Gyz La Rivière

Gyz La Rivière

Still: New Neapolis
Gyz 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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