FILMMAKER / MEDIA ARTIST / PHOTOGRAPHER
FILMMAKER / MEDIA ARTIST / PHOTOGRAPHER
VANAF 16 MAART 2025: METAMORFOSE IN DE FILMHUIZEN / AS OF 16 MARCH 2025 – METAMORPHOSIS IN DUTCH CINEMAS
ZONDAG 16 MAART
15:00 – Visum Mundi, Wageningen
DONDERDAG 20 MAART
11:15 – De Lieve Vrouw Amersfoort
13:30 – NatLab Eindhoven
13:30 – Verkadefabriek ’s Hertogenbosch
13:45 – Slachtstraat Utrecht
15:00 – Cinema Gouda
15:40 – De Nieuwe Kolk Assen
16:00 – Fraterhuis Zwolle
17:00 – Museon Omniversum Den Haag
19:00 – De Balie Amsterdam
19:15 – Filmhuis Den Haag
19:45 – LUX Nijmegen
VRIJDAG 21 MAART
13:15 – Cinema Gouda
15:40 – De Nieuwe Kolk Assen
16:00 – Filmhuis Den Haag
16:30 – De Meerpaal Dronten
16:40 – De Lieve Vrouw Amersfoort
18:30 – Verkadefabriek ’s Hertogenbosch
18:50 – CineSneek
20:45 – De Balie Amsterdam
ZATERDAG 22 MAART
11:15 – De Lieve Vrouw Amersfoort
13:15 – Slieker Leeuwarden
13:30 – Verkadefabriek ’s Hertogenbosch
14:15 – Fraterhuis Zwolle
16:45 – LUX Nijmegen
16:45 – De Balie Amsterdam
18:45 – CineSneek
18:45 – Cinema Gouda
18:45 – De Meerpaal Dronten
21:00 – De Balie Amsterdam
ZONDAG 23 MAART
11:05 – Slieker Leeuwarden
11:50 – Natlab Eindhoven
13:00 – Cinema Gouda
15:40 – De Nieuwe Kolk Assen
16:10 – De Lieve Vrouw Amersfoort
17:00 – Museon Omniversum Den Haag
17:00 – De Balie Amsterdam
17:15 – CineSneek
17:50 – Verkadefabriek ’s Hertogenbosch
19:15 – De Meerpaal Dronten
MAANDAG 24 MAART
12:30 – Filmhuis Den Haag
13:45 – Slachtstraat Utrecht
14:30 – De Nieuwe Kolk Assen
16:45 – Natlab Eindhoven
16:50 – Verkadefabriek ’s Hertogenbosch
18:30 – Heerenstraat Theater
18:30 – Fraterhuis Zwolle
19:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
19:15 – Slieker Leeuwarden (MET NAGESPREK)
19:20 – LantarenVenster Rotterdam
DINSDAG 25 MAART
11:15 – De Lieve Vrouw Amersfoort
12:00 – Slachtstraat Utrecht
14:30 – De Nieuwe Kolk Assen
18:10 – Heerenstraat Theater Wageningen
18:30 – Verkadefabriek ’s Hertogenbosch
19:00 – Natlab Eindhoven
19:45 – LUX Nijmegen
21:30 – De Balie Amsterdam
WOENSDAG 26 MAART
13:30 – Filmhuis Den Haag
13:35 – De Lieve Vrouw Amersfoort
13:45 – Slachtstraat Utrecht
16:00 – Fraterhuis Zwolle
16:15 – CineSneek
16:30 – Verkadefabriek ’s Hertogenbosch
18:20 – Heerenstraat Theater
18:30 – Cinema Gouda
18:45 – Gigant Apeldoorn
DONDERDAG 27 MAART
11:45 – Slachtstraat Utrecht
13:20 – Verkadefabriek ’s Hertogenbosch
15:00 – De Meerpaal Dronten
18:20 – Heerenstraat Theater Wageningen
19:30 – De Balie Amsterdam
VRIJDAG 28 MAART
11:30 – De Lieve Vrouw Amersfoort
16:15 – Slachtstraat Utrecht
16:30 – Natlab Eindhoven
18:40 – Concordia Enschede
18:45 – De Meerpaal Dronten
19:15 – Verkadefabriek ’s Hertogenbosch
20:30 – De Balie Amsterdam
ZATERDAG 29 MAART
12:00 – Slachtstraat Utrecht
13:00 – Concordia Enschede
13:15 – Fraterhuis Zwolle
14:20 – Verkadefabriek ’s Hertogenbosch
15:40 – De Nieuwe Kolk Assen
16:35 – De Lieve Vrouw Amersfoort
17:00 – De Balie Amsterdam
17:00 – Slieker Leeuwarden
18:40 – Heerenstraat Theater Wageningen
18:45 – CineSneek
21:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
ZONDAG 30 MAART
10:10 – LantarenVenster Rotterdam
10:55 – Slieker Leeuwarden
11:00 – Concordia Enschede
11:15 – De Lieve Vrouw Amersfoort
11:45 – Slachtstraat Utrecht
12:30 – Verkadefabriek ’s Hertogenbosch
15:30 – De Balie Amsterdam
15:40 – Heerenstraat Theater Wageningen
15:50 – Natlab Eindhoven
15:55 – De Nieuwe Kolk Assen
17:30 – CineSneek
19:15 – De Meerpaal Dronten
20:30 – De Balie Amsterdam
MAANDAG 31 MAART
12:00 – LantarenVenster Rotterdam
12:00 – Filmhuis Den Haag
13:30 – Slachtstraat Utrecht
15:25 – De Nieuwe Kolk Assen
16:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
18:20 – Heerenstraat Theater Wageningen
19:00 – Cinema Gouda
19:10 – Verkadefabriek ’s Hertogenbosch
20:20 – De Lieve Vrouw, Amersfoort
DINSDAG 1 APRIL
13:20 – Verkadefabriek ’s Hertogenbosch
14:00 – Filmhuis Den Haag
15:25 – De Nieuwe Kolk Assen
15:30 – Heerenstraat Theater Wageningen
17:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
18:30 – Fraterhuis Zwolle
18:30 – CineSneek
18:40 – Natlab Eindhoven
WOENSDAG 2 APRIL
11:15 – Filmhuis Den Haag
11:45 – Slachtstraat Utrecht
12:00 – LantarenVenster Rotterdam
15:00 – CineSneek
18:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
18:20 – Heerenstraat Theater Wageningen
18:45 – De Lieve Vrouw Amersfoort
19:10 – Verkadefabriek ’s Hertogenbosch
DONDERDAG 3 APRIL
13:30 – Parkvilla Alphen aan de Rijn
15:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
16:40 – Natlab Eindhoven
17:00 – Museon Omniversum Den Haag
20:15 – De Beun Heiloo
VRIJDAG 4 APRIL
13:15 – Cinema Gouda
15:45 – Filmhuis Den Haag
15:45 – De Balie Amsterdam
18:20 – Heerenstraat Theater Wageningen
18:20 – CineSneek
19:00 – Verkadefabriek ’s HertogenBosch
ZATERDAG 5 APRIL
10:10 – LantarenVenster Rotterdam
10:45 – De Balie Amsterdam
13:45 – Cinema Gouda
14:15 – Slachtstraat Utrecht
15:40 – Heerenstraat Theater Wageningen
16:20 _ Concordia Enschede
16:30 – CineSneek
17:30 – Verkadefabriek ’s Hertogenbosch
21:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
ZONDAG 6 APRIL
11:00 – Filmhuis Zevenaar
11:55 – Forum Groningen
12:45 – Cinema Gouda
13:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
17:00 – Museon Omniversum Den Haag
17:00 – Verkadefabriek ’s Hertogenbosch
17:15 – CineSneek
17:50 – De Lieve Vrouw Amersfoort
19:00 – De Balie Amsterdam
19:40 – Natlab Eindhoven
MAANDAG 7 APRIL
13:00 – Cinema Gouda
13:30 – Natlab Eindhoven
14:15 – Slachtstraat Utrecht
16:30 – De Balie Amsterdam
18:15 – De Lieve Vrouw Amersfoort
19:00 – Verkadefabriek ’s Hertogenbosch
20:00 – Parkvilla Alphen aan de Rijn
DINSDAG 8 APRIL
10:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
11:00 – Filmhuis Den Haag (EN SUBS)
13:10 – Cinema Gouda
13:20 – Verkadefabriek ’s Hertogenbosch
16:00 – Fraterhuis Zwolle
16:30 – LantarenVenster Rotterdam
18:40 – Natlab Eindhoven
WOENSDAG 9 APRIL
13:00 – Cinema Gouda
14:15 – Slachtstraat Utrecht
16:15 – De Lieve Vrouw Amersfoort
16:20 – Natlab Eindhoven
17:00 – Verkadefabriek ’s Hertogenbosch
18:00 – CineSneek
18:20 – Heerenstraat Theater Wageningen
18:45 – De Balie Amsterdam
DONDERDAG 10 APRIL
10:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
10:45 – Filmhuis Den Haag
11:00 – Luxor Zutphen
12:45 – Slachtstraat Utrecht
17:00 – Museon Omniversum Den Haag
20:00 – Parkvilla Alphen aan de Rijn
21:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
VRIJDAG 11 APRIL
17:15 – CineSneek
15:00 – Luxor Zutphen
21:30 – De Balie Amsterdam
ZATERDAG 12 APRIL
10:45 – Filmtheater Hilversum
11:00 – Filmhuis Den Haag
12:45 – De Balie Amsterdam
14:10 – NatLab Eindhoven
17:15 – CineSneek
17:45 – De Balie Amsterdam
ZONDAG 13 APRIL
10:45 – Luxor Zutphen
11:55 – Forum Groningen
12:00 – Natlab Eindhoven
12:45 – Slachtstraat Utrecht
13:15 – Filmhuis Zevenaar
14:30 – De Balie Amsterdam
17:30 – CineSneek
MAANDAG 14 APRIL
10:30 – Filmhuis Den Haag
20:00 – Luxor Zutphen
21:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
DINSDAG 15 APRIL
17:45 – CineSneek
19:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
WOENSDAG 16 APRIL
15:00 – Luxor Zutphen
17:45 – CineSneek
19:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
DONDERDAG 17 APRIL
10:30 – Filmhuis Den Haag
12:00 – De Balie Amsterdam
13:00 – Filmhuis Zevenaar
18:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
VRIJDAG 18 APRIL
10:30 – De Balie Amsterdam
18:00 – De Balie Amsterdam
ZATERDAG 19 APRIL
12:15 – Slachtstraat Utrecht
14:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
21:45 – De Balie Amsterdam
ZONDAG 20 APRIL
11:55 – Forum Groningen
16:15 – Filmhuis Den Haag
18:00 – De Balie Amsterdam
MAANDAG 21 APRIL
12:30 – CineSneek
17:30 – De Balie Amsterdam
DINSDAG 22 APRIL
17:00 – De Balie Amsterdam
WOENSDAG 23 APRIL
14:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
15:25 – Verkadefabriek ’s HertogenBosch
20:00 – Parkvilla Alphen a/d Rijn
20:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
VRIJDAG 25 APRIL
13:00 – CineSneek
14:00 – De Balie Amsterdam
21:30 – De Balie Amsterdam
ZATERDAG 26 APRIL
14:30 – PiXLife
ZONDAG 27 APRIL
11:55 – Forum Groningen
16:00 – De Balie Amsterdam
20:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
MAANDAG 28 APRIL
12:30 – Slachtstraat Utrecht
14:30 – De Balie Amsterdam
20:45 – De Balie Amsterdam
DINSDAG 29 APRIL
19:30 – De Balie Amsterdam
WOENSDAG 30 APRIL
10:15 – De Balie Amsterdam
13:00 – Filmhuis Zevenaar
14:00 – De Balie Amsterdam
19:45 – De Balie Amsterdam
En online via PICL
20 OCTOBER 2024 – 27 APRIL 2025: EXHIBITION at MOW MUSEUM WESTERWOLDE, BELLINGWOLDE
Metamorphosis is part of a group exhibition at MOW, Museum Westerwolde,
MOW
Hoofdweg 161
Bellingwolde
Opening hours:
Wednesday till Friday 11- 17
Saturday and Sunday 13 – 17
Monday and Tuesday open by appointment
28 AUGUST – 4 OCTOBER 2024: EXHIBITION at FOTOGALERIE OBJEKTIEF, ENSCHEDE
From 28 August till 4 October 2024 Metamorphosis is on show at Fotogalerie Objektief, Walstraat 33 Enschede
Metamorphosis is a series of photographs in which caterpillars are shown on their specific host plants. These photos were made against a white background, a visual reference to drawings and engravings from the 17th as those of Maria Sibylla Merian. The white background, and also the bamboo paper on which the photos are printed, emphasise the graphic
part of photographic.
6 NOVEMBER – VOLKSKRANT
3 – 28 NOVEMBER 2023: Exhibition at Huis Vasari Amsterdam
From November 3 till 28 Metamorphosis is on show at Huis Vasari, Herengracht 366, Amsterdam.
Metamorphosis is a series of photographs in which caterpillars are shown on their specific host plants. These photos were made against a white background, a visual reference to drawings and engravings from the 17th as those of Maria Sibylla Merian. The white background, and also the bamboo paper on which the photos are printed, emphasise the graphic part of photographic.
18 OCTOBER 2023: METAMORPHOSIS at IDFA !!!
“In Metamorphosis, filmmaker and media artist Pim Zwier chooses a highly original form to depict the life and work of the German artist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), whose study of insects laid the foundations of entomology. Her most important work revolved around the metamorphosis of caterpillars into butterflies: she recorded the process in beautiful prints and engravings and was the first to draw the insects in combination with the plant on which they live.
Zwier subtly sets 17th-century drawings and paintings in motion. He also uses actors to bring historical sources to life. His own observations play a central role: for Metamorphosis, originally a photography project, Zwier started breeding caterpillars himself to document their pupation in close-up. The film includes stunning footage of the process.
This combination of nature documentary, costume drama and art project offers a fascinating insight into Merian’s adventurous life, as well as into one of nature’s most mysterious metamorphoses.”
from IDFA’s catalogue
20 SEPTEMBER 2023: PRINTING!
Preparing for an exhibition!
JULY 2023: METAMORPHOSIS IN PRODUCTION
Metamorphosis, my film about Maria Sibylla Merian, is now in full production. Shooting days and editing alternate. Similar to Merian, I follow the metamorphosis of various caterpillars into butterflies in my studio and document the process both on film and photography. Metamorphosis is a film about Merian’s fascination for the metamorphosis, her work and working process, her life story. It is also a film about ecology, colonial history, and women’s emancipation.
With Carly Wijs, Pierre Bokma, Sieger Sloot, Tsead Bruinja, Jonathan Huisman, Sue-Ann Bel and others. DOP Aage Hollander, camera assistant Deen van Liempd, sound Menno Euwe, costumes design Sasha Pershay, costume assistant Melisa Alkanlar, tailor of the dresses for Merian Flora van Egeraat, make-up music Holland Baroque, director/script/editor Pim Zwier, executive producer Tessa Bouwmeester, production assistant Floor van der Meulen and Eva Riemens, producer Carolijn Borgdorff, produced by Moondocs.
Supported by Netherlands Film Fund, Film Fund Production Incentive, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Fond21, Cultuurfonds Documentary Stipend
19 MAY 2023: DE VOLKSKRANT
13 MAY till 10 JUNE 2023: Exhibition at Contour Gallery Rotterdam
9 NOVEMBER 2022: Documentary Stipend of the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund
24 AUGUST 2022: FILMING
A day of (test) filming for the new project. I enjoyed working on the smallest details with a wonderful team of people. The research slowly comes to an end, a first draft of the script is ready, the accompanying texts are mostly written.
29 JANUARY – 18 APRIL 2022: O part of the BEST OF IDFA ON TOUR
27 jan. – De Omval Dordrecht
30 jan. – Forum Groningen
1 feb. – Schuur Haarlem4 feb. – De Lieve Vrouw Amersfoort
5 feb. – Schuur Haarlem
6 feb. – Gigant Apeldoorn
8 feb. – Schuur Haarlem
12 feb. – Schuur Haarlem
12 feb. – De nieuwe bibliotheek Almere
13 feb. – Fraterhuis Zwolle
16 feb. – De nieuwe bibliotheek Almere
19 feb. – Schuur Haarlem
19 feb. – Lumen Delft
19 feb. – Parkvilla Alphen a/d Rijn
20 feb. – t Hoogt Utrecht
20 feb. – Cinecitta Tilburg
20 feb. – Filmtheater Hilversum
20 feb. – Filmhuis Den Haag
26 feb. – Schuur Haarlem
26 feb. – Forum Groningen
27 feb. – Filmhuis Cameo Zoetemeer
27 feb. – Chassé Cinema Breda
27 feb. – Cinema Middelburg
27 feb. – Filmhuis De Spiegel Heerlen
27 feb. – Natlab Eindhoven
27 feb. – Gruitpoort Doetinchem
27 feb. – Rialto VU Amsterdam
28 feb. – Filmhuis De Spiegel Heerlen
5 mrt. – Rialto De Pijp Amsterdam
5 mrt. – LantarenVenster Rotterdam
5 mrt. – Schuur Haarlem
5 mrt. – De Fabriek Zaandam
6 mrt. – Filmhuis Hilversum
6 mrt. – Cinecity Vlissingen
6 mrt. – Parkvilla Alphen a/d Rijn
8 mrt. – LantarenVenster Rotterdam
8 mrt. – Schuur Haarlem
12 mrt. – Filmhuis Gouda
12 mrt. – Schuur Haarlem
12 mrt. – Cacaofabriek Helmond
12 mrt. – Verkadefabriek Den Bosch
13 mrt. – LantarenVenster Rotterdam
13 mrt. – Filmhuis Hilversum
13 mrt. – Lumière Cinema Maastricht
13 mrt. – Theater Aan De Slinger Houten
13 mrt. – Mimik Deventer
13 mrt. – Filmhuis Bussum
19 mrt. – Schuur Haarlem
19 mrt. – Filmhuis Lumen Delft
19 mrt. – Louis Hartlooper Complex Utrecht
20 mrt. – De Balie Amsterdam
20 mrt. – t Hoogt Utrecht
20 mrt. – Gigant Apeldoorn
20 mrt. – Filmhuis Alkmaar
20 mrt. – Lux Nijmegen
22 mrt. – Schuur Haarlem
25 mrt. – LantarenVenster Rotterdam
26 mrt. – Louis Hartlooper Complex Utrecht
26 mrt. – Cinema Oostereiland Hoorn
26 mrt. – Focus Filmtheater Arnhem
27 mrt. – Natlab Eindhoven
27 mrt. – Cinebergen Bergen
27 mrt. – De Domijnen Sittard
29 mrt. – LantarenVenster Rotterdam
30 mrt. – Lumiere Cinema Maastricht
2 apr. – LantarenVenster Rotterdam
3 apr. – ECI Cultuurfabriek Roermond
3 apr. – Focus Filmtheater Arnhem
3 apr. – Slieker Leeuwarden
3 apr. – De Nieuwe Scene Venlo
8 apr. – Focus Filmtheater Arnhem
9 apr. – Theater De Leest Waalwijk
10 apr. – Cinema Amstelveen
10 apr. – Filmhuis Oosterbeek
17 apr. – Filmtheater Velsen IJmuiden
18 apr. – Filmtheater Voorschoten
18 apr. – Focus Filmtheater Arnhem
25 NOVEMBER 2021: O won the Award for Best Directing in the Envision Competition at IDFA !!!
From the jury statement: “In this structurally surprising and well-crafted film, the fragility of eggshells becomes the metaphor for the vulnerability of the human spirit as it collides with the heaviness of war. It recognizes the passion of collectors going through harsh and tragic times, and research as an important element of documentary film.” I am so very very grateful!
1 NOVEMBER 2021: O has been selected for IDFA !!
From the translucent golden eggs of the Tibetan bearded vulture to those of the British guillemot with their Jackson Pollock-like splashes, German ornithologist Max Schönwetter (1874-1961) collected them all. He devoted his life to oology, the study of birds’ eggs. But while Schönwetter created order in his world of eggs, chaos broke out in the world around him on the eve of the Second World War.
Archive footage of turbulent outside events contrasts with re-enacted scenes from Schönwetter’s study. As Nazis march through the streets, he measures eastern subalpine warbler’s eggs. His correspondence with fellow scientists and collectors (heard in voiceover) evokes both the zeitgeist and the single-minded collecting urges of Schönwetter and his associates. A soldier on the Finnish-Russian front, for example, is delighted with the ptarmigan eggs he has found between battles.
Screenings:
21 FEBRUARY 2021: Filming in the Zoological collections in Halle
After two previous attempts that had to be cancelled due to changed pandemic-regulations, it was wonderful to film in the zoological collections in Halle (Saale).
Set photos: Arila Perl/ZNS.
Produced by Moondocs
22 JANUARY 2020: (UN)MOVED at the Hermitage Amsterdam!!
The photos are hung, the texts glued to the wall, the lights are set: the exhibition is open!!