Carolin Genreith

Carolin Genreith (* 1984 in Aachen ) is a German director and writer of documentary films.

life and work

Carolin Genreith grew up in Steckenborn in the North Eifel. She studied television journalism in Berlin , worked for film and television production companies as an assistant director and co-author, and in a art house cinema. In 2013, her debut film The Dance with Your Belly (Production: Hupe Film, Editing: Jutta Krug, WDR) premiered at the 63rd Berlinale in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino. A theatrical release in Germany and Austria followed in the summer (50,000 viewers, distributor: Zorro Film ), and in 2014 the TV first broadcast of Die mit dem Bauch Tanz on ARD . At the Festival of German Films she received the audience award for her debut . At the beginning of 2014, Genreith was nominated as co-author for the Grimme Prize with Mr. Eppert sucht die Boss and won the ARD documentary pitch on the topic of home with her synopsis for the film Das Golddorf . The Golddorf premiered in 2015 at the Dokfest Munich and was broadcast on ARD. Her third long documentary, Happy , premiered on November 2, 2016 in the German Competition of the DOK Leipzig , then screened at the Kassel Documentary and Video Festival and was awarded the Rheinische Post Audience Award at the Duisburg Film Week . The author Anne Siegel portrays Carolin Genreith in her book Himmelsstürmerinnen: 10 inspiring women in the media . Genreith lives and works in Hamburg.

Filmography

• 2012: Stuckrad Late Night (author)
• 2013: Those who dance with their belly (author and director)
• 2013: Mr. Eppert sucht, 4th season (author and producer)
• 2014/2015: Das Golddorf (author and director)
• 2016: Happy (writer and director)
• 2017: Ricci Superstar (writer and director)

Awards

• 2013: Audience Award of the Festival of German Films for Those Dancing with the Belly , Ludwigshafen
• 2014: Winner of the ARD documentary pitch
• 2016: Audience Award of the Rheinische Post , Duisburg Film Week for Happy
• 2017: Festival of German Films - Special award from the jury for Happy
• 2018: Prize of the German Film Critics 2017 - Award in the category Best Documentary for Happy

Web links

• Carolin Genreith at the film portal
• Carolin Genreith in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Carolin Genreith's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Western" awarded the German Film Critics' Prize ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2018 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 20, 2018.