FLORIAN HEINZEN-ZIOB

Born 1984 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Florian Heinzen-Ziob is a freelance director and producer and co-founder of Fontäne Film production. He studied media arts and film directing at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. As an author, director and producer he realized the three Cinema documentaries ORIGINAL COPY, GERMAN CLASS and DANCING PINA. His films have been shown at over a hundred film festivals worldwide, including Rotterdam Film Festival, Hot Docs Toronto, Sheffield DocFest, Vancouver International Film Festival and DOK.fest Munich, have received several awards and celebrated successful theatrical releases. He lives and works in Cologne, Germany.

FILMOGRAPHY

DANCING PINA / Documentary / 111 min. / Writer, Director, Editor, Production / 2022
DANCING AT DUSK / Dance film / 38 min. / Writer, Director, Editor, Production / 2020
KLASSE DEUTSCH / Documentary / 88 min. / Writer, Director, Editor, Production / 2018
ZU IHRER EIGENEN SICHERHEIT / shortfilm / 15 min. / Writer, Director, Editor, Production / 2016
ORIGINAL COPY / Documentary / 95 min. / Writer, Director, Editor, Production / 2015
TOMO / shortfilm / 23 min. / Writer, Director, Editor / 2013
WACHSTUM / shortfilm / 23. min. / Writer, Director, Editor / 2011
KONSERWACJA / Kurzfilm / 12 min. / Writer, Director, Editor / 2008

AWARDS
2023 – Vorauswahl deutscher Filmpreis „Dancing Pina“
2022 – „Audience Award“ Free Zone Human Rights FF Belgrad, Serbien
2022 – „Prädikat besonders wertvoll“ der Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden, DE
2020 – Vorauswahl deutscher Filmpreis „Klasse Deutsch“
2018 – Hauptpreis LÜDIA, 29. Kinofest Lünen, DE
2018 – Schülerfilmpreis 16+, 29. Kinofest Lünen, DE
2017 – „Best Feature Film“, 20. International Film Festival Zoom-Zblizenia, Polen
2017 – „Second award for the best int.l short film“, 8th Artfools Video Filmfestival, Griechenland
2017 – „Best Mini Fiction Film“, Best Fiction Film Festival, USA
2017 – „Special Mention from the official jury“, Skepto International Film Festival, Italien
2016 – „Best Documentary Film“, Fantastic Fest, USA
2016 – „Best Documentary Director“, Fantastic Fest USA
2016 – „Special Jury Prize“, Tangier Film Festival, Marokko
2016 – „Director‘s Award“ North Carolina Film Award, USA
2013 – „Prädikat wertvoll“ der Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden, DE
2012 – „Frontier Prize“, Kyoto International Film Festival, Japan
2012 – „International Scientific Film Award“, Ungarn
2012 – „Rotary Club Award“, Ungarn
2006 – „Jury Preis“, Düsseldorfer Filmfestival, Deutschland

FESTIVALS (selection)
Rotterdam International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival
Hot Docs International Documentary Festival
Sheffiel Doc/Fest
CPHDOX
FIPADOC
Docaviv
Docs Against Gravity
Max-Ophüls-Preis
Tampere Film Festival
DokFest München