Hoi!
Okki Poortvliet grew up in a small village in the north of the Netherlands. There she shot her graduation film in 2021 for Minerva art academy: IJswee (longing for ice). A film about how villagers, with a passion for skating on natural ice, deal with the increasingly warmer winters. After that, she made four short films for NTR. At the moment she is either studying Philosphy (at the university of Groningen), filming and building for new projects (De Vlaggenhijsers & Into Nature), illustrating or spending time running around and trying to play the guitar. It is also clear that she has a thing for birds and ice rinks.

contact

^{send me an email!}
okkifilms@gmail.com

awards

︎ Special Mention, IFA - Noordster 2022
︎ Honorable Mention, Student World Impact Festival 2022
︎ Drentse Talentprijs Cultuur 2021
︎ Beste Groninger Film non-fictie 2021
︎ Film Winner, ARTS THREAD GLOBAL DESIGN GRADUATE SHOW 2021
︎ Winner of the Lift-Off First-Time Filmmaker Sessions September 2021
nominations
︎ Beste Groninger Film non-fictie 2022 
︎ Noorderlijk Film Festival - Best documentary 2021
︎ Noorderlijk Film Festival - Best young talent 2021
︎ Minerva Design Award 2021

work

︎ 2022            Teaching & Research Instructor at Minerva Art Academy
︎ 2021/2022   Documentarymaker at Docwerk
︎ 2019 +          Filmmaker, illustrator, visual artist

education

︎ 2020-now BA Philosophy, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
︎ 2017-2021 BA Design, Academie Minerva, Groningen
︎ 2011-2017 VWO, Carmel College Emmen

interships
︎ 2020 Ditteke Mensink, documentary director and writer
︎ 2020 GWA, Grafische Werkplaats Amsterdam

extra
︎ 2022/2023 IllustraCie Committee STUFF
︎ 2019 Illustratie57 Committee, PR

exhibitions

^selected
upcoming
2023   Art Expedition Into Nature, Borger-Odoorn
past
2022    De Vlaggenhijsers at Drents Museum, Assen
2022    Het huis van gedeelde verhalen, bevrijdingsfestival Assen
2021    IJswee solo exhibition, CBK Emmen
2021    Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
2021    Lucht Kunstpunt, Groningen
2021    Artsthread Global Design Graduate Show 2021, online
2021    DETOUR Graduation Show, Groningen
2019    Panta Rhei, Grafiek Platform, Groningen
2019    Illustratie57 Barricades exhibition, Groningen
2019    Grafiek in de Kerk van Woltersum

jury member

2023    Kunstbende Groningen
2023    Filmfeest Groningen
2023    Filmfeest Drenthe
2022    Cine Challenge Groningen

talks and teaching

2023    Fraterhuis Talks, Non-human animals in documentary film
2023    Lecture, How to become a filmmaker, NHL Stenden
2022    Lectures and workshops for Filmhub Noord
2022    Teaching & Research Instructor at Minerva Art Academy
2022    Workshop monotype, CBK Emmen
2022    Lecture - How to become a filmmaker, NHL Stenden

links

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