Stranger in Paradise

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Director:Guido Hendrikx
Length:73 minutes

Stranger in Paradise

Stranger in Paradise; Guido Hendrikx, 2016, versions: OR,SS,ES, languages: nld, eng

Director: Guido Hendrikx

In the film, we will witness talks between a mentor and migrants who arrived in Europe after a dangerous journey across the Mediterranean. The actor Valentijn Dhaenens starring as the mentor represents the different attitudes of Europeans towards migrants. In each of the three acts, he confronts their expectations with the different responses awaiting them in Europe – ignorance and rejection, empathy and understanding, the official rules and restrictions.

Who gets the chance to live in Europe? What decides about entering the European “paradise”?

Do we have the power to shape the conditions that determine the future of others?

After the film, there will be a discussion with the owner of the first Nepalese restaurant in Bratislava, a Kazakh graduate from the faculty of management who decided to stay in Slovakia after completing her studies, and a successful health-oriented startup founder from Ukraine.

Free entrance. Free tickets can be picked up at the box office in the cinema from 9 December 2019. The box office is open 30 min. before the first evening screening until the beginning of the last screening.

Screening of this film is a part of the Global Migration Film Festival 2019 in Slovakia. The event is organized by the IOM Migration Information Center within a series of events entitled We Are at Home Here.

Length: 73 min

Year: 2016

Country of origin:

  • Netherlands

Language version:

OR - Original version (dutch, english)
SS - Slovak subtitles
ES - English subtitles

Director: Guido Hendrikx

In the film, we will witness talks between a mentor and migrants who arrived in Europe after a dangerous journey across the Mediterranean. The actor Valentijn Dhaenens starring as the mentor represents the different attitudes of Europeans towards migrants. In each of the three acts, he confronts their expectations with the different responses awaiting them in Europe – ignorance and rejection, empathy and understanding, the official rules and restrictions.

Who gets the chance to live in Europe? What decides about entering the European “paradise”?

Do we have the power to shape the conditions that determine the future of others?

After the film, there will be a discussion with the owner of the first Nepalese restaurant in Bratislava, a Kazakh graduate from the faculty of management who decided to stay in Slovakia after completing her studies, and a successful health-oriented startup founder from Ukraine.

Free entrance. Free tickets can be picked up at the box office in the cinema from 9 December 2019. The box office is open 30 min. before the first evening screening until the beginning of the last screening.

Screening of this film is a part of the Global Migration Film Festival 2019 in Slovakia. The event is organized by the IOM Migration Information Center within a series of events entitled We Are at Home Here.

Year: 2016

Country of origin:

  • Netherlands

Language version:

OR - Original version (dutch, english)
SS - Slovak subtitles
ES - English subtitles