Gyz La Rivière
Still: New NeapolisGyz LA RIVIÈRE (1976, Netherlands) is an artist, writer, performer and filmmaker. He was a member of the well-known skateboarding crew, the Fret Click. In 2000, he graduated from the Willem de Kooning Academy. His first documentary, 12 - A Film About the Fret Click (2009), screened at IFFR 2010. He received the Dolf Henkes Prize for important Rotterdam-based artists in 2012. In 2013, he released the documentary Rotterdam 2040 and followed a few years later with New Neapolis (2020), based on his book New Neapolis – No Structure (2017). Malin TV was selected for IFFR 2023.
Filmography
(all doc) 12 – A Film About the Fret Click (2009), Rotterdam 2040 (2013), New Neapolis (2020), Malin TV (2023)
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Gyz La Rivière at IFFR
12 - A Film About the Fret Click
50'
Netherlands
IFFR 2010
New Neapolis
This rhythmically edited cinematic manifesto presents the port cities of Rotterdam, Liverpool, Naples and Marseilles as the vanguard of a new, sexy Europe.
105'
Netherlands
IFFR 2020
Malin TV
Drily comedic film essay about Henk Sneevliet, Rotterdam’s housing crisis, Shanghai skyscrapers and Chinese restaurants in Katendrecht.
93'
Netherlands
IFFR 2023