Director (D)

Florian Hoffmann grew up in a family of documentary filmmakers (parents: Heidi Specogna and Rainer Hoffmann). After graduating from high school, he worked in development co-operation in West Africa. He then studied ethnology and social sciences at the University of Basel (Switzerland). Since studying directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb), he has realised his own feature-length fiction and documentary films, which have won numerous awards. From 2019-2022 he was part of Carolin Emcke's team for the conception and creation of the video installation "Archiv der Flucht" (HKW Berlin). Since 2021 he has been involved in international theatre productions at the Volksbühne Berlin. He has worked with René Pollesch, Julien Gosselin and Kornel Mundruczo, among others. He was a member of the Berlinale "Peace Prize" jury (2018), a jury member at the Munich Documentary Film Festival (2016) and part of the international jury at the Golden Apricot International Film Festival (2022). In 2022 Florian was selected as "Berlinale Talent".