ABOUT ELISA:

Marie Elisa Scheidt is a documentary filmmaker. Her films have been screened and awarded at numerous major film festivals around the world. They frequently traverse the borderland between documentary and fiction and explore human relationships, the sensual and ineffable in the ordinary, weaving powerful stories about the place of individuals in a global society.

Elisa studied documentary film at the University of Television and Film Munich and the School of Image Arts Toronto (Ryerson University).

AWARDS:

 

Desert Rocks Film Festival 2018:

Best Documentary Feature

for OUR WILDEST DREAMS

Desert Rocks Film Festival 2018:

Best Sidebar Film

for OUR WILDEST DREAMS

Impact DOCS Awards 2018:

Best Documentary Feature

for OUR WILDEST DREAMS

New York City Independent Film Festival 2018:

Best Score Award

for OUR WILDEST DREAMS

Rhode Island International Film Festival 2017:

Grand Prize Best Cinematography

for OUR WILDEST DREAMS

Intervideo Awards Mainz 2014:

Best Documentary Award

for LOLY H.

Landshut Short Film Festival 2014:

Best Documentary Award

for SOBOTA

Regensburg Short Film Festival 2014:

FFF Award - Best film by an emerging director

or SOBOTA

Bamberg Short Film Festival 2013:

Best Documentary Award

for THROUGH THE LENS OF INKEDKENNY

International Film + Video Festival 2013:

Best Experimental Short

for HOLY F#&%

Queer-Streifen Short Film Festival Regensburg 2013:

First Prize: Best Queer Short Film

for THROUGH THE LENS OF INKEDKENNY

Lugano Film Festival 2013:

Grand Prix

for THROUGH THE LENS OF INKEDKENNY

Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche 2013:

Honorable Mention

for THROUGH THE LENS OF INKEDKENNY

Konstanz Short Film Festival 2013:

Second Prize

for THROUGH THE LENS OF INKEDKENNY

Ca'Foscari Short Film Festival Venice 2011:

First Prize

for I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU NOT

Alternative Film/Video Festival Belgrade 2010:

First Prize "Important Cinematic Work"

for ON A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

Konstanz Short Film Festival 2009:

Honorable Mention

for ON A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE