DOCU/SHORT

Images from Tuvalu

Year
2025
Country
The Netherlands
Duration
25’
Director
Dylan Werkman
How do you deal with images of climate disasters far from your home? Can we reclaim the impact of these images so that they trigger awareness and action? An investigation into the emotional connection between the Western audience and those affected by the climate crisis on the island of Tuvalu.
CREW:
Director: Dylan Werkman
Producer: Janneke Doolaard, Harmen Jalvingh
Cinematographer: Dylan Werkman
Editor: Gijs Onvle, NCE
Sound: Zita Leemans
Production
DOXY FIXY, [email protected], +31 20 422 2607
Sales:
First Hand Films, [email protected], +41 44 312 20 60
Awards
Brussels Short Film Festival Audience Awards Nomination Prix Europe
Director
Dylan Werkman
Dylan Werkman is a filmmaker working at the intersection of television and documentary. A graduate of the Netherlands Film Academy (2020), he received the Pathé Tuschinski Award for Best Student Film for A View From Above. His work has been shown internationally and on Dutch television.

His latest documentary, 
Images from Tuvalu, premiered at DOC NYC, was nominated for the Prix Europa, and won the Audience Award at the Brussels International Film Festival. Werkman combines observational sensitivity with cinematic craft, creating work that is both emotionally engaging and visually compelling.
Selected Filmography

Images from Tuvalu (2025), Pluto (2025), The Last Waves of Eugène (2022), A View From Above (2020), Seven Days Alone (2019)

 
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