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Country: Germany
T-Port Partner: ENCOURAGE Film Talents
Webpage: https://www.benjaminhindrichs.com/
Benjamin Hindrichs is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, freelance journalist and writer. After studying political science and journalism in Germany, Denmark, Chile and the Czech Republic, he decided to move to Barcelona to pursue his filmmaking career. There, he produced his first short documentary “DARU/N”, which had its world premiere at the Sitges Film Festival 2024, winning the awards for best direction (ex-aequo) and best screenplay in the “Nova Autoria” competition. In September 2024, Ben shot his second short documentary “Survival: A Song”. It follows Wassim Mukdad on a performative walk though his memories, recalling how music helped him survive torture and imprisonment in Syria. The project is currently in post-production and was funded by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW . Currently, he is working on his first feature film project “Sijniyya: The Clandestine Music of Sednaya”. The project is also supported by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW. It reconstructs how former political prisoners created a clandestine music scene in the country's most notorious torture prison.
With rainforest fires approaching her home, 80-year-old indigenous healer Lucila awakens an old dream.
