Jessica Gorter

Gorter studied filmmaking and editing at the Netherlands Film Academy in Amsterdam and has worked as an independent filmmaker ever since In the winter of 1990 shortly after Gorbachevs perestroika began in Russia she traveled to Saint Petersburg and was seized by the silent revolution taking place there This led to her first featurelength documentary Piter 2004 which was followed by 900 Days 2011 The latter about the siege of Leningrad during World War II won the IDFA Award for Best Dutch Documentary in 2011 Her latest film The Red Soul has been selected for both the FeatureLength Competition and the Dutch Competition at IDFA in 2017