The documentary Silence of the Tides about the tides and seasons of the Wadden area has attracted 10,000 visitors to the film theaters. Filmmaker Pieter-Rim de Kroon received the Crystal Film for this. The Film Award is an initiative of the Dutch Film Festival and is supported by the Dutch Film Fund and the Abraham Tuschinski Fund. Silence of the Tides is the first Dutch documentary to be awarded the Crystal Film Award this year.