Kim de Ruyter, alumna Animation Design, wins Wildcard Nederlands Filmfonds
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Six Wildcards were handed out on 11 December during the Talent Awards Ceremony by the Netherlands Filmfonds (Dutch Film Fund). One of them is for alumna Animation Design Kim de Ruyter. She won with her short film BEKEKEN. The Wildcard enables new film talents to realise new documentary, fiction and animation productions.
With her graduation work BEKEKEN, Kim de Ruyter scored a Wildcard from Nederlands Filmfonds. With this film and the essay Verwerpelijke Blikken (reprehensible looks) Kim graduated this year from the Animation Design course. Kim: "BEKEKEN is a short film about the tension in watching and being watched and the physical tension that a glance can leave on you. It depicts the experience in a mostly 'nice & nasty' way by playing with the subcutaneous element that comes with a look that attacks your self-image."
There are plenty of ideas for new (film) projects. Kim: "I want to make more short films about similar sensitive themes that address self-image, inequality, sexism and discrimination in a carnal and that same 'nice & nasty' way. These are things that have marked my life in good and bad ways and I think it's important to keep them up for discussion."