Supporting Film

Synopsis

From the perspectives from a dozen diverse viewers, this documentary short explores the peculiar ritual of watching film. How is the medium experienced by people with sensory impairments, strong religious beliefs, or lovesickness? A story about moving images and their audience.

Director Biography

Douwe Dijkstra (1984, Netherlands) was educated at the ArtEZ Art Academy in Zwolle where he graduated in 2005. Dijkstra works on commissioned projects like music videos, installations and short films. As a co-founder of the 33 1/3 collective, he intertwines theatre productions and video projections. His short film Démontable premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2014 and received a special mention at the Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival in 2015.