_{Silver Haze by Sacha Polak}

At the award ceremony, Vicky Knight received the Teddy Jury Award for her performance as Franky in Silver Haze* by Sacha Polak. In Silver Haze, 23-year-old Franky is a nurse who lives with her large family in an East London borough. Obsessed with a thirst for revenge and a need to assign guilt for a traumatic event that happened 15 years before, she is unable to build any meaningful relationship until she falls in love with one of her patients – Florence. They escape to the coast where Florence lives with her more open-minded patchwork family. There, Franky finds the emotional shelter to deal with the grudges of the past. Sales are handled by New Europe Film Sales.

Minority Dutch co-production Sea Sparkle* by Domien Huyghe received a special mention by the Children's Jury Generation Kplus. LevelK handles sales. In Sea Sparkle, a North Sea fisherman dies in mysterious circumstances at sea. His 12-year-old daughter Lena is determined to prove it was not an accident, but the work of a sea monster.

For more information on both (co-)productions, visit Viking Film's website here.

SEE NL congratulates all the winners at the Berlinale 2023!
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*Film is supported by the Netherlands Film Fund and Film Production Incentive