Noorderkroon

Noorderkroon is the stage and competition for professional, student and amateur films by filmmakers from Friesland, Groningen or Drenthe, or films about this region. ‘Noorderkroon’ is a small constellation in the northern sky, formed by seven visible stars. These stars symbolise the seven awards we present to our own stars, the Northern filmmakers. For 2025, awards will be presented in the following categories: Best Feature Film, Best Documentary, Best Short Film (fiction), Best Short Documentary, Best Student Film, Best New Maker and Greatest Talent.

This is the Noorderkroonselection of 2025:

Best Feature Film

The North – Bart Schrijver

VLAM – Daphne Lucker 

HalloWiebe – Jasper ten Hoorn & Ivan Hidayat

Best Documentary

Weerbarstig – Wouter Klinkenberg

Ik was een kind – Geertjan Lassche 

Yn myn dreamen hear ik dy – Murk Jaep van der Schaaf 

Best Student Film

De anatomie van een meermin – Carmen Maria 

Super duper mega fan – Sarah van der Per 

Tussen Hemel en Zalen – Olivia Mos

Best Short Film (fiction)

Koud Water – Ayan Egal & Alexander Roux 

Pocongdorie – Jasper ten Hoorn & Ivan Hidayat 

Blau – Antonia Rehne 

Best Short Documentary

Met huid en haar – Jasper van Leeningen

De jaren waarin ik niet film – Froukje van Wengerden

Wie schrijft die weet – Sibrich Wijnia

Best New Maker

Echoes of tomorrow – Marit Hofma 

Echt? – Jonathan Bergsma & Jonathan Sipkema

Fine tonight – Rudy Niemeijer 

Explanation per category:

Best Feature Film
The best medium-length or feature-length film (minimum 30 minutes) made by a filmmaker (director, screenwriter or producer) with a strong connection to the Northern Netherlands (born, living or working in the region), or with a distinct Northern Dutch signature, both in terms of theme and execution.

Best Documentary
The best medium-length or feature-length documentary (minimum 30 minutes) made by a filmmaker (director, screenwriter or producer) with a strong connection to the Northern Netherlands (born, living or working in the region), or with a distinct Northern Dutch character in both theme and execution.

Best Short Film (fiction)
The best short fiction film up to 30 minutes, by a filmmaker (director, screenwriter or producer) with a demonstrable link to the Northern Netherlands, or with a distinct Northern Dutch signature, both in theme and execution.

Best Short Documentary
The best short documentary up to 30 minutes, by a filmmaker (director, screenwriter or producer) with a demonstrable link to the Northern Netherlands, or with a distinct Northern Dutch signature, both in theme and execution.

Best Student Film
The best graduation film by a recent graduate of a recognised Dutch film or art school. Foreign schools are also eligible, provided the filmmaker has a demonstrable connection with the Northern Netherlands. The filmmaker must have graduated no more than two years ago.

Best New Maker
The best film by a self-taught filmmaker or filmmaker without formal film training.

Below you will find the winners of the Northern Film Festival 2024

• Beste Feature Film: Melk by Stefanie Kolk
• Best Documentary: Roze Bubbel by Marleen Danhof and Afra Rijkhoff 
• Best Short Film (Fiction): Baarch by Rutger Veenstra
• Best Short Documentary: Huilende Bruiden by Tom Tieman
• Best Student Film: Vaders zijn ook zonen by Sammy Shefa Idris
• Beste Amateur Film: In Another Universe by Tobias Haccou
• Greatest Young Talent: Sammy Shefa Idris.