FILMOGRAPHY
PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT
NOOR
Narrative Feature
Int. Co-Production
Producer
Writer: Seirah Royin
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Production: Gifted Films & Soilfilms Media
105 min. Germany-France
RUBY
Internationale Co-production, Cinema
Narrative Feature
Film Director, Writer & Producer
Production: WADY FILMS, SOILFILMS MEDIA
Co-Producer: Indigo Films, Italy
Funded by Luxembourg Film Fun
THE GERMAN LIST
Narrative Feature
Producer
Director: Bilal Athimni
Production: SOILFILMS MEDIA
COURT OF MUSES
TV Series, Narrative
Producer
Production: Wady films (Luxembourg), Soilfilms Media
RACE OF MILLIONS
TV Series, Narrative
Producer
Production: Soilfilms Media
1848
TV Series, Narrative
Producer, Creator, Screenwriter
Production: Soilfilms Media in Co-production with ARD Degeto
Silvana Santamaria is a film director, screenwriter, and producer of German-Italian descent who resides in Berlin, Germany. She earned a degree in Film Directing from the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in 2010. During her studies, Santamaria gained global recognition with her documentaries "Status:geduldet" (winner of the Young European CIVIS Prize, and nominated in the German competition at Dok Leipzig) and "Nowhere.Kosovo" (which won the Max-Ophüls-Prize for best Documentary). In 2013, she co-founded the film production company SOILFILMS. Since 2007, Santamaria has regularly collaborated with TV channels and streaming services such as ARTE, ZDF, BR, 3Sat, SWR, ARD DEGETO, MBC, and Netflix, as well as with German and international partners. Film finances, distributors, and sales are combined. She has won significant national and international awards with her films, which were showcased at A-Festivals globally including Cannes, San Sebastian, Karlovy Vary, Warsaw, Rotterdam, Cairo, Shanghai, and Venice (Market). In 2019, she was one of seven emerging female producers from Europe chosen for the EWA Network Mentorship Program. In 2023, German Films and the European Film Promotion appointed her as the German nominee for the Producers on the Move program, which promoted and showcased the work of 20 emerging European producers during the Cannes Film Festival. Santamaria is a member of the European Film Academy, the German Producer Association, and the German Director's Guild. Her latest film, PAMIR, premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and received a nomination for the 2022 European Film Award (Discovery).
Filmography
2024
LA ZONE
Narrative Feature
Int. Co-Production
Producer
Director: Lassaad Dkhili, Production: ZoneArt Films (Tunisia) in Co-production with Soilfilms (Germany), Wady Films (Luxembourg), Oriflamme Films (France), Funded by Ministry of Culture Tunisia, CNC- Fund, France, CNCI Fund, Tunisia
4 K, 90 min. Tunisia, Luxembourg, France, Germany
World Premiere: TBA
2023
THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES
Narrative Feature
Int. Co-Production
Co-Producer
Director: Asmae El Moudir
Production: Insight Films in co-production with Soilfilms
World Premiere: CANNES - Un Certain Regard
Best director award
2022
PAMFIR
Narrative Feature
Int. Co-Production
Co-Producer
Director: Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
Production: BOSON FILM in Co-production with Les Films D’Ici (France), Mandats (Poland), Quijote (Chile), Wady Films (Luxembourg) funded by CNC, Hubert Bals Fund, Visions Suedest, Ukrainian Cultural Agency, Polish film Institute, German Films
4k, 100 min. Arri Mini
World Premiere:
CANNES - Directors’ Fortnight 2022
Nominated: EUROPEAN FILM AWARD 2022
2021
SHARAF
narrative feature
Int. Co-production,
Producer
Director: Samir Nasr
Production: SOILFILMS in cooperation with ZDF/ARTE, funded by Francophone, MFG film fund,. Co-producer: Les Contes Modernes (France), Teamwerk Stuttgart, ZoneArt Films (Tunisia), Wady Film (Luxemburg) 4k, 100 min. Arri Mini
Production Country: Germany, Tunisia, France, Egypt, Luxembourg
Finalized 30.04.2021
World PREMIERE: RED SEA FILM FESTIVAL (Dec. 2021), German Premiere: Hof Int. Film Festival, African premiere: Carthage Film Festival (2 awards, best film in bronze and Best Production Design)
2018
LOLAS LIEDER
TV Series
Producer
Director: Jana Bürgelin
Production: SOILFILMS and ZDF/3SAT - Ab 18!
One episode, 4k, 30 min, Germany - Released TV-release: 30.10.2018, 3Sat
2018
A PART OF ME
Narrative Feature
International Co-Production
Film director, Screenwriter & Producer
Production: SOILFILMS in co-production with Zoneart-films, D-facto Motion
Sold in 22 countries-Sales: Madsolutions
4k., 84 Min, Arri Alexa, Germany, Tunisia
TV-Release: 25.09.2019, MBC 5
German Cinema Release March 2020 canceled
Festivals: Official selection – Carthage Film Festival - Section: Panorama 2018
2017
FRANCO'S LEGACY
Documentary feature
Producer
Production company: SOILFILMS
in cooperation with ARTE & BR (Sonja Scheider, Martin Kowalczyk)
HD, 70 min, Germany, Spain
German Cinema release: 07. April 2017
TV release: 13.02.2018
Festivals:
Premiere: Shanghai Int. Film Festival, 2017
Treatment Award "best treatment" from BR and Global Screen2014, Predicate Particularly valuable -Best Documentary, Jury Prize India Word Film Festival 2017
2017
RANIAS TRAUM
TV Series
Producer
Director: Samir Nasr
Production: SOILFILMS and ARTE - Square
One episode, 4k, 30 min, Germany - TV-release: 09.01.2018, ARTE
2016
YOUR STREET MY STAGE-Red Bull
TV-Series
Film director, screenwriter
Production: Propeller Film
Client: Red Bull
One episode, 4k, 28 min., Production country: Germany, TV-Release: 11.08.2016
2016
LAND OF LIGHT
Narrative Feature
Lead Producer
Production: Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in cooperation with the SWR (Brigitte Dithard), ARTE (Sabine Brantus) & SOILFILMS, 4k, 75 min, Germany, Turkey
German Cinema release: 16. March 2017
TV release: 22.04,2017
Festivals:
World premiere: 04.11.2016 – International Children's Film Festival of Brussels FILEMON
German Premiere: Max- Ophüls-Preis 2017
2015
CHRONICLE OF A REVOLT – ONE YEAR ISTANBUL
Documentary feature
Producer
Production: SOILFILMS and Biene Pilavci in cooperation with ZDF (Burkhard Althoff) and ARTE (Kathrin Brinkmann), HD, 83 min., production country: Turkey
Distribution: AUTENTIC DISTRIBUTION,
Festival release 02.10.2015, Rio de Janeiro Film Festival, TV release: 17.06.2015
2014
MYANMAR GOES DemoCRAZY
Documentary Feature
Co-director & editor
Production: Grand Pictures UG
HD, 90 min, Myanmar, Thailand, Germany
2013
ALICE IM LAND DER HOFFNUNG
Documentary feature
Director, Screenwriter
Production: Das Goldene Lamm Film Production GmbH in cooperation with the SWR (Gudrun Hanke-El Ghomri)
Funded by the Media and Film company Baden-Württemberg (MFG)
Cast: Alice Pugliese, Laura Verduci, Dario Ibrizi, Patience Onwuatuegwu, including
HD, 58.30 min, production country: Italy
TV-release: 02.12.2013 SWR, EinsPlus 26/01/2014
2012
HER LETTER TO THE WEDDING
short film
Film Director
Production: Television and Film GmbH TeamWorx, Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, ARTE (Nadja Dumouchel), SWR (Brigitte Dithard), BR (Claudia Gladziejewski)
Funded by the Media and Film Company Baden-Württemberg (MFG)
Cast: Corinna Harfouch, Sylvester Groth, Juta Vanaga, Christoph Gaugler
RED, 20 min, Germany
TV-release: ARTE 10.08.2012, 17.12.2012 SWR, BR 29/05/2013
Festival release: Max-Ophüls- Preis 2012
2011
LOVELAB
short film
Co-Director/Staging
Production: German Exotic Film Production, Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in cooperation with ZDF
Cast: Demet Gül, Felix Hellmann, Isabella Surel, Gabriel Raab and many others
HD, 30 min, production country: Germany
TV-release: ZDF 14.02.2012
2010
NIRGENDWO.KOSOVO
Documentary Feature
Director, Screenwriter
Production: Eikon Southwest, Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Co-production: SWR (Gudrun Hanke - El Ghomri)
Funded by the Media - and Film company Baden-Württemberg (MFG)
Cast: Haki Krasniqi, Hasan Krasniqi, Silvia Krasniqi and many others
HD, 58.30 min / 82 min, production country: Kosovo, Germany
TV-release: SWR 18.10.2010
Festivals: Woldpremiere – Max- Ophüls Prize 2010
Awarded – Max-Ophüls-Preis 2010 – best documentary, Awarded with the predicate „rated commendable“, Awarded – Documentary of the month January 2010, Nominated- Dokufest Prizren, Kosovo, Romafilmfestival Bremen
2009
STILLSTAND
short Film
Director
Production: Franco-German Film Academy, Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, La Fémis, in cooperation with ARTE (Nadja Dumouchel) and SWR (Brigitte Dithard)
Funded by the Media and Film company Baden-Württemberg (MFG)
Cast: Knut Berger, Oliver Debuschewitz and many others
RED, 9 min, production country: Germany
TV-released: ARTE 02.03.2010
Festivals: San Sebastian Film Festival 2009, Max-Ophüls- Preis 2010
2008
STATUS: TOLERATED
Documentary feature
Director, DoP & screenwriter, Producer
Production: Film Academy Baden-Württemberg In collaboration with the SWR (Gudrun Hanke - El Ghomri)
Cast: Ramise Huseni, Mee Kanokwan, Arduan Huseni, Bobby Huseni, Hajrije Huseni
HD, 60 min, production country: Germany, Kosovo
TV-Released: SWR 22.09.2008, EinsFestival 19.11.2008, EinsFestival 28.12.2008,, Phoenix 02/05/2009
Festivals:
Premiere: International Film Festival Leipzig (DOK Leipzig) 2008, Awarded – European CIVIS Media prize (best European Newcomer) 2008