Penelope Buitenhuis

"Buitenhuis is concerned with the interface of popular culture, political consciousness and human experience within the frame of the urban landscape."

-Independent Eye, Toronto

"Trouble is one of the very few films to ever credibly capture the internal dynamics of a rock group."

-In Press Magazine, Australia

CHECK OUT THESE ARTICLES ABOUT PENELOPE BUITENHUIS:

PRESS FOR A WAKE:

The Province: Buitenhaus Makes Rounds With A Wake

"Buitenhuis' A Wake was recently chosen as the festival favourite at the Female Eye Festival in Toronto"

The Sun: Women in Film

"Vancouver-based film director Penelope Buitenhuis has advice for any young woman embarking on a career as a filmmaker"

The Georgia Staight: Women in Film

A Wake kicks off the Women in Film Festival

Macleans: Clint Eastwood honours a Canadian in Carmel

Eastwood presented Buitenhuis the prize for best dramatic feature at Carmel Art and Film Festival.

Suite101.com: A Wake at the Cannes Film Festival

"A Wake is dramatic, disconcerting, and entertaining."

Suite101.com: The Journey of an Independent Film

"A Wake illustrates the distribution struggle of Canadian films."

Suite101.com: From Reel to Digital Film Production

"The Career of a Filmmaker who Does not Wait Around"

Penelope Buitenhuis of 'A Wake' on Shaw Urban Rush

Interview on Shaw Urban Rush

PRESS FOR TOKYO GIRLS:

The Companionship Industry

A Vancouver director puts the camera on Japan's 'reverse exoticism.'

Another take on the Tokyo Girls

The way Vancouver filmmaker Penelope Buitenhuis sees it, Western women who work in Japan’s lucrative hostess trade are opportunists who fill a human void in an alienated society, she tells ALEXANDRA GILL

Leo Attracted to Buitenhuis

I'm good at sex,". says Leo- nominated, director Penelope Buitenhuis...

Hôtesse au Japon

"Une femme peut se tenir très valorisée d’être toujours belle, bien maquillée, bien habillée."

la geisha venuta da occidente

SOL LEVANTE/2 Bionde, raffinate, europee o nordamericane. Sono le donne di compagnia più richieste dai businessman giapponesi. Un fenomeno misterioso: solo conversazione, niente sesso. La regista che ne ha fatto un film lo racconta a lo donna

PRESS FOR TROUBLE:

Back on the Street

At 14, Penelope Buitenhuis got her first job selling popcorn...

No Trouble for Penelope Buitenhuis

“It’s funny seeing this film and how people react to it"

A SELECTION OF OTHER PRESS:

Yellowknife mine tragedy focus of new CBC movie

"We've done our homework, we've done our research, and this is an accurate portrayal of the situation."

Fangoria Review of Hard Ride to Hell

"... as good a jumping-off point as any otehr for a career as a genre filmmaker."

Dark Vision

Vancouver filmmaker finds herself taken more seriously in Europe...

Guns, Girls and Guerillas

Penelope Buitenhuis is a Canadian independent filmmaker who has been living and working in Berlin for the last decade...
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