Esther Rots (born 23 May 1972) is a Dutch film director. Rots made her debut with the 2009 feature film '' Can Go Through Skin'' (''Kan door huid heen'') for which she won the Golden Calf for Best Montage award at the 2009

Netherlands Film Festival The Netherlands Film Festival ( nl, Nederlands Film Festival) is an annual film festival, held in September and October of each year in the city of Utrecht. During the ten-day festival, Dutch film productions and co-productions are exhibited. Be ...

. The whole team behind the film also won the

Golden Calf Special Jury Prize The following is a list of winners of the Golden Calf Special Jury Prize at the Nederlands Film Festival. * 2009 The whole team - '' Can Go Through Skin'' * 2008 Willem de Beukelaer's Stunt Team (Willem de Beukelaer, Marco Maas, Ronald Schuurbiers) ...

and

Rifka Lodeizen Rifka Lodeizen (born 16 October 1972) is a Dutch actress. Career Lodeizen made her debut with a small role in the 1991 film ''The Province''. She was discovered by film director Eddy Terstall and she played a role in his 1996 film '' Hufters ...

won the

Golden Calf for Best Actress The following is a list of winners of the Golden Calf for best actor/actress at the Nederlands Film Festival. From 2021 onwards the award became a gender-neutral award. Best Actor (1981–2020) * 1981 - Rutger Hauer - All his works * 1982 - Rijk ...

for her role in the film.

Selected filmography

* 2009: '' Can Go Through Skin'' (''Kan door huid heen'') * 2018: ''

Retrospekt ''Retrospekt'' is a 2018 Dutch drama film directed by Esther Rots. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Cast * Teun Luijkx Teun Luijkx (born 1986) is a Dutch actor. Luij ...

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* 1972 births Living people Dutch film directors Golden Calf winners Dutch women film directors {{Netherlands-film-director-stub