Christian PETZOLD

Christian Petzold, who had worked as an assistant director for Harun Farocki, is currently one of the leading filmmakers of Germany. His major works include his debut feature The State I Am In (2001), Something to Remind Me (2002), Ghosts (2005), and Barbara (2012), which won him the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival. Until now, he has produced films that look at modern German history through the characters, such as Phoenix (2014) and Transit (2017). He received numerous awards from international film festivals, including Berlin, San Sebastian, and Hong Kong, and his latest film Undine (2020) received the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival.