Achtste-Groepers Huilen Niet named Best Feature Film of 2012 by NOS Jeugdjournaal viewers

Achtste-Groepers Huilen Niet has been chosen by the viewers of the NOS Jeugdjournaal as the best feature film of 2012. The viewers of the NOS Jeugdjournaal voted en masse. Young viewers chose Achtste-Groepers Huilen Niet by a large majority over films such as Mees Kees and Skyfall.
The year 2012 has been a fantastic year for Achtste-Groepers Huilen Niet. For instance, the film was awarded the Golden Calf for the Audience Award, among other accolades.
Achtste-Groepers Huilen Niet continues to score in 2013 as well. The film is currently screening at prominent film festivals such as the International Children's Film Festival Bengaluru (India), Gioffini in Sao Paulo (Brazil), and the leading BUFF International Children and Young People's Film Festival in Malmö (Sweden). Moreover, the Norwegian remake of the film will go into production in March of this year.

Achtste-Groepers Huilen Niet is the hopeful, moving family film based on the book of the same name by Jacques Vriens. The script was written by Karen van Holst Pellekaan and the film was directed by Dennis Bots. Tough Akkie (Hanna Obbeek) is in the eighth grade and is absolutely crazy about football. During school hours, her class is being groomed by Miss Ina (Eva van der Gucht) for important events such as the Cito test, school camp, and the final of the school tournament. After school, she prefers playing football with her classmates. She doesn't care that Joep (Nils Verkooijen) thinks football isn't a sport for girls. She is really good at it and can easily beat Joep. But then Akkie gets sick. Fortunately, she receives a lot of support from her classmates and Miss Ina. Despite the sadness, the optimistic Akkie can't help but meddle in everything, even from the hospital. When it looks like she might miss the football tournament, Joep comes up with a cool plan for her.

Over 150,000 copies of the book *Achtste-Groepers Huilen Niet* have been sold. For years, it has been the most read-aloud book during the annual National Reading Aloud Competition. Jacques Vriens wrote the story based on his own experiences: Akkie (Anke in real life) was in his class when he worked as a primary school teacher. The book was published by Van Holkema & Warendorf (part of Uitgeverij Unieboek | Het Spectrum).
Achtste-Groepers Huilen Niet is produced by Rinkel Film (Reinier Selen) and Bijkel Film & TV (Harro van Staverden and David-Jan Bijker) in co-production with the Evangelical Broadcasting and the Belgian Living Stone.

The film was financed by, among others, the Netherlands Film Fund, the CoBO Fund, Dutch Film Works, and the Flanders Audiovisual Fund. Dutch FilmWorks handles the distribution and also released the film on DVD, VOD, and Blu-ray on July 3.



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