Berlin Fellowship 2017 — Film and Media Arts
Ines Thomsen
1975
born in Pinneberg / Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1997–2004
Cinematography studies at the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen‚ “Konrad Wolf” (Filmuniversität Babelsberg), Potsdam-Babelsberg, diploma
2000–2001
Studied film at the Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya (ESCAC) in Barcelona, DAAD scholarship
since 2015
Member of the Deutsche Filmakademie
Ines Thomsen lives and works as a director, camerawoman and film lecturer in Berlin.
// Fellowships, Grants, Awards (selection)
2016
Democracy is nominated for the Deutscher Filmpreis (documentary movie, directed by David Bernet; camera: Ines Thomsen, et al.)
2015
new berlin film award – Best Documentary for Ein Papagei im Eiscafé (documentary movie, directed by and camera: Ines Thomsen)
Achtung Berlin film festival
2012
“Crossing Borders” research grant – Robert Bosch Stiftung
2010
Fipresci Award for Todos vós sodes capitáns (feature film, directed by Oliver Laxe; camera: Ines Thomsen)
Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, Cannes
Signis Award for Todos vós sodes capitáns
Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata, Argentina, etc.
2007
Best Documentary for Mañana al Mar (documentary movie, directed by and camera: Ines Thomsen)
International competition, It’s All True, International Documentary Film Festival, São Paulo, Brazil
2006
Max-Ophüls-Preis (documentary film award) for Mañana al Mar
Prix Europa, Best Documentary for Mañana al Mar, et al.
2001
sportfrei is nominated for the Deutscher Kamerapreis (short film, documentary, directed by Anna Klamroth; co-director and camera: Ines Thomsen)
2000
1st Prize in the German competition for sportfrei
International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen
// List of Works, Filmography
Directing
2014
Ein Papagei im Eiscafé, documentary movie, 80 min / 52 min, directed by and camera: Ines Thomsen
2006
Mañana al Mar, documentary movie, 83 min / 55 min directed by and camera: Ines Thomsen
2004
Cantando la Vida’, documentary, 15 min directed by Ines Thomsen and Marcus Göppner; camera: Ines Thomsen
Spielgefährten, documentary, 7 min directed by Ines Thomsen; camera: Ines Thomsen and Lars Lenski
2000
sportfrei, documentary, 13 min directed by Anna Klamroth, co-director and camera: Ines Thomsen
Camera (selection)
2017
Sandmädchen, documentary movie, 80 min, directed by Mark Michel
2015
Democracy – Im Rausch der Daten, documentary movie, 100 min, directed by David Bernet; camera: Marcus Winterbauer, Dieter Stürmer, François Roland, Ines Thomsen
2012
Mala Hanoi, documentary, 80 min, directed by Martina Sakova
2011
Die Pfandleiher, documentary, 80 min, directed by Stanislaw Mucha
2010
Todos vós sodes capitáns, feature film, 80 min, directed by Oliver Laxe
2009
Elf Onkel, feature film, 100 min, directed by Herbert Fritsch; camera: Jan Zabeil and Ines Thomsen