Konrad Kästner

Konrad Kästner (b. 1984, Leipzig) worked in South Africa in 2003-08 as an assistant director and director of photography on a variety of small film projects; he also shot his first short documentaries there. In the meantime he decided to study film direction at Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen (HFF) in Potsdam, where his first documentary, ETWAS ich (2007), was picked up by a number of festivals. He shot Giftchen, his first feature-length documentary, in 2011. In addition to his film career he also devotes time to visual theatrical arts.

48. MFF Karlovy Vary