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Monique van de Ven will receive the Career Achievement Award from the Film by the Sea film festival this year. The organization is honoring the 72-year-old actress for her long-standing contribution to the Dutch film industry.
According to festival director Jan Doense, Van de Ven is considered “absolute royalty of Dutch film.” During the festival, her latest film Een vrouw als Monique (A Woman Like Monique) will also premiere, in which she plays the leading role alongside Joes Brauers.
Van de Ven broke through in 1973 with her role as Olga in Turks Fruit (Turkish Delight), the film adaptation of Jan Wolkers’ book. The film attracted 3.3 million visitors and grew into a classic. After that, she appeared in dozens of films and series, including Amsterdamned (1988), Lang leve de koningin (Long Live the Queen) (1995), Sil de Strandjutter (1976), Spangen (1999-2006) and Dokter Deen (Doctor Deen) (2012-2018). She also directed the film Zomerhitte (Summer Heat), based on a book by Wolkers.
Een vrouw als Monique (A Woman Like Monique) tells the story of an older actress who is preparing for a new film role in her holiday home in Brittany. With scrapbooks full of memories and an impressive oeuvre, the lines between present and past blur. The encounter with a young cyclist brings back old memories.
Film by the Sea is one of the largest film festivals in the Netherlands and will take place this year from September 12 to 21 in Vlissingen. The festival will then celebrate its 27th edition.