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 as a documentary filmmaker is based on long-term research and observation and focuses on character-driven narratives.
Filmography
2013 MY FREEDOM, YOUR FREEDOM
funded by ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel, Film und Medienstiftung NRW and DFFF / TAGTRAUM Köln
(Treatment Prize of BR and Telepool GmbH, RIDM international competition, HOT DOCS, Vancouver International Film Festival, Berlinale LOLA Longlist, DOK.fest Munich nomninated for best doc in german competition, Millenium Documentary Film Festival Bruxelles audience award, Addis Ababa International Film Festival international competition, Istanbul International Documentary Film Festival, Gaziantep International Film Festival Nar Award, Glasgow Documentary Film Festival, Neisse Film Festival international competition etc.
2017 THE GHOSTS THAT SUMMONED ME
funded by FFA, BKM, Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film / INDIFILM Berlin
(Documentary Treatment Prize Bremen, Treatment Prize 25p cine, Max Ophüls Prize doc competition, MARFICI Mar del Plata international doc competition, Hamburg Documentary Film Week, Neisse Film Festival german panorama etc.)
2026 AYDINLAR – WHERE THE WORLD ENDS
funded by FFA, The Guardian an Goethe Institute Tashkent / BOISTER FILM Berlin
2027 THE FISH KNOWS EVERYTHING
Gerd Ruge Research and Treatment Fellowship Film- und Medienstiftung NRW), “Haus am See” -Treatment Prize by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg / Lupa Film and Antonius Foundation), Turkish-German Co-Production Fund Goethe-Institut Istanbul,
Others
Berlinale Talents, artist residency at Kulturakademie Tarabya by German Federal Government and Goethe-Institute Itsanbul, artist residency City of Szczecin, New York Film Festival (Music Video Competition), Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival (Music Video Competition), Venice AI Film Festival (Music Video), AmDocs (Best Music Video), Beijing AI Artist Film Festival (Best 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.