Willem Baptist (born 1979) is a Dutch filmmaker and documentary-director.
His documentary I’m Never Afraid! (2010) won a Golden Gate Award at San Francisco International Film Festival,[1] Documentary Short Grand Jury Prize at Atlanta Film Festival,[2] and a Kinderkast Jury award non-fiction at Cinekid Festival.[3] His documentary Wild Boar (2013) had its international premieres in competition at respectively Visions du Réel (Switzerland), Hot Docs International Documentary Festival (Canada) and AFI Docs (USA).[4] [5] [6]
In 2016 Imposible Magazine reported Baptist was shooting a feature documentary titled Instant Dreams in Berlin and California.[7] Instant Dreams will have its premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in 2017, where it will be competing in the First Appearance Competition and Dutch Documentary Competition.[8]
In 2018 The Saugatuck Center for the Arts, present the Midwest premiere of the Instant Dreams documentary at 7 p.m. Friday, October 19, and was a feature an on-site Polaroid portrait studio in the lobby.[9]