name: Ton van Zantvoort residence: Breda Country: The Netherlands website: www.tonvanzantvoort.nl email: info[at]tonvanzantvoort.nl nationality: Dutch

Education
1999- 2003 Art Academy St. Joost, Audiovisual design. diploma obtained with credit
1996- 1999 Grafisch Lyceum Eindhoven, Art-direction. diploma obtained
Sept. 1991- June 1996 HAVO, Maaslandcollege Oss. diploma obtained

Filmography
The past as future / 18 minutes / creative documentary / in coproduction with Schatten van Brabant / 2011
Kees en Mien / 30 minutes / personal documentary / in coproduction with Omroep Brabant & Zuidenwind / 2011
Day is Done* / 30 minutes / documentary / producer, editor/ independent documentary / 2010
Lovely planet / 8 minutes / short experimental film / in coproduction with Submarine & BOS / 2010
Carousel / 7 minutes / short documentary film / in coproduction with Schatten van Brabant / 2010
a BLOOMING BUSINESS / 52 minutes / documentary / in coproduction with VPRO / 2009
Turning the Pages/ 10 minutes/ poetic portrait / 2008
Pedro Segundo / 3 minutes / art installation / 2008
Another day in Bombay/ 10 minutes/ poetic portrait/ 2007
GRITO de PIEDRA/ 59 minutes/ documentary/ 2006
Isla Totora/ 9.50 minutes/ poetic portrait/ 2005
Pack / 3.35 minutes/ short documentary / 2005
Spital Sibiu/ 2.30 minutes/ poetic short/ 2004
Moja Mbegu/ 5.30 minutes/ 8mm/ autonomous portrait/ 2004
Khamuvillage/ 25 minutes/ documentary/ 2003
Items/ 25 minutes/ sequence short films/ documentary/2003

Filmography commissioned
Hope has a face / 22 minutes for Aniquem (Burn foundation for children in Peru)/co-director, camera, editor/ 2010
Europe works/ 20 minutes/ documentary for Ministery of Internal Affairs / director, camera, sound and editor/ 2009
Buurtcast, the making of/ 6 docu-series of 15 minutes for ETV.nl/ director, camera, sound and editor assistant/ 2007
Gauri/ 20 minutes/ documentary for the Tropism Museum Junior/ co-director, camera, editing, postproduction/ 2006
A Good Mediator/ 30 minutes/ documentary for the Liliane Foundation/ co-director, camera, sound & editing/ 2005

Awards
Jury Award, FIFDH, Festival International du film des droits de l'homme de Paris, France, 2011
Audience award, The Art of the Document, 2010
Special mention of the Jury - The Art of the Document, 2010
Golden Olive award for best documentary, International TV Festival Bar, Montenegro 2010
Best photography Award, International TV Festival BarMontenegro,2010
Audience Award, Millenium International Documentary Festival, Belgium 2010
Award for best film -chosen by media professionals-, Festival Internacional de Cinema Ambiental, Brasil 2010
Jury Award best treatment, Cinema Planeta, Mexico 2010
Audience favourites Mixed Greens, Planet in Focus, Canada 2009
Open Eyes Award special mention, Medfilm Festival, Italy 2009,
Dok Leipzig Healthy Workplaces Film Award, International Leipzig Festival, Germany 2009
Startstipend award of foundation BKVB in 2005 & 2007
Honourable Mention, Media city 13 Visual art Festival 2007
2nd price NFTVM award, for best new Dutch filmmaker, 2006
4th price 1 minute & sound award 2006/ dogs

Nominations
Nomination for St. Joost Penning/ 2003
Scenario Nomination NPS Uur van de Wolf

Additional
-Teaching 'the Art of editing' on the Art Academie St. Joost in Breda 2010/2011
-Jury member for Panasonic International LUMIX award (with Michael Lum& Fred Flade) for Scholz & Volkmer, 2010/2011
-Doc Review Warsaw, Panel debate member, 2010
-Jury member for Film Front Festival together with Hans Eijses, 2010
-Jury member for International Film Festival Breda (48 hour) with Monic Hendrickx & Marc de Cloe, 2010
-Margaret Mead Festival / Winnipeg / Workshop and Lecture on the University of Manitoba/ 2009
-Three days Masterclass together with Cherry Duyns and Jan Eilander/ Dziga Nijmegen/ Januari 2008
-Financial Officer / TEEK Foundation / 2007-2011
-Teaching Photography & Audiovisual design/ Art Academie 's- Hertogenbosch/ November 2007- Januari 2008
-Lecturer in Poetic Documentary/ Academie St. Joost/ Mgr Frencken College/ 2006-2007.
-Group exhibitions: Centraal Museum Utrecht/ De Vishal, Haarlem/ De Pont, Tilburg/ Verkade Fabriek, 's-Hertogenbosch.
-Graphic designer at VISION, OUTCOM, Europe Sign Centre (brandmark and outdoor signing) 2003-2010
-TEEK film-en animatie festival/ Coordinator Graphic & Festival Design and final editor of TEEKaway/ 2004.
-TEEK film- en animatie festival 2003 (www.teekfestival.nl) / programming & selection/ 2003.
-Freelancer designer at Malmberg publisher (design/ dtp of magazines, as Hello You!, Taptoe, OKKI)1998-2001

Publications/ reviews (selection)
-Eye for film/UK, Vancouver International Film Festival/ Canada, IDFA 2005,2006/ The Netherlands, National Dutch newspaper as Trouw, NRC next, Volkskrant, Filmkrant, regional papers as Brabants Dagblad, BN de stem, Dutch Filmfestival magazine/ 2005-2007/2009/2010.

DVD publications* (selection)
Film in Brabant - upcoming talents, Lovely Planet & trailer of a BLOOMING BUSINESS, 2010
a BLOOMING BUSINESS, distributed in 22 languages by 7th Art Releasing (USA) & Journeyman Pictures (UK), 2010
Kort en Krachtig, short film for kids, Pack, 2008
GRITO de PIEDRA, (52 minutes/ 60 minutes) distributed by NPO Sales in Dutch and English, 2007
Ster in de Stad, Tropenmuseum Junior exhibition 2006 -2009
Eenoog koning: Treasures of the filmbank 2005,
TEEK DVD 2004, TEEK DVD 2003.

Exhibitions/ film festivals
This Human World, Austria, December 2010
IDFA, International Documentary Film Festival, Competition Dutch Documentary, November 2010, Day is Done*
Art of the Document, Multumedia Festival, Poland, November 2010
Festival dei Popoli, 51st International Documentary Film Festival, November 2010, Lovely Planet
XV International TV Festival Bar Montenegro, 2010
Noordelijk Film Festival Leeuwarden, November 2010, Lovely Planet
Jihlava IDFF, Czech Republic, October 2010
Duke City DocFest, Albuquerque New Mexico, October 2010
International TV Festival Bar, 15th festival, Montenegro, October 2010
Etnia FIlm Festival, Finland, October 2010
Ad Hoc Inconvenient Films, LHCR, Lihuania, October 2010
Criterio Ambiental, Costa Rica, September 2010
Split New film festival Poland, September 2010
Centraal Museum - Recht voor zijn Raap / In your face, June - September 2010
Bolivia el septimojo es tuyo, Bolivia, June 2010
Documentarist Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2010
Millenium Film Festival - Belgium June 2010
FICA - Festival International de cinema e video ambiental - Brasil, June 2010
Planete Doc Review - Against Gravity, Poland, May 2010
Cinema Politica, Toronto, May 2010
KPFK Los Angelos Film Festival, Santa Barbara, April 2010
Montreal Human Rights Film Festival, Canada, March 2010
Cinema Planeta Mexico, Mexico, March 2010
Human Rights Human Wrongs, Norway, february 2010
DOCPoint Helsinki Documentary Festival, Finland, January 2010
10th Extra Short Film festival, Moscow, Januari 2010 / Pack
International Documentary Festival Agadir, Morocco, December 2009
Med Film Festival, Italy, November 2009
ânûû-rû âboro, Peoples’ film festival, New Caledonia, November 2009
AFF, Astra Film Festival, Romania, November 2009
DOK Leipzig, Germany, October 2009
MEDI MED Docs come true, Spain, October 2009 /
Planet in Focus, Environmental Film Festival, Canada, September 2009
BFFE, Buddhist Film Festival Europe, September 2009 / Lovely Planet
NFF, Dutch Film Festival, The Netherlands, September 2009
VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival / October 2009
NIFF, Newport International Film Festival/ USA/ June 2009
EIFF, Edinburgh International Film Festival/ UK/ June 2009
Cinema City 09/ Serbia/ June 2009
Filmfoyer, TAC, Groene Engel, Verkade fabriek / The Netherlands/ June 2009
Rodos International Films+ Visual Arts Festival/ Greece/ June 2009
New Zealand International Film Festival/ New Zealand/ July 2009
GFFIS, Green Film Festival in Seoul Korea May 2009/ a BLOOMING BUSINESS
BKKC, Film in Brabant /Eindhoven, Grave, Denbosch, Breda, Tilburg, Oss/ The Netherlands/ 2009/ a BLOOMING BUSINESS IFFB, International Film Festival Breda/ The Netherlands/ 2009/ a BLOOMING BUSINESS
TDF, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival/ Greece/ 2009/ a BLOOMING BUSINESS
Film in Brabant/ Tilburg, Eindhoven, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Breda, Oudebosch/ 2008/ GAURI
Salon XI/ Breda/ 2008/ Turning the Pages / Pedro Segundo
Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival/ New York, Chicago, Florida, Vermont, Indiana/ 2008/ GRITO de PIEDRA
Astra film Sibiu/ Romania/ 2007/ GRITO de PIEDRA
Netherlands Film Festival/ the Netherlands/ 2007/ GRITO de PIEDRA
Festival de Cine y video de los derechos humanos/ Bolivia/ 2007/ GRITO de PIEDRA
DOCSDF- Festival International de Cine Documental/ Mexico/ 2007/ GRITO de PIEDRA
Rodos ecofilms International Films & Visual arts Festival/ Greece/ 2007/ GRITO de PIEDRA
Media city 13 International Festival of Experimental Film & Video Art/ Toronto/ 2007/ Pack
Film in Brabant/ Tilburg, Eindhoven, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Breda, Oudebosch/ 2007/ GRITO de PIEDRA
Rompecabeza/ Vishal Haarlem/ 2007/ Another day in Bombay
IDFA/ Amsterdam / 2006 / GRITO de PIEDRA
Tropenmuseum Junior /Ster in de Stad (Star in the City)- 90 minutes exhibition / September 2006 - 2008 March 2009/ Gauri
The One Minutes/ Amsterdam/ 2006/ Trying to study and Mumbai Dreams
Iowa city International documentary festival/ IOWA / 2006 / Pack
Netherlands Film Festival/ Utrecht 2006/ PACK
IDFA/ Amsterdam/ 2005/ Pack
Seed/ Croyde North Devon (UK)/ 2004/ Moja Mbegu
Film by the Sea Internationaal Film festival/ Vlissingen/ 2004/ Moja Mbegu
LowLands LTV/ Biddinghuizen/ 2004/ Pack, Square
Nacht van de Buitengewoon film/ Zonnemaire/ Moja Mbegu
Artots/ Den Bosch 2003/ WYSIWYG, Square (installatie)
Nederlands filmfestival/ Utrecht 2003/ Khamu Village
TEEK film-en animatie festival/ 2003/ Khamu Village, Square, Pack
Hardkijken festival/ Arhnem 2001/ Experiment #16

Broadcasted films / interviews (selection)
ARTE / Terres d'Ailleurs / France, Germany, Switserland, Belgium
Al Jazeera / Witness Special and interview / World
VPRO/ national Dutch channel,
TV3 / Catalunya (Spain)
SKY Movies/ national UK,
ET1/ national Greece channel
Omroep Brabant/ regional Dutch channel
TV10/ regional Dutch channel

* All films are also privately distributed.

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