Willem Baptist

Last updated

Willem Baptist (born 1979) is a Dutch filmmaker, documentary-director and film producer.

Contents

Career

He graduated from Willem de Kooning Academy in 2009, having received notable prizes for his studentshorts.

His documentary I’m Never Afraid! (2010) won a Golden Gate Award at San Francisco International Film Festival, [1] Documentary Short Grand Jury Prize at Atlanta Film Festival, [2] and a Kinderkast Jury award non-fiction at Cinekid Festival. [3] His documentary Wild Boar (2013) premiered at Hot Docs, AFI Docs, and Visions du Réel, where it was awarded a Special Mention for best short film. [4] [5] [6]

In 2016 Imposible Magazine reported Baptist was shooting a documentary titled Instant Dreams in Berlin and Los Angeles. [7] The same year, the feature film Young Wrestlers, he co-wrote and was directed by Mete Gümürhan, received a Special Mention from the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival. [8]

Instant Dreams premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in 2017, where it competed in the First Appearance Competition. [9] The European premiere was at Visions du Reel. In the United States the film premiered at Slamdance Film Festival. [10] [11] The film was internationally released; theatrically and on streaming platforms. [12] [13] Instant Dreams was nominated for a Golden Calf, Rose d'Or, Doc Alliance-award and holds a positive score on Rotten Tomatoes, rating it ‘fresh’ based on critic reviews. [14]

In 2018 The Saugatuck Center for the Arts, present the Midwest premiere of the Instant Dreams documentary at 7 p.m. Friday, October 19, and was a feature an on-site Polaroid portrait studio in the lobby. [15]

From 2007 to 2013, he was co-owner of production company Kaliber Film. Since 2014, he has been co-founder and co-owner of Tangerine Tree, a Rotterdam-based production company in the Netherlands. [16] [17]

References

  1. ↑ "55th San Francisco International Film Festival Winners Announced at Golden Gate Awards Ceremony Wedndesday, May 2 - San Francisco Film Society". Sffs.org. 2012-02-05. Archived from the original on 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  2. ↑ "Grand Jury Winners — Atlanta Film Festival". Atlantafilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  3. ↑ "Winnaars 2011 | Cinekid" (in Dutch). Cinekid.nl. Archived from the original on 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  4. ↑ "this-years-afi-docs-slate-muppets-indie-rockers-and-nostalgia". washingtoncitypaper.com. 2014-05-21.
  5. ↑ "afi-docs-releases-complete-line-up". indiewire.com. 2014-05-21.
  6. ↑ "WILD BOAR And LOUIS THE FERRIS WHEEL KID At AFI DOCS". international.eyefilm.nl. 2014-05-22. Archived from the original on 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  7. ↑ "Instant Dreams". magazine.the-impossible-project.com. 2016-08-31.
  8. ↑ Petković, Vladan (22 February 2016). "Young Wrestlers: The boys get ready to rumble". Cineuropa. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  9. ↑ "312-films-geselecteerd-voor-idfa-2017". biosagenda.nl. 2017-10-09.
  10. ↑ "Instant Dreams is acquired". Variety.com. 7 November 2018.
  11. ↑ "Slamdance Film Festival Unveils Competition Lineup". variety.com. 28 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "instant-dreams-documentary-on-fascination-of-polaroid-film-opens-on-april". vimooz.com. 19 April 2019.
  13. ↑ "Instant Dreams opens in New York". twi-ny.com. 19 April 2019.
  14. ↑ "Rotten Tomatoes – Instant Dreams". rottentomatoes.com. 19 April 2019.
  15. ↑ Heth, Sarah. "SCA to screen documentary 'Instant Dreams' centering on love of Polaroid photography". Holland Sentinel. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  16. ↑ "Kaliber Film". Producentenalliantie (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  17. ↑ "Tangerine Tree". Producentenalliantie (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.