Skin feels
Short documentary film. 7 minutes. 3 awards. 27 filmfestivals. Graduation film Piet Zwart Institute, WdKA, 2012.
In this diptych, Bunnik, depicts the struggles of observing the ageing bodies of his parents. It examines what it does to a child to see the ageing, naked body of his father and addresses the pain of a child to see his mother struggling with her less valid body.
– Awards:
Audience Award at dokumentART European Filmfestival for Documentaries, 2013, Germany & Poland.
Best Documentary Short Film at SENE Film, Music & Arts Festival, 2015, United States
Best Student Film at Lakeshorts International Film Festival, 2014, Canada.
– Festivals:
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival (Documentary Showcase), 2013, United Kingdom.
Uppsala International Short Film Festival, 2013, Sweden.
NYC Independent Film Festival, 2014, United States.
IDFA, 2012, Netherlands.
FEST New Directors New Films Festival, 2014, Portugal.
Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, 2013, Serbia.
Grand Rapids Film Festival (Best of Shorts Block), 2014, United States.
Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Special on Dutch Shorts), 2014, Sweden.
Queens World Film Festival, 2015, United States.
FICIL BIO BIO International Film Festival Lebu, 2015, Chili.
Flatpack Film Festival, 2014, United Kingdom.
International Short Film Festival Detmold, 2013, Germany.
International Film Festival ZOOM ZBLIZENIA, 2014, Poland.
Cinema at the Edge Independent Film Festival, 2014, United States.
Chain NYC Film Festival, 2014, United States.
Taos Shortz Film Fest, 2014, United States.
Lakeshorts International Short Film Festival, 2014, Canada.
SENE Film, Music & Arts Festival, 2015, United States.
West Nordic International Film Festival, 2014, Norway.
Euroshorts Film Festival, 2013, Poland.
Short Film Festival Rodinia, 2015, Spain.
dokumentART European Filmfestival for Documentaries, 2013, Germany & Poland.
Skena Up, International Student Film and Theatre Festival, 2012, Kosovo.
Cologne OFF, exDox, Experimental Documentary Film Festival, 2012, Germany.
Kastav Film Festival, 2014, Croatia.
International Film Festival San Rafael en Corto, 2014, Spain.
Tuzla Film Festival, 2013, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
– Exhibitions:
‘Disclosure’, Gallery Sign, Groningen, 2015, Netherlands.
‘Exception Handling’, Gallery TENT, Rotterdam, 2012, Netherlands.
‘BYOB’, Gallery Roodkapje, Rotterdam, 2013, Netherlands.
