Mischa Kamp (born in

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on 7 August 1970) is a Dutch film director best known for the 2014 TV film ''

Jongens ''Jongens'' (English title: ''Boys'') is a 2014 Dutch made-for-television coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Mischa Kamp and featuring Gijs Blom, Ko Zandvliet and Stijn Taverne. The film was released on 9 February 2014. Plot Siege ...

'' (English title ''Boys'').

Career

In 1989, Kamp studied communications science at the New School for Information Services in

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. In 1991 she moved to the Nederlandse Film en Televisie Academie (Dutch Film and Television Academy), where she graduated in 1996 with the short film ''Mijn moeder heeft ook een pistool''. In the same year she was involved in the

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production ''Waskracht!''. After several documentaries and short films, she became known in 2005 through the children's film '' Het paard van Sinterklaas'' (English title Winky's Horse). It received multiple award nominations and wins, and screenwriter

Tamara Bos Tamara Bos (born 13 August 1967, Ede) is a Dutch screenwriter who won the Golden Calf for Best Script for ''Winky's Horse''. She is the daughter of film producer Burny Bos. Partial filmography *''Mijn Franse tante Gazeuse'' (1997) *'' Minoes'' ...

won a

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award for Best Screenplay of a Feature Film. The film received a

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for 100,000 visitors. The 2007 sequel titled '' Waar is het paard van Sinterklaas?'' (English title Where's Winky's Horse?) also received the

after it also sold 100,000 cinema tickets. The film won the "Best feature film for children" during the 2008 In 2007, she won two awards during the

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, one the Jury award non-fiction for ''Bloot'' and the second the Jury award for fiction for ''Adriaan''. After some more television films, in 2010 she directed '' LelleBelle'' (English title Sweet Desire) and in 2012, the family movie ''Tony 10'' screened in movie theatres. With ''

'', a

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-themed TV film broadcast in 2014 that was also shown in movie theatres owing to its huge popularity. The movie also won four awards at the Zlín-Jugendfilmfestival in 2014 in the

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. The awards were "First award international youth jury for "Best youth movie", the "First award international Oecumenical jury", the Public "Golden Apple" award for Best movie and the ''Miloš Macourek Award'' for Best youth actor in a youth movie" that was awarded to lead actor

Gijs Blom Gijsbrecht Thijmen Matthias "Gijs" Blom (born 2 January 1997) is a Dutch actor. He starred in the films ''Jongens'' (2014) and ''The Forgotten Battle'' (2020). He received a Daytime Emmy nomination for his performance in the Netflix fantasy serie ...

. The film won the "Best Narrative Feature Film" Award during the 2015

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Filmography

*1996: ''Waskracht!'' (TV film) *2004: ''Zwijnen'' *2005: '' Het paard van Sinterklaas'' (English title ''Winky's Horse'') *2006: ''Bloot: Seks'' *2006: ''Naked'' *2007: '' Waar is het Paard van Sinterklaas?'' (English title ''Where Is Winky's Horse?'') *2007: ''Adriaan'' *2008: ''De fuik'' *2008: ''Vanwege de Vis'' *2010: '' LelleBelle'' (English title ''Sweet Desire'') *2012: '' Tony 10'' *2014: ''

'' (English title ''Boys'') *2019: ''

Romy's Salon ''Romy's Salon'' () is a 2019 Dutch-German drama film directed by Mischa Kamp. It was based on the book of the same name by Tamara Bos. In July 2019, it was shortlisted as one of the nine films in contention to be the Dutch entry for the Academy ...

'' Short films *1996: ''Mijn moeder heeft ook een pistool'' (short film) *2002: ''De sluikrups'' (short film)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kamp, Mischa Dutch film directors 1970 births Living people Mass media people from Rotterdam