New Babylon (2022)
Gideon van der Stelt • 20' • The Netherlands
This is a free event.
Theater Rotterdam loves cinema just like us! Especially when created by local talents. Every month Roffa Mon Amour and Theater Rotterdam present a Short Film. From 20 to 22 March, we’re going to screen an animation short film New Babylon (2022) directed by a Rottterdam-based filmmaker, animator and VFX artist, Gideon van der Stelt, in the lobby of Theater Rotteram.
We’re going to do a Q&A with the director, Gideon on 20 March. Don’t miss out on this opportunity!
About the film
An impossible city is built up out of enormous rotating rings, steering the lives of its lonely inhabitants. New Babylon (2022) follows three characters living secluded lives and is a visual trip through an oppressive night in which contemporary, individualistic life is reflected in a circular metropole.
The filmmaker
Gideon van der Stelt is a filmmaker, animator and VFX artist based in Rotterdam. He studied audio-visual arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Technically skilled in many areas, his works are immersive combinations of animation and live action, borrowing elements from urban environments and daily life. For almost six years, he worked on his debut short New Babylon (2022), which once began as a small personal project in his attic in the winter of 2015. It had its world premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam as part of the RTM programs.