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).
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 for 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