FILMDIRECTOR

Currently Franziska Stünkel is working as director and screenwriter on the feature film “Nahschuss”. Starring as the main characters are the acclaimed German actors Lars Eidinger, Devid Striesow and Luise Heyer. The film is inspired by the last execution of the GDR. The film will be released in cinemas in 2021. Franziska Stünkel’s films have screened in 19 countries and at over 100 international film festivals, where they received numerous awards. Her film “Wünsch Dir Was / Make a wish” was shown in Cannes as part of the “Next Generation 2001” series. “Vineta“ is Franziska Stünkel’s first full-length movie and features an impressive cast, including Peter Lohmeyer, Ulrich Matthes, Justus von Dohnanyi, Matthias Brandt and Susanne Wolff. “Vineta“ premiered at the Munich Film Festival and was later invited to numerous international film festivals, including Shanghai, Calcutta and New York. Franziska Stünkel was awarded the “Otto-Sprenger-award” for her work as director of the film. Her screenplay was nominated for several prestigious awards, including “Förderpreis Deutscher Film“ for best German film and the “Prix Genève Europe” for best European screenplay. In Germany “Vineta“ was released theatrically as well as on DVD in 2008. In 2009 the film aired on ARD, one of the main German public broadcasters. Furthermore Franziska Stünkel directed the 15-hour documentary “Der Tag der Norddeutschen,” a film about one day in the lives of 121 Germans from the northern part of Germany. 750 hours of footage were gathered on a single day and edited, under her direction, into a 15-hour documentary. Franziska Stünkel worked with a team of 400 members. “Der Tag der Norddeutschen“ aired as a special massive televison event in its entirety on the NDR (German public broadcasters). Edel-Motion released the film as a DVD box. The work of Franziska Stünkel is also characterized by her passion for music. She made a concert film and music videos, e.g. for the bands “Fury In The Slaughterhouse” and “Selig”. 

MEMBER OF JURYS & BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Hannah-Arendt-Days, member bord of trustees  (since 2008)
TUI Stiftung, member bord of trustees (since 2014)
Spreewald-Literature-Scolarship, curator  (since 2008)
Spreewald-Literature-Scolarship, chair awarding committee (since 2008)
Art commission of State Representative of Lower Saxony to the Federal Government in Berlin, member (2014-2018)
Kunstverein Hannover, member advisory council (2015-2018)
Cast & Cut film scholarship, member awarding committee (since 2004)
Niedersachsen packt an, Integrationspreis, member of jury (2020)
Kulturkometen, member awarding committee (since 2013)
Award Social Youth Projects TUI Foundation, member jury (since 2012)
Filmfestival Nordische Filmtage, member awarding committee (2010)
Juliane Bartel Women Media Award, member awarding committee (2009)

honorary position

Supporter Niedersachsen packt an – Alliance for the Integration of Refugees (since 2015)
Ambassador of North German bone marrow donation registry NKR (since 2010)
Ambassador of the Lower Saxony Foundation for families in need (2010-2014)
Ambassador of the Volunteer Center Hannover  (since 2011)
Profugos Initiative for refugees, member of (2016-2017)

ASSOCIATIONS

Member of the BVR Federation of German Directors
Member of Pro Quote Film
Member of the film and media office Lower Saxony
Member of the Kre (h) tiv Network