Nienke Deutz

Nienke DEUTZ (Netherlands) is a Rotterdam-based filmmaker and animator working across independent animated film. Her work explores the narrative and visual possibilities of animation through a combination of techniques and storytelling approaches, often focusing on human experience, alienation and discomfort. Her films Bloeistraat 11 (2018) and The Miracle (2023) received wide international recognition, including the Cristal for Best Short Film at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and the Grand Prix at Animafest Zagreb. In 2023, she co-founded Tinsel Studio with Alice Saey and Wiep Teeuwisse, a collective dedicated to directing and producing independent animation.

Filmography

Bloeistraat 11 (2018), The Miracle (2022), This Is Your Captain Speaking (2025)

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