Stranger in Paradise

Special Mention for the Best Feature Length Documentary

In a classroom newly arrived refugees learn a lesson about multifaceted Europe. Operating at the intersection of fiction and documentary, Stranger in Paradise reflects on the power relations between Europeans and refugees in a candid fashion.

Main Festivals & Awards

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the Netherlands (2016)
True/False Film Fest, United States- Official Selection (2017)
Docville - International Documentary Film Festival, Belgium - Outside the Dox (2017)
DOK.fest München, Germany - International Competition (2017)

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the Netherlands - IDFA Special Jury Award for Dutch Documentary (2016)
CPH:DOX Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, Denmark - DOX: AWARD Competition (2017)

Director's Biography

Guido Hendrikx is a film director and screenwriter, based in Amsterdam. He graduated at Utrecht University (Liberal Arts & Sciences) and the Netherlands Film Academy (Directing Documentary). During film school he directed the shorts Escort (2013) and Among us (2014) and co-wrote the script for the short Fernweh (2014, Ena Sendijarevic), which screened extensively in international festivals winning numerous awards. After his studies he worked as a scout and curator for the Dutch video platform The Correspondent. Stranger in Paradise, which opened IDFA 2016, is his feature debut