selected works
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Flight of the Cranes
experimental documentary
director, cinematographer
research funded by State Chamber of Thuringia
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Chichinette – The Accidental Spy
Germany/France 2019. documentary with animation. 85 min.
director, co-cinematographer, post production supervisor
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production: Amos Geva; funded by FFA/CNC (Mini Traité), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg/rbb Gemany, Claims Conference USA
Shortlistet for German Film Award 2021
Rating “Particularly valuable” [Prädikate Besonders wertvoll] from the German Film and Media Assessment ( FBW )
Film Festivals: Award at Haifa International Film Festival; Official Selection: Hof International Film Festival, DOK.fest Kassel, Miami Jewish Film Festival, Toronto JFF, Moscow JFF
world sales: UDI; North America: Kino Lorbeer, France: UDI France, Germany: missing Films
Bauhaus Remains
Germany/Israel. seuqual documentary. 80 min.
project artistic advisor, creative producer
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in colaboration with filmmaker & lecturer Ran Tal, Tel Aviv University
directors: Ofir Feldman, Maya Klar, Kate Ledina, Fiona Mortimer
funded by The German-Israeli Future Forum
Official selection: Triennale of Modernism /100 years of Bauhaus, London Architecture Film Festival, Tel Aviv Student Film Festival
Im Schatten des Apfelbaums / In the Shade of the Appletree
Germany 2017. documentary. 62 min.
cinematographer
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director: Claudia Euen
Winner at Formosa International Filmmaker Awards, Taiwan. Nomiation for Best Documentary Feature: Cutting Edge International Film Festival. Official selection: Phnom Penh International Film Festival Cambodia, Vancouver Women’s Film Festival Canada
Death & the Maiden
Germany/Israel 2014. experimental documentary. 30 min.
cinematographer
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director: Yael Lotem
Winner at DocAviv Film Festival Israel, AmDocs Palm Springs, San Diego Jewish Film Festival, Louisville Festival of Films, Official selection: Jerusalem Film Festival, Festival dei Popoli Florence, DOK NYC, Dok.fest München, IFF Roumania, …
Europium
Germany 2014. experimental film.
cinematographer
director: Lisa Rave
transmediale/festival Berlin, Videokunst Förderpreis Bremen #21 at Künstlerhaus Bremen, expositions: Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Schloss Ringenberg
Babuschka, wo sind die Gäste? / Babushka, where are the Guests?
Germany 2014. documentary. 15 min. shot on s16mm Arriflex
director, cinematographer, editor
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Awarded at Grenzlandfilmtage Selb 2015
Eismädchen / Girls on Ice
Germany 2011. documentary. 75 min.
cinematographer
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director: Katharina Knust
TV distribution Germany 2011
Wildes Deutschland – Der Thüringer Wald / Germany Wild – The Thuringian Forest
Germany 2011-12. natur documentary. 90 min.
additional cinematographer
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production: Capricornum Film, arte tv, NRD Northern German Broadcasting, ARD German Broadcasting
Boogie Woogie Bernhard
Germany 2010, documentary, 18 min.
co-director, cinematographer & light, co-editor
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director: Katinka Narjes
Shaolin in Berlin
Germany 2010. documentary. 15 min.
cinematographer
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director: Wen Yuxiang, Stefanie Meyer. production: Bauhaus Film Institut.
Helgoland – Insel im Sturm / Island in the Storm
Germany 2010. documentary. 45 min.
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additional cinematographer
director: Robert Morgenstern. production: Little Kong Film, NDR Northern German Broadcasting
Winner at Jackson Hole Wildlife Filmfestival 2011
Manager der Straße
Germany 2009. reportage. 20 min.
cinematographer
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director: Anja Reiß. production: Filmakademie Ludwigsburg
German Economic Film Award 2009
Heart of Fire – Making Of
Germany/Kenia 2008. documentary. 45 min.
cinematographer
director: Carla Guttmann. production: TV60 filmproduction, Bayrischer Rundfunk tv
Nominated for cinematography award at IFFF Dortmund/Cologne
TV distribution in Germany and Austria 2009-2011
Shalom Salam
Germany/Israel/Palestine 2006. documentray. 52 min.
co-director, cinematographer, editor
directors: Beratrice Möller, Nicola Hens. production: Luise Film
Winner at dokumentART European Film Festival 2006
Omulaule heißt Schwarz / Omulaule means Black
Germany/Austria/Namibia 2003. documentary. 66 min. DVcam/blow up to 35mm copy.
co-director, cinematographer, editor, post production supervisor
directors: Bea Möller, Susanne Radelhof, Nicola Hens. production: hens/möller/radelhof
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Award of the Federal Center for Political Education Thuringia 2003 | Winner at Black Cinema Film Festival Berlin 2004 | Award of Youth Culture of the City of Eisenach 2004
DOK Leipzig 2003, Videofest Kassel 2003, DOK Munich 2004, Cologne Conference 2004, Wild International Film Festival Windhoek, Namibia 2004
German cinema premiere in September 2004 in Leipzig. Part of the program “Cinema for Schools” 2004-2006. TV distribution in Germany and Austria 2005-2007.
Trouver Chaussures …
France 2004, documentary, 7 min.
director, cinematographer, editor
production: École des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse
Videoreporting Award Weimar 2004, Cinefil Fetival Blois, France, 2015
nicola alice hens 