Halina Reijn
Awards & Honours
17
Awards Won
3
Rankings
3
Covers
1
Records
Reijn's directorial debut Instinct swept the Netherlands Film Festival in 2019, taking home both Best Director and Best Feature Film. The film also won the Special Jury Prize at Locarno, putting her on the international map. With Babygirl, she became one of the few Dutch directors to premiere a film at the Venice Film Festival and secure a distribution deal with A24. In 2026, Variety named her one of the International Directors to Watch, recognizing her as a rising force in global cinema.
Awards
Rankings & Lists
10 Directors to Watch
Next Generation: International
Top 100 Most Influential Dutch People in Culture
Magazine Covers
Vogue Netherlands
February 2020
Halina Reijn: The Dutch Director Taking On Taboos
Elle Netherlands
September 2024
Halina Reijn: Hollywood's New Provocateur
De Filmkrant
August 2019
Instinct cover story
Records & Feats
First Dutch female director to win the Special Jury Prize at Locarno
Reijn won the Special Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival for her debut feature Instinct in 2019, a first for a Dutch female director.