Christian Petzold

He studied German and Drama at Freie Universität Berlin and then, from 1988 to 1994, Film at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). After his first feature films (Pilots, 1995; Cuba Libre, 1996; and The Sex Thief, 1998), he won the German Film Award for best film with The State I Am In (2000). His films, distinguished with important awards at numerous international festivals, usually have their world premiere at the Berlin Festival, where he won Panorama’s Fipresci award for Wolfsbur (2003), the Silver Bear for best actress for Nina Hoss in Yella (2007), the Silver Bear for best director for Barbara (2012), the Fipresci for Undine (2020) and the Grand Jury Prize for Afire (2023). Additionally, he competed at the Venice Film Festival with Jerichow (2008) and won the Fipresci in San Sebastián with Phoenix (2014).

Seminci - Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid