BosBros is the producer of the family feature film Miss Minoes, based on the children’s book by author Annie M.G. Schmidt. Tibbe, an amateur journalist, working for the local newspaper of ‘Killendoorn’, is about to lose his job. Even though he’s too shy and scared to be a decent journalist, the editor-in-chief gives him a last chance to prove himself. When Tibbe is clueless what to write his next article about, he meets a peculiar lady. Miss Minoes.
She tries to convince him that she used to be a cat, but was transformed into a human being. Miss Minoes still behaves like a cat: she purrs, she nuzzles, she loves to sleep in boxes and on top of that, she can communicate with cats. Tibbe’s not sure what to think of her, but since she can provide him with a lot of exclusive news stories through her cat-network, he decides to hire her as his assistant, in exchange for food and accommodation.
Miss Minoes has also been broadcast by the AVRO as a 4-piece television series, of 4 x 24 minutes per episode.
Year of production 2001 | Age All Ages | Length 88 minutes
Carice van Houten
Sarah Bannier
Pierre Bokma
Marisa van Eyle
Olga Zuiderhoek
Kees Hulst
Hans Kesting
Jack Wouterse
SCREENPLAY Tamara Bos, Burny Bos
DISTRIBUTION Warner Bros NL, In The Air
BROADCASTER AVRO
D.O.P. Walther Vanden Ende
EDITOR Peter Alderliesten
SOUND DESIGN Pepijn Aben, Luuk Poels
MUSIC Peter Vermeersch
PRODUCTION DESIGN Vincent de Pater
COSTUME DESIGN Bernadette Corstens
MAKE UP AND HAIR Mariël Hoevenaars
PRODUCTION DESIGN Sabine Veenendaal
GAFFER Franc van Zutphen
SOUND Mark Glynne
STILLS Jaap Vrenegoor, Victor Arnolds
Skrien – Best Poster Feature Film (NFF) 2002
Best Film Award by the Children’s Jury – Bielefelder Kinder- und Jugendfilmfest 2002 (Germany)
Jenny Award (Best Visited Dutch Feature Film) – Evening of the Dutch Feature Film 2002
CIFED Prize Best Film – Le Festival International du Film pour Enfants de Montreal 2002 (Canada)
Award Best Film by Children’s Jury – Cairo International Film Festival for Children 2002 (Egypt)
Gordon Parsons Award for Best Feature Film – ViewFinders 2002 (Canada)
Award for Best Actress – Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski 2002 (Canada)
Golden Calf for Best Actrice and Best Film – NFF 2002
Children’s Jury Prize for Best Int. Live-Action Feature Film – Chicago International Children’s Film Festival 2002 (USA)
Euro Kids Award for ‘Best European Film for Young Audiences with a great potential for international distribution’, by MEDIASalles – Castellinaria International Festival of Films for Youth (Switzerland) 2002
Children’s Jury Prize for Best Film – Bielefelder Kinder- und Jugendfilmfest 2002 (Germany)
Freeze Frame Youth Jury Prize for Best Feature Film – Freeze Frame International Children’s Film Festival Winnipeg 2003 (Canada)
Special Jury Prize – Second International Film Festival for Children and Young People 2003 (Argentina)
The Silver Elephant Plus Cash Prize for Best Live Action Feature Film – 13th International Children’s Film Festival 2003 (India)
Youth Jury Award – Kids! Cinema! Action! Film Festival 2004
Beste Actrice – Artek International Children’s Film Festival (Oekraine)
