Documentary Film Director

NATHALIE BORGERS
Documentary Film Director
Born in Brussels, Belgium, on August 14, 1964
B.A. in Journalism in 1986
M.A. in Radio, Film & Television in 1990
Independent documentary film director and writer
FILMOGRAPHY
• Greetings from the colony
Documentary, 74’, 2011.
A CVB (B) - CARGO Films (F) coproduction
• Winds of sand, Women of roc
Feature documentary, 90’, 2009.
A ENTRE CHIEN ET LOUP (B) - LOTUS FILM (A) - LAISON CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE (F)
• Desperately seeking Belgium
Documentary, 50’, 2008.
A ZEUGMA FILMS (F) Production
• Where Are the Women?
(Original title: Où sont les femmes? Les Françaises et la politique)
Documentary, 52’, 2006.
A Les Films de la Greluche (F) - Eikon Media Gmbh (D) production
• The Arrangement
(Original title: Arrangements avec le destin)
Documentary, 50’, 2004.
A CINÉTÉVÉ (F) - Navigator Film (A) production
• Citizen Krone
(Kronenzeitung, Tag für Tag ein Boulevardstück)
Documentary, 57’20’’, 2002. A Les Films de la greluche & Artline Film (F)/ Entre Chien et Loup (B) / Navigator Film (A) Coproduction. 1/3
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When the self hurts (Original title: Le Mal de Soi )
Documentary, 83’, 2000, Cinétévé-France 3 co-production, France.
See You in the Future (Les Pionniers du futur/Willkomen in der Zukunft)
Documentary, Video, 52’, 1999, La Sept-ARTE/DOC EN STOCK co-production, France.
Zero Casualty War? (Guerre Zéro mort?/Krieg ohne Tot)
Documentary, 41’, 1999, La Sept-ARTE/Doc en Stock co-production.
Are Apes Human? (Le singe, cet homme!/Der Mensch in Affen)
Documentary, 40’, 1998, La Sept-ARTE/Doc en Stock co-production.
Greyhound: One Way Ticket
Documentary, 52 minutes, 1998, La Cinquième/RTBF/Lapus/Sokan co-production
The American Dream today, as portrayed through a voyage across country via Greyhound bus.
We are Family (Une Enfance Gay)
Documentary, 49 minutes, 1997, La Sept-ARTE/Doc en Stock co-production.
To Die for Germany? (Mourir pour l'Allemagne?/Für Deutschland sterben)
Documentary, 52 minutes, 1996, La Sept-ARTE/Doc en Stock co-production.
Gender War (La Guerre des Sexes)
Documentary, 52 minutes, 1995, La Sept-ARTE/Imagine co-production.
Truth Under Siege
Documentary, 68 minutes, 1994.
MAX LE PRODUCTEUR/Wannabee/Image Création co-production, Belgium.
Piece of Mind
Documentary, 46 minutes, 1991, ATRIOM Production.
Le Grand Défi: The Big Challenge
Documentary, 26 minutes, 1990, ATRIOM Production.
Circle The Earth
Documentary, 10 minutes, 1989, ATRIOM Production and San Francisco State University co-production.
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Awards & Nominations
Nominee
for GREETINGS FROM THE COLONY, Magritte du
cinéma 2013.
Best Documentary Python Papou for GREETINGS FROM THE COLONY, Quintessence
Film Festival, Benin, 2013
Étoile
, SCAM, 2012
Best Documentary Silverback for GREETINGS FROM THE COLONY, Hillywood
International Film Festival, Kigali, Rwanda 2012
Prix Spécial du Jury
for GREETINGS FROM THE COLONY, Festival
Lumières d’Afrique, Besançon 2012.
Prix de la Mémoire
for GREETINGS FROM THE COLONY, Ecollywood,
Lille, 2012.
« Coup de Cœur »
for WINDS OF SAND, WOMEN OF ROCK
FIFE (Festival Int’l du Film d’Environnement), 2010.
Best Film
for WINDS OF SAND, WOMEN OF ROCK
Watch Docs, Warsaw, 2010.
Special Jury Award
for TRUTH UNDER SIEGE
Golden Gate Award, San Francisco, 1995.
First Prize
for TRUTH UNDER SIEGE
Buenos Aires International Video Festival, 1996.
Best New Filmmakers
for LE GRAND DÉFI, THE BIG CHALLENGE
Crested Butte Film Festival, Colorado, 1989.
Documentary writing Award
for GRAFFITI
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, San
Francisco, 1989.
Nominee
WINDS OF SAND, WOMEN OF ROCK
Magritte du Cinéma, Belgium, 2011.
Nominee
DAS ARRANGEMENT
Europa Prize, Berlin, 2006.
Nominee
KRONENZEITUNG, TAG FÜR TAG EIN BOULEVARDSTÜCK
Prix Henri Storck, Belgium, 2002.
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