director

Eliane Esther Bots (1986, NL) graduated University of the Arts Utrecht (NL) in 2008. She participated in the post-graduate program ‘Document and contemporary art’ at École Européenne Supérieure de l’image (FR) in 2012. In 2016 she graduated cum laude from the Master of Film at the Film Academy in Amsterdam (NL).

Her films have been screened and exhibited at festivals such as ‘IDFA’ Amsterdam (NL), ‘Locarno Film Festival’ (IT), ‘Berlinale’, Berlin (DE), ‘Cinema du Reel’, Paris (FR), ‘New York Film Festival’ (USA), ‘International short film festival Oberhausen’ (DE), ‘Go Short’, Nijmegen (NL), ‘International short film festival Curta Cinema’, Rio de Janeiro (BR), Glasgow Short Film Festival (UK), Kassel Dokfest (DE), POLIN Museum (PL). 

Her latest film ‘In Flow of Words’ won several awards, among which the Pardi di Domani Best Director - BONALUMI Engineering award at the Locarno Film Festival. The film was also nominated for the European Film Awards. 

She worked over a decade as an educator in Moving Image at the University of the Arts in Utrecht, The Netherlands (NL) and has extensive teaching experience at institutions such as ArtEZ Zwolle. Her current position is that of ‘Core Teacher’ at the Master of Film at The Netherlands Film Academy. Additionally, Eliane Bots has been a programmer for the Go Short Film Festival, developed the concept for the IDFA 2023 festival campaign, was a mentor at the coaching program ‘Stroom Talent award’, The Hague (2023) and was a Jury member for short documentary at IDFA 2021.

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