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30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Guido van der Werve

Dutch filmmaker and artist Guido van der WERVE (1977, Netherlands) studied Audio Visual Arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. His numbered series of films, which have a clear relationship with music that he has been composing himself since 2007, have been shown at a number of international film festivals and exhibited at galleries around the world. Van der Werve’s work was included in Greater New York 2010 at MoMA PS1 in New York. He lives and works in Berlin.

Filmography

Nummer één (2002, short), Nummer twee (2003, short), Nummer drie (2004, short), Nummer vier (2005, short), Nummer vijf (2006, short), Nummer zes (2006, short), Nummer zeven (2006, short), Nummer acht (2007, short), Nummer negen (2007, short), Nummer twaalf (2009, short), Nummer dertien, effugio C (2011), Nummer veertien, home/Number Fourteen, Home (2012, short), Nummer achttien (2022)

 

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Guide van der Werve

Wikipedia, Guido van der Werve

Guido van der Werve at IFFR

  • Nummer achttien

    An ode to the absurdity and fragility of life, propelled by the filmmaker’s near-death experience.

    • Tiger Competition
  • Nummer vier

    Musical trilogy with the director in the leading role.

    • Short: As Long As It Takes
  • Nummer acht (Everything Is Going to Be Alright)

    There was only 10 metres between the director/actor and the icebreaker he walked in front of. An image of pure beauty.

    • Short: As Long As It Takes
  • Nummer veertien, home

    Key, romantic work in Van der Werve’s oeuvre for which he himself composed the requiem, in d-e-a-d.

    • Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films