Antonia Kilian

Antonia Kilian is a director, cinematographer and producer based between Kassel and Berlin. She studied Visual Communication and Art and Media at the Berlin University of the Arts, and Cinematography at the Film University Potsdam Babelsberg and at the ISA in Havana, Cuba.

She works as a DOP for feature and documentary films. For her directorial debut THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER about Hala’s struggle for self-determination, she filmed for more then a year in the Kurdish areas called “Rojava” in northeast Syria.

She developed THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER within ExOriente, IDFA Summerschool and Baltic Sea Forum. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER won among 18 Awards at international filmfestivals the German Film Academy Award LOLA for Best Documentary and the Grimme Award and was in the selection for the European Film Academy Award 2021.

With her new production EXILE NEVER ENDS she particpiates in EURODOC 2022. EXILE NEVER ENDS is funded by Hessenfilm in Co-Production with ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel. Her production company Pink Shadow Films is based in Kassel/Germany and received the Talent Package Funding for newcomers from Hessenfilm for the development of three new projects.

AWARDS

German Film Academy Award LOLA 2022
Grimme Award 2023
German Documentary Award Newcomer Price
Hessischer Filmprice 2021
Shortlist – European Film Award 2021
Dokfest Munich – VFF Production Award
Fünf Seen Filmfest – Best Documentary
Achtung Berlin – Best Cinematography
DocsMX Mexico – Best Film Award
Biberacher Filmfest – Best Documentary Award
Kinenova Macedonia Int. Film Festival – Grand Prix
Kasseler Documentary Filmfest – Special Mention Golden Herkules
Duhok International Filmfestival – Best International Documentary Award
Panorama Coisa de Cinema Brasil – Best International Documentary Award
International Filmfestival Bangladesh – Best International Documentary
International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund Cologne – Special Mention Best Cinematography
International London Kurdish Filmfestival – Best International Documentary
Kurdish Filmfestival Hamburg – Best Documentary
Filmdays Global Perspectives Frankfurt – Global Perspectives Film Award
Scholarships: Germany scholarship, DAAD, Gucci Tribeca
Workshops: ExOriente, IDFA summerschool, Baltic Sea Forum, IDFA Project Space, EURODOC
Experience shooting abroad: Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Georgia, Iraq, Syria, Cuba, Ghana
Member of: AG Dok, Pro Quote Film, Documentary Association Europe (DAE), European´s Women Audiovisual Network (EWA women)

Experience

Scholarships Germany scholarship, DAAD, Gucci Tribeca
Workshops ExOriente, IDFA summerschool, Baltic Sea Forum, IDFA Project Space, EURODOC
Experience shooting abroad: Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Georgia, Iraq, Syria, Cuba, Ghana
Member of AG Dok, Pro Quote Film, Documentary Association Europe (DAE), European´s Women Audiovisual Network (EWA women)