Stina Werenfels

Director, Screenwriter, Casting, Producer

Born in 1964 in Basel, Switzerland. 1984-87 Studies Pharmacology at the ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich). 1991 Studies film at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. 1999 Swiss Film Award, Best Short Film for “Pastry, Pain and Politics”. 2007 Swiss Film Award, Special Jury Prize for "Going Private" (Nachbeben), which celebrated its premiere in the section Berlinale Panorama in 2006. Stina Werenfels lives and works in Zurich.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2015
Dora oder Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern by Stina Werenfels
2006
Nachbeben by Stina Werenfels
2003
Meier Marilyn by Stina Werenfels
1999
ID Swiss by Fulvio Bernasconi, Christian Davi, Nadia Fares, Wageh George, Kamal Musale, Thomas Thümena, Stina Werenfels
1998
Pastry, Pain & Politics by Stina Werenfels
1994
Fragments From The Lower East Side by Stina Werenfels

Screenwriter

2015
Dora oder Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern by Stina Werenfels
2006
Nachbeben by Stina Werenfels
1999
ID Swiss by Fulvio Bernasconi, Christian Davi, Nadia Fares, Wageh George, Kamal Musale, Thomas Thümena, Stina Werenfels
1998
Pastry, Pain & Politics by Stina Werenfels

Producer

2015
Dora oder Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern by Stina Werenfels

Casting

2006
Nachbeben by Stina Werenfels

Awards

(a selection)

2015
Genève, Swiss Film Award 2015, Swiss Film Award, Best Screenplay (Nomination) in Dora oder Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern
Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, NDR-Regiepreis (Winner) in Nachbeben
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