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‘Dick Verdult – It Is True But Not Here’ is a documentary about the enigmatic artist and cult musician Dick Verdult (Eindhoven, 1954), known in Latin America as Dick El Demasiado.
The career of Eindhoven-based artist and musician Dick Verdult spans decades. He is seen as an outsider, as ‘the last Dada-ist’. But what we experience as elusiveness turns out to be quite controlled and firstly funded on very personal experiences from his childhood as a ‘Philips child’ in Latin America. Rather than experiencing globalism as a problem, Verdult is like a cheerful, transcultural mutant. We see how, at the age of 60, he has become a cult musician in South America, Russia and Japan and is increasingly recognised internationally as a visual artist. This documentary explores Verdult’s multidisciplinary, international art practice. We see Verdult at work in his studios in Bergeijk (The Netherlands) and Calanda (Spain) and on tour in Peru, Colombia and Argentina.

The film had its national premiere in February 2017 at Docfeed Festival Eindhoven, where it won the award for Best Feature Documentary. Worldwide premiere at BAFICI Argentina 2017, US premiere and nomination for MM Filmmaker Award at Margaret Mead Festival, American Museum of Natural History, New York.

Theatrical distribution Mexico + Colombia: Cine Tonalá – Argentina: Fuera De La Comun

Production seriousFilm / NewtonFilm, supported by Dutch Cultural Mediafund / Brabantse Beauties

Sales (North / South America): Gluon Media LLC: lipe [at] gluon.media

Available on iTunes (Spanish / English) version

Credits

director / cinematographer
Luuk Bouwman

editor
Barbara Hin

sound design / final mix
Jeroen Goeijers

additional sound
Bram Meindersma

grading / deliveries
Laurent Fluttert

compositing / VFX
Jos Wabeke

assistent editor
Sandro Ligtenberg

music
Dick el Demasiado

second camera
Frederik Duerinck
Alejandro Maly

live music recordings
Pablo Berardi

production assistants Colombia
Francisco Toquica
Francesca Sanin

production assistants Peru
David Pimentel
Pablo Fernandes Grandez

production assistant Argentina
Pilar Casanova

intern
Sofie van der Graaf

spanish translation
Melissa Tulkens
Debora de Weert-Schuit
Karin Iturralde

executive producer
Ton van Zantvoort

production
Omroep Brabant
NEWTON film
seriousFilm

commissioning editor Omroep Brabant
Lout Donders

commissioning editors co-producers
Ton van Zantvoort
Koert Davidse
Marc Thelosen

Press: ****Volkskrant (Netherlands), Algemeen Dagblad (Netherlands), VPRO (Netherlands), VICE Thump (Netherlands), Eindhovens Dagblad (Netherlands), VICE (Netherlands), El Correo de Madrid, VICE (Colombia),  ****A Sala Llena (Argentina), Revista Gatopardo (Mexico) Almagro Revista (Argentina), Proyector Fantasma (Argentina), Radio Vorterix (Argentina), Nacional Rock (Argentina), Radio Cut (Argentina),  Casetteblog (Mexico), Shock TV y Cine (Colombia), Revista Arcardia (Colombia), La Diaria (Uruguay), Océano FM (Uruguay) Brabants Dagblad (Netherlands), Revista Gatopardo 2 (Mexico), Omroep Brabant (Netherlands), Revista Encuadres (Mexico), Cineteca Nacional (Mexico), Linne Magazine (Mexico), Revista Picnic (Mexico), Revista Feel (Mexico), Radio UNAM (Mexico)