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2023 Nominees

The Golden Hour (Het Gouden Uur)

AVROTROS, NL Film, NPO

THE NETHERLANDS

- Drama Series: Non-English Language


The first hour after a terrorist attack is crucial. That's the moment when panic and fear are overwhelming and the danger of a second attack is the greatest. Mardik, a driven police detective of Afghan descent, is distrusted by his colleague after she discovers something about his past. Then Mardik receives a disturbing text message that his childhood friend Faysal has arrived in The Netherlands. When a terrorist attack in Amsterdam is committed the next day, Mardik immediately suspects Faysal had something to do with it and starts an investigation. An investigation with big consequences…