BON BINI: BANGKOK NIGHTS attracts 500K visitors & is voted Favorite Youth Film NL 2024

Bon Bini: Bangkok Nights has surpassed the magical threshold of 500,000 visitors within 8 weeks. It is the first Dutch film released in 2023 to achieve this.

The film also won the NPO ZAPP AWARD in the category of Favorite Youth Film NL 2024. It’s the second consecutive year that the successful franchise has been chosen as favorite youth film.

Jandino Asporaat’s children accepted the award along with director Pieter van Rijn and actors Albert Jan van Rees and Alpha Oumar Barry. While the award show was taking place, Jandino was in Suriname with Sergio IJssel and Kwok Wan for the film’s premiere there, after having premiered Bon Bini: Bangkok Nights in Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. The men expressed their gratitude via a special video message, thanking everyone for voting.

All previous four films in the franchise were awarded the Golden Calf from the Audience in the Netherlands. In Curaçao, Bon Bini Holland, Bon Bini Holland 2, and Bon Bini Holland 3 are the most visited Dutch films to date. Bon Bini Holland 3 also won the ZAPP Award in the favorite youth film category.