Swans Reflecting Elephants

What if you look at yourself in the mirror and you always see someone who looks so monstrously ugly, it almost seems inhuman. Director Niek Silvan was diagnosed with Body Dysmorphic Disorder, the most severe form of a negative body image. Looking for answers to learn to live with himself, Niek goes in search of a young man whom he saw only once on television 17 years ago. This man, Jesse, openly talked about his Body Dysmorphic Disorder on an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show.

This film was made with the support of AVROTROS.

Première: Wednesday, 5 October 22:00 hrs at Eye Cinema 1
Swans Reflecting Elephants will be screening in Blok C during the Keep an Eye Filmacademie Festival

Year

2022

Length (min.)

26’17’’

Crew

Regie Niek Silvan
Dramaturgie Maaike Hasselaar
Productie Hannah Borchard, Eleonora Minervino
Cinematografie Sean Louw
Gaffer Pauline Skoreng
Production Design Muhammed Zekeriya Berber
Montage Marre Bonke
VFX Supervisie Sem Driessen
Geluidsontwerp Jesse Enzler
Mixage Zoé Beekes, Lesley van Brummelen
Geluidsopname Felicia Koolhoven
Componist Edwin Hidalgo
Post-productie Coördinator Kim Idsinga

Regie-assistent Maaike Hasselaar | Productie-assistentie Storm Rechsteiner, Selina Ligero | Eerste Camera-assistentie Boris Peters, David van der Drift | Tweede Camera-assistentie Raf Lormans, Wim Brouwers | Crane Operator Tim de Heer | Foley Artist Tauro ter Horst | Decorbouwer Daan van de Gender | Concept Artist Jelle van Elk | Assistentie Art Department Demi Andriessen, Lua Boorsma, Shaniqua Etienne, Joep Niewenweg, Ziggy Wildöer | VFX Coördinator Marlies van Loosbroek | Pipeline Technical Director Gillis Vink | Compositing Praba Anandasundaram, Jitte van Berlo, Dionne Dol, Sem Driessen, Wijnand Meijer | Kleurcorrectie Qianwei Tong | Jurist Roland Wigman | Ondertiteling Roeline Knottnerus

Met Niek Silvan, Marjolijn Abbink, Jesse Turner, Jenny Lee Burton, Simone ten Caat, Bart Stubenitsky
Danser Olmo Verbeeck