Brigit Hillenius

참여 작품

10 Songs for Charity
Writer
Beaten and hardened by life in a Nigerian ghetto, Charity leaves for Europe to work as an illegal prostitute. She is saddled with her younger sister Happy, whom she ruthlessly initiates into the world of prostitution. Happy resists her fate, jeopardizing Charity's dream of becoming rich. Together with other unregistered women they endure hardship, exploitation and humiliation with resilience and song, until one day it all becomes too much and they revolt, singing their fury from the rooftops.
Bolletjes Blues
Cinematography
Spike, an aspiring rapper, gets sucked into a criminal environment and ends up in jail for smuggling drugs.
Bolletjes Blues
Writer
Spike, an aspiring rapper, gets sucked into a criminal environment and ends up in jail for smuggling drugs.
Bolletjes Blues
Director
Spike, an aspiring rapper, gets sucked into a criminal environment and ends up in jail for smuggling drugs.
Deacon of Death
Cinematography
The atrocities Sok Chea witnessed as a child during the rule of Pol Pot continue to haunt to this day, nearly thirty years later. So she is shocked when she suddenly comes across the man who was in charge of her prison and whom she holds responsible for murdering most of her family. Once again he holds a prominent position, this time as Deacon of Death or leader of cremation ceremonies. She decides to collect evidence against him. He must stand trial. But can she succeed in a country still ruled by fear. Besides which, Cambodians believe in karma and forgiveness. Wrongdoers are punished after their death anyway and will suffer for many lives to come. Sok Chea'ss quest leads her to a confrontation with Karoby, in the same pagoda where the atrocities occurred.
Great!
Scenario Writer
One warm summer night, in a working-class area of a big city, a group of teenagers sits on a square. Jill, a teen girl, undergoes her first sexual experience as an everyday banality.
Great!
Director
One warm summer night, in a working-class area of a big city, a group of teenagers sits on a square. Jill, a teen girl, undergoes her first sexual experience as an everyday banality.
Rana's Wedding
Cinematography
A Palestinian girl of 17 who wants to get married to the man of her own choosing. Rana wakes up one morning to an ultimatum delivered by her father: she must either choose a husband from a preselected list of men, or she must leave Palestine for Egypt with her father by 4:00 that afternoon.
부에나 비스타 소셜 클럽
Camera Operator
미국의 프로듀서인 라이 쿠더는 젊은 시절 쿠바의 음악가들이 연주한 테이프를 들으며 그들의 음악에 매료된다. 20년이 지난 1996년, 아프리카 음악과 쿠바 음악을 결합한 음반 기획을 제안받은 라이 쿠더는 쿠바를 직접 방문, 자신을 매료시켰던 뮤지션들이 쿠바에 여전히 살아있음을 알게 된다. 대부분이 음악과 다른 일을 하면서 살아가고 있었지만, 라이 쿠더는 그들을 찾아내어 부에나 비스타 소셜 클럽이라는 이름으로 음반을 발매한다. 단 6일간의 녹음으로 완성된 부에나 비스타 소셜 클럽의 앨범은 그래미 어워드 수상, 빌보드 차트 1위, 전세계 수백만 장의 음반 판매 등 세계 대중 음악사에 유례 없는 기적의 스토리를 만들어내는데...
Nearer the Sea
Director
A modest and loving portrait of a small enclave of old-fashioned beach huts by the North Sea. The sound track is fragments of conversations with the inhabitants, who themselves are not seen on screen; the protagonists on screen are the huts, the beach and the sea. And, only a stone’s throw away, the heavy industry of the Hoogovens furnaces.