The Pirates Next Door: The Ninjas from the Other Side has won the Golden Film Award. One hundred thousand filmgoers have seen director Pim van Hoeve's film in which the pirates have to deal with their sworn enemies, the ninjas. Tygo Gernandt surprised pirate actor Egbert-Jan Weeber with the Golden Film. The Golden Film Award is an initiative of the Netherlands Film Festival and is supported by the Netherlands Film Fund and the Abraham Tuschinski Fund.