Eline Flipse
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Eline Flipse is a film director
of documentaries.
Flipse studied at the Film Academy in Amsterdam
, where she got her degree in 1978. In 1982, she made her first documentary, Het Verschijnsel B, about bibliophily.
She directed her first documentary for Scarabee Films in 1995; Broken Silence was about five young Chinese composers. The film won many international awards, including the Grand Prix of the Visions du Réel
documentary film festival in Nyon, Switzerland, the Grand Prize Ethos Bacao (Romania
), and the Best Discovery Documentary, Festival Du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal
. It also was nominated for best feature-length documentary at the Dutch Film Festival.
Since Broken Silence, the collaboration between Eline Flipse and Scarabee Films has led to several very successful documentaries. Biografi, for example, won the Prix d'Europa in 2001 (Berlin
).
At the moment, Eline Flipse is finishing Eat Your Enemy, a documentary about aggression and spirituality. It is a film full of paradoxes and has already been selected for the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2005. Eline already has plans for her next film: Galina will be a portrait of the Russian opera diva Galina Vishnevskaya
, wife of the world famous cellist Rostropovich.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
of documentaries.
Flipse studied at the Film Academy in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, where she got her degree in 1978. In 1982, she made her first documentary, Het Verschijnsel B, about bibliophily.
She directed her first documentary for Scarabee Films in 1995; Broken Silence was about five young Chinese composers. The film won many international awards, including the Grand Prix of the Visions du Réel
Visions du réel
Visions du Réel is an international documentary film festival held in April each year in Nyon, Switzerland. Established in 1969 as the Nyon International Documentary Film Festival, the event adopted its current name in 1995....
documentary film festival in Nyon, Switzerland, the Grand Prize Ethos Bacao (Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
), and the Best Discovery Documentary, Festival Du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. It also was nominated for best feature-length documentary at the Dutch Film Festival.
Since Broken Silence, the collaboration between Eline Flipse and Scarabee Films has led to several very successful documentaries. Biografi, for example, won the Prix d'Europa in 2001 (Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
).
At the moment, Eline Flipse is finishing Eat Your Enemy, a documentary about aggression and spirituality. It is a film full of paradoxes and has already been selected for the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2005. Eline already has plans for her next film: Galina will be a portrait of the Russian opera diva Galina Vishnevskaya
Galina Vishnevskaya
Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya is a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966.-Biography:...
, wife of the world famous cellist Rostropovich.