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BiografieIneke Smits graduated in 1984 as a photographer and video artist from the Rotterdam Art Academy. From 1989 she studied film directing and script writing at the National Film and Television School in England, supported by The British Council. She completed her Master degree in 1994, and realized with writer Arthur Japin on a few shorts for Dutch broadcasters VPRO and NTR. In 2001 their first feature, Magonia, premiered at Toronto International Film Festival. In 2002/03 she received a Nipkow Fellowship to work in Berlin, and in 2004 she developed the first draft of a feature script, The House of my Fathers, at the Binger Filmlab in Amsterdam. Her second feature, The Aviatrix of Kazbek, closed in 2010 the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Between 1998 en 2008 she wrote and directed four successful documentaries that were presented at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam and other international festivals. With new media designer Paul Swagerman and artist Giny Vos she created the trans-media project The Oblivious. With film critic Dana Linssen she wrote the feature film N.N., and in co-operation with broadcaster NCRV she develops a documentary on forensic doctor Koos van Leeuwen. All three projects are currently in financing stages. Next to directing and writing fiction- and documentary films, she is a script advisor, project developer and a workshop tutor at post-graduate art- and film studies. She is member of the Advosory Board of Binger Filmlab, and reads scripts for several funds. In 2011 she co-created Stout&Smits Script consultancy, Project development and Coaching. CVFILMS 2009 The Aviatrix of Kazbek (110’/The Netherlands, Belgium, Georgia) Feature film set against the uprise of Georgian soldiers on the Dutch island of Texel in 1945. Script Arthur Japin & Ineke Smits Press Prize Commersant for Best Film – Moscow International FF Nominatie European Film Awards 2010 2008 Transit Dubai (72’ & 57’/The Netherlands) Documentary about the rapidly arising city of Dubai, seen through the eyes of four photography students. NPS-National DutchTelevision & Dutch Film Fund. Premiered at IDFA-Amsterdam 2008. Winner of the Audience Award at Gdansk Film Festival 2009 2005 Black Gold under Notecka Forest (58’ / The Netherlands) Documentary about the poor inhabitants of a Polish forest, under which the biggest oilfield of Poland has been discovered, commissioned by NPS-National Dutch Television Premiered at IDFA-Amsterdam 2005, Silver Wolf Competition. Special Mention of the Jury at Zagreb Dox 2006. 2003 Putin’s Mama (51’/The Netherlands) Documentary about Vera Putina, who lives in a small Georgian village and believes to be the mother of Russian president Vladimir Putin. NPS-National Dutch Television. Nomination Silver Wolf Award at IDFA 2003, Winner HotDocs best Dutch documentary in National Programme, Toronto, Nomination for the Golden Statue for best documentary 2004 in the Netherlands, Special Mention of the Jury, Zagreb Dox 2001 Magonia (112'/The Netherlands) Feature film about a father who tells stories to his son, shot in Georgia, the Netherlands and France. Script Arthur Japin & Ineke Smits Winner of the Circulo Precolombino de Oro for Best Film, Colombia, Winner of the Golden Tulip in Istanbul IFF 2002, Turkey, Special Mention of the Jury at Festroia 2002, Portugal 1999 Nostalgia (56'/Georgia-The Netherlands) Documentary about the effects of civil war in Georgia on a group of friends. Dir. Tato Kotetishvili & Ineke Smits. HUMAN National Television Premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam 1999, The Netherlands Winner of the Grand Prize at the International Documentary Festival 2000, Taiwan 1996 The Cloud Factory (25'/The Netherlands) Short fiction for NOS National Television Script by Arthur Japin 1996 A Whore’s Sermon (45'/The Netherlands) Short fiction for VPRO National Television Script by Arthur Japin 1994 Sirko (38'/The Netherlands-England) Short fiction, graduation film NFTS. Written and directed by Ineke Smits 1992 Rose, Violet & Lily(22' /The Netherlands – Georgia) Short fiction, supported by Hubert Bals Fund Written & directed by Ineke Smits & Tato Kotetishvili Opening film at the Rotterdam Filmfestival 1992 1989 Monas Plen (50' /The Netherlands ) Short fiction, co–production with NTR National Television Written & directed by Ineke Smits |
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