Susana Rossberg
Susana ROSSBERG (1945, Brazil) is a Brazilian-Belgian filmmaker and editor. In the 70s she began working as a film editor. She’s worked as an editor on movies such as Jaco Van Dormael’s Toto le Héros (1991), Ronald Lethem’s last two short films Gourmandises (2004) and Le petit bonhomme vert (2013), as well as several films by Marion Hänsel, who acted in her 1985 short film Mauvaises réponses.
Filmography
(selection) Marche commun (1978, short doc), Jour de joie (1979, short doc), Walibi (1979, short), Chateaux de sable (1979, short doc), Roller pen Bic (1981, short), Jumping (1981, short doc), Zoo (1981, short doc), A Classic Comedian (1982, short doc), Village Nr. 1 (1983, short), Mauvaises réponses (1985, short), Groupes des travail II (1986, short), Quevaucamps, la fanfare a cent ans (1986, short doc, co-dir), Bresiliens comme moi (2008, doc)
Susana Rossberg at IFFR
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Les noces barbares
Marion Hänsel | 99' | Belgium | None
A traumatised mother and her rejected, damaged son who yearns for love are polar opposites in this moving drama. -
Mauvaises réponses
Susana Rossberg | 12' | Belgium | None
Marion Hänsel was cast for this story of a man’s job interview for an important position in a company, but it doesn’t go the way… -
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Marion Hänsel | 95' | Belgium | None
Wonderfully shot film about the special relationship between two outsiders: an opium-addicted sailor and a precocious, 10-year-old Chinese girl. -
Dust
Marion Hänsel | 88' | Belgium | None
Powerfully depicted study of loneliness, love and power on a South African farm. Jane Birkin in one of her best roles. -
Le lit
Marion Hänsel | 80' | Belgium | None
Hänsel accurately captures the emotions that well up beside a lover’s deathbed. Striking, subtly moving debut. -
Exit
Paul de Nooijer, Menno de Nooijer | 85' | Netherlands | -
Beautifully designed feature with animation, photography and film elements.