Tiscali Netherlands main sponsor of the Netherlands Film Festival 2006

Utrecht, 12th September 2006 - Tiscali Netherlands is one of the main sponsors of the Netherlands Film Festival 2006 for the third time. With this sponsorship, Tiscali wants to make Dutch culture and entertainment accessible for a broad audience. The contribution to the Netherlands Film Festival has a natural fit because film and internet are nowadays strongly connected. Tiscali will reward the best director of the festival, chosen by the visitors, with the Golden Calf for the Tiscali Audience Award.

At the end of the festival, Tiscali will hand over two special prices:

2. The NOFF, Netherlands Online Film Festival, Tiscali Audience Award on choosing the best director, awarded by the online public. Online audience can vote for the best director of the 1st Netherlands Online Film Festival on www.noff.nl. NOFF is a new initiative to promote the short film on new screening possibilities. The winner will receive a cheque of € 2.500,-. The NOFF Tiscali Audience Award will be hand over on October, 5 on 20.00 in ‘Theater Kikker’ with after this ceremony the winning movie.
   
   
3. The Golden Calf for the Tiscali Audience Award. Tiscali will distribute a survey to all visitors to collect the various nominations. Afterwards, the audience decides on which production will be rewarded for the best feature film. The winning feature film receives a cheque of € 25.000,- and will receive the price on October, 6 on 20.00 in Utrecht at the ‘Stadsschouwburg’.

Both cheques can be used for an online advertising campaign.

Luca Scano, CEO Tiscali Netherlands: “ As main sponsor of the Netherlands Film Festival we want to show our commitment to entertainment. Multimedia is very important to the film industry nowadays and connects perfectly to the mission of Tiscali.”  Through www.ditmoetjezien.nl Tiscali provides broad content on film, celebrities, trailers, specials and a film forum. Customers of Tiscali can also enjoy movies online by watching Tiscali Videoclub.

Doreen Boonekamp, director Netherlands Film Festival: “ We are proud to have Tiscali as one of the main sponsors of the event. The relationship emphasizes the growing importance of internet for the entire film industry. Especially for the festival, we can promote our program, sell tickets and communicate with our visitors 24 hours a day”.

The Netherlands Film Festival is held from September 27th till October 6th in Utrecht with over 300 movies. The main program shows a broad selection of the best Dutch films, documentaries, short movies and television movies of the last few years.