Silvana Santamaria

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Silvana Santamaria (born July 17, 1978 in Marbach am Neckar , Germany ) is a German-Italian director , screenwriter and film producer . During her studies at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy , she was a master student of Ebbo Demant , Thomas Schadt , Michael Möller and Helga Reidemeister . In 2010 she received the Max Ophüls Prize of the festival of the same name for her thesis " Nirgendwo.Kosovo " .

Career

After graduating from high school in 1998, she completed several internships in the film and media sector and attended the “Kulturprojekt Spielhaus” drama school in Stuttgart for two years. In 2004 she began studying directing at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy and from 2007 to 2010 she received a scholarship from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung . During your studies, your work received national and international attention.

In 2008 she received the Civis-Europes media award for integration in the category “Best Newcomer Film” for her film "Status: Tolerated ". The award ceremony was broadcast across Europe on public television. The award ceremony was moderated by Sandra Maischberger . The film was also nominated in the “German Competition” at the DOK Leipzig .

The film evaluation agency in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating: "Particularly valuable". The jury wrote about the director and the film:

“At the beginning of the civil wars in the crumbling Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, the Roma family Heiseni fled from Kosovo to Germany ... The sword of Damocles of deportation hangs over the family, because their residence status is a“ tolerated [...] the one with the The documentary about the Heiseni family made by the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy (Supervision: Thomas Schadt) is a very remarkable and stylistically surprisingly confident work. The young filmmaker Silvana Santamaria managed to build a relationship of trust with her protagonists. The result was a very precise inside view of the family, a precise picture of their problems and family tensions. [...] The film sensitizes for this life story without falling into a "cheap" gesture of concern. He seems unpathetic, documents factual and sober. He is always very close to the people and recognizable on their side ... It remains a film with an “open end”. The shimmy from Duldung to Duldung continues: the floating situation as a permanent trauma. "

Your short film “Standstill” celebrated its world premiere at the 57th Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián .

In 2010 she received the Max Ophüls Prize at the most important film festival for young German film - the film prize of the same name for her documentary “Nirgendwo.Kosovo”.

Berlinale-talents writes:

“Haki (28 yrs) is a Kosovan belonging to the minority group“ Egyptians ”. Haki had lived in Germany for 17 years when he was deported back to Kosovo in 2007, having to leave his German wife and two sons behind. Haki's everyday life is determined by his longing for his family, the tough struggle of making ends meet in the Roma colony “Kolonia Aljibraj” and his hassle with the Albanian police. And of course the traumatic childhood memories of the deaths of his mother and little brother. The ongoing judicial hearings of possibly returning to Germany and the hope of a visit from his family gives Haki strength. But as his oldest son becomes ill and the news from the courts are not promising, his patience wears thin in face of more difficult challenges. "

2010–2011 she was a postgraduate scholarship holder at the Berlin Academy of Arts in the field of film art . During this time she worked as a director together with Mirjam Dolderer on the film "Lovelab" with the actors Demet Gül and Felix Hellmann in the leading roles.

In 2011 she shot the documentary "Alice in the Land of Hope" in Sicily and Lampedusa about the beginning of the refugee crisis in Italy. The concept emerged before the Arab Spring and the associated refugee crisis that began at the end of 2010. All three documentaries (Status tolerated 2008, Nirgendwo.Kosovo 2010, Alice in the Land of Hope 2012) for which Silvana Santamaria also wrote the scripts, were made in collaboration with the editor Gudrun Hanke el-Ghomri ( Of fathers and Sons , Last Men in Aleppo ). Even if the films were commissioned individually, they should be understood as a coherent trilogy in which the topics of displacement, migration and integration are dealt with years before the topic received media attention in Germany.

In 2011 and 2012 she directed the short film "Your letter to his wedding", with Corinna Harfouch in the leading role and Sylvester Groth in a supporting role. The film received positive reviews from both film critics and viewers and won the Caligari Prize of the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy. She worked on the film together with Claudia Gladziejewski , who edited the film together with Brigitte Dithard and Nadia Dumouchel . Gloria Burkert co-supervised the film on the production side.

In 2013 she also founded the production company Soilfilms with the directors Ayla Gottschlich , Inga Bremer and Catalina Flórez Ibarra and has released several art-house films as a film producer.

In 2015 she produced the film "Chronicle of a Revolte" by the directors Ayla Gottschlich and Biene Pilavci , which had its world premiere at the Festival do Rio , Brazil, and was broadcast by the TV channels Arte and ZDF. The Frankfurter Rundschau wrote about the film:

“The moving documentary by the two German-Turkish directors Ayla Gottschlich and Biene Pilavci is reminiscent of the tear gas plumes and the bloody evacuation of Gezi Park in June 2013 and creates an exciting generational portrait. In June 2013 the two travel “to our parents' homeland”, initially with the intention of “being able to grasp this country better [...] Chronicle of a revolt - one year in Istanbul” is a courageous, personal film depicting this resistance Gives face and is not afraid to combine humor with a decided political stance. "

In 2016 she produced the documentary film “Franco's Heritage - Spain's Stolen Children”, directed by Inga Bremer . The film evaluation agency in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title "Particularly valuable". The jury wrote: “In her extremely exciting documentary film FRANCOS ERBE - SPAIN'S ROBBED CHILDREN, the documentary filmmaker Inga Bremer tells of the grave effects of forced adoptions under Franco's rule in Spain. Politicians, the church and society were all involved - it is accordingly difficult to prosecute those responsible even today. [...] FRANCOS ERBE impressively conveys a highly explosive and complex topic and draws attention to the innocent victims of a dictatorial regime. "

She worked with TV editor Sonja Scheider ( Citizenfour ) for the film "Franco's Legacy - Spain's Stolen Children" . The film was shown at the Shanghai International Film Festival and later broadcast on Arte and BR. It was previously released in art house cinemas across Germany.

From 2014 to 2016 she produced the feature film "Kinder des Lichts" by director David Ruf , for which she also took over the production management on site. The film gained international attention and started its cinema tour in March 2016 in selected German art house cinemas. It was later broadcast on SWR and Arte. The filming took place on the Turkish-Syrian border, mainly in the border town of Reyhanli , one of the most important illegal border crossings during the Syrian war. Since Reyhanli is surrounded on three sides by the Syrian border, the filming was characterized by constant police checks, as well as the presence of daily hail of bombs right next to the border town. The actors in the film were mainly Syrian children who fled the war across the border.

In 2016 she directed the episode “Berlin” in the “Your street-my stage” series for RedBull TV.

In 2017 she produced the feature “Ranias Traum” by director Samir Nasr for the SQUARE series on ARTE and in 2018 the documentary film “Lolas Lieder” by Jana Bürgelin for ZDF / 3Sat.

Silvana Santamaria made her directorial debut in the field of feature film with the film "A Part of me" in 2018, for which she wrote the script, directed and produced the film together with the Tunisian film director Bilal Athimni . Another producer is Ayla Gottschlich . The film won international awards and premiered at the Carthage Film Festival. MAD SOLUTIONS secured the rights to the film ( MENA REGION ) during the 76th Venice Film Festival . The film, financed by private funds and with the help of co-production partners, was subsequently bought by Rotana Cinema and has been shown several times on MBC 5 since September 22, 2019 .

The feature film SHARAF, for which Santamaria is the lead producer, was invited to the Venice Gap-financing market of the Venice Film Festival in 2019 shortly before the shooting. The film is currently in post-production.

Silvana Santamaria is a member of the EWA - European women's audiovisual network, Pro quote Film and the BVR - Bundesverband Direction . In 2019 she was one of seven young European producers selected by EWA (President: Ada Solomon ) for a one-year mentoring program (Mentor: Carlotta Calori ).

Filmography

  • 2006 Bedtime stories - short film (director & screenplay)
  • 2007 No more tears - short film (director & screenplay)
  • 2008 Status: tolerated - documentary (direction, production & screenplay)
  • 2009 Standstill - short film (director)
  • 2010 Nirgendwo.Kosovo - Documentary (Director & Screenplay)
  • 2011 Lovelab - Short Film (Director)
  • 2012 Your Wedding Letter - Short Film (Director)
  • 2013 Chronicle of a Revolt - Feature documentary (production)
  • 2013 Alice in the Land of Hope - Documentary (Director & Screenplay)
  • 2015 Franco's Legacy - Spain's Stolen Children - Feature Documentary (Production)
  • 2015 Myanmar goes democrazy - Documentary (Koregie)
  • 2016 Your street, my stage (TV series) (Director & Screenplay)
  • 2016 Children of Light - feature film (production)
  • 2017 Rania's Dream - TV Series, 1 Episode (Production)
  • 2018 A Part of Me - Feature Film (Direction, Production & Screenplay)
  • 2018 Lola's Songs - TV Series, 1 Episode (Production)
  • 2020 Sharaf - feature film (in post-production)

Nominations and Awards

  • 2008: European Young CIVIS Media Award for status tolerated
  • 2008: Nomination Golden Dove , DOK Leipzig for status tolerated
  • 2008: Nomination for Best Documentary, Move it! Film festival , Dresden tolerated for status
  • 2008: Nomination for Best Documentary Film, Sehs Bäumen, International Student Film Festival, Potsdam for status tolerated
  • 2008: Award Documentary Film of the Month February and distinction particularly valuable for status tolerated by the German Film and Media Assessment (FBW)
  • 2009: Nomination for Best Foreign Documentary MedFilm Festival, Rome, for status tolerated
  • 2009: Nomination for Best Foreign Documentary IFF Tranzyt Poland, for status tolerated
  • 2009: World premiere of Standstill at the San Sebastián International Film Festival
  • 2009: Market Visions du Réel International Documentary Film Festival Nyon for status tolerated
  • 2009: Award of the "Valuable" rating for Nowhere Kosovo in the German Film and Media Assessment (FBW)
  • 2010: Germany premiere of Standstill at the Max Ophüls Preis film festival
  • 2010: Award for Best Documentary Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize for Nowhere Kosovo
  • 2011: Caligari Film Prize for your wedding letter
  • 2012: Nomination for Best Short Film, Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize for your wedding letter
  • 2012: Awarded the Camera Kodak Award by the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy for your wedding letter
  • 2012: Nomination for Alice in the Land of Hope at the Baden-Württemberg Film Show
  • 2014: Award BR documentary competition of the Munich Film Festival for Franco's legacy - Spain's stolen children (producer)
  • 2017: Award Jury Award of the Indian World Film Festival for Franco's legacy - Spain's kidnapped children (producer)
  • 2017: DOC LA Founder's Award for Franco's Legacy - Spain's Stolen Children (Producer)
  • 2018: Award of the ARD performance model premium , WDR Funkhaus, Cologne for children of light (producer)
  • 2018: Award for Best Feature Film at the Best of the Best Competition, Los Angeles, USA for A Part of Me

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prize winners 1980 to today | Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize. Retrieved May 14, 2020 .
  2. ↑ CIVIS media prize awarded to 13 television and radio authors - current reports - news - newsroom.de. Retrieved on May 14, 2020 (German).
  3. ↑ Status: Tolerated. Retrieved May 14, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Festival de San Sebastián. Retrieved May 14, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Berlinale Talents: Imprint. Retrieved May 14, 2020 (English).
  6. ↑ program ARD de-ARD Play-Out-Center Potsdam, Potsdam Germany: Your letter to the wedding. Retrieved May 14, 2020 .
  7. ↑ STIHL sponsors the Caligari Prize to support student projects. Retrieved May 14, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Silvana Santamaria at Soilfilms
  9. ↑ About ⋆ soilfilms. In: soilfilms. Retrieved May 14, 2020 (American English).
  10. ^ Festival do Rio: We meet the faces behind Chronicle of a Revolt - One Year Instanbul. Retrieved May 14, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Personal snapshots. June 8, 2015, accessed May 14, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Franco's Legacy - Spain's Stolen Children. Retrieved May 14, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Festival_Brochures Shanghai IFF Brochure_2017. German Films, accessed on May 14, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Subscribe to read | Financial Times. Retrieved May 14, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Santamaria, Silvana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Italian director, screenwriter and producer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th July 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Marbach am Neckar , Germany