STRANGER IN PARADISE

Përshkrimi

In a classroom newly arrived refugees learn a lesson about multifarious Europe. Operating at the intersection of fiction and documentary, Stranger in Paradise reflects on the power relations between Europeans and refugees in a candid fashion.

Biografia e Regjisorëve

Guido Hendrikx (1987) was born and raised in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He studied Liberal Arts & Sciences (Utrecht University, 2007), focusing on courses in philosophy, criminology, film studies and journalism. In 2010, he directed his first short film Day is Done which premiered at IDFA. He enrolled at the Netherlands Film Academy to study Documentary Directing. As a student he directed the internationally acclaimed, award-winning shorts Escort (2013, Oscar Qualifier) and Onder Ons (2014) and co-wrote the script for the short fiction Fernweh (2014, Ena Sendijarevic).