Award winning writer/director Rudolf van den Berg has been making films and documentaries for over 30 years now. This site gives background information on all feature films and on the highlights of his documentary work. Van den Berg's view on the craft of screen writing is summarized on a separate page.
Tirza
Tirza (2010) is based on a novel written by Arnon Grunberg. Jorgen Höfmeester is desperately looking for his missing daughter Tirza (Sylvia Hoeks) and heading towards a brutal confrontation with the man who has been the undoing of his favorite child. Tirza was released on September 30th 2010. It is a coproduction between Cadenza Films and Fu Works. At the 2010 Netherlands Film Festival Rudolf van den Berg won the Golden Calf, the Grand Prix of the Dutch film, for best director for Tirza and First prize (Golden Dolphin) at Festroia Festival, Portugal.
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