Laurentia Genske, *1989
Works and lives in Cologne, Germany. 

FILMOGRAPHY

2026 END OF THE WALL

2023 CUANDO LLEGUE LA NEBLINA

2021 ZUHUR’S DAUGHTERS, Co-Director Robin Humboldt

2017 EL MANGUITO

2015 AFUERA

2014 AM KÖLNBERG, Co-Director Robin Humboldt

AWARDS

2026 Member of the German Film Academy
2024 Audience Award, Grenzland Filmtage Selb
2024 FBW rating “Highly Recommended”
2024 Junges Kolleg, NRW Academy of Sciences and Arts
2023 Nomination for the CIVIS Media Prize
2022 Best International Feature Film, Amor Film Festival Chile
2022 Preselection for the German Film Award
2022 Nomination for the German Documentary Film Award
2021 VIKTOR Award, DOK.fest Munich, German Competition
2019 Best Short Documentary, Santiago Indie Film Awards
2019 Photography Residency, Goethe-Institute Tijuana
2018 FBW rating “Highly Recommended”
2017 Editing Award, Honorable Mention, Edimotion
2017 3sat Award, Int. Short Film Festival Oberhausen
2017 Meduc Award
2016 dpa News Talent, Residency in Mexico City
2016 Promotional Award from the State of NRW
2016 Best Documentary, RDOC
2016 Preselection for the German Film Award
2015 WIFTS Diversity Award
2015 Editing Award, Edimotion
2015 Nomination, First Steps Award
2015 FBW rating “Highly Recommended”
2015 Promotional Award, German Documentary Film Award
2015 Nonfiktionale Award, City of Bad Aibling
2014 Honorable Mention, DOK Leipzig
2012 Promotional Award, international stay at EICTV Cuba