AWARDS
Int' Film Festival Barcelona
Best Spanish Short for Matcha Latte, Shamila Lengsfeld
Hollywood Boulevard Film Festival
Best Women Filmmaker for Echo, Shamila Lengsfeld
Hollywood North Film Awards
Best International Shortfilm for Echo, Director Shamila Lengsfeld
Munich Film Awards
Winner Best Director, Shamila Lengsfeld Echo
New York Film Award
Best Drama for Echo / Director Shamila Lengsfeld
Berlin Underground Film Festival
Best Webseries Pilot for Karen and Sally / Director Shamila Lengsfeld
Oniros Film Awards
Winner Best Director, Shamila Lengsfeld Echo
Webfest Berlin
Best Writer - What's Next for TNOFHT / Director Shamila Lengsfeld
German Newcomer Film Award
German Newcomer Film Award for BLAKE / Director Shamila Lengsfeld
Shamila Lengsfeld is an Iranian-German filmmaker. Born at Lake of Constance, Germany, she studied film at SAE Institute Cologne, Germany, successfully graduating with a Bachelor of Digital Filmmaking in 2016, then attended the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles for an advanced directing degree. Her work has won international awards. Her sci-fi film, BLAKE, won the German Newcomer Film Award 2018. Furthermore, her films often address sociopolitical issues, but questions of identity and belonging are also central to her work. Regularly told from the perspective of queer and female characters and wrapped in the genres of sci-fi, action, and crime. Currently, she is located in Berlin and Prague.