Klaudia Reynicke

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Klaudia Reynicke
Born1976 (age 47–48)
Lima, Peru
Occupation(s) Film director, screenwriter

Klaudia Reynicke is a Swiss-Peruvian filmmaker. [1]

Early life and education

Reynicke was born in Lima, where she lived until age ten. [2] She spent much of her early life in Switzerland and Florida. [3] [4] She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of South Florida, where she studied visual arts and anthropology, and a master's degree in sociology from the University of Lausanne. [5]

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In 2005, Reynicke studied film at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. She later completed a master's degree in film studies through a joint program from École cantonale d'art de Lausanne and Geneva University of Art and Design. [1]

Career

Reynicke directed her first short film, Great Expectations: NY, in 2005 while at New York University. After graduating from the ECAL-HEAD joint program in 2010, she participated in the Berlinale Talent Campus program. [5] She then directed a series of documentary features and shorts including the autobiographical ¿Asi son los hombres?, Mermaids, about performers at Weeki Wachee Springs, and Il Matrimonio, about an elderly couple getting married. [6] [7] [8]

In 2016, Reynicke's debut feature film Il nido debuted at that year's edition of the Locarno Film Festival. Her 2019 film Love Me Tender premiered at the 72nd Locarno Film Festival and later screened in the Discovery section at the Toronto International Film Festival. [4]

Reinas , Reynicke's film about a father and his daughters escaping the instability of 1990s Peru, premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and was later awarded the Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the Best Film at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, Prix du Public UBS at the 77th Locarno Film Festival and Best screen play prize at the Festival de Cine de Lima. [9] [10]

Filmography

YearTitleNotesRef.
2005Great Expectations: NYShort film [5]
2008Casual ThoughtsShort film [1]
MametteShort film [1]
Noces argentiniquesShort film [1]
2010La ChienneShort film [1]
2013¿Asì son los hombres?Documentary [6]
2014MermaidsDocumentary short [7]
Il matrimonioDocumentary [8]
2016Il nido (The Nest)— [5]
2019Love Me Tender— [4]
2022La vie devantDirected with Kristina Wagenbauer [1]
2024 Reinas — [9]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2016 Locarno Film Festival Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present Il nidoNominated [11]
2017 Santa Barbara International Film Festival Anti-Defamation League Stand Up AwardNominated [11]
2019 Locarno Film Festival Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present Love Me TenderNominated [12]
2024 Sundance Film Festival World Dramatic Competition Reinas Nominated [2]
Berlin International Film Festival Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International JuryWon [10]
Locarno Film Festival Prix du Public UBS - Audience Award Prize UBSWon [13]

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  8. 1 2 "Il matrimonio". Swiss Films. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
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