Antonia Pepita Giesler works as a Director of Photography in fictional, documentary and experimental film. She studied at Filmuniversity Babelsberg Konrad Wolf (Bachelor and Masters). For her work in SCHWARMTIERE she was nominated for the Michael Ballhaus Award by FIRST STEPS. Her Documentary BENEDIKT received the Arte Documentary Award. Her work has been showcased at many international festivals and among others nominated for the German Short Film Award. Antonia was part of the jury for the Friedensfilmpreis at the 73rd Berlinale and has taught Cinematography at the Filmarche Berlin.

< Creating an individual aesthetic for a film starts with the script and developing a visual language. My images build different relations to each character and serve the narrative of the story. I focus on concentrated and direct imagery, that advances the story without getting lost in vanity or decor but still gives it feeling and raises the illustration to the next level. Looking for new perspectives, fighting stereotypes, telling underrepresented stories and creating new angles is key for my work. >

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS (Selection)

Madrid Indie Film Festival 2023 I Pissen Aufs Patriarchat
Small Axe Film Festival 2023 I Pissen Aufs Patriarchat
GRRL Haus Cinema 2023 I Pissen Aufs Patriarchat
Toronto Feedback Female Film Festival 2023 I Pissen Aufs Patriarchat
Detmold 2023 I Pissen Aufs Patriarchat
SHOW ME SHORTS 2023 I Pissen Aufs Patriarchat
Filmfest Weiterstadt 2023 I Pissen Aufs Patriarchat
Lakeside Fest 2023 I Pissen Aufs Patriarchat
Landshuter Kurzfilmtage 2023 I Pissen Aufs Patriarchat
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2023 I Schwarmtiere
ARTE Dokumentarfilmpreis 2022 I Benedikt – winner
FIRST STEPS AWARD 2022 – Michael-Ballhaus-Preis I Schwarmtiere – nominated
FIRST STEPS AWARD 2022 – Mittellanger Spielfilm I Schwarmtiere – nominated
Yugo BAFTA Student Awards 2022 I Fluffy Tales – shortlisted
AFI Fest 2022 I Schwarmtiere
Internationale Hofer Filmtage 2022 I Schwarmtiere
Duisburger Filmwoche 2022 I Benedikt
Kurzfilmfestival Köln 2022 I Schwarmtiere
Monstrale International Short Film Festival Halle 2022 I Fluffy Tales
Palm Springs International ShortFest 2022 I Schwarmtiere
Krakow Film Festival 2022 I Schwarmtiere – special jury mention
SHORTS Offenburg 2022 I Fluffy Tales – special prize of the jury – winner
BAFICI Buenos Aires 2022 I Fluffy Tales
FiSH Rostock 2022 I Fluffy Tales
Filmfest Bremen 2022 I Fluffy Tales
Achtung Berlin Filmfest 2022 I Fluffy Tales
Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival 2022 I Fluffy Tales
Sehsüchte International Student Filmfest 2022 I Fluffy Tales
Next Generation Short Tiger 2022 I Fluffy Tales
Internationales Frauenfilmfest Dortmund Köln 2022 I Benedikt
Filmfest Dresden 2022 I Fluffy Tales – audience award – winner
Festival Max Ophüls Preis 2022 Competition short I Fluffy Tales
German Short Film Award 2021 I Fluffy Tales – nominated
Berlin Lesbian Non-binary Filmfest 2021 I Krise ist Immer
QueerScope-Debütfilmpreis für deutschsprachigen Film 2021 I Krise ist immer – nominated
Achtung Berlin 2021 Competition medium lenght I Krise ist Immer
Internationale Hofer Filmtage 2020 I Krise ist Immer
Förderpreis neues deutsches Kino 2020 I Krise ist Immer – nominated
Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2020 I Saison du Cygne

Foto: Janick Entremont