Ton Van Zantvoort

Ton van Zantvoort is an international awarded artist and filmmaker from the Netherlands. He creates art, short films and creative documentaries. His work is typified by the language of intimate images, a poetic structure and enormous involvement. Van Zantvoort observes with great attention and takes us into a world of people who try to survive but are confronted by external powers as tourism, international commerce and mass communication. His work has been exhibited at more than hundred festivals and exhibitions around the world and has been awarded 14 times already.

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

Freifeld Festival, Germany, August 2013
videoooooh' exhibition Londen, The Slade Research Centre, London, UK, July 24 - Aug 3 2012
Eine Welt Zentrum Herne, Germany, 2012
Cégep André-Laurendeau LaSalle Montréal, Canada, 2012
International Audiovisual Festival of Biodiversity, Rome, Italy 2011
Animal & Nature Film Festival, Beijing, China, August 2011
Kinookus FFF, Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 2011
NMIT (Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE), Preston, Australia, September 2011
Planet in Focus, Toronto, Canada, September 2011
Slow Food International, Bra, Italy, 2011
Tutti nello stesso piatto, trento, Italy 2011
Arlington, VA, USA, September 2011
Sunchild Film Festival, Armenia, October 2011,
Documenta Madrid, May 2011
This Human World, Austria, December 2010
IDFA, International Documentary Film Festival, Competition Dutch Documentary, November 2010
Art of the Document, Multumedia Festival, Poland, November 2010
Festival dei Popoli, 51st International Documentary Film Festival, November 2010
Jihlava IDFF, Czech Republic, 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, Sep...