Devastated by Love Fiction Nederlands Film Festival Winner best Soundtrack and nominated for best Production Design International Film Festival Shanghai Official Selection Oaxaca Film Festival Mexico Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam Official Selection International Film Festival Moscow Official Selection Struggling with a writer’s block, the protagonist Arie finds his muse in Sonja, a beautiful red-haired cable car operator. When her cable car-line is cancelled, Arie desperately searches the city for his one true love. Lost in a romantic daydream, his life slowly goes off the rails. Ari is a one of a kind director, combining humor, animation, absurdism and hilarious pessimism into a lyrical cocktail. It’s hard though, to make fiction in Rotterdam, but I was lucky enough to edit two of her films. With her second short being the most artistic porn film to ever grace the big screen: Tea for two. "There are some films, where the enjoyment just leaps from the screen. Where it’s palpable how much fun the people had making it. A love for the theatrical, more atmospheric style of cinema, with loads of room for visual experiments, like the sparkling animation by Nina Gantz." Joost Broeren - Filmkrant "Well made and filled to the brim with humor and emotion. It is completely different from any other Dutch films, and I mean that in the best way possible." Steffan Hofland - Filmtotaal "Deelder makes a strong debut with Devastated by Love. The film’s animations are impressive; the lyrical movie is a piece of art in itself." Dirck de Kleer - Moviescene Directed and written by Ari Deelder With Raymond Thiry, Anna Hermanns, Stefaan Degaand and Hans Dagelet Cinematography by Daan Nieuwenhuys Special effects by Barend Onneweer Animations by Nina Gantz Production Design by A.M.C. Fok Music by New Cool Collective Soundmixing by Any Color You Like Produced by Studio Rev, Jeroen S. Rozendaal Edited on Avid Media Composer Running time 84 min Release date 2013
