Digna Sinke EN

Francine de Jager ACC 361 – Media Literacy Dr. A. Luscombe 24 Feb. 2015

Digna Sinke

Digna Sinke EN
Digna Sinke, source: Omroep Zeeland
Geboren	17 October 1949 Zonnemaire
Beroep	movie and documentary director
VIAF	D. Sinke

Life

Digna Sinke (Zonnemaire, 17 October 1949) is a Dutch movie and documentary director and producer.

Life

Zonnemaire, place of birth of Digna Sinke and topic of her graduation film called “Groeten uit Zonnemaire”. Photo: A. van der Linde, source: Wikimedia Commons

After graduating from high school, Digna Sinke attended the Dutch Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam. In 1972 she graduated from the academy with a short film called Groeten uit Zonnemaire (Greetings from Zonnemaire). After that, she made her career in Dutch film by directing and producing numerous feature films and documentaries. Some of her movies, including De Stille Oceaan (The Silent Ocean), Boven de Bergen (Above the Mountains), Belle van Zuylen, Tiengemeten, Brossa and Atlantis, have been shown at various international film festivals. Her film Belle van Zuylen - Madame de Charrière won the Main Prize at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival in 1994 and received Gouden Kalf (Dutch film prizes) nominations for Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress. In 2001 she took over the film production company Studio Nieuwe Gronden (SNG Film) from her late husband René Scholten. With SNG Film she has produced up to thirty-five feature films, documentaries and film projects commissioned by organizations like the Dutch dance company Scapino ballet.

Other projects

Digna Sinke has also been involved in several art projects. This started off with an exposition of some of her aquarelles in Galerie Mokum in Amsterdam in 1973. In 1979, she had two other expositions of her paintings, photos and travel stories in the Langhuis in Zwolle and Galerie Beeld en Aambeeld in Enschede. Furthermore, she was the co-author of the book “Kunst en Beweging” that was published in 1996, which is about the history of the Federatie van Kunstenaarsverenigingen (Dutch Federation of Artist Associations), and she directed the theatre production “Vrouwen van Picasso” (Women of Picasso) in 2004. Next to producing films, Digna Sinke has also had some board positions. Since 1997 she has been vice-chairman of the Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst (Amsterdam Fund for Arts), member of the Raad voor de Kunst (Council for Art), chairman of the Federatie van Kunstenaarsverenigingen and board member of the Kunsten 92 (Arts 92). She is no longer involved in the boards of any of these organizations. In 1991 she helped found the DIFA (Dutch Documentary and Independent Film Association) and in 2000 she collaborated in the foundation of the Federatie Filmbelangen (Federation Film Interests). Both the DIFA and the Federatie Filmbelangen no longer exist.

Filmography

The following films have been directed and produced by Digna Sinke herself:

Long feature films and short films

• Groeten uit Zonnemaire (1972)
• De gebroeders Helle (1975)
• Ballet waarvoor dient dat? (1978); in commission for Dutch Scapinoballet
• De stille oceaan (1984)
• De brief (1989)
• Afscheid (1990)
• Boven de bergen (1992)
• Belle van Zuylen – Madame de Charrière (1993); film and TV-series (3 parts)
• De familie Bom (1998)
• Lucht om na te denken (1999)
• Hoop & Verwachting (2004)
• Atlantis (2008)
• Dreamland, Archivalia nr 09-001 (2009)
• Alle dagen even mooi (2014)
• After the tone (2014)

Documentaries

• Stadrand (1973); two documentaries
• Een van Gogh aan de muur (1978); in commission for NOS
• Carry van Bruggen (1979)
• De hoop van het vaderland (1982)
• De nieuwe golf (1985)
• Niets voor eeuwigheid (1991)
• Tiengemeten – Deel 1 (2001)
• Brossa (2005)
• Tiengemeten 2001-2006 (2006)
• Nieuw Tiengemeten (2010)
• Weemoed & Wildernis (2010); personal documentary about the production of Tiengemeten 1996-2009

Author

-Francine de Jager (UCR), 2015

Sources

• Abolition Federatie Filmbelangen
• Nominations Gouden Kalf for Belle van Zuylen, in: De Stem, 2 October 1993, page 3
• Article about Digna Sinke in PZC, 10 February 1995, page 15
• Interview Filmkrant about Belle van Zuylen

References

• Personal website
• Filmography
• Nieuwe Gronden (SNG film)
• IMDB Biography

Trailers

• Trailer Atlantis
• Trailer Weemoed en Wildernis
• Trailer Belle van Zuylen – Madame de Charrière