Willem Baptist (born 1979) is a Dutch filmmaker and documentary-director.
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) had its international premieres in competition at respectively Visions du Réel (Switzerland), Hot Docs International Documentary Festival (Canada) and AFI Docs (USA).[4][5][6]
In 2016 Imposible Magazine reported Baptist was shooting a feature documentary titled Instant Dreams in Berlin and California.[7] Instant Dreams will have its premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in 2017, where it will be competing in the First Appearance Competition and Dutch Documentary Competition.[8][needs update]
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.[9]
References
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- ^ "Grand Jury Winners — Atlanta Film Festival". Atlantafilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ^ "Winnaars 2011 | Cinekid" (in Dutch). Cinekid.nl. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ^ "this-years-afi-docs-slate-muppets-indie-rockers-and-nostalgia". washingtoncitypaper.com. 2014-05-21.
- ^ "afi-docs-releases-complete-line-up". indiewire.com. 2014-05-21.
- ^ "WILD BOAR And LOUIS THE FERRIS WHEEL KID At AFI DOCS". international.eyefilm.nl. 2014-05-22.
- ^ "Instant Dreams". magazine.the-impossible-project.com. 2016-08-31.
- ^ "312-films-geselecteerd-voor-idfa-2017". biosagenda.nl. 2017-10-09.
- ^ Heth, Sarah. "SCA to screen documentary 'Instant Dreams' centering on love of Polaroid photography". Holland Sentinel. Retrieved 2019-04-03.