Mickey Minnaar (HKU Media – Film) was rewarded with a Topkapi Film Price for best graduation film in the Fiction category, for his Depronima. A film that was, according to the jury, “compelling from the start. The director clearly feels at home in his own story and dares to take risky switches in his style and perspective.”
In the documentary category, Evan Frijters (HKU Media - Film) managed to obtain the VPRO Documentary Prize with his I Didn’t Get Into Berghain But I Did Meet Vica. It tells the story of a young woman who fled the war in Ukraine. The jury stated: “A raw, uncompromising and instinctive film that directly captivates the viewer and captures the spirit of the times in a subtle yet deeply moving way.”
HKU Theatre was also represented, thanks to Julia Buijs (Writing for Performance) who won the Shalky Scenarioprijs. With her surrealistic scenario Als de Zon in de Maan Verandert en Niemand het Ziet, the jury concluded that Buijs presented herself as “an artist with a distinctive voice, love for detail and a keen sense for rhythm and atmosphere.”
