Krisztina Kerekes was born in Romania in 1978 and lives in Austria. She studied cinematography at the Universtity of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna in the class of Christian Berger and at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf. Since 2005 Director of Photography for documentary and fiction films at home and abroad. In 2009 she got the START-scholarship for film art from the bmu:kk and in 2014 the film-scholarship (residency in Bucharest) from the state of Styria. In addition to her work as a DoP, she repeatedly works as a writer and director in documentary film for cinema and TV.

Languages

Hungarian (native) | German (fluent) | English (fluent)

Special Skills

analog film S8, 16mm | multi-camera production | editing

Christiane Schmidt (*1978) is a filmmaker and DoP who lives in Berlin. She studied Political Science and Science of Art at the Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg. She graduated in 2013 from the Department of Documentary Film and Cinematography at the University of Television and Film, Munich. Her movie „Pădurea e ca muntele, vezi ?“ was premiered at the Berlinale Forum 2014, winning the Newcomer Prize of the Duisburg Filmweek and the Newcomer Prize for Cinematography at the IFFF Dortmund/ Köln 2015.

Languages

German | English | French | Romanian (basic)

Special Skills

Drone

With over 20 years experience as a DP, Sanne has shot in Africa, Israel, the US, Europe and Australia; making her years as a DP a broad and culturally varied experience. Sanne is an extremely relaxed and professional collaborator. She works confidently with all the people she meets during the film making process - entering into the true spirit of artistic partnerships. She is an excellent and enthusiastic communicator and very experienced in online-preproduction.   *** Due to being elected as a Member of Parliament in Bavaria limited availability till 2023.***

Languages

German (native) | Dutch (fluent)  English (fluent) | French (basic) | Hebrew (basic)

Petra is an award-winning feature film and commercial cinematographer, based in the US as well as in Europe. After graduating from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, she received her MFA in Cinematography from the prestigious American Film Institute (AFI) in Los Angeles. Since then, Petra has shot a vast array of high-end TV shows and commercials, as well as numerous American and international feature films: both, for major studios and independent. Petra is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG) – Hollywood, BAFTA (UK) and the Austrian Association of Cinematographers (AAC). She is represented by Innovative Artists agency in Los Angeles and holds an EU passport in addition to a US work visa.

Languages

Bilingual in English and German | fluent in French and Spanish

Special Skills

Analog film | VP Volume | Large Format | VFX- and action-heavy films | high-end commercials (car, beauty,
telecom etc)

Studied history of art at the university of Berlin and worked as 1st AC before she began to study cinematography at Hamburg Media School. Her diploma film THE RUNAWAY won a Student Academy Award 2005 & Academy Award Nomination 2006. Kodak chose her as participant in its Emerging Filmmakers Program at Cannes. Her cinematography for the feature YOU TOLD ME, THAT YOU LOVE ME dir. by Rudolf Thome won 2007 the National Competition for Women DoPs. She shoots experimental film, features and documentaries - like PINK (2008) and THE RED ROOM (2010) by Thome and the latest project SANKT (2017) of the danish artist Lene Markusen. For the documentary HELLO I AM DAVID! she received Deutscher Kamerapreis 2016.

Languages

German (native) | English (fluent) | French (basic)

Special Skills

Analog film 35mm | 16mm

Julia Jalnasow was born 1987 in the former GDR. After graduating highschool in 2007 she started working as a projectionist and camera assistent in Munich. Between 2008 and 2014 she studied cinematography at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg as well as at the la Fémis in Paris. In 2014 she finished her studies with a diploma. Since then she shot several documentaries and fictional movies as well as TV-Series. 2014 she won the First Steps Award / Michael Ballhaus Cameraprize, in 2016 the prize for best cinematography at the IFFF Cologne and in 2017 an international Emmy for „The Braun Family". 2018 she became a Berlinale Talent and in 2023 a jury member at the first steps awards.

Languages

German | English | Spanish | French

Special Skills

Diving