Bea de Visser \u2014 Best Short Film<\/title>\n\n \n <link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\" crossorigin>\n <link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Montserrat:wght@300;400;500;600&display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\n\n <style>\n :root{\n --bg: #ffffff;\n --fg: #0b0b0c;\n --muted: #6b6f76;\n --card: #f7f7f8;\n --maxw: 980px;\n }\n @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark){\n :root{\n --bg: #0b0b0c;\n --fg: #f2f3f5;\n --muted: #a6aab2;\n --card: #141417;\n }\n }\n\n html, body { height: 100%; }\n body{\n margin:0;\n background: var(--bg);\n color: var(--fg);\n font-family: \"Montserrat\", system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, \"Helvetica Neue\", Arial, sans-serif;\n line-height: 1.65;\n -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;\n -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;\n }\n\n .wrap{\n max-width: var(--maxw);\n margin: 40px auto 72px;\n padding: 0 20px;\n }\n\n \/* HERO image first (no title\/subtitle) *\/\n .hero{\n margin: 0 0 34px;\n border-radius: 18px;\n overflow: hidden;\n box-shadow: 0 10px 28px rgba(0,0,0,.08);\n background: var(--card);\n }\n .hero img{\n display:block;\n width:100%;\n height:auto;\n object-fit: cover;\n }\n\n article{\n font-size: clamp(16px, 1.5vw, 18px);\n }\n article p{ margin: 0 0 16px; }\n article em{ font-style: italic; }\n\n .divider{\n height:1px;\n background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgba(127,127,127,.25), transparent);\n margin: 28px 0;\n }\n\n .poster{\n margin: 32px 0 8px;\n background: var(--card);\n border-radius: 16px;\n overflow: hidden;\n box-shadow: 0 8px 22px rgba(0,0,0,.06);\n }\n .poster img{\n display:block;\n width:100%;\n height:auto;\n }\n figcaption{\n font-size: 12px;\n color: var(--muted);\n padding: 10px 2px 0;\n text-align: left;\n }\n\n @media print{\n .wrap{ margin: 12px auto; }\n .hero, .poster{ box-shadow: none; }\n a[href]::after{ content: \"\"; }\n }\n <\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n\n \n <figure class=\"hero\">\n <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\"\n src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gjonmili-ivaf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bea-de-visser-100.jpg.png?ssl=1\"\n alt=\"Portrait of Bea de Visser, Winner: Best Short Film\" \/>\n <\/figure>\n\n <article>\n <p>\n Bea de Visser is a Dutch filmmaker and artist whose career spans over four decades of experimental practice. She first emerged in the early 1980s as a sound and performance artist, creating interdisciplinary projects in clubs, art spaces, and festivals. Over time, her work evolved into an internationally recognized blend of film art, digital media, installation, and live performance. She leads the independent production studio Anotherfilm, lectures at the University of the Arts, and mentors young artists in scenography and performance, ensuring that her influence extends well beyond her own creative practice. Her works are held in international collections and have been screened at leading film festivals and museums around the world.\n <\/p>\n\n <div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n\n <p>\n Throughout her career, De Visser has been praised for her ability to combine poetic sensibility with cinematic precision. Whether through installation, short film, or performance, she approaches moving image as a painter might approach canvas: layering rhythm, texture, and atmosphere to craft works that both disturb and illuminate.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n Her award-winning short, <em>No horses on Mars<\/em>, epitomizes this unique approach. Structured as a road film, the piece is told through an unconventional perspective\u2014that of a horse. The viewer enters the galloping mind of a domesticated animal, perceiving landscapes and rhythms not as a human observer but through an embodied, non-human lens.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n The film juxtaposes two ways of knowing: on one hand, the human desire to measure, categorize, and domesticate; on the other, the subtle individuality and recognition that emerge when one dares to see beyond anthropocentric frameworks. Through the horse\u2019s gaze, De Visser opens up a poetic space that destabilizes our certainties about perception, identity, and control.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n Awarded <strong>Best Short Film<\/strong>, <em>No horses on Mars<\/em> is a meditation on perspective and recognition. It challenges audiences to reconsider what it means to truly see another being, and in doing so, it affirms De Visser\u2019s place as one of the most original voices in contemporary short cinema.\n <\/p>\n\n \n <figure class=\"poster\">\n <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\"\n src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gjonmili-ivaf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bea-de-viser-prize-100.jpg.png?ssl=1\"\n alt=\"Poster for No horses on Mars by Bea de Visser \u2014 Winner: Best Short Film\" \/>\n <\/figure>\n <figcaption>Poster \u2014 <em>No horses on Mars<\/em> by Bea de Visser (Winner: Best Short Film)<\/figcaption>\n <\/article>\n <\/div>\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bea de Visser \u2014 Best Short Film Bea de Visser is a Dutch filmmaker and artist whose career spans over four decades of experimental practice. 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She first emerged in the early 1980s as a sound and performance artist, creating interdisciplinary projects in clubs, art spaces, and festivals. Over time, her work evolved into an internationally recognized blend of film art, digital media, installation, and live performance. She leads the independent production studio Anotherfilm, lectures at the University of the Arts, and mentors young artists in scenography and performance, ensuring that her influence extends well beyond her own creative practice. Her works are held in international collections and have been screened at leading film festivals and museums around the world.\n <\/p>\n\n <div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n\n <p>\n Throughout her career, De Visser has been praised for her ability to combine poetic sensibility with cinematic precision. Whether through installation, short film, or performance, she approaches moving image as a painter might approach canvas: layering rhythm, texture, and atmosphere to craft works that both disturb and illuminate.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n Her award-winning short, <em>No horses on Mars<\/em>, epitomizes this unique approach. Structured as a road film, the piece is told through an unconventional perspective\u2014that of a horse. The viewer enters the galloping mind of a domesticated animal, perceiving landscapes and rhythms not as a human observer but through an embodied, non-human lens.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n The film juxtaposes two ways of knowing: on one hand, the human desire to measure, categorize, and domesticate; on the other, the subtle individuality and recognition that emerge when one dares to see beyond anthropocentric frameworks. Through the horse\u2019s gaze, De Visser opens up a poetic space that destabilizes our certainties about perception, identity, and control.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n Awarded <strong>Best Short Film<\/strong>, <em>No horses on Mars<\/em> is a meditation on perspective and recognition. 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