Arjan Brentjes
Curriculum vitae
Awards
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2012
Best Animation Award at Nottingham Int. Film Festival, Nottingham, UK
Save the Earth!, Minister's Award at Short Shorts, Tokyo
Best Animated Eco Film at IAFF Golden Kuker, Sofia, Bulgaria
Nominated for Best Animation at NFMLA Awards, LA, USA
Best Animation at Taos Shortz Film Fest, Taos, USA
Mr. Zee Award for Best Animation at Shortcutz Amsterdam Annual Awards, 00000000 Netherlands
Nominated for Best Film and Best Director at Shortcutz Amsterdam Annual 00000000 Awards, Netherlands
Best Short FIlm January at Miami Independent Film Festival, Miami, USA
Best Animation Short January 2021 at Bucharest ShortCut CineFest, Romania
Best Animation Short December 2020 at Moscow Short, Russia
Animation of the Month at TMFF The Monthly Film Festival, Glasgow, UK
Best Animation of November at Short to the Point, Bucharest, Romania
Best Animated film at RIFF, Rome (Georgia), USA
2nd Place Best film at Pixel Vienna, Austria
Nominated for Best Animated Short, Miami Short Film Festival, Miami, USA
Nominated for Best Animation Short, Raindance, UK
Nominated for Best Short Film, Oldenburg Int. Film Festival, Germany
Best animation at Siciliambiente, San Vito Lo Capo, Italy
Best animation at Miami Short Film Festival, Miami, USA
Best animation at Moscow Shorts, August Session, Moscow, Russia
3rd place Best Animation at Open Eyes FilmFest, Marburg, Germany
Best Animation Film at Boomtown Film and Music Festival, Beaumont, USA
Prix des Lycéens at Micro & Films, Aubenas, France
Best Professional Short Fiction at RAW Science Film Festival, Santa Barbara, USA
Best Animation Film at Ouchy Awards, 1st season of 2018, Lausanne, Switzerland
Best Animation Film at Short to the Point, December selection, Bucharest, Romania
Nominated for Best Short at Dutch Film Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
Best Animation at Bucharest Shortcut Cinefest, July session, Romania
Best One Minute Film at Galway Film Fleadh, Galway, Ireland
Finalist Best Animation at Sci-On! Festival, Reno, USA
Special Jury Mention at Cineminutos, Córdoba, Argentina
Best Mini-Short January 2017, Miami Independent Film Festival, Miami, USA
3rd place Professional Short at RAW Science Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
Best One Minute Film at FICME, Medellín, Colombia
Prix du jury at Micro & Films, Aubenas, France
Best International Short at TIFF, Thurrock, UK
Best in Festival at TIFF, Thurrock, UK
Best Experimental at FIC 2015, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Best Experimental at FICPA, Pasto, Colombia
Best Short Film at CINECIEN, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Best Fiction Award at CineGlobe, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Best Experimental at FECI 4, Argentina
Best Fiction Award at Bio-Fiction, Vienna
First Prize International Selection at Cine Toro, Colombia
Nowa Amerika Award at Szczecin European Film Festival, Poland
Best international short film at Almeria en Corto
Ballon Prize at Crosstalk Budapest
Film festivals
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Int. Nature & Environment Film Festival, Grenoble, France
Tindirindis, Int. Animated Film Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania
Animation Marathon, Chalandri, Greece
Giraf Festival of Independent Animation, Calgary, Canada
Athens Int. Children’s Film Festival, Athens, Greece
Sapporo International Short Film Festival, Sapporo, Japan
Slow Film Fest, Rome, Italy
FICEE, Ciudad Rodrgo, Spain
Arlington International Film Festival, Arlington, USA
Suncine: Environmental Film Fest, Barcelona, Spain
Filmambiente, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival, several cities worldwide
Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Fredrikstad, Norway
Canlandiranlar Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
Kerry International Film Festival, Killarney, Ireland
All Living Things Environmental Film Festival, Panchgani, India
Cardiff Mini Film Festival, Cardiff, UK
Short Shorts - Autumn online program, Tokyo, Japan
Nottingham International Film Festival, Nottingham, UK
Independent Days International Filmfest, Karlsruhe, Germany
Atlanta Underground Film Festival, Atlanta, USA
5th Chaniartoon - Int. Comic & Animation Fest, Chania, Greece
Ortometraggi Film Festival, Turin, Italy
International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő, Budapest, Hungary
Fantoche, ‘Un Monde Fragile’, Baden, Switzerland
Sydney Underground Film Festival, Sydney, Australia
Richmond International Film Festival, Richmond, USA
Torino Underground Cinefest, Turin, Italy
Festival of Nations, Lenzing, Austria
Portobello Film Festival, London, UK
Linoleum Animation Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine
Odense International Film Festival, Odense, Denmark
CineGlobe Film Festival, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Corto e a capo / Premio Mario Puzo festival, Venticano, Italy
Divercine, Montevideo, Uruguay
Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany
Alpinale short film festival, Bludenz, Austria
La Guarimba, La Grotta dei Piccoli, Amantea, Italy
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia in ACHI, Achi, Japan
Dieciminuti, Ceccano, Italy
Islantilla Cineforum, Bajo la Luna, Islantilla, Spain
Zabut Int. Animated Shortfilm Fest, Messina, Italy
MONSTRA - Lisbon Animation Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
SiciliAmbiente Film Festival, San Vito Lo Capo, Italy
NaturVision Filmfestival, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Cartoon Club, Rimini, Italy
Int. Animated Film Festival ANIMATOR, Poznan, Poland
Constantine’s Gold Coin, Nis, Serbia
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Tokyo, Japan
ShorTS International Film Festival, Trieste, Italy
River Film Festival, Padua, Italy
Euganea Film Festival, Padua, Italy
Florida Animation Festival, Tallahassee, USA
Animafest Zagreb, World Panorama, Zagreb, Croatia
Zeitgeist, Orange County, California, USA
Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival, Athens, Greece
IAFF Golden Kuker, Sofia, Bulgaria
Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, School program, Regensburg, Germany
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival Minneapolis, USA
Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore, USA
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, Philadelphia, USA
RiverRun IFF, Winston-Salem, USA
ITFS, Stuttgart, Germany
Lanterna Mágica, International Animation Festival, Goiás, Brazil
Indy Film Fest, Indianapolis, USA
Livable Planet Film Festival, San Fransisco, USA
Myrtle Beach International Film Festival, Myrtle Beach, USA
Filmfest Bremen, Bremen, Germany
ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival, Paris, France
Le Temps Presse, Paris, France
Kaboom Animation Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Artfools international Film Festival, Larissa, Greece
AmDocs Documentary and Animation Film Festival, Palm Springs, USA
Athens AnimFest 2021, Athens, Greece
Sonoma International Film Festival, Sonoma, USA
Animation Dingle, Dingle, Ireland
Mecal Pro, Barcelona, Spain
Shortcutz Amsterdam, Annual Awards, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Taos Shortz Film Fest, Taos, USA
Fargo Film Festival, Fargo, USA
Cinemagic, On The Pulse, online festival, UK and Ireland
Manchester Film Festival, Manchester, UK
Eko International Film Festival, Lagos, Nigeria
Ibizacinefest, Ibiza, Spain
In the Palace ISFF, Varna, Bulgaria
FINDECOIN IISFF, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela
VOID International Animation Film Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
Golden Bee International Children's Film Festival, New Delhi, India
Love Your Shorts, Sanford (Florida), USA
SF Indiefest. San Francisco, USA
Papaya Rocks Film Festival, London, UK
Miami Independent Film Festival, January selection, Miami, USA
Bucharest ShortCut CineFest, Bucharest, Romania
Jaipur International Film Festival, Jaipur, India
Moscow Shorts - December edition, Moscow, Russia
TMFF The Monthly Film Festival, Glasgow, UK
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, InFocus: Dutch Cinema, Los Angeles, USA
TAFIC Tapiales, Buenos aires, Argentina
KortFilm Festival Leuven, Belgium
Icona Contemporary Animation Festival, Kerkira, Greece
Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation, Montréal, Canada
Short to the Point - November Selection, Bucharest, Romania
RIFF Awards, Rome Independent Film Festival, Rome, Italy
Hidalgo Film Fest, Pachuca, Mexico
Animasivo, Mexico City, Mexico
Pixel Vienna Animation Festival, Vienna, Austria
IKFF, International Kids Film Festival, online, international
Shortcutz Amsterdam, Netherlands
Shorts That Are Not Pants, Toronto, Canada
Soria International Film Festival, Soria, Spain
Rome International Film Festival, Rome (Georgia), USA
Interfilm, Berlin, Germany
Animest, Bucharest, Romania
St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, USA
Red Rock Film Festival, Cedar City, USA
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, UK
Braunschweig International Film Festival, Braunschweig, Germany
Miami Short Film Festival, Miami, USA
Film Front, Novi Sad, Serbia
Raindance Film Festival, London, UK
Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival, Palma, Spain
Indie Memphis Film Festival, Memphis, USA
TAF, Thessaloniki Animation Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece
Balkanima, Belgrade, Serbia
Videomedeja, Novi Sad, Serbia
Wallachia International Film Festival, Wallachia, Romania
Cinemagic, On The Pulse, online festival, UK and Ireland
Dutch Film Festival, Golden Calf competition, Utrecht, Netherlands
ISFF Short Form, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia
Encounters Film Festival, Bristol, UK
Oldenburg International Film Festival, Oldenburg, Germany
Arouca Film Festival, Arouca, Portugal
Fantoche Int. Animation Film Festival, Baden, Switzerland
Independent Days International Filmfest, Karlsruhe, Germany
International Film Festival Rotterdam, RTM 2020, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Braunschweig International Film Festival, Braunschweig, Germany
Just A Minute, Toronto!, Toronto, Canada
Oruro Film Festival, Oruro, Bolivia
Shortcutz at Film by the Sea, Vlissingen, Netherlands
Szczecin European Film Festival, Szczecin, Poland
Filmfest Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Manifesto Film Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Siciliambiente, San Vito Lo Capo, Italy
Galway Film Fleadh - One Minute Film Section, Galway, Ireland
Internationale Kurzfilmwoche, Regensburg, Germany
Ouchy Awards, Lausanne, Switzerland
Shortcutz Annual Awards, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Curta Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
CinemaForum, Warsaw, Poland
Miami Short Film Festival, Miami, USA
St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, USA
Indie Memphis Film Festival, Memphis, USA
Rome International Film Festival, Rome, USA
Festival de Cine de Madrid, Madrid Spain
Moscow Shorts, Moscow, Russia
Animaze, Montreal, Canada
Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany
Wiz-Art International Short FIlm Festival, Lviv, Ukraine
Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival, Seattle, USA
Open Eyes FilmFest, Marburg, Germany
Manlleu Film Festival, Manlleu, Spain
Short Film Breaks, Bucharest, Romania
Miami Independent Film Festival, Annual award show, Miami, USA
Transilvania Shorts, Târgu Mureș, Romania
British Animation Film Festival, London, UK
Florida Animation Festival, Tallahassee, USA
deadCenter Film Festival, Oklahoma City, USA
Rebel Film Festival, PLymouth, UK
Altered Esthetics Film Festival, Minneapolis, USA
Sorsi Corti, Short Film and Wine Festival, Palermo, Italy
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, Philadelphia, USA
Working Title Film Festival, Vicenza, Italy
Indy Film Fest, Indiana, USA
Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine
Festival du Film Court d’Angoulême, Angoulême, France
Monstra on the Loose, 8 locations in Portugal
Boomtown Film and Music Festival, Beaumont, USA
Independent Days International Filmfest, Karlsruhe, Germany
Tlanchana Fest, Metepec, Mexico
Shortcutz, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tallahassee Film Festival, Tallahassee, USA
Animation Dingle, Dingle, Ireland
Internationale Kurzfilmwoche, Regensburg, Germany
Athens AnimFest, Athens, Greece
Monstra, Lisbon, Portugal
Micro & Films, Aubenas, France
Cine Lebu Festival Internacional, Lebu, Chili
FestMedallo, Medellín, Colombia
El día se hace corto, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela
Anima, Brussels Animation Film Festival, Brussels, Belgium
Artfools international Film Festival, Larissa, Greece
RAW Science Film Festival, Santa Barbara, USA
Short to the Point, December selection, Bucharest, Romania
Video Babel, Cusco, Peru
Eindhovens Film Festival, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Bogotá short film festival BOGOSHORTS, Bogotá, Colombia
Bucharest Short Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania
London International Animation Festival, London, UK
Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation, Montréal, Canada
Red Rock Film Festival, Cedar City, USA
International Animation Film Festival Gdansk, Poland
Ouchy Awards, frist selection for 2018, Lausanne, Switzerland
Animation Marathon, Athens, Greece
Tirana Interantional Film Festival, Tirana, Albania
Multivision Animation Arts Festival, st. Petersburg, Russia
Film Front, Novi Sad, Serbia
Curtas Film Fest, Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain
Montecatini International Short Film Festival,Montecatini, Italy
Braunschweig International filmfest, Braunschweig, Germany
FICPA, Pasto, Colombia
KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Imagine Science Film Festival, New York, USA
Warsaw Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland
Cineminutos at Anima 2017, Córdoba, Argentina
Tucson Film & Music Festival, Tucson, USA
International Festival of Animated Films TOFUZI, Batumi, Georgia
FIC ESMI 2017, Allianza Francesa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
CyBorg Film Festival, traveling festival, Italy
4th ISFF Short Form, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia
Conway Film Festival, Conway, USA
Videomedeja, Novi Sad, Serbia
Dutch Film Festival, Golden Calf competition, Utrecht, Netherlands
One Minute Film at Culture Night, Galway, Ireland
Life Screenings - One Minute Film, Orlando, USA
World Festival of Animated Film, Varna, Bulagria
Animaze, Montreal, Canada
Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany
Miami Independent Film Festival, August selection, Miami, USA
Bucharest Shortcut Cinefest, July session, Bucharest, Romania
Cerdanya Film Festival, Cerdanya, Spain
SICAF, International Animation Festival, Seoul, South Korea
Siciliambiente, San Vito Lo Capo, Italy
Cartoon Club, Rimini, Italy
Galway Film Fleadh - One Minute Film Section, Galway, Ireland
Short of the Year, Spring selection, Promofest, Spain
300 Seconds, finalists screening, Toronto, Canada
Small Wonders, Tiny film exhibition, Detroit, USA
ISFF, Detmold, Germany
River Film festival, Padua, Italy
FICSAN, San Roque, Spain
Mersey ComicCon Indie Film Fest, Liverpool, UK
Shorts@Fringe, Madalena, Azores-Portugal
Sci-On! Festival, Reno, USA
International Motion Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus
Prokuplje Short Film Festival, Prokuplje, Serbia
Golden Kuker, Sofia, Bulgaria
Unrestricted View Film Festival, London, UK
Liberté je te filme, Paris, France
Video Festival Imperia, Imperia, Italy
Cineminutos, Córdoba, Argentina
Festival de Cine de Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
Tlanchana Fest, Metepec, Mexico
Longwood Animation Film Festival, Farmville, USA
CineGlobe, Cern, Geneva, Switzerland
Athens AnimFest, Athens, Greece
Shortcutz, Amsterdam, Netherlands
El día se hace corto, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela
FestMedallo, Medellín, Colombia
Love Your Shorts Film Festival, Sanford, USA
Sexual Selection, Labocine, New York, USA
Screen Short Fest, Calcutta, India
Miami Independent Film Festival, January selection, Miami, USA
RAW Science Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
Eindhovens Filmfestival, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Pentedattilo Film Festival, Pentedattilo, Italy
I Filmmaker Film Festival, Marbella, Spain
Largo Film Awards, November session
Bucharest Shortcut Cinefest, November session, Romania
Animation Marathon, Athens, Greece
Kraken Con Animation Film Festival, Oakland, USA
Kurzfilm Festival Koeln, Cologne, Germany
FICME, Medellín, Colombia
Ouchy film awards, Summer selection, Lausanne, Switzerland
Short to the Point, September selection, Bucharest, Romania
Sapporo Short Fest, Sapporo, Japan
Przemiany Festival 2016, Warsaw, Poland
Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany
Bio-Fiction on tour, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Shortcutz, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Radio City film festival, Valencia, Spain
8 Cortos Rodinia, Valladolid, Spain
Micro & Films, Aubenas, France
Cologne OFF at CEC, Meghalaya, India
Golden Anteaters, Lublin, Poland
Greenhorn Short Film Festival, London, UK
Terras in OBA Amsterdam, Netherlands
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, UK
Mestre Film Fest, Mestre, Italy
Imagine Science Film Festival, New York, USA
Court Métrange, Rennes, France
Thurrock International Film Festival, Grays, UK
Bio-Fiction on tour, Perth, Australia
Bio-Fiction on tour, Dublin, Ireland
FIC 2015, Allianza Francesa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fescigu 2015, Guadalajara, Spain
FICPA, Pasto, Colombia
Nowa Amerika Awards, Kino Zamek, Szczecin, Poland
Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany
Islantilla Cineforum, Islantilla, Spain
Contracorriente, Bogotá, Colombia
Open Eyes FilmFest, Marburg, Germany
Bio-Fiction on tour, Karlsruhe, Germany
FMCEX, Veracruz, Mexico
CINECIEN, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dr. Mabuse Short Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Bio-Fiction on tour, Helsinki, Finland
Bio-Fiction on tour, Seattle, USA
InHOUSE Film Festival, London, UK
Bio-Fiction on tour, Taipei, Taiwan
Bio-Fiction on tour, New Delhi, India
Bio-Fiction on tour, Kiev, Ukraine
International Motion Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus
CineGlobe, Cern, Meyrin, Switzerland
ContraVision, Berlin, Germany
FECI 4, Ituzaingó, Argentina
Shorty Week, Cádiz, Spain
Gstaadfilm 2015, aniversary edition, Dublin, Ireland
EXperimental Film Month, EXbunker, Utrecht, Netherlands
La Pedrera Short Film Festival, La Pedrera, Uruguay
Bio-Fiction on tour, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Signes de nuit, Paris, France
Fincortex, Tunja, Colombia
Mal Del Cap, short film festival, Ibiza, Spain
Bio-Fiction on tour, Waldkraiburg, Germany
Bio-Fiction on tour, Linz, Austria
Bio-Fiction Science Art Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
Cine Toro, traveling film festival, Colombia
Leamington Underground Cinema Festival, Leamington, UK
SEFF '14 on tour, various cities in Poland and Germany
Inter Mediaciones, Medellín, Colombia
Szczecin European Film Festival, Szczecin, Poland
Crosstalk Video Art Festival, Budapest, Hungary
Nederlands Filmfestival, Utrecht, Netherlands
Lowcountry Shorts Festival, Charleston, SC, USA
Golden Orchid, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Linoleum 2014, Kiev, Ukraine
Zeichen der Nacht (Signes de nuit), Berlin, Germany
Cortos de Rodinia, Valladolid, Spain
Bideodromo, Bilbao, Spain
ALTER-NATIVE 21, Tirgu-Mures, Romania (Cologne OFF)
Golden Orchid, Pennsylvania State University, USA
FIC Hermosillo, Hermosillo, Mexico
FICCHT, Toluca, Mexico
Linoleum, animation festival, Moscow, Russia
Ares, Syracuse, Italy (Cologne OFF)
Festival Miden, Kalamata, Greece (Cologne OFF)
Cologne OFF at CCA, Tblisi, Georgia
IMF, Nicosia, Cyprus (Cologne OFF)
Ascona Film Festival, Ascona, Switzerland
CEC, Bhimtal, India (Cologne OFF)
FECICAM, Ciudad Real, Spain
Videomedeja, Novi Sad, Serbia
TISFF, Thessaloniki, Greece
Digital Marrakech, Morroco (Cologne OFF)
Almeria en corto, Almeria, Spain
Banjaluka 2012, Bosnia Herzegovina (Cologne OFF)
Fine Art Film fest, Szolnok, Hungary (Cologne OFF)
Luksuz Film Festival, Krsko, Slovenia
Avanca Film Festival, Avanca, Portugal
Filmfest Rejected, Innsbruck, Austria
ISFF, Detmold, Germany
Mediawave, Komarom, Hungary
Lanterna, Mexico City
Filmets, Badalona, Spain
Simultan, Timisoara, Romania
ContraVision, Berlin, Germany
Luksuz Film Festival,Krsko, Slovenia
ISFF, Detmold, Germany
Mediawave, Budapest, Hungary
Director's Lounge, Berlin, Germany
ZwergWERK, short film festival, Oldenburg, Germany
Linoleum, animation festival, Moscow, Russia
Belgrade Short Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
namaTRE.ba festival, Trebinje, Bosnia
Naoussa International Film Festival, Naoussa, Greece
Alternative Film/Video Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
Exhibitions (2008-2016)
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Przemiany Festival 2016, Warsaw, Poland
EXperimental Film Month, EXbunker, Utrecht, Netherlands
Gekleurde herinnering, groepstentoonstelling, CODA museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Thought-Experiment, KIK, Kolderveen, Netherlands
Tekenen voor Amsterdam, Stadsarchief Amsterdam
Aferro Gallery, Newark, USA (Cologne OFF)
Videomedeja, Novi Sad, Serbia
Crosstalk, Budapest, Hungary
Donumenta, Regensburg, Germany
Crosstalk, Budapest, Hungary
Pixxelpoint, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
The Plot Thickens, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
Ode, group exhibition, Galerie 37, Haarlem
sound:frame festival, ACF, New York, USA
sound:frame festival, Vienna, Austria
Een schim van gisteren 2, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
Een schim van gisteren 1, Gist Brummen
De Stad, Dienst Maatschappelijke Ordening Amsterdam
Working as curator
2010
2008
2007
The Plot Thickens, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
Kunstzomer Anna Paulowna
Een schim van gisteren, group exhibition in Brummen and Amsterdam
Jong Land, artroute in Anna Paulowna