Hilke Rönnfeldt
Hilke Rönnfeldt, born by the Baltic Sea coast in Northern Germany with Danish-Icelandic roots, graduated as a screenwriter at Swedish Alma Education and as a film director at independent film school collective Super16 in Copenhagen.
She is a Berlinale Talents, Oxbelly Episodic Lab and European Short Pitch alumna. Her films have screened successfully at international film festivals, her latest film A STUDY OF EMPATHY won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival 2023.
Her projects revolve around life in rural communities, worlds of work, intimacy, and the sea. She has a strong faith in the poetic capabilities of the image.