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The first day you meet,              you are friends,
the next day you meet,
         you are brothers.  
               Afghan proverb

Marion Hilhorst
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updated on 7/1/2009

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Marion Hilhorst has extensive experience in the film business, mainly as a producer.
In 1994, she founded Het Pakhuys, a non-profit organization that produces documentary films. For several years, Marion produced the workshop films for IDFA (International Documentary Film festival Amsterdam). In 1998, she visited the Caribbean island of Curaçao, which became a turning point in her career when she fell in love with the island. Marion made a documentary about 350 years Jewish community on Curaçao, called Mi lombrishi.

contact info in The Netherlands

Het Pakhuys / Marion Hilhorst
Krom Boomssloot 20
1011 GW  Amsterdam
+31 (0)20 627 6638
marionhilhorst@culturewrap.org

contact info in Dutch Antilles

Marion Hilhorst / Het Pakhuys
NA *00.5999.4629462 (voicemail)
NA cell. (09) 512 0770
info@kiddocs.info
www.kiddocs.info

current projects

Marion is currently developing a documentary on the situation of the so-called ‘illegal schools’ at the Caribbean island of St. Maarten.

contribute

This film is inviting support. If you want to donate to this project, send an email to Marion Hilhorst.

ongoing project

 KidDocs International

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In 2004, Marion Hilhorst founded KidDocs, an international documentary traveling film festival for youths along six islands of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. You can find more information about KidDocs at www.kiddocs.info. So far about 20.000 students from the ages of 11-15 years have been watching several wonderful documentaries about kids their own age from all over the world. In september/october 2008, KidDocs is going to celebrate her 5th edition and through Culture Wrap the festival might spread her wings as ‘KidDocs goes International’.

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Already a 5-year phenomena, the annual film festival has brought numerous award winning short films from around the globe to schools and students on the islands of the Dutch Antilles. Now in partnership with Culture Wrap, on request to schools in the USA. Email Culture Wrap for more info.

contribute

This project is inviting support. If you want to contribute to this project, send an email to KidDocs.

previous projects

Producer / research

  • “Een ouderwetse vernieuwer”, life and work of J.J.P. Oud, architect;
  • “About Mondriaan” Video CD (CD-i)
  • “Fantasies”, short film about Auke de Vries, artist       

Producent, director, scenario

  • “Mi lombrishi…”, 350 year Jewish community on Curaçao                   


Research and script

  • “Houses of Pride and Shame”, plantation life on Curaçao
  • “God created the world and Shell Curaçao”, the heritage of the oil refinery
  • “A village for Persia”, a ‘Dutch’ village in the desert
  • “Illegal/Undocumented/Non-existing”, illegal schools at St.Maarten

 
Line producer

  • "The 04.00 AM feed", director Mijke de Jong, for Scorpio Film Productions Ltd. London.


Executive producer

  • Workshops IDFA, International Documentary Film festival Amsterdam
    with George Sluizer, Hans Keller, Jan Vrijman and Jan Blokker.
  • Promotion film Ballantine's for AFP Media Ltd. London.

 

 

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