Laura Coppens

Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Editor, Cinematographer

Born in 1980 in Berlin, Germany. 2008 Master in Social Anthropology from Freie Universität Berlin. 2014 Doctorate from the University of Zurich. Since 2014 research associate in Media Anthropology at the University of Bern. Her Ph.D. film CHILDREN OF SRIKANDI (2012) premiered at the Berlinale and has been screened at numerous international film festivals. TASTE OF HOPE (2019) was her debut documentary as sole director. It premiered at Visions du Réel in Nyon and won the Prix ZONTA and the SSA/SUISSIMAGE Jury Award for most innovative Swiss feature film. She also works as a producer at Srikandi Productions.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2025
Sedimente by Laura Coppens
2019
Taste of Hope by Laura Coppens

Screenwriter

2025
Sedimente by Laura Coppens
2019
Taste of Hope by Laura Coppens

Cinematographer

2025
Sedimente by Laura Coppens
2019
Taste of Hope by Laura Coppens

Editor

2025
Sedimente by Laura Coppens
2019
Taste of Hope by Laura Coppens

Producer

2025
Forget it all! by Irina Hrinoschi
2025
Sedimente by Laura Coppens
2024
Karun – The Longest River of Iran by Sahand Sarhaddi
2023
Zamani by Zara Zandieh
2019
Taste of Hope by Laura Coppens
2012
Children of Srikandi
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