Beny Wagner | |
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 at Berlinale 2020, Berlin | |
| Born | 1985 (age 38–39) |
| Alma mater | Bard College, Jan van Eyck Academie |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, filmmaker, author |
| Notable work | Constant (2022 film) A Demonstration (2020 film) |
| Website | benywagner |
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]
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]
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]
| Year | Title | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| TBH | My Want of You Partakes of Me | Director, editor, cinematographer and producer |
| 2022 | Constant | Director, editor, cinematographer and producer |
| 2020 | A Demonstration | Director, writer, editor |
| 2018 | Outside | Director, writer, editor, cinematographer and producer |
| 2017 | We're All Here | Director, writer, editor and producer |
| 2017 | Eye Farm | Director, writer, editor, cinematographer and producer |
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Won | Academia Film Olomouc | Best Film | Constant | [14] |
| 2022 | Won | Guanajuato International Film Festival | Best Documentary Short Film | [15] | |
| Won | IndieLisboa | Best Short Film | [16] | ||
| Nominated | International Film Festival Rotterdam | Ammodo Tiger Shorts Award | [17] | ||
| Nominated | CPH:DOX | New Vision Award | [18] | ||
| 2021 | Nominated | La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival | Prix Nouvelles Vagues Acuitis | A Demonstration | [19] |
| 2020 | Nominated | Berlin International Film Festival | Best Short Film | [20] | |
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