Diana Naecke is a Berlin-based filmmaker, journalist, and visual artist. She studied Journalism and Theatre Studies at the University of Leipzig and works across film, radio, and theatre.
Her work is based on long-term research and observation and focuses on character-driven narratives.
Grants and Fellowships
Screenplay development funding (FFA), production funding from the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, production funding from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), production funding from the Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film, distribution funding (DFFF), ZDF – Das Kleine Fernsehspiel, video art grant from the City of Szczecin, Berlinale Talents, Bremen Documentary Film Funding Award (treatment), Treatment Award from Bayerischer Rundfunk and Telepool GmbH, Treatment Award 25p cine – documentary film fellowship, artist residency at the Tarabya Cultural Academy in Istanbul (German Federal Government and Goethe-Institut), Gerd Ruge Research and Treatment Fellowship (Film- und Medienstiftung NRW), Capital Cultural Fund (Hauptstadtkulturfonds), Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe (cross-disciplinary funding), “Haus am See” fellowship (Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Lupa Film, Antonius Foundation), Turkish-German Co-Production Fund of the Goethe-Institut.
Film Festivals and Awards
Berlinale (LOLA, pre-selection for the German Film Award), Max Ophüls Prize (Documentary Competition), Hot Docs (International Competition), RIDM – Montreal International Documentary Festival (International Competition), Brussels International Documentary Film Festival (International Competition, Audience Award), Mexico International Film Festival (International Competition, Bronze Palm Award), Vancouver International Film Festival (International Competition, Best Documentary), DOK.fest Munich (German Competition, nomination for Best Documentary), Addis Ababa International Film Festival (International Competition), Istanbul International Documentary Film Festival, Gaziantep International Film Festival (Narsanat Award), MARFICI Mar del Plata (International Documentary Competition), Glasgow Documentary Film Festival, Hamburg Documentary Film Week, Neisse Film Festival (International Competition and German Panorama), New York Film Festival (Music Video Competition), Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival (Music Video Competition), Venice AI Film Festival (Music Video), AmDocs (Music Video), Beijing AI Artist Film Festival (Music Video), Center for Contemporary Arts Amsterdam (as part of the curated series PARADOX IN ME), Radio Play of the Month (Academy of Performing Arts), etc.