J. Kessels

{{short description|2015 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = J. Kessels

| image = J. Kessels.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Erik de Bruyn

| producer =

| writer = Jan Eilander

| starring = Frank Lammers

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| released = {{Film date|2015|09|23|Nederlands Film Festival|2015|10|1|df=yes}}

| runtime = 105 minutes

| country = Netherlands

| language = Dutch

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J. Kessels is a 2015 Dutch drama film directed by Erik de Bruyn.{{cite web |url=http://www.filmkrant.nl/TS_oktober_2015/12526 |title='Misschien is J. Kessels een B-film' |access-date=9 August 2016 |work=filmkrant}} It was based on the book of the same {{ill|J. Kessels: The Novel|nl}} name by {{ill|P. F. Thomése|nl}}. It was listed as one of eleven films that could be selected as the Dutch submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.{{cite web |url=http://international.eyefilm.nl/feature-film.html |title=Feature Film Academy Entry |work=Eye Film Institute Netherlands |date=9 August 2016 |access-date=9 August 2016 |archive-date=22 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022140936/http://international.eyefilm.nl/feature-film.html |url-status=dead }}

The film was the opening film of the 2015 Netherlands Film Festival.{{Cite news |date=23 September 2015 |title=Eerste rode loper in Utrecht voor roadmovie J. Kessels |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2059322-eerste-rode-loper-in-utrecht-voor-roadmovie-j-kessels |access-date=4 April 2025 |work=NOS |language=nl}}