Curriculum Vitae

Mari Sanders (1988) graduated in 2012 from AKV St. Joost in Breda with a bachelor in Audiovisual Design. He presented himself as a writer/director with his graduation film “Rue Des Invalides”, a short film with autobiographical elements about a boy in a wheelchair looking for love in wheelchair-hostile Paris. A year after graduating he made the short film ‘Sync’ within the framework of a Dutch talent development program, the award winning Youth Film Daan Durft (‘Go Daan Go’) and his first documentary ‘80% Ongeschikt’ (80% Disabled) a comical documentary road movie about the pros and cons of receiving government benefits for being disabled.

His personal views on disabilities (Mari was born with Cerebral Palsy, uses a manual wheelchair and is not able to walk) and the theme of ‘the lonesome traveler trying to fit in’ are returning themes in his films.

Name: Mari Sanders
Born: 22 februari 1988, te Eindhoven

2005 – 2008 Social work (Intermediate Vocational Education)
Afgestudeerd met een studie over audiovisuele media binnen het sociaal cultureel werk.

2008 – 2012 AKV | St. Joost – Richting Audiovisuele Vormgeving
Afgestudeerd met specialisatie regie & scenario. Fictiefilm met documentair vertrekpunt.

Live-TV
2009, Festival-TV, Filmfestival Breda

Documentary: ’80% DISABLED’ – 2016 – Volya Films / EO (Dutch
National Television Broadcast) – for Teledoc Campus
In premier on the Dutch Film Festival 2016

Go Daan Go! — 2014 – IJswater Films – KRO / EBU (Dutch National
Television Broadcast)
Youth film (15 min.) 32 festival selections. e.g. Seattle International Film Festival
(Seattle – US) Children’s International Film Festival (Dubai), Go Short International
Short Film Festival (Nijmegen),International Izmir Short Film Festival Toronto
International Film Festival Kids (Toronto), Cinekid Festival (Amsterdam),
KINODISEEA, Bucharest, Dutch Film Festival (Utrecht). Honorable
Mention: Nueva Mirada Filmfestival, (Buenos Aires, Argentinië),
honorable mention for direction: Jio MAMI 17th Mumbai Film Festival,
(Bombay, India)

SYNC – 2013 – IJswater Films — NTR (Dutch National Television
Broadcast) KORT!
Short fiction (10 min.) 11 festival selections e.g. Odense International Film
Festival (Odense – Denemarken) BCN Sports Film Festival (Barcelona –
Spanje), International TV Festival Bar (Bar – Montenegro) Dutch Film Festival
(Utrecht)

RUE DES INVALIDES — 2012 – AKV | St. Joost
Graduation Film (20 min.) Premiere at the Dutch Filmfestival studenten
competition, (Utrecht ), Leids Filmfestival, Movies That Matter (Den Haag),
Eindhovens Filmfestival (Eindhoven), DDW (Eindhoven), full budget via
crowdfunding (voordekunst.nl)

ROLLING DUTCHMAN – 2012 – for YOUTUBE’S A DAY ON EARTH
Short documentary (5 min.)

FRIENDSHIP – 2010 – NOTES IN A MIRROR PRODUCTIES
(35 min.) Premiere at Eindhovens Filmfestival oktober 2011, winner of the
KADER filmfestival 2011 (Helmond)

CLIENTS
Hunkemöller, St. Joriscollege,
Adviespunt Discriminatie, Bartimeus,Vitalis, United-C,
GS Publishing (Oostenrijk) Traverse Midden Brabant

I also do the concept development
and editing for commercials,
festival aftermovies, trailers
corporate films and short films
for art performances.