Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda (Netherlands), is a writer and director

Film director

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 of film

Film

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 and television

Television

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.

Films

• Schemer (2010)
• Skin (2008)
• Raak (aka Contact) (2006)
• Allerzielen (aka All Souls) (2005) (segment "Groeten uit Holland")
• Engel en Broer (2004)
• 2000 Terrorists (2004)
• Dajo (2003)
• Gloria (2000)

Awards

In 2005, Engel en Broer won Cinema Prize for Short Film at the Avanca Film Festival.

In 2007, Raak (aka Contact) won the Golden Berlin Bear Award

Berlin International Film Festival

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 at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Spirit Award at the Brooklyn Film Festival, the first place jury prize for "Best Live Action under 15 minutes" at the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival, and the Prix UIP Ghent Award for European Short Films at the Flanders International Film Festival.

In 2008, Skin won the Movie Squad Award at the Nederlands Film Festival, an actor in the film also won the Best Actor Award. It also won the Reflet d’Or for Best Film at the Cinema tous ecrans Festival in Geneva in the same year.

External links

• Hanro Smitsman at the Internet Movie Database
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