Sander Burger
born:27-10-1975 in Korhogo (Ivory Coast)
sanderburger@hotmail.com
Former education:
2011 BINGER Directors Lab
2008 EKRAN (masterclass directing at the Andrej Wajda school in Warschau)
2005 Basic course scenariowriting, scriptschool Amsterdam
1997-2001 Dutch Filmacademy (NFTA), Amsterdam.
1994-1996 Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Subject: Geology.
Awards & nominations:
winner 'Beste film' Imagésanté Festival - Alice cares
winner 'Prix Grand Ekran' Pariscience Filmfestival - Alice cares
winner 'Eureka prijs' NWO-KNAW - Alice cares
winner 'Best feature' Hollywood Black Filmfestival - Panman
winner 'Best original score' Brooklyn Int. Filmfestival - Panman
nomination 'Prix Europa' best feature length documentary - Alice cares
nomination 'Best young director' Sao Paulo Int. Filmfestival - Hunting&sons
nomination 'Best male role' NFF - Hunting&sons
nomination 'Best female role' NFF - Hunting&sons
nomination KOEN! - NPS Kort! prize
Filmography:
Feautures:
2017 Off Track (director & co-writer, 93' - OAK Motion Pictures)
A psychological roadmovie about three friends travelling through Ecuador.
2009 Hunting&Sons. (director & writer, 90' - NFI Productions)
A psychological drama about the impact of a pregnancy on a young married couple.
official selection - New Directors / New Films Festival in New York - Götenburg - Hofer Filmtage - BIFF London - Sao Paulo - IFFR
2008 PANMAN, rhythm of the palms (director / 91' Luna Blou productions)
Panman tells the story of the rise and fall of steelpanplayer Harry Daniel. A moving and swinging movie about the soul of
the Caribbean: the panmusic.
Openingfilm 'Africa in the picture filmfestival' 2008
2006 OLIVIER etc. (director & writer, 94' - Schram Studio's)
For 26 years, the only thing Olivier had to hold on to was the certainty of his impending death. Now, even this, is being
taken away from him.
Short films:
2018 Don't go to sea (7' BIND film / NTR)
2016 My son is a jihadist (40' Talent United / HUMAN)
2015 Touched (40' Talent United / HUMAN)
2014 A second chance (40' Talent United / HUMAN)
Firewall (2' museum Boijmans van Beuningen).
2012 Wil (10' POPOVfilm / NTR KORT!)
2004 KOEN! (8' Cinemakers)
2003 Piska Fresku (writer & director, 4' / Cinemakers)
Documentary:
2018 Scenario's for a normal life (70' Hollandse Helden / KRO-NCRV)
2017 Stand up and walk (53' KVfilms / NCRV)
2015 Alice Cares (76' Key docs / NVRC)
Three elderly single woman get a remarkable houdeguest: care robot Alice. She has been developed in order to meet
future care demands for elderly who are lonely. Can a robot build a human relationship with someone and replace a person
of flesh hand blood?
Selected for over 70 filmfestivals o.a. IFFR 2015 / main competition Cinema du Réel / Open City Filmfestival Londen / CPH:DOX / 360 Film Festival Moscow / Pariscience International Science Festival / competition NFF / Inconvenient Films Filmfestival / AmDoc
2004 In the name of the Son (director, 38' JURA films / NCRV)
Former dramateacher Kees de Gooijer decides to start a new career as a referent. He and his wife have to move to a
small town where he soon finds out his ideals do not always correspond with the locals. When his church has to make a
stand about gayweddings he is confronted with a big, personnal dilemma; his stephson is gay.
2003 Our Waterloo (director, 38', documentary)
Eventhough the Second World War is long over, in café Waterloo it will never disappear.
TV work:
2010-2012 Boijmans TV season 1 and 2 (writer & director, 24 x 15' - POPOV film/RTV Rijnmond/RO theatre)
Absurd artprogram, shot on location in the museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam.
2008 ROES (director - 2 x 25' - IdTV/VPRO)
Episode 6 (Simon says) and episode 7 (ROT)
Serie in 8 episodes for Dutch television about youth dealing with acohol and drugs.
2005 Grenzeloos Verlangen (director / EO)
Series in 6 epsiodes in which couples are being followed who are adopting a child. Shot on location in Colombia,
South-Africa, Haïti, North-America, Suriname, Poland and China.
