DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING IS THE ART OF THE ENCOUNTER.
Mattijs van de Port is a filmmaker and visual anthropologist. He did research in Serbia and the Netherlands, and since 2001 in Brazil. He is the author of three books and made several films, including Saborear Frutas Brasileiras (2013) and the essay films The Possibility of Spirits (2016) and Knots and Holes (2018), which were selected for many ethnographic film festivals. He was awarded the Samodiva Award for "Best Film of the International Film Festival of Ethnographic Films 2017" in Sofia, Bulgaria, and received an honorary mention at the Ethnocineca Filmfestival in Vienna, Austria in 2019. The Body Won't Close (2021) won the prestigious Basil Wright Film Prize at the RAI Filmfestival 2021 in Bristol (UK) and the Excellence in Visual Anthropology Award at the Ethnocineca International Film Festival in Vienna (Austria). His latest film, Where Can I get Lost? will premiere in the fall of 2024.
  • Director (5 Credits)
    Where Can I Get Lost?2024
    Documentary, Experimental, Feature
    The Body Won't Close2020
    Documentary, Experimental
    Knots and Holes. An Essay Film on the Life of Nets.2018
    Documentary, Experimental
    The Possibility of Spirits2016
    Documentary, Experimental
    Savoring Brazilian Fruits2012
    Documentary
Official Selection
The Body Won't Close
German International Ethnogrpahic Film Festival
Gottingen
2022
Official Selection
The Body Won't Close
Festival International Jean Rouch
Paris
2022
Winner Best Experimental Film
The Body Won't Close
FICIMAD
Madrid
2022
Official Selection
The Body Won't Close
Ethnofest
Athens
2021
Official Selection
The Body Won't Close
Mimesis Documentary Festival
Boulder, Colorado
2021
Official Selection
The Body Won't Close
Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival
Taipeh
2021
Official Selection
The Body Won't Close
Experimental Forum
Boulder, CO.
2021
Official Selection
The Body Won't Close
Trujillo International Independent Film Festival
Trujillo
2021
Official Selection
The Body Won't Close
International Queer & Migrant Filmfestival Amsterdam
Amsterdam
2021
Winner Excellence in Visual Anthropology Award
The Body Won't Close
Ethnocineca International Documentary Film Festival
Vienna
2021
Winner of the Basil Wright Film Prize.
The Body Won't Close
RAI Film Festival
Bristol
2021
Official Selection
Knots and Holes. An Essay Film on the Life of Nets.
Mostra Internacional de Cinema Etnogràfic
Barcelona
2020
Official Selection
Knots and Holes. An Essay Film on the Life of Nets.
Ethnographic Filmfestival Bremen
Bremen
2020
Official Selection
Knots and Holes. An Essay Film on the Life of Nets.
German International Ethnographic Film Festival
Gottingen
2020
Official Selection
Knots and Holes. An Essay Film on the Life of Nets.
Two Rivers Festival for Cross Cultural Documentary
Koblenz
2020
Official Selection
Knots and Holes. An Essay Film on the Life of Nets.
International Filmfestival Jean Rouch
Paris
2019
Official Selection
Knots and Holes. An Essay Film on the Life of Nets.
Cine Tornado Festival
Curitiba
2019
Official Selection
Knots and Holes. An Essay Film on the Life of Nets.
APA
Lisboa
2019
honorable mention in the Excellence in Visual Anthropology Award
Knots and Holes. An Essay Film on the Life of Nets.
Ethnocineca
Vienna
2019
Official Selection
Knots and Holes. An Essay Film on the Life of Nets.
RAI Film Festival
Bristol
2019
Official selection
Knots and Holes. An Essay Film on the Life of Nets.
Ethnofest
Athens
2018
the Samodiva Award for "Best Film of the International Filmfestival of Ethnographic Films 2017"
The Possibility of Spirits
International Filmfestival of Ethnographic Films
Sofia
2017
Official Selection
The Possibility of Spirits
NAFA filmfestival
Aarhus
2017
Official Selection
The Possibility of Spirits
Cineblend
Amsterdam
2017
Official Selection
The Possibility of Spirits
Ethnographic Filmdays
Ljubljana
2017
Official Selection
The Possibility of Spirits
14th World Filmfestival
Tartu
2017
Official Selection
The Possibility of Spirits
RAI Film Festival, selected for the RAI Film Library
Bristol
2017
Official Selection
The Possibility of Spirits
Ethnografilm
Paris
2017
Official Selection
The Possibility of Spirits
Ethnofest
Athens
2016
Official Selection
The Possibility of Spirits
VU Ethnographic Filmdays
Amsterdam
2016
Official Selection
Savoring Brazilian Fruits
13th RAI Filmfestival
Edinburgh
2013
DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING IS THE ART OF THE ENCOUNTER.
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