HANNAH
SIODA
SCRIPTWRITER
TALK TO ME
Feature Film Directed by Janin Halisch, written by Hannah Sioda and Janin Halisch
GERMANY / 80min. / German
A DFFB Production in co-Production with Softspot Productions, Achtung Panda! commissioned by RBB and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.
Karo is 28, freshly separated from her boyfriend and, like every year, she is going on holiday with her mother Michaela. They travel to the Baltic Sea, and what starts as an annual trip soon turns out to be a journey into the past of two women who couldn't be more different.
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
Deutscher Filmpreis / German Film Award (the national German film awards) - nomination for supporting actress.
44. Filmfest Max Öphuls Preis - Main competition, award for best actress.
Achtung Berlin International Filmfest - Main competition, award for best screenplay.
ON HANDS
AND FEET
Feature film currently in production
Feature written by Hannah Sioda. A New Matter Film Production, script funded by MDR (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk), preproduction fund from MDM and ZDF kleines Fernsehspiel. Currently in pre-production 2024. (Dir. Katinka Narjes)
Fanny wants to believe Oskar when he says that it was a misunderstanding. The charismatic man she has just met, thought she was fine with him taking the condom off. Seeking resolution she agrees to spend a weekend with him in his house at the Baltic Sea. This could be the beginning of a great romance. He seems to want to redeem himself and shows real interest in Fanny. But when Oskars ego is broken by a work disappointment and Fanny refuses to compensate for his shortcomings their story shifts into murky waters.
ECHT
OUR YOUTH
Documentary series written and directed by Kim Frank, co-written by Hannah Sioda
GERMANY / 3x60min. / GERMAN
A Kim Frank Produktion commissioned by SWR, ARD Kultur, MDR, NDR, RBB, BR, Radio Bremen.
TX Nov 2023 on ARD 1.
Kim Frank tells the story of his band Echt. Made from over 240 hours of private recordings he shows his friends and himself growing up in the 90s and gives intimate insight into their lives as pop stars.
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
2024
Deutscher Fernsehpreis / German TV Awards (the national German TV Award) - nomination for best editing in a documentary.
AWAKE
Feature Film written and directed by Kim Frank, co-written by Hannah Sioda
GERMANY / 75min. / GERMAN
A Kim Frank Production commissioned by ZDF/Das kleine Fernsehspiel and Funk
TX Sep 2018
In order to escape their world-weariness, two teenage girls
decide to stay awake until they reach an intoxicating state.
3.5 million views on Youtube
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
2018
Grimme Preis (one of the most prestigious German television awards) - Main competition, nomination for best film