Jonatan Geller-Hartung was born in 1995 in Hannover, Germany. He soon began to be interested in film and its process. After his graduation and working in Adelaide, Australia he began working for fiction and non-fiction production companies based in Berlin. In 2014 he started studying „digital media culture“ at the Filmuniversity Babelsberg Konrad Wolf of which he graduated in 2018. In his time there he produced various short films that were screened and awarded on film festivals all around the globe. His written and produced 16mm film „my own kind“ was nominated for the German short film award 2019. In 2020 he started the part-time Masters „Film and Television Production“ at the Filmuniversity Babelsberg Konrad Wolf. In 2024 he completed his graduation film „Hausnummer Null“ (ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel) which was shot for almost 3 years. The feature documentary had its world premiere at the „Max Ophüls Prize“ and won awards on several Filmfestivals. For his work on the film he won the „No Fear Award“ at the First Steps Awards 2024. Jonatan Geller-Hartung currently works as a producer, writer & director with various companies in Berlin
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AWARDS
2024 HAUSNUMMER NULL | No Fear Award First Steps Awards
2024 HAUSNUMMER NULL | Student Award Dok.Fest Munich
2024 HAUSNUMMER NULL | Best Documentary Filmkunstfest MV
2024 HAUSNUMMER NULL | Ecumenical Award Achtung Berlin Festival
2023 MAGNUM $$$ | Best Music Video Brno Filmfestival Czech Republic
2018 ES IST SCHON OKAY | Best Music Video Int. Filmfestival Sehsüchte
2017 ATTAK | Bronze Dinosaur Etuida & Anima Filmfestival Krakow
2017 ATTAK | Stdt. Jury Award Etuida & Anima Filmfestival Krakow
2017 ATTAK | Audience Award Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Dresden
LISTED
2024 HAUSNUMMER NULL | Kasseler Dokfest
2024 HAUSNUMMER NULL | Human Rights Festival Berlin
2024 HAUSNUMMER NULL | Dok.Fest Munich
2024 HAUSNUMMER NULL | Filmkunstfest MV
2024 HAUSNUMMER NULL | Achtung Berlin Filmfestival
2024 HAUSNUMMER NULL | Festival Max Ophüls Preis (Wettbewerb Dokumentarfilm)
2023 MAGNUM $$$ | Prague Music Video Awards (Category: European Music Videos)
2023 MAGNUM $$$ | Brno Filmfestival Czech Republic
2019 MY OWN KIND | Nominierung Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis
2019 MY OWN KIND | Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
2019 MY OWN KIND | Encounters International Short Film Festival, Bristol
2019 MY OWN KIND | Kurzfilmfestival Köln
2019 MY OWN KIND | Unabhängiges Kurzfilmfestival Osnabrück
2019 MY OWN KIND | Filmplus – Festival für Filmschnitt und Montagekunst
2018 ÖLELÈSEK | Jameson Cine Fest Miskolc International Film Festival, Ungarn
2018 ÖLELÈSEK | Achtung Berlin – New Berlin Film Award
2018 ÖLELÈSEK | Kurzfilmfestival Köln
2019 ÖLELESEK | Zoom-ZbliZenia International Filmfestival, Jelenia Gora, Polen
2017 ATTAK | Filmz – Festival des deutschen Kinos
2017 ATTAK | Etuida & Anima International Filmfestival Krakow
2017 ATTAK | Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Dresden
2017 SOMEONE | Internationales Studentenfilmfestival Sehsüchte
2017 VERTRAUT | DOK Leipzig Internationales Festival für Dokumentarfilm
