THE HOUSES OF HRISTINA
(De huizen van Hristina)
Holland, 2007, Documentary; 50 min
In English, and Bulgarian with English sub-titles

Director: Suzanne Raes
Screenwriter: Suzanne Raes
Producers: Willemien van Aalst and Suzanne van Voorst
Production Companies: IdtV DOCS and Humanist Broadcasting Foundation
Camera: Wiro Felix
Featured: Hristina Hasheva

Synopsis:
For years, Bulgarian Hristina Tasheva was an undocumented immigrant in Amsterdam, Netherlands, working as a cleaning lady in private homes. Cleaning houses during the day when no one is home, Hristina’s life was a lonely and anonymous one. To come to terms with her life, she began to take photographs of the interiors of the houses she cleaned. Hristina's photographs highlight the disjunctions between northern European affluence and the immigrant experience.

Festivals:
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2007

Director: Suzanne Raes
Born in Utrecht in 1969, Suzanne studied Cultural History at Amsterdam University and followed videoclasses at NYU in New York. She has made various documentaries for film and television, such as “Noise” about communication between doctors and patients, and “Pain” about the effects of chronic pain, and “World Class” about a black school in The Hague.


Select Filmography:
Pain (2005)
Unexpected Blow(2004)
Noise (2003)
World Class, Five Years Later (2002)
Stars of Europe (2001)
World Class (1999)

DVD Source:
IdtV Docs