International Competition

A London-based, German filmmaker, working in both documentary and fiction, Eva Weber has found acclaim with films like the 27-minute documentary The Solitary Life of Cranes (“one of the most absorbing documentaries of the year” – The Observer), the mid-length film Black Out (“An eye-opening doc ... moves seamlessly between the straightforward and the poetic” – The Hollywood Reporter), and the fiction short Field Study (nominated for the European Film Awards). Eva is the recipient of a Sundance Institute Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award; and a Fellow of the Sundance Screenwriters Labs, Directors Lab, Composers and Sound Design Lab, and Creative Producing Summit. Eva’s other films include: The Intimacy of Strangers (President’s Award at Full Frame); City of Cranes (Best Documentary Short at LA Film Fest, broadcast on Channel 4 and POV); Steel Homes (premiered at IDFA with the North American premiere at Sundance); Reindeer (festival screenings at Sundance, Telluride, and AFI Fest); Of the Unknown (made for Tribeca Film Institute and Nelson Mandela’s Power of Word series with festival screenings at San Francisco, Telluride and AFI Fest); and Skywards (festivals include Telluride, Hot Docs and Sheffield Doc Fest). In 2006, Eva set up her production company, Odd Girl Out Productions Limited, with the purpose to develop and make cinematic films and documentaries. She is a member of PACT.