Laurentia Genske, *1989 

Works and lives in Cologne, DE 

FILMOGRAPHY

2023 Cuando llegue la neblina, Documentary, Broadcast on ZDF/3sat, 23’
2021 Zuhurs Töchter, Co-Director Robin Humboldt, Co-Production 3sat/ZDF, 90’
2017 El Manguito, Documentary, Broadcast on WDR & 3sat, 199
2015 Afuera, Documentary, 64’
2014 Am Kölnberg, Co-Director Robin Humboldt, Documentary, Broadcast on SWR, 88’

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

2024 FBW rating "Highly Recommended" for Cuando llegue la neblina
2024 Grenzland Filmtage Selb, Audience Award for Cuando llegue la neblina
2024 Artistic Member of Junges Kolleg, North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts
2024 Work grant from Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf for At the Edge of the Desert Sea
2024 MKW International Scholarship of the State of NRW for At the Edge of the Desert Sea
2024 Filmlab Düsseldorf, project funding for At the Edge of the Desert Sea
2024 Kunststiftung NRW, project funding for At the Edge of the Desert Sea
2023 Nomination for the CIVIS Media Prize for Zuhur’s Daughters
2022 Best International Feature Film, Amor Film Festival Chile for Zuhur’s Daughters
2022 Preselection for the German Film Award for Zuhur’s Daughters
2022 Nomination for the German Documentary Film Award for Zuhur’s Daughters
2022 Initial 2 grant, Academy of Arts and Neustart Kultur for Cuando llegue la neblina
2021 DOK.fest Munich / VIKTOR DOK.deutsch for Zuhur’s Daughters
2020 Research grant in Fine Arts, City of Cologne, for Once We Loved Stories About the Future
2019 Santiago Indie Film Awards, Best Short Documentary for El Manguito
2019 Photography Residency, Goethe-Institut in Tijuana, Mexico
2019 Berlinale Talents
2019 DokArt, project development grant for Once We Loved Stories About the Future
2019 Grenzgänger Europa, research grant from the Robert Bosch Stiftung
2018 FBW rating "Highly Recommended" for El Manguito
2017 Editing Award, Honorable Mention, Filmplus for El Manguito
2017 3sat Promotional Award, IKF Oberhausen for El Manguito
2017 Meduc Award for Am Kölnberg
2016 dpa news talent, Residency in Mexico City
2016 Promotional Award from the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
2016 Best Documentary, RDOC for Afuera
2016 Preselection for the German Film Award for Am Kölnberg
2015 TheWIFTS Diversity Award for Afuera
2015 Bild-Kunst Editing Award for Am Kölnberg
2015 First Steps Award, nomination for Am Kölnberg
2015 FBW rating "Highly Recommended" for Am Kölnberg
2015 Promotional Award, Dokville for Am Kölnberg
2015 Nonfiktionale Award for Am Kölnberg
2014 Honorable Mention, Dok Leipzig for Am Kölnberg
2012 Promotional Award from the Friends of the KHM, international stay at EICTV Cuba