Stranger in Paradise
Guido Hendrikx
In a classroom in Sicily, just inside the walls of Fortress Europe, recently arrived refugees receive lessons from a teacher who has some rather unbalanced traits. One moment he mercilessly rejects the refugees – the next, mollifyingly, he embraces them. Operating at the intersection of documentary and fiction, Stranger in Paradise investigates the power relations between Europe and refugees.
With : Valentijn Dhaenens
scénario : Guido Hendrikx
image : Emo Weemhoff
son : Taco Drijfhout
montage : Lot Rossmark
musique : Juho Nurmela & Ella van der Woude
scénario : Guido Hendrikx
image : Emo Weemhoff
son : Taco Drijfhout
montage : Lot Rossmark
musique : Juho Nurmela & Ella van der Woude
Production : Zeppers Film, Frank van den Engel
Guido Hendrikx (1987) was born in Eindhoven. He quit his medical sciences study early to work and study abroad. Returning to The Netherlands, he studied Liberal Arts & Sciences, focussing on courses in philosophy, criminology, film studies, and journalism. In 2010, he directed his first short film, Day is Done. In Parallel, he enrolled at the Netherlands Film Academy to study Documentary Directing. As a student, he directed the award-winning shorts Escort and Onder Ons, and co-wrote the script for the short fiction Fernweh.