It is now official: Daan Bakker is the new film talent to keep an eye on. Last night at the opening of the Netherlands Film Festival, it was announced that he is the winner of the Filmprijs van de Stad Utrecht for best debut. He received this award for his short film Bukowski, an engaging and brilliantly executed fantasy about a 12-year-old boy who reads fat books and takes up adult literature in a completely unexpected way.
A fluke it is not. Last year, Bakker had already proved with Jacco's Film, with which he graduated from the Film Academy, that he knows how to empathise with children surprisingly well and in an original way. Jacco's Film was then awarded the Nassenstein Start Prize.
Previous winners of the City of Utrecht Prize include Martin Koolhoven (Oorlogswinter), who received it for his debut Suzy Q with Carice van Houten. (Leo Bankersen)
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