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Brigit Hillenius

Cinematographer and filmmaker Brigit HILLENIUS (1961, Netherlands) was educated at Netherlands Film Academy. She has worked in both fiction and documentary and wrote and directed several films. Bolletjes blues (2006), which she co-wrote and co-directed, received a Golden Calf nomination for Best Screenplay.

Filmography

Dichter bij de zee/Nearer the Sea (1992, short doc, co-dir), Zintuigen zijn de voetjes van de ziel (1995, doc), Sex, Death + Sacrilege (1997, short, co-dir), Vet! (2003, short, co-dir), Bolletjes blues (2006, co-dir)

Brigit Hillenius op IFFR

  • Dichter bij de zee

    BarBara Hanlo | 26' | Netherlands | -

    A loving portrait of old-fashioned beach huts by the North Sea. They form the set for a season that is long gone.

  • Eclat

    Frank Scheffer | 40' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Documentary about composition by and with the great contemporary composer Pierre Boulez.

  • Johnny Meijer

    Ruud Monster | 50' | Netherlands | -

    Documentary about popular Amsterdam accordionist. Who stole his accordion?

  • Ithaka

    Leendert Pot, Phyllis B | 8' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Film poem. Greek emotions on the North Sea.

  • Doorgeven aan betreffende

    BarBara Hanlo | 68' | Netherlands | World premiere

    How did a young bird watcher meet his death in the dungeons of the Nazis? The film maker tells the story of her uncle, who…

  • Vet!

    Karin Junger, Brigit Hillenius | 10' | Netherlands | -

    Sex is cool. That is the misunderstanding that rules and is maintained by adolescent girls in the big city. A group of girlfriends noisily keep…

  • Zintuigen zijn de voetjes van de ziel

    Brigit Hillenius | 80' | Netherlands | -

    Documentary about biologist and poet Dick Hillenius, the director’s father, who died young.

  • Dichter bij de zee

    BarBara Hanlo, Brigit Hillenius | 27' | Netherlands | World premiere

    A loving portrait of old-fashioned beach huts by the North Sea. They form the set for a season which is long gone.

  • De nieuwe moeder

    Paula van der Oest | 96' | Netherlands | -

    Latvian widower seeks another mother in Holland for his silent son.

  • Het venster

    BarBara Hanlo | 7' | Netherlands | World premiere

    The film-maker is pregnant. Is that normal or very extraordinary, after all.