Nena (film)

{{Short description|2014 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Nena

| image = Nena (film) poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Saskia Diesing

| producer = Hanneke Niens
Hans de Wolf

| writer =

| starring = Abbey Hoes
Uwe Ochsenknecht
Gijs Blom

| music =

| cinematography = Aage Hollander

| editing =

| distributor = Cinéart

| released = {{Film date|2014|09|11|df=yes}}

| runtime = 90 minutes

| country = Germany, The Netherlands

| language = Dutch, German

| budget =

}}

Nena is a 2014 German-Dutch romantic drama film directed by Saskia Diesing that was awarded the 2014 Golden Calf for best director as well as best actress,{{cite news|title=Winnaars gouden kalveren 2014|publisher=Nederlands Film Festival|url=https://www.filmfestival.nl/publiek/nieuws/winnaars-gouden-kalveren-2014-de-grote-prijzen-van-de-nederlandse-film/|date=3 October 2014|access-date=2 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307195904/https://www.filmfestival.nl/publiek/nieuws/winnaars-gouden-kalveren-2014-de-grote-prijzen-van-de-nederlandse-film/|archive-date=2016-03-07}} and was noted with a Special Mention at the 2015 Berlinale.{{cite news|title=Prizes & Honours 2015|publisher=Berlinale|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2015/03_preistraeger_2015/03_preistraeger_2015.html|date=2015|access-date=2 March 2016}} The film's North American premiere was celebrated at the Mill Valley Film Festival in San Rafael, California on 16 October 2015{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}.

Set in the Netherlands in 1989, the film is inspired by Diesing's own experiences of adolescence, as well as her father's battle with multiple sclerosis.{{Cite news|url=https://www.filmdoo.com/blog/2017/02/08/interview-saskia-diesing-talks-nena/|title=Interview: Saskia Diesing talks Nena|date=2017-02-08|work=FilmDoo|access-date=2018-09-13|language=en-US}}