Astrid Bussink (born 1975 in

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) is a Dutch filmmaker. Her debut film is the documentary '' The Angelmakers''. She studied fine art at the Academy of fine Arts, AKI, Enschede (BA) in

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and her Master in film at the

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. During this Master she shot her award-winning documentary '' The Angelmakers'' (First Appearance Award IDFA, Little Stamp award, Best Young Director at

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, Best short Documentary,

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, nomination Grierson Award and more). After this she made the short films ''Rückenlage / Upside Down'' (Best Short Experimental film at Vermont International Film Festival, nominated Silver Cub, IDFA 2006), ''The 9 lives of my car'' (a.o. Dutch Filmfestival 2007) and ''I shot the mayor'' (Or: Plan B) (a.o. nominated Silver Cub IDFA 2007, official selection

and HOTDOCS). Bussink lives and works in

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where she made her feature-length documentar
The Lost Colony
(Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam, HOTDOCS a.o.), screened in 2008. She made a personal documentary,
Mijn Enschede
', about the

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that happened 13 May 2000, in which 23 people died, nearly 1000 were injured and many houses were destroyed, including Bussink's house. 'My Enschede' premiered at the

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in January 2010. During her artist in residency program in New York she started her photography project Constructions of Happiness, which she showed in galleries in New York, Edinburgh and Amsterdam. In September 2012 her documentar
Poem of Death
premiered at the

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Awards

*At the 2008 ZagrebDox, she won Best Young Director for '' The Angelmakers''. *At the 2012

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, she was nominated for ''Best International Short Film'' for ''Mr and Mrs Gunya.'' *At the 2013 Nyon Visions du Réel, she won Special Mention for Medium-Length Film for ''Poule des doods''. *At the 2017

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, IDFA, she won the Special Juryprize for her documentary ''LISTEN'' about 'De Kindertelefoon'.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bussink, Astrid 1975 births Living people People from Berkelland Dutch film directors Dutch women film directors Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art