Valeska Grisebach

Valeska Grisebach first studied philosophy and German language and literature in Berlin, Munich, and Vienna. In 1993-2001 she attended the Film Academy in Vienna.

After a trio of documentaries (Sprechen und Nichtsprechen, 1995; In der Wüste Gobi, 1997; Berlino, 1999), she shot her feature debut Be My Star (Mein Stern, 2001), screened in the Forum of Independents at KVIFF 2002. Her second writer-director picture, the love story Longing (Sehnsucht, 2006), was presented in the main competition at Berlin, followed by a screening in Karlovy Vary's Forum of Independents.

MFF Karlovy Vary