Michaela Kezele
Michaela Kezele (* 1975 in Munich ) is a German film director and screenwriter .
Life
Kezele was born the daughter of a Serb and a Croat . The war in Yugoslavia made her return to her native Munich in 1991 after childhood in Dubrovnik . After studying at the University of Television and Film , Michaela Kezele directed her short film Milan as a graduation film . The film was nominated for the “Student Academy Awards” in 2007 and won over 30 international prizes, including the “Grand Prix” at the Tampere International Short Film Festival , the “Best European Short Film Award” and the “Cinema Without Borders Best International Film Award” at Palm Springs International ShortFest .
Kezele's first feature film, Die Brücke am Ibar ( My Beautiful Country ) also won numerous awards. For example, Kezele was awarded the Bernhard Wicki Film Prize in 2012 and the Bavarian Film Prize in 2013 as the best young director. In 2015 Kezele received the medal for special services to Bavaria in a United Europe . The episode film The Love Europe Projekt received the Grimme Prize in 2020 .
In 2016, Kezele became a professor at the University of Television and Film Munich and has also been the women's representative at the HFF Munich since 2018. In 2019, Kezele was elected a board member of the Zurich Film Foundation.
Filmography
- 2004: Nine (feature film)
- 2007: Milan (short film)
- 2012: Die Brücke am Ibar (My Beautiful Country)
- 2019: The Love Europe Project (Episode Like a Bird )
- 2020: Room with stable - The raccoons are on the loose (TV series)
Awards
- 2006: Robert Bosch Stiftung ** award for Southeast European co-productions
- 2007: Nominated for the Student Academy Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, USA
- 2007: Award for the best male actor to Andrija Nikcevic / International Panorama of Independent Film Creators, Thessaloniki
- 2007: Special Award for Best Picture Technique in Student Film Competition (Panavision) / Plus Camerimage-International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, Lodz, Poland for Felix Novo de Oliveira
- 2007: Panther Prize for BEST PRODUCTION OF GERMAN FILM / International Festival of the Munich Film Schools
- 2007: ProSieben Prize for BEST DIRECTOR OF GERMAN FILM / International Festival of the Munich Film Schools
- 2007: Best Foreign Language Children Drama / 5th International Student Film Festival, Hollywood, USA (ISSFH)
- 2007: Kurzfilmbiber / Biberacher Film Festival 2007
- 2007: Film award in the "Film Schools - Feature Film" category from MedienCampus Bayern
- 2007: Grand Prix / International Short Film Festival, Drama (Greece)
- 2007: The Cinema Without Borders Best International Film Award at the Palm Springs International ShortFest in Palm Springs, California (USA)
- 2007: Best Film and Best Student Film / Film Festival Alpinale Nenzig
- 2007: Best International Film, Best Film de las Mujeres en el Cine y la Television de Mexico Jury and SIGNIS Dialog Prize from the Catholic World Association for Communication, 10th Annual International Film Festival Expresión en Corto "/ San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato, Mexico
- 2007: Audience Award / 36th International Student Film Festival SEHSÜCHTE Berlin
- 2007: Nominated for the FIRST STEPS Award
- 2008: Live Action Short, Shortlisted, Academy of Motion Picture and Sciences, Los Angeles, USA
- 2008: Golden Lion Award (first prize in the “Golden Lion International Student Competition”) / Taipei Film Festival, Taiwan
- 2008: STARTER FILMPREIS / Production of the LH Munich 2008
- 2008: Best European Short Film Award / Festival International de Films de Femmes, Créteil
- 2008: Best Narrative Short Film Award / RiverRun International Film Festival, North Carolina
- 2008: Prix du Jury Jeune / Short Film Festival du Court Métrage de Bruxelles
- 2008: Special Mention / X ediciòn del Festival Internacional DerHumALC, Argentina
- 2008: Grand Prix / FESTIVAL TOUS COURTS - Festival International de Courts Métrages d'Aix-en-Provence et du Pays d'Aix
- 2012: Bernhard Wicki Film Award, Director Young Talent Award, Best Actress, Zrinka Cvitesic
- 2012: Arras Film Festival, France, Audience Award
- 2012: "Particularly valuable" rating from the German Film and Media Assessment (FBW)
- 2012: Biberach Film Festival, Best Debut Film, Audience Beaver
- 2012: Honorable Mention, New German Cinema Award
- 2013: Bavarian Film Award, Best Young Director
- 2013: Stony Brook Film Festival New York, Jury Award - Best Feature
- 2013: Film Festival Turkey / Germany, Best Film, Audience Award
- 2013: Film Festival of Pula / Croatia, Young Cinephiles Award
- 2013: Favorites Film Festival Berlin, Best Film - Audience Award
- 2014: Pyongyang International Film Festival, Grand Prix
- 2015: Medal for special services to Bavaria in a United Europe
- 2020: Grimme Prize nomination
Web links
- Michaela Kezele in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Michaela Kezele at filmportal.de
- Arras Film Festival My Beautiful Country (PDF; 1.3 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.hff-muenchen.de/de_DE/professoren-landingpage#michaela-kezele
- ↑ http://beta.blickpunktfilm.de/details/411770
- ^ Filmportal.de Bernhard Wicki-Filmpreis
- ↑ My beautiful country ( The Bridge on the Ibar ) at festivalscope.com. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
- ↑ The bridge on the Ibar on the FBW website
- ^ Biberacher Film Festival Die Brücke am Ibar by Michaela Kezele
- ↑ New German Cinema Award
- ↑ Press release of Bayerischer Rundfunk , January 19, 2013
- ↑ Film Festival Turkey / Germany: The 18th film festival ended successfully at 2013.fftd.net. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kezele, Michaela |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |