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
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
Best Documentary Award
for LOLY H.
Best Documentary Award
for SOBOTA
FFF Award - Best film by an emerging director
or SOBOTA
Best Documentary Award
for THROUGH THE LENS OF INKEDKENNY
Best Experimental Short
for HOLY F#&%
First Prize: Best Queer Short Film
for THROUGH THE LENS OF INKEDKENNY
Grand Prix
for THROUGH THE LENS OF INKEDKENNY
Honorable Mention
for THROUGH THE LENS OF INKEDKENNY
Second Prize
for THROUGH THE LENS OF INKEDKENNY
First Prize
for I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU NOT
First Prize "Important Cinematic Work"
for ON A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE
Honorable Mention
for ON A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE