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Astrid Bussink, films, art and story editing.

Films, photographs and other people’s stories

Selected work

2017Documentary

LUISTER

A cat sits beside a white telephone and a cactus against a yellow background in LUISTER.

A film by
Astrid Bussink

IDFA / Special Jury Award
2025Story editing

House of Hope

A woman looks across a dry, hilly landscape in House of Hope.

Directed by
Marjolein Busstra

Story editing / Astrid Bussink
2005Documentary

The Angelmakers

An older woman and man sit outside a house in The Angelmakers.

A film by
Astrid Bussink

IDFA / First Appearance Award
2014Documentary

Giovanni en het waterballet

Giovanni practises the splits beside an indoor swimming pool.

A film by
Astrid Bussink

Berlinale / Generation Kplus Special Prize
2010Documentary

Mijn Enschede

A person sits in an armchair in front of a projected street scene in Mijn Enschede.

A film by
Astrid Bussink

IFFR / World premiere
Collaborations

Other people’s films

Liever kroesObadaSchijnstudentHoofdzaken

From research
to the edit

Working with filmmakers
Teaching

Teaching & labs

Netherlands
Film Academy
DOCvillage
IDFAcademy
Kids & Docs

Research / Filming
Ethics / Editing

Teaching & mentoring
Documentary films / 2005–2017More films ↓

Films and
the work around them

I make documentaries and visual work, and work with other filmmakers as a story editor. Children’s conversations, family photographs and the traces of lives in an archive recur in my work. They each offer a different way of looking at what people tell us about themselves.

About Astrid ↗
Constructions of Happiness: a posed photograph at the Grand Canyon.Photography, participation & archives ↗