FILMOGRAPHY (selection)

ABOVE AND BELOW

2015, 118 mins, documentary, ARRI Alexa, DCP, maximage GmbH Switzerland, Flying Moon Germany,

Festivals: world premiere Rotterdam International Film Festival, Tiger Awards Competition, Film Festival Max-Ophüls Prize, Documentary comp

BATTLE OF THE QUEENS

2011, 72 mins, documentary, Red One & Phantom HD, Producer: Nicolas Steiner, Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. Festivals (selection): world premiere Berlinale Film Festival 2011, Bradford int. Film Festival, Cinequest San Jose, Duisburger Film Week, Locarno International Film Festival, Flahertiana Film Festival, etc.

IT’S ME. HELMUT

2010, 11 mins, short, 16mm, blow-up 35mm, Producer: Nicolas Steiner, Film Academy Baden-Württemberg

Festivals (selection): was screened at over 240 festivals, won 42 prizes, including Best Swiss Short Award (International Swiss Shortfilmdays), Grand Prix Short Shorts Asia Tokyo, Filmförderpreis Ministry for Culture (22nd Filmfest Dresden), Museum of Modern Arts New York

THUNDERBOLT AND WIND DEBAUCH

2009, 34 mins, documentary, S16mm-HDCam, Producer: Nicolas Steiner, Film Academy Baden-Württemberg

Festivals: Filmschau Baden-Württemberg, Solothurn Film Festival

STICKY

2008, 8 mins, short, blow-up 35 mm, Producer: Nicolas Steiner, Film Academy Baden-Württemberg

Festivals (selection): Was screened at over 50 festivals, selection: Locarno International Film Festival, Palm Springs Film Festival, Solothurn Film Festival, Krakow Film Festival, Bamberg Short Film Festival, Manchester European Short Film Festival

Nicolas Steiner was born in 1984 in Switzerland and grew up in a small village in Valais, the Southern Mountain part of Switzerland. During his time at high school he worked as a gravedigger, played drums in various bands and did his military service as an army percussionist. In 2005/06 he attended the European Film College in Denmark before studying Ethnology and Film Studies for a year at the University of Zurich. As of 2007 he learnt a director‘s handicraft at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg. His successful short, “It’s me. Helmut” was shown at over 240 festivals in all five continents and received 42 prizes and honorary mentions, including a nomination for the 2010 German Short Film Prize. “It’s me. Hel- mut” was screened at museum and gallery exhibitions of his photography. In 2010 he received a Fulbright scholarship to San Francisco Art Institute, where he dedicated most of his time to analogue photography and developing board games. He spent 2014 as Valais Canton’s Artist in Residence in Brooklyn, NYC. “Above and Below” is his Film Academy graduation piece and also his feature-length directorial debut.

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SYNOPSIS     CREDITS     CV NICOLAS STEINER     INTERVIEW with NICOLAS STEINER     DIRECTOR‘S NOTE     PRESS KIT     PRESS REVIEWS     POSTER GALLERY    SCREENINGS

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