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BIOGRAPHIE
Paola Calvo is a spanish Director and Cinematographer born in the big city of Caracas (Venezuela). Paola graduated in Audiovisual Communication at the Universidad Complutense Madrid in 2005. Her interests in the image as a powerful way of storytelling, brought her to study photography and film editing. In 2006 she began studying cinematography at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin (dffb). In 2012 she co-directed with Steffen Köhn”A Tale of two Islands”, a two channel video installation which was shown at Berlinale Forum Expanded. In 2014 she won the Best Cinematography Award at the 10th New Berlin Film Award Festival for “The Visitor”, a film by Katarina Schröter. Wanting to represent sexuality in a poetic way and with a personal political stament, she made “Violently Happy” the culmination of her studies at the Film Academy, a 92 Minutes Documentary, theatrically shown in Germany, and financially supported byBerlin Film Fonds. Paola directed, photographed and co-produced the film.
FILMOGRAPHY AS A DIRECTOR (SELECTION)
2018 Online in la Havana // Short // 20 Minutes // Postproduction
2018 Me and Michael // feature length Documentary // Preproduction
2018 Luchadoras // Feature // Preprduction
2018 This one is for you // Music Video // 3 Minutes
2018 Straight Family // Web series (2nd Episode) // 6 Minutes // Funk
2016 Violently Happy // Documentary// 92 Minutes // Tallinn Black Nights PÖFF
2012 A Tale of two islands // 2 Channels Video Installation // 20 Minutes //Berlinale Forum Expanded 2012
2011 Tell me when // 50 Minutes // Middle length Documentary // Crossing Europe Special Mention 2012
FILMOGRAPHY AS A CINEMATOGRAPHER (SELECTION)
2018 Rent an actor // feature length Documentary // Production
2018 Online in la Havana // Short // 20 Minutes // Postproduction
2018 Smile (2nd Unit Camera) // Steffen Köhn // Feature // 80 Minutes // Postproduction
2017 Eine Tasse Caffe // Moritz Frei // Short // 15 Minutes // Wiesbaden Museum
2017 The letting go // Lily Coates // 5 Minutes // Short // Postproduction
2016 Violently Happy // Documentary // 92 Minutes // Tallinn Black Nights PÖFF
2014 The Visitor // Katarina Schröter // DCP // 70 Minuten // Dokumentarfilm // 10. New Berlin Film Award
2012 Gleisdreieck // Regie: Pepa San Martín // DCP // 10 Minuten // Kurzfilm // FICvaldivia International Film Festival 2013
2012 A Tale of two islands // Paola Calvo & Stephen Köhn/ / DCP // 20 Minutes // 2 Channels Video Installation //Berlinale Forum Expanded 2012
2011 Tell me when // Paola Calvo & Stephen Köhn // DCP // 50 Minutes // Middle length Documentary //Crossing Europe Special Mention 2012
2009 Geliebte // Regie: Ingo J. Biermann // 35mm // 5 Minuten // Kurzfilm // Cannes International Film Festival
AWARDS
2018 Winner National Best Cinematography Award at Internationalen FrauenFilmfestival for Violently Happy
2016 Nomimation Michael Ballhaus Award Best Cinematography for Violently Happy
2014 Winner Best Cinematography at New Berlin Film Award for The Visitor
2013 Winner Best Film at FICvaldivia International Film Festival for Gleisdreieck
2010 Winner FBW Prädikat besonders wertvoll for Geliebt