Interview with Director Tamara Denic & Producer Christian Siee - Oscar-Qualified Short ISTINA

Our guests today are Tamara Denic and Christian Siee and their short film ISTINA. A film that dives into the dangers that come with fighting for basic rights, in this case, the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press.

This thought-provoking short qualified to be considered for a 2024 Academy Award through winning the Student Academy Award; making it the 6th Hamburg Media School graduation film to do so.

Tamara graduated from LMU in Munich, before studying film directing for her master's degree at the Hamburg Media School in 2022, as a scholarship holder of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. She also worked as a dub recording supervisor, film and editorial assistant, and video editor, among others.

Christian Siee studied media economics with a focus on film and TV at the Stuttgart Media University and gained various experiences in film and television, including at Warner Bros and Bavaria Fiction in Munich.

As a Fulbright scholar Christian went to Los Angeles, California to study film and worked back in Germany at the German public broadcaster SWR Stuttgart.

In 2022 Christian Siee graduated with a master’s degree in Creative Producing at Hamburg Media School with a VFF scholarship. He now is a producer at Letterbox Filmproduction / Studio Hamburg.

Both Tamara and Christian’s graduation film ISTINA won the Audience Award Medium-Length Film of the 44th Max Ofulls Film Festival, is among the 2023 BAFTA finalists as well. 

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