Eline Flipse (born in 1954 in

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, the Netherlands) is a film director of documentaries. Flipse studied at the Film Academy in

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, 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

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, the Grand Prize Ethos Bacao (

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), and the Best Discovery Documentary, Festival Du Nouveau Cinema in

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. It also was nominated for best feature-length documentary at the

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. Since ''Broken Silence'', the collaboration between Eline Flipse and Scarabee Films has led to several very successful documentaries. ''Biografi'', for example, won the

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in 2001 (

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). 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

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, wife of the world-famous cellist Rostropovich.

External links

Flipse's own site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flipse, Eline 1954 births Living people Dutch film directors Dutch women film directors People from Wageningen