Sharine Rijsenburg

Sharine RIJSENBURG is a creative researcher and visual anthropologist based in Rotterdam who combines explorations into socio-political issues with engaging storytelling. Her short films Paradijsvogels (2021) and Paradeis Perdí (2024) demonstrate her practice of delving into Dutch and Caribbean archives to investigate the relationship between (self)image, representation and colonial history. She has worked as assistant director on So Loud the Sky Can Hear Us, directed by Lavinia Xausa, RTM Pitch winner 2021 and part of IFFR’s 2022 selection. She has also worked as a researcher for, among others, VPRO Tegenlicht. At IFFR 2020, she was a Young Selector, a festival initiative giving creative and ambitious local young people the opportunity to curate their own IFFR programme.

Filmography

(all short) Paradijsvogels (2021), Paradeis Perdí (2024), Bubbling Baby (2025)

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