Halina Dyrschka

Berlin director Halina Dyrschka first studied acting and classical singing before completing her Master of Arts in Film Production. She then founded the production company AMBROSIA FILM. Her first short film as director "9einhalbs Abschied" was shown at over 40 film festivals worldwide and won more than 10 awards, including the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Prize and the German Audio Film Award. Besides writing screenplays, she has spent the last 5 years intensively researching Hilma af Klint. JENSEITS DES SICHTBAREN is her feature film debut and the first film ever about the pioneer of abstraction.

Filmography

Mrs Merian! (AT) feature film, script development
Beyond the Visible - Hilma af Klint documentary, 94 min.
Die Flaschenpost cinema feature film, 90 min., in financing
Déjà Vu short film, 2013, 15 min.
DODO short documentary, 2012, 15 min.
Opera Buffa short film 2012, 4:30 min.
Nineandahalf's Goodbye short film 2010, 14 min.

Awards (selection)

Special Price of the Jury, Deutscher Hörfilmpreis 2013, Germany

Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Preis, Award for BEST SHORT FILM 2011, Germany

2 Golden Elephant‘s, Int. Film Festival Hyderabad, India

Best Short Film, 15th Int. SCHLINGEL Filmfestival Chemnitz 2010, Germany

Best Children’s Short Film, Kurzfilmfestival Bayreuth “kontraste 2011”, Germany

Special Prize of the Jury, ROSHD International Film Festival, Teheran, Iran

Best Short Film, Festival FESTICINEKIDS Cartagena 2010, Columbia