Okki Poortvliet

Biography:

Okki Poortvliet is a (documentary) filmmaker, audiovisual artist, and illustrator. She grew up in a small village in the north of the Netherlands. There she shot her graduation film in 2021 for Minerva art academy: IJswee (longing for ice). Since then, she made 6 films that all share an anthropological, experimental and quirky character. Okki is mesmerized by people and their world. This could be Manus who sharpens skates (IJswee), Jippe who wants to surpass Kim-Jung Un (World's Greatest Missile Builder), Ricardo who nailed his regional flag to a mill (The Flaghoisters) or Robert who cycles through the forest every morning at 5:30 (Over the Cattle Grid). Next to films, Okki makes installations, posters and drawings and studies philosophy at the University of Groningen. She is currently taking next steps as a filmmaker at Docwerk in Den Bosch.