'' Public Works '' ( ) is a 2015 Dutch drama film directed by Joram Lürsen . It was based on the book of the same name by Thomas Rosenboom about the troubled construction of the Victoria Hotel in Amsterdam . 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 . The film won the Pearl Award at the Film by the Sea festival in the Netherlands in 2016
89th Academy Awards
89th Academy Awards
Public Works (film)