Paris Suite is a poetry-film, and is a personal portrait of Paris as experienced by the artist. Expressed through animation in different media and techniques and poetry by Afrikaans poet Carina van der Walt, the film explores different aspects of Paris, from its romatic side to Paris as a revolutionary city.
Diek Grobler lives and works in Pretoria, South Africa. He trained as a visual artist and has been working with animation for 20 years. His films for children have won awards at KROK, Hiroshima, Tindirindis and Teheran. Since 2009 he has focuses in his personal work on animated poetry-film.