NEWS
2022
- "THEY JUST DON'T LIKE YOU ANYMORE" has been selected by NETFLIX for the Impact Development program. READ MORE
2021
- NADCON (THE BRIDGE, MILLENNIUM TRILOGY, THE KILLING) joins "Echoes" as co-producers.
- Development begins for "The Cancer Researchers" (working title), (Concept and Screenplay), mini-series, UFA Fiction/MDR.
2020
- "On A Global Scale: From the German Province to Scorsese’s New York" portrait published by Columbia University. READ HERE
- "Letzte Spur Berlin: Rückkehr" (Screenplay) has wrapped shooting.
- "Letzte Spur Berlin: Rückkehr" (Screenplay) begins principal photography in Berlin.
2019
- "Echoes" (Writer, Director) receives Script Funding from THE GERMAN FEDERAL MINISTER FOR CULTURE AND MEDIA (BKM). (PRESS RELEASE)
- "Echoes" (Writer, Director) has been selected for the TorinoFilmLab (Alumni Lab) in Torino, Italy.
- "What Comes from Outside" (Writer, Producer, Director) has been selected for the NORD SHORTS CINEMA TOUR 2019, Germany.
- FINALIST: "What Comes from Outside" (Writer, Producer, Director) is a competition finalist at the 8th UTAH FILM FESTIVAL, USA.
- "What Comes from Outside" (Writer, Producer, Director) has been selected for the 20th LANDSHUT SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Germany.
2018
- WINNER: "BEST PRODUCER" for "What Comes from Outside" at the SUNLIGHT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL in Berlin, Germany!
- "What Comes from Outside" (Writer, Producer, Director) has been selected for the 29th ISTANBUL INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Turkey!
- "What Comes from Outside" (Writer, Producer, Director) has been selected for the 33rd INDEPENDENT FILMFEST in Osnabrück, Germany!
- "What Comes from Outside" (Writer, Producer, Director) has been selected for the 2nd BUDDHA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL in Maharashtra, India!
- WINNER:: "What Comes from Outside" wins "Best Suspense/Thriller Short" at the 1st REDLINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Toronto, Canada!
- "What Comes from Outside" (Writer, Producer, Director) has been selected for the 27th DaKINO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Bucharest, Romania!
- "What Comes from Outside" (Writer, Producer, Director) has been selected for the 1st REDLINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Toronto, Canada!
- "What Comes from Outside" (Writer, Producer, Director) has been selected for the 6th SHORT FILM FESTIVAL BBF FICTION in Schobenhausen, Germany!
- Head Writer for "DIE SPEZIALISTEN", 12 episode crime drama TV series produced by UFA Fiction and German broadcaster ZDF.
- "What Comes from Outside" (Writer, Producer & Director) has been nominated for the MAX OPHÜLS AWARD 2018!
2017
- "What Comes from Outside" (Writer, Producer & Director) has been nominated for the MAX OPHÜLS AWARD 2018!
- "What Comes from Outside" (Writer, Producer & Director) received the "PRÄDIKAT BESONDERS WERTVOLL" from Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung!
- "The Art of Not Appearing" (Exec. Producer & Editor) has been selected for the TEL AVIV INTL. STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL, Israel!
- "The Art of Not Appearing" (Exec. Producer & Editor) has been selected for the SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, USA!
- "The Art of Not Appearing" (Exec. Producer & Editor) won BEST STUDENT SHORT at the NASHVILLE INTL. FILM FESTIVAL!
- "The Art of Not Appearing" (Exec. Producer & Editor) won BEST SHORT FILM at the AUSTRIAN AMERICAN FILM FEST in NYC!
- "The Art of Not Appearing" (Exec. Producer & Editor) won BEST NORDIC SHORT FILM at the NORDIC FILM FESTIVAL in New York!
- "The Art of Not Appearing" (Exec. Producer & Editor) won BEST NARRATIVE STUDENT SHORT at AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL, USA!
2016
- WINNER of the WIM WENDERS SCHOLARSHIP 2016! More info HERE.
- FINALIST for the WIM WENDERS SCHOLARSHIP 2016!
- "The Art of Not Appearing" (Exec. Producer & Editor) has been selected for the NORDIC FILM FESTIVAL in New York, USA!
- "The Art of Not Appearing" (Exec. Producer & Editor) has been selected for the AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL in Texas, USA!
- "A Good Man" has been selected for the BROOKLYN FILM FESTIVAL in New York, USA (World Premiere)!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the FRAGMENTS FILMFESTIVAL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS in Graz, Austria!
- Recipient of the "Cast & Cut" Scholarship, 6 months residency and production grant, Hanover, Germany.
- Short film retrospective at the EXPLOSIVE! Festival in Bremen, Germany.
2015
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 1st KARAMA HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL in Gaza!
- Scholarship by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association 2015.
- "Männer zeigen Filme & Frauen ihre Brüste" (Associate Prod.) has been pre-selected for the GERMAN ACADEMY AWARDS!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 14th TIBURON FILM FESTIVAL, USA!
- Story Development Grant by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg for the feature film script "MYSTERIENSPIEL".
2014
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 6th FESTIVAL INT’L DU COURT-METRAGE in Lebanon!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 5th KARAMA HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL in Jordan!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 4th INT’L YOUTH FESTIVAL OF SHORT CINEMA METERS in Russia!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 11th KONSTANZER KURZ.FILM.SPIELE in Konstanz, Germany!
- WINNER: "Silver Trophy" for "God Is the Greatest", Golden Diana International Film Festival, Germany!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the ORLANDO FILM FESTIVAL 2014 in Florida, USA!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 8th KINOFEST INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL FILM FESTIVAL in Romania!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 11th FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES FENACO in Peru!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 28th INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST BRAUNSCHWEIG in Germany!
- "Siham" (producer, co-writer) has been selected for the 22nd Raindance Film Festival 2014 in the UK!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the Calgary International Film Festival in Calgary, Canada!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 19th Portobello Film Festival in London, UK!
- WINNER: "Gold Trophy" for "God Is the Greatest", Festival of Nations, Austria!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the International Film Festival Klopeiner See in Austria!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 4th Autumn Shorts Film Festival in Somerset, USA!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 9th Clipaward Film Festival in Mannheim, Germany!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 8th Film and Art Festival Two Riversides in Poland!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the CineFringe Film Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 9th Sardinia Int'l Film Festival in Italy!
- WINNER: "Siham" (producer, co-writer) won "Best Live Action Student Short" at the 20th Palm Springs Film Festival!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 8th Wendland Short Film Festival in Germany!
- WINNER: "Best Director Award" at the 1st Samyak Short Film & Documentary Festival in Pune, India!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 12th Brescello Film Festival in Italy!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 1st Samyak Short Film & Documentary Festival in Pune, India!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 13th Short Film Festival Dr. Mabuse in Barcelona, Spain!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 5th Leiden International Short Film Experience in Holland!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 11th Human Rights Film Festival in Barcelona, Paris and New York!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 13th Reggio Film Festival in Italy!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 11th Kinoki International College Film Festival in Mexico City!
- "Siham" (producer, co-writer) has been selected for the 20th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival & ShortFest
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 12th International Film Festival Salento Finibus Terrae in Italy!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the Festival of Nations in Austria!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 4th CA' FOSCARI Festival in Venice, Italy!
- "Siham" (producer, co-writer) has been selected for the ORIGINAL NARRATIVE Festival in Dubai, UAE!
- "Siham" (producer, co-writer) has been selected for the LEBANESE FILM FESTIVAL 2014 in Beirut, Lebanon!
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the LEBANESE FILM FESTIVAL 2014, in Beirut, Lebanon!
2013
- Scholarship by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association 2013.
- "God Is the Greatest" has been selected for the 48th HOF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL in Germany!
- "The Amateurs" has been selected for this years BROOKLYN FILM FESTIVAL!