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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Sonia Herman Dolz

Sonia HERMAN DOLZ (1962, Spain) studied at the Free Academy in The Hague under Frans Zwartjes. Her first feature-length documentary, Romance de Valentia (1993), received several international awards, as did Black Tears (1997). The Master and His Pupil was awarded Best Documentary at Tribeca Film Festival in 2004. Various retrospectives have been dedicated to the acclaimed filmmaker’s work, including the International Film Festival Sevilla in 2005, Documenta Madrid in 2007 and Independent Film Festival Barcelona in 2008. Herman Dolz has also served as a jury member for international films festivals, including IFFR, Tribeca Film Festival and Guadalajara Film Festival. She has lived in the Netherlands since 1965.

Filmography

(selection, all doc) Lágrimas negras/Black Tears (1997), Yo soy así/This Is Me (2000), The Master and His Pupil (2003), Mans genoeg (2004), Blanco: The Hidden Language of the Soul (2009), All My Tomorrows (2011), De balletmeesters (2012), Conducting Boijmans (2015), Portrait van Olivia de Havilland/Portrait of Olivia de Havilland (2019), DEPOT – Reflecting Boijmans (2023)

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Sonia Herman Dolz op IFFR

  • DEPOT – Reflecting Boijmans

    Sonia Herman Dolz | 86' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Documentary about the construction of Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, in which present, past and future converge.
  • Romance de Valentia – only the brave

    Sonia Herman Dolz | 89' | Netherlands | -

    Idiosyncratic documentary about bull-fighting.
  • Yo soy asi

    Sonia Herman Dolz | 95' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Disarming documentary about aged transvestites and the bar where they blossom as divas at night. But the bar is doomed to close. Third feature-length
  • Portrait of Dora Dolz

    Sonia Herman Dolz | 70' | Netherlands | World première

    Film portrait of the Spanish visual artist Dora Dolz, made by her daughter, sketches a picture of the possibilities of taking your life and your…
  • Blanco

    Sonia Herman Dolz | 48' | Netherlands | -

  • The Master and His Pupil

    Sonia Herman Dolz | 88' | Netherlands | None

    Gripping registration of the masterclass given by famous Russian conductor Valery Gergiev in September 2002 to three novice colleagues.
  • Portret van Olivia de Havilland

    Sonia Herman Dolz | 25' | Netherlands | None

    In honour of his 75th birthday, a number of poets, performers and friends bring an homage to the recently deceased poet Jules Deelder.
  • The Master and His Pupil

    Sonia Herman Dolz | 88' | Netherlands | -

    Gripping registration of the masterclass given by the famous Russian conductor Valery Gergiev in September 2002 to three novice colleagues.
  • Conducting Boijmans

    Sonia Herman Dolz | 75' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Film showing how Sjarel Ex ‘directs’ the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum. A director must have many faces, as you have to deal with wondrous artists,…
  • Mans genoeg

    Sonia Herman Dolz | 60' | Netherlands | -

    Documentary about a unique music project in which Frédérique Spigt spent two weeks with a variety of Dutch musicians writing, singing and recording du