Laurentia Genske, *1989
Works and lives in Cologne, Germany. 

FILMOGRAPHY

2026 END OF THE WALL, Documentary, 72 min

2023 CUANDO LLEGUE LA NEBLINA Documentary, 23 min

2021 ZUHUR’S DAUGHTERS, Documentary, Co-Director Robin Humboldt, 90 min

2017 EL MANGUITO Documentary, 19 min

2015 AFUERA Documentary, 64 min

2014 AM KÖLNBERG Documentary, Co-Director Robin Humboldt, 88 min

AWARDS

2026 Member of the German Film Academy
2024 Audience Award, Grenzland Filmtage Selb, for CUANDO LLEGUE LA NEBLINA
2024 FBW rating “Highly Recommended” for CUANDO LLEGUE LA NEBLINA
2024 Artistic Member of Junges Kolleg, NRW Academy of Sciences and Arts
2023 Nomination for the CIVIS Media Prize for ZUHUR’S DAUGHTERS
2022 Best International Feature Film, Amor Film Festival Chile, for ZUHUR’S DAUGHTERS
2022 Preselection for the German Film Award for ZUHUR’S DAUGHTERS
2022 Nomination for the German Documentary Film Award for ZUHUR’S DAUGHTERS
2021 VIKTOR Award, DOK.fest Munich, German Competition, for ZUHUR’S DAUGHTERS
2019 Best Short Documentary, Santiago Indie Film Awards, for EL MANGUITO
2019 Photography Residency, Goethe-Institute Tijuana
2018 FBW rating “Highly Recommended” for EL MANGUITO
2017 Editing Award, Honorable Mention, Edimotion, for EL MANGUITO
2017 3sat Promotional Award, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, for EL MANGUITO
2017 Meduc Award for AM KÖLNBERG
2016 dpa News Talent, Residency in Mexico City
2016 Promotional Award from the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
2016 Best Documentary, RDOC, for AFUERA
2016 Preselection for the German Film Award for AM KÖLNBERG
2015 WIFTS Diversity Award for AFUERA
2015 Editing Award, Edimotion, AM KÖLNBERG
2015 Nomination, First Steps Award, for AM KÖLNBERG
2015 FBW rating “Highly Recommended” for AM KÖLNBERG
2015 Promotional Award, German Documentary Film Award for AM KÖLNBERG
2015 Nonfiktionale Award, City of Bad Aibling, for AM KÖLNBERG
2014 Honorable Mention, DOK Leipzig, for AM KÖLNBERG
2012 Promotional Award, Friends of the KHM, international stay at EICTV Cuba