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Mels van Zutphen (1963, Amsterdam) is a visual artists that used installations film, video and photography. He also made several short films in cooperation with Sander Blom. He studied at the Willem de Kooning Academy (Rotterdam) and the Jan van Eyck Akademie (Maastricht).
In 2003, Mels van Zutphen made a film about St. Kilda that he unfortunately is no longer permitted to show due to the archive material’s rights.
St. Kilda, just off the west coast of Scotland, is Britain’s most remote cluster of islands, and moreover has the highest cliffs. The archipelago is still known for its large population of puffins and northern gannets. For centuries, a small community inhabited this small area of a few square kilometres, almost completely isolated from the outside world. The last inhabitant was evacuated in 1930. The only two survivors from this era are now elderly and difficult to contact. 'St Kilda' is a film about rituals, birds, bachelor exploits and being easily offended.
Some archive material can be found online:
Some other material can be found from the EYE archive