Pia Hellenthal
Pia Hellenthal (* 1985 in Bochum ) is a German film director and screenwriter .
Life
Pia Hellenthal grew up with her older cousin, the future actress Annina Hellenthal, in Bochum. In 2013 she graduated from the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne with a diploma in media arts.
Hellenthal works as a director for both fictional films and documentaries. Her films have been shown at numerous festivals, some of which are international, including the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival , the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival , the Solothurn Film Festival and the Berlinale . Her short film Palim Palim won both the Prix HR Giger “Narcisse” for the best Swiss short film and the Prix Taurus Studio for the best film at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival 2013.
Together with filmmakers and graduates from the Cologne Academy of Media Arts, Hannah Dörr , Visar Morina and Janis Mazuch , Hellenthal founded the Cologne film series Under the Influence in 2017 . The invited directors present their favorite films that have had a significant impact on them. Afterwards there will be an audience discussion.
For her debut film, the documentary Searching Eva , Hellenthal received the Gerd Ruge grant in 2016 . The documentary accompanies Eva Collé, who grew up in the age of the Internet and has been putting her life and self-search online since she was 14. The film was funded by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW , BKM and the Goethe-Institut Lebanon and was released in cinemas on November 14, 2019. The Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland exhibited a spin-off installation of the film with the title anonymous asks in 2018 .
In addition to her own films, Hellenthal works for VICE magazine. For her work there she was u. a. Awarded the Pink Poodle for gender equitable advertising and nominated for the Lovie Awards.
A Woman Under the Influence by John Cassavetes and Wanda by Barbara Loden are two of Hellenthal's favorite films.
Pia Hellenthal lives in Cologne and Berlin.
Filmography
- 2009 Game of Glass (short film)
- 2010 The other sex (commercial for the Federal Ministry of Education)
- 2010 Billy the Boy (fake commercial)
- 2013 crooks (short film)
- 2013 Palim Palim (short film)
- 2014 Mourning Cantata in six arias (short film)
- 2015 Reborn Babies (web documentation)
- 2018 Anonymous Asks (3 channel video installation)
- 2019 Searching Eva (feature documentary)
Awards
- 2016 Gerd Ruge scholarship for Searching Eva
- 2017 Backstory Film Residency Beirut
- 2019 Special Mention Award at the international documentary film festival CPH: DOX for Searching Eva
- 2019 Audience Award for Best Film at the Outview Film Festival for Searching Eva
Nominations
- 2015 Lovie Awards for Reborn Babies
- 2019 Teddy Award: Best Documentary for Searching Eva
- 2019 German Documentary Award for Searching Eva
Web links
- Pia Hellenthal in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f ABOUT PIA , on cargocollective.com
- ↑ a b c d Pia Hellenthal Backstory - The Film Residency , on goethe.de
- ↑ «PALIM PALIM»: broadcast on SRF 1 October 31 , 2014, on dschointventschr.ch
- ↑ a b c Searching Eva , on berlinale.de
- ↑ Under the Influence: New Film Series in Cologne , on filmstiftung.de, accessed on August 19, 2020
- ↑ Show and Tell: Pia Hellenthal & Giorgia Malatrasi , on staging.sheffdocfest.com/
- ↑ a b c GOOD NEWS !!! , on cargocollective.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hellenthal, Pia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bochum |