Golden Calf (award) was made by Aaron, which was later destroyed by Moses because God prohibits worshipping anything other than the One, True God. Jury member in 2002 Martin Koolhoven says the Dutch Calvinist culture is more relativizing than proud: "This is why the Golden Calf is such a good prize, because of the wink that is included. Other countries have golden lions and golden bears. We have a golden calf and after all it is sinful to worship it." In 1995 Rijk de Gooyer threw his Golden Calf statuette on the street in the reality TV series "Taxi" (the Dutch version of
Golden Calf (award) "Taxicab Confessions"), when he was picked up by a taxi after a dissatisfying closing ceremony at the Netherlands Film Festival. In 1999 he let Maarten Spanjer, the host of "Taxi", throw his Golden Calf for "Krassen in het Tafelblad" out of the window. The Golden Calf Award for Best Interactive is a category presented since 2015. It is awarded to forms of interactive storytelling outside standard film and television like, for instance, VR-films, Videogames, websitedesign, webseries and Social Media-projects. The winners were: Golden Calf (award) The Golden Calf () is the award of the Netherlands Film Festival, which is held