Gouden Kalveren prepare for new awards ceremony
Joe Speedboot and Truly Naked are among the films in contention at the Nederlands Film Festival.
The nominations for the Gouden Kalveren 2026 were announced during the Nederlands Film Festival. The official festival page confirms that Joe Speedboot and Truly Naked are among the selected feature films, but the freely accessible source did not yet contain a full breakdown of the nominations by title.
The Nederlands Film Festival is announcing the nominations for the Gouden Kalveren during the 2026 festival edition. The awards will be presented on Friday 2 October during the EY Gouden Kalveren Gala at the Stadsschouwburg van Utrecht.
Joe Speedboot is on the official Academy list of selected feature films. The film was directed by Sam de Jong and has screenplays by Jan Eilander and Daniël Samkalden. Truly Naked is also on that list and was directed and written by Muriel d’Ansembourg.
The two titles differ in subject and production, but are part of the same competition. According to the Academy Model, members of the Dutch Academy For Film determine the nominations and winners for feature films and feature-length documentaries. Other categories, including short films, series and digital culture, work with independent juries.
The available public NFF pages confirm the selection, the announcement of the nominations and the date of the awards ceremony. At the time of checking, however, they did not list the full current distribution of nominations by film. As a result, the precise figures from the new round of news cannot be independently verified here.
The editorial team is therefore not adopting a ranking or exact number of nominations. It is nevertheless established that both films are part of the official programme and that their makers are competing for recognition within the Dutch film competition. The winners will not be announced until the gala.
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- confirmed Joe Speedboot and Truly Naked are included in the selection for the Gouden Kalf Competition 2026. — Both titles appear in the official Academy Film Overview. source
- confirmed The Gouden Kalveren 2026 will be presented on 2 October. — The official NFF page lists this date. source
- confirmed The nominations for feature films are determined through the Academy Model. — NFF and DAFF describe this process. source
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- Was: Joe Speedboot and Truly Naked are among the films with the most nominations.Now: Joe Speedboot and Truly Naked are among the selected feature films in the Gouden Kalf Competition 2026. (The official, freely accessible sources confirm the selection but not the exact number of nominations.)
Editor's note
The official sources confirm the selection of both films and the awards process, but not the full distribution of nominations by film. The figures and the description of them as leading contenders have therefore not been included.Sources
- Gouden Kalveren — Nederlands Film Festival
- Academy Filmoverzicht 2026 — Nederlands Film Festival
- Gouden Kalveren — Dutch Academy For Film
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