{{unreliable sources|date=August 2024}} {{short description|German film director and screenwriter}} '''Frauke Sandig''' (born 1961) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer.
== Biography == Frauke Sandig studied drama and German literature at the University of Erlangen.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761913/?language=de-de | title=Frauke Sandig | Director, Writer, Producer | website=IMDb }}</ref> She became a commissioning editor in 1992 at the documentary department of Deutsche Welle, where she has created numerous documentaries and documentary series as both author and director, including the documentary Transit Camp Friedland<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4877434/?language=de-de | title=Transit Camp Friedland | website=IMDb }}</ref> which premiered in 2015 in the Friedland refugee camp in Lower Saxony.
Since the 1990s, she has also produced and directed documentaries together with Eric Black for cinema and public television in Germany and the US. Their films have been officially selected for over 200 international film festivals,<ref>{{cite web | title=Frozen Angels | url=https://itvs.org/films/frozen-angels/ }}</ref> including the Sundance Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, IDFA and DokLeipzig.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761913/awards/ | title=Frauke Sandig - Awards | website=IMDb }}</ref> Frauke Sandig is a member of the German Film Academy.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.deutsche-filmakademie.de/mitglieder/966/ | title=Mitglieder }}</ref>
== Filmography == Sandig's first feature-length documentary Oskar and Jack, which premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival, tells the story of an unusual pair of identical twins: One of the boys grew up as a Jew, the other as a Hitler Youth.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mubi.com/de/cast/frauke-sandig | title=Frauke Sandig }}</ref> After the Fall, the following cinema documentary was made in collaboration with the American director Eric Black. The film documenting the mysterious disappearance of the Berlin Wall premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2000 and won the Golden Spire at the Golden Gate Awards in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000584/2000/1/ | title=San Francisco International Film Festival (2000) | website=IMDb }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=After the Fall | url=https://itvs.org/films/after-the-fall/ }}</ref> Frozen Angels (2005) premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436334/awards/ | title=Frozen Angels (2005) - Awards - IMDb | website=IMDb }}</ref> In their German-American co-production, Sandig and Black described the world of artificial reproduction in Los Angeles. Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth (2011), their following film, which premiered internationally at IDFA Amsterdam,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.idfa.nl/en/film/383954c0-59cb-4848-81c3-aa266ad3876a/heart-of-sky-heart-of-earth/ | title=Heart of Sky - Heart of Earth (2011) | IDFA Archive }}</ref> shows the struggle of the Mayan peoples of today against the destruction of their environment and culture.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://german-documentaries.de/en_EN/films/heart-of-sky-heart-of-earth.7121 | title=HEART OF SKY, HEART OF EARTH - Films - home }}</ref> AWARE: Glimpses of Consciousness, a documentary about six researchers who approach the mystery of consciousness from radically different perspectives had theatrical releases in Germany and in the US and was aired on PBS’ Independent Lens in 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/aware_glimpses_of_consciousness | title=Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness | Rotten Tomatoes | website=Rotten Tomatoes }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/aware-glimpses-of-consciousness/ | title=Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness | Researchers Investigate the Science Behind the Soul | website=PBS }}</ref>
== Awards == * Golden Gate Award San Francisco International Film Festival: Golden Spire for After the Fall,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761913/awards/ | title=Frauke Sandig - Awards | website=IMDb }}</ref> * Special Mention German Camera Prize for After the Fall * Audience Award, Festival Visions du Réel in Nyon, for Frozen Angels <ref>{{cite web | title=Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon (2005) | website=IMDb | url=https://www.imdb.com/de/event/ev0001121/2005/1/ }}</ref> * Nomination, Grand Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival for Frozen Angels<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000631/2005/1/ | title=Sundance Film Festival (2005) | website=IMDb }}</ref> * Prix Graine de Cinéphage, Women's Film Festival Créteil for Frozen Angels <ref>{{cite web | title=Créteil International Women's Film Festival (2006) | website=IMDb | url=https://www.imdb.com/de/event/ev0000194/2006/1/ }}</ref> * Planet in Focus, Toronto, Best International Feature, for Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth <ref>{{cite web | title="Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth" takes Planet in Focus prize | url=https://realscreen.com/2012/10/15/heart-of-sky-heart-of-earth-takes-planet-in-focus-feature-prize/ }}</ref> * German Nature Film Prize, Audience Award for Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth * First Prize (Premio Pukañawi) International Human Rights Film Festival Bolivia for Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth <ref>{{cite web | url=https://german-documentaries.de/en_EN/films/heart-of-sky-heart-of-earth.7121 | title=HEART OF SKY, HEART OF EARTH - Films - home }}</ref> * Grimme-Award Nomination for Strangers – Young Immigrants in Germany <ref>{{cite web |url=https://corporate.dw.com/de/dw-tv-reihe-wildfremd-f%C3%BCr-grimme-preis-nominiert/a-3089452 |title=DW-TV-Reihe "wildfremd" für Grimme-Preis nominiert |language=de |publisher=DW |date=2008-01-25 |access-date=2025-09-28}}</ref> * Feature Competition Jury Prize, Illuminate Film Festival 2021 for AWARE – Glimpses of Consciousness<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0029867/2021/1/ | title=ILLUMINATE Film Festival (2021) | website=IMDb }}</ref> * Online-Audience Award at Millenium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Poland for AWARE – Glimpses of Consciousness<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mdag.pl/18/en/Poznan/news/Nagroda-Publicznosci-online-dla-filmu-%25E2%2580%259ENa-drodze-ku | title=22. Festiwal Filmowy Millennium Docs Against Gravity | date=24 July 2024 }}</ref> * „Create the Future Award“ at Maui Film Festival 2021 for AWARE – Glimpses of Consciousness<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761913/awards/ | title=Frauke Sandig - Awards | website=IMDb }}</ref> * Premio Pukañawi, International Human Rights Film Festival Bolivia for AWARE – Glimpses of Consciousness * Prize of the Jury, Science Film Festival 2022 for AWARE – Glimpses of Consciousness<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goethe.de/prj/sff/en/faw/det.cfm?filmId=1522 |title=AWARE - Glimpses of Consciousness - Science Film Festival - Knowledge Through Entertainment |publisher=Goethe-Institut |access-date=2025-09-28}}</ref> * Wisdom Award, Auroville Film Festival 2024 for AWARE – Glimpses of Consciousness<ref>{{cite web | url=https://filmfestival.auroville.org/2024-awards/ | title=2024 awards | Auroville Film Festival }}</ref>
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== External links == * https://umbrellafilms.org/ * {{IMDb name|0761913}} * https://aware-film.com/
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