Biographie
Sander Burger
Born: 27-10-1975, Korhogo, Ivory Coast
Email: sanderburger@hotmail.com
Education:
- 2011: BINGER Directors Lab
- 2008: EKRAN (Masterclass in directing, Andrzej Wajda School, Warsaw)
- 2005: Basic Course in Screenwriting, Script School Amsterdam
- 1997-2001: Dutch Film Academy (NFTA), Amsterdam
- 1994-1996: Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam – Geology
Awards & Nominations:
- Winner, Best Film, Imagésanté Festival – Alice Cares
- Winner, Prix Grand Ekran, Pariscience Film Festival – Alice Cares
- Winner, Eureka Prize, NWO-KNAW – Alice Cares
- Winner, Best Feature, Hollywood Black Film Festival – Panman
- Winner, Best Original Score, Brooklyn International Film Festival – Panman
- Nominee, Prix Europa, Best Feature-Length Documentary – Alice Cares
- Nominee, Best Young Director, São Paulo International Film Festival – Hunting&Sons
- Nominee, Best Male Role, Netherlands Film Festival (NFF) – Hunting&Sons
- Nominee, Best Female Role, NFF – Hunting&Sons
- Nominee, KOEN! – NPS Kort! Prize
Filmography:
Features:
- 2017: Off Track (Director & Co-writer, 93’, OAK Motion Pictures)
A psychological road movie about three friends traveling through Ecuador.
- 2009: Hunting&Sons (Director & Writer, 90’, NFI Productions)
A psychological drama exploring the effects of pregnancy on a young married couple.
Official selections: New Directors/New Films Festival (New York), Gothenburg, Hof International Film Festival, BIFF London, São Paulo, International Film Festival Rotterdam.
- 2008: Panman, Rhythm of the Palms (Director, 91’, Luna Blou Productions)
Tells the story of the rise and fall of steelpan player Harry Daniel; a heartfelt and rhythmic film about Caribbean pan music.
Opening Film, Africa in the Picture Film Festival, 2008.
- 2006: Olivier etc. (Director & Writer, 94’, Schram Studio’s)
A story about Olivier, who for 26 years clung to the certainty of his impending death—now even that certainty is slipping away.
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’, POPOV Film / NTR KORT!)
- 2004: KOEN! (8’, Cinemakers)
- 2003: Piska Fresku (Writer & Director, 4’, Cinemakers)
Documentaries:
- 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 women receive an unusual houseguest: a care robot named Alice, designed to address future care needs for lonely elderly individuals. The film explores whether a robot can form a human relationship and replace a person of flesh and blood.
Selected for over 70 film festivals including IFFR 2015 (main competition), Cinema du Réel, Open City Film Festival London, CPH:DOX, 360 Film Festival Moscow, Pariscience International Science Festival, Netherlands Film Festival (competition), Inconvenient Films Festival, and AmDoc.
- 2004: In the Name of the Son (Director, 38’, JURA Films / NCRV)
Former drama teacher Kees de Gooijer starts a new career as a referent. Relocating to a small town with his wife, he discovers his ideals clash with local views. When his church must take a stand on gay weddings, he faces a personal dilemma—his stepson is gay.
- 2003: Our Waterloo (Director, 38’, Documentary)
Although World War II is long over, its memory remains alive in café Waterloo.
Television:
- 2010-2012: Boijmans TV Seasons 1 & 2 (Writer & Director, 24 x 15’, POPOV Film / RTV Rijnmond / RO Theatre)
An absurd art program filmed on location at Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
- 2008: ROES (Director, 2 x 25’, IdTV / VPRO)
Episodes 6 (Simon Says) and 7 (ROT) of an 8-episode Dutch TV series about youth coping with alcohol and drugs.
- 2005: Grenzeloos Verlangen (Director, EO)
Six-episode series following couples adopting children, filmed in Colombia, South Africa, Haiti, North America, Suriname, Poland, and China.
