Astrid Bussink

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Astrid Bussink | Part 1

Year of Production: 2010
Astrid Bussink shares her experience of moving from award-winning short documentaries to features. In part 1, she evokes the making of ‘The Angel Makers’ and different perspectives on truth.
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Astrid Bussink | Part 2

Year of Production: 2010
Bussink shares her experience of setting a foot in the industry and give tips to young filmmakers.
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Astrid Bussink | Part 3

Year of Production: 2010
Bussink describes the process of moving from short films to making a feature documentary.
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Astrid Bussink | Part 4

Year of Production: 2010
Bussink shares her humorous solution to the unpredictability of documentary filmmaking.
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Astrid Bussink | Part 5

Year of Production: 2010
Bussink shares her approach to documentary filmmaking and editing.
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I Shot The Mayor

I Shot the Mayor

Director: Astrid Bussink
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 5'
A humorous and personal approach to the delicate matter of finding a subject for your film.
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Rückenlage / Upside Down by Astrid Bussink

Rückenlage / Upside Down

Director: Astrid Bussink
Year of Production: 2006
Duration: 9'
A visual journey through Scotland’s skies and the mind of Rudolf Hess, who flew to Scotland in 1941 to ‘negotiate peace’ with Britain.
2006, Completed, Films
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The Angel Makers

The Angel Makers

Director: Astrid Bussink
Year of Production: 2005
Duration: 30'
An observational portrait of a small sleepy village in rural Hungary whose inhabitants share their daily lives as and memories of the village’s tainted past.
eca films, Films
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Scottish Documentary Blog

Documentary ONLY: Hot Docs and their new cinema
Hot Docs has an amazing and magical pull as a documentary festival that brings together filmmakers from all around the world – but more importantly, year after year, Hot Docs develops new ways of increasing their local audience. This year, they offered free screenings to students and anyone above 60, creating the most challenging, yet welcoming audience one […]
Bridging the Gap – in progress: Polaris
Reports from the production of this year's Bridging the Gap short documentaries, part 4 For a long time, skippers in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire could not find locals to work on their fishing vessels. That was the reality until Filipino fishermen started coming to town. Now they crew most of the boats, but they have to deal with the vast sea and the enor […]
Bridging the Gap – in progress: In Search of the Wallaby
Reports from the production of this year's Bridging the Gap short documentaries, part 3 The Isle of Islay, Scotland. Human population: 3,457. Sheep population: 20,000 (or thereabouts). Wallaby population: 1 (deceased)? We have come to Islay with one intention – to solve the mystery of the wallaby. A wallaby is a small kangaroo more often associated with […]
Poets of Protest: "You need to get out fast and now!"
There is something very enticing about filming poets. Here are these characters, reflective and questioning by nature, living through a truly historic time of change in the Middle East. The idea for the documentary series Poets of Protest came after I had been commissioned by Reel Festivals to make three short films during their poetry festival in Beirut in […]