filmmaking and who recognize the passion that lies within each work.