Beny Wagner

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Beny Wagner
Born1985 (age 38–39)
Berlin, Germany
Alma mater Bard College, Jan van Eyck Academie
Occupation(s)Artist, filmmaker, author
Notable workConstant (2022 film)
A Demonstration (2020 film)
Website benywagner.com

Beny Wagner (born 1985) is an artist, filmmaker and author. [1] [2] [3] He is known for his films Constant and A Demonstration. [4] [5]

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Early life and education

Wagner was born in 1985 in Berlin. [6]

Wagner graduated with a bachelor of arts from Bard College in 2008, and was a postgraduate fellow at Jan van Eyck Academie in 2015-2016. [7] [1]

Career

Wagner's first short film Eye Farm, premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2017. [8]

In 2020, Wagner co-directed A Demonstration, together with his long-term collaborator Sasha Litvintseva, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and screened at the Museum of the Moving Image and the Vancouver International Film Festival. [5] [9]

In 2022, he collaborated again with Sasha Litvintseva on Constant, which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and screened at CPH:DOX and the Open City Documentary Festival. [10] [11] The film is a social and political history of measurement standardization, and incorporates a range of cinematographic techniques, including photogrammetry and 360-degree cameras. [2]

In November 2023, the third film in their trilogy My Want of You Partakes of Me was screened at Tate Modern. [12]

Filmography

YearTitleContribution
TBHMy Want of You Partakes of MeDirector, editor, cinematographer and producer
2022ConstantDirector, editor, cinematographer and producer
2020A DemonstrationDirector, writer, editor
2018OutsideDirector, writer, editor, cinematographer and producer
2017We're All HereDirector, writer, editor and producer
2017Eye FarmDirector, writer, editor, cinematographer and producer

Publications

Awards and nominations

YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.
2023Won Academia Film Olomouc Best FilmConstant [14]
2022Won Guanajuato International Film Festival Best Documentary Short Film [15]
WonIndieLisboaBest Short Film [16]
Nominated International Film Festival Rotterdam Ammodo Tiger Shorts Award [17]
Nominated CPH:DOX New Vision Award [18]
2021Nominated La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival Prix Nouvelles Vagues AcuitisA Demonstration [19]
2020Nominated Berlin International Film Festival Best Short Film [20]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "What a Film Can and Can't Do: Sasha Litvintseva and Beny Wagner Interviewed by Jussi Parikka". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
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  4. ↑ "Information as a music video, comedy as a diagram: Beny Wagner & Sasha Litvintseva in conversation". sensesofcinema.com. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  5. 1 2 "A Demonstration". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
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  7. ↑ "Traveling Sync". janvaneyck.nl. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  8. ↑ "Eye Farm". iffr.com. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  9. ↑ Rizov, Vadim (2022-03-17). "DIY Photogrammetry: Sasha Litvintseva and Beny Wagner on Constant | Filmmaker Magazine". Filmmaker Magazine . Retrieved 2023-03-11.
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  11. ↑ "A Conversation With Sasha Litvintseva & Beny Wagner(CONSTANT)". hammertonail.com. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  12. ↑ "This programme of artists' films invites us to reflect on the interplay of anatomy and cinema". tate.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  13. ↑ "New book: All Thoughts Fly: Monster, Taxonomy, Film". southampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  14. ↑ "Award-winning film screening AFO58: Constanta". afo.cz. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  15. ↑ "AWARDS FOR GERMAN FILMS & CO-PRODUCTIONS AT GUANAJUATO 2022". german-films.de. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
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