Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck

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Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck (born March 6, 1973 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German filmmaker . Since 2019 she is the curator and director of the Berlinale Shorts , the short film competition of the Berlinale .

Life

Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck grew up in Indonesia , Japan , England and Bavaria . She studied at Camberwell College of Art and Design in London and at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy in Ludwigsburg . She graduated from the Film Academy with a diploma (animation in the basic course, directing documentary film in the main course).

Since then she has been a programmer, presenter and juror for more than 20 years. In these roles she worked for many film festivals, including Filmwinter Stuttgart, Kasseler Dokfest, Zebra Poetry Film Festival , Pictoplasma , Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart , Szpilman Award , Filmfest Dresden .

Henckel-Donnersmarck's focus is on short films. She designs and realizes video installations for exhibitions, stages and concerts. In addition, she teaches film theory and video practice at several universities.

On June 1, 2019, Henckel-Donnersmarck, who had been a member of the selection committee of the Berlinale Shorts from 2007 to 2019, succeeded Maike Mia Höhne as head of the Berlinale Shorts at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Private

Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck is a distant relative of the film director Florian Henckel-Donnersmarck .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1997: Everything flows or where does the electricity go? (Actress)
  • 1997: Busby (actress, director , sound)
  • 1999: The Comforter Crisis (Costumes)
  • 2000/2001: end of the season (assistant editor)
  • 2002: The Templar (Production)
  • 2004–2008: Longing ( casting )
  • 2006: one or two things (direction, screenplay, editing)
  • 2013: To Say I Do (Director, Screenplay)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck at filmportal.de
  2. ↑ a b c d Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck. In: 70th Berlin International Film Festival 20.02.-01.03.20. Retrieved February 7, 2020 .
  3. ↑ AG Kurzfilm: Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck takes over the management of the Berlinale Shorts. In: Shortfilm.de. March 28, 2019, accessed on February 7, 2020 (German).
  4. ↑ Press release: Berlinale 2020: Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek announce the first innovations. In: 70th Berlin International Film Festival 20.02.-01.03.20. March 28, 2019, accessed February 7, 2020 .
  5. ^ Hanns-Georg Rodek: How Locarno took over the Berlinale . In: THE WORLD . March 29, 2019 ( welt.de [accessed February 7, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Henckel-Donnersmarck, Anna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anna Sarah Maria Brigitte Elisabeth Lily Countess Henckel von Donnersmarck (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German filmmaker and curator
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main