Antonia kilian

Antonia Kilian is a director, cinematographer and producer based between Kassel and Berlin. She studied Visual Communication and Art and Media at the Berlin University of the Arts, and Cinematography at the Film University Potsdam Babelsberg and at the ISA in Havana, Cuba. She works as a DOP for feature and documentary films. For her directorial debut THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER about Hala’s struggle for self-determination, she filmed for more then a year in the Kurdish areas called “Rojava” in northeast Syria. She developed THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER within ExOriente, IDFA Summerschool and Baltic Sea Forum. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER won among 18 Awards at international filmfestivals the German Film Academy Award LOLA for Best Documentary and the Grimme Award and was in the selection for the European Film Academy Award 2021. With her new production EXILE NEVER ENDS she particpiates in EURODOC 2022. EXILE NEVER ENDS is funded by Hessenfilm in Co-Production with ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel. Her production company Pink Shadow Films is based in Kassel/Germany and received the Talent Package Funding for newcomers from Hessenfilm for the development of three new projects. More infos coming soon!

www.pinkshadowfilms.com

www.theothersideoftheriver.com

Awards:

German Film Academy Award LOLA 2022

Grimme Award 2023

German Documentary Award Newcomer Price

Hessischer Filmprice 2021

Shortlist - European Film Award 2021

Dokfest Munich - VFF Production Award

Fünf Seen Filmfest - Best Documentary

Achtung Berlin - Best Cinematography

DocsMX Mexico - Best Film Award