Hanro Smitsman

Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda (Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.

[2] In 2007, Raak (aka Contact) won the Golden Berlin Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival,[3] the Spirit Award at the Brooklyn Film Festival,[4] the first place jury prize for "Best Live Action under 15 minutes" at the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival,[5] and the Prix UIP Ghent Award for European Short Films at the Flanders International Film Festival.

[6] In 2008, Skin won the Movie Squad Award at the Nederlands Film Festival, an actor in the film also won the Best Actor Award.

[7] It also won the Reflet d’Or for Best Film at the Cinema tous ecrans Festival in Geneva in the same year.

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