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Press Release
Instant Dreams by Willem Baptist is selected for two IDFA Competitions

Pieter van Huystee Film is proud to announce that Instant Dreams, An Extraordinary Polaroid Trip by director Willem Baptist will have it’s premiere at the prestigious International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, where it has been selected for two competitions: IDFA Competition for First Appearance and IDFA Competition for Dutch Documentary.

Premiere date: November 18th 2017.
 
Instant Dreams is a feature documentary by Willem Baptist (Wild boar, I’m Never Afraid!) about the fascination and love for Polaroids. When Polaroid announced the end of instant film in 2008, the last still working factory was bought by a small group of enthusiasts. Among them is the retired scientist Stephen Herchen who previously collaborated with the inventor of Polaroid and is still trying to unravel the secret of the lost chemical formula.
 
In this overwhelming cinematic journey, Baptist introduces us to a number of quirky individuals who are connected to Polaroid in a special way: the German artist Stefanie Schneider, who does a photo shoot in the California desert with her last existing original Polaroid stock; New York Magazine editor Christopher Bonanos, who wrote a book about Polaroid's history and tries to capture the relationship with his son with his instant camera; and a Japanese girl who first discovered the magic of Polaroid in Tokyo. Everyone tries to keep the instant dream alive in his or her way.
 
Slowly we also begin to feel the magic of Polaroids. Like the instant photos, we are chemical creatures full of unpredictable reactions. Eventually, the Polaroids in Instant Dreams are a metaphor for our desire to capture our dreams.
 
INSTANT DREAMS (NL, 91 min.) IDFA
Premiere date: November 18th 2017, Netherlands

Director: Willem Baptist, Camera: Gregor Meerman NSC, Sound: David Spaans, Editing: Albert Markus Jr., Music: Marc Lizier, Sound Design: Ranko Paukovic, Albert Markus Jr., Visual Effects: Barend Onneweer - Raamw3rk, Line Producers: Lotte Gerding, Zoë de Wilde, Commissioning Editors NTR: Oscar van der Kroon, Marloes Blokker, Producer: Pieter van Huijstee, Pieter van Huystee Film. Dutch distributor: Cinema Delicatessen.

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Additional information:
Instant Dreams is set for theatrical release in The Netherlands and Belgium on December 14th. International festivals and international release information will be made public in due time.

Instant Dreams is vanaf 14 december te zien in de filmtheaters.

Verwacht in:
AMSTERDAM • Rialto • Speciale voorpremière met Q&A Willem Baptist op 9 december
AMSTERDAM • Filmhallen
AMSTERDAM • De Balie
AMSTERDAM • Kriterion
AMERSFOORT • De Lieve Vrouw
DEN BOSCH • Verkadefabriek
DEVENTER • Filmhuis de Keizer
ENSCHEDE • Concordia
GRONINGEN • Groninger forum
HILVERSUM • Filmtheater Hilversum
MAASTRICHT • Lumière
NIJMEGEN • LUX
ROTTERDAM • LantarenVenster
UTRECHT • t Hoogt
ZWOLLE • Het Fraterhuis