Yoliswa von Dallwitz née Gärtig Am Falkplatz 3 D - 10437 Berlin Mobil: +49-173-3002246 mail@yoliswadallwitz.de www.yoliswadallwitz.de

Yoliswa von Dallwitz, née Gärtig - Dipl. Director of Photography

Born in South Africa in 1975, Yoliswa grew up in Tübingen, Germany. For two years she studied “Fine Art Photography” and “History of Arts” under Obie Oberholzer at Rhodes University, South Africa. Following this she worked in Cape Town and also in Germany at the TV stations SWR and BR. Between 1999 and 2005 Yoliswa studied cinematography at Potsdam-Babelsberg film school (HFF). During her studies she also participated in the selection procedure for new directing students and instructed courses in basic cinematography, assisting Prof. Misselwitz (2002-2004).

After film school Yoliswa joined the Berlinale Talent Campus and was invited by the European Film Academy to Malta for new and upcoming filmmakers to collaborate. She was also a member of the jury of the film festival filmplus in Cologne (section doc film) and a member of the jury of the German Cinematographers Prize (section feature film). Since 2013 she has been a member of the European and the German Film Academy. For three semesters in 2015 and 2016, she lectured at the Film University Potsdam Babelsberg as a stand in for the professor of cinematography.

As director of photography Yoliswa has worked in various countries including Austria, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand and USA.

Filmography

(Selection) 2015 „Apassionata” 16:9 / C 300 / 15min

Director: Kolya Reichart Prod.: Polly Films, commercial 2015 „Erich Mielke” 16:9 / Sony F 55/ 5min

Director: Jens Becker Prod.: Looks Film & TV Produktion 2015 „Gerolsteiner” 16:9 / Canon C300 / 2min

Director: Sebastian Poerschke Prod.: Polly Films, commercial 2015 „Rückwärts ist kein Weg“ (2. Kamera) 16:9 / Sony Alpha 7S & Sony PMW 300 / 90min

Director: Cornelia Grünberg Prod.: 14P Filmproduktion GmbH, documentary 2014 „Iona” 1:2,39 / Alexa Arri Raw + Amira / 90min Director: Scott Graham Prod.: Margaret Matheson, Boudica Ltd with the BFI and Scottish Film Fund, feature film

• Film Festival de San Sebastian, Spain 2015 / section New Director • Film Festival Hamburg, section European cinema co-production, October 2015 • 33. Film Festival Turin 2015 • Achtung Berlin Film Festival 2016

2014 „Schott AG Robax Glaskeramikscheiben” 16:9 / Alexa / 1:40 min Director: Sebastian Poerschke Prod.: Embassy of Dreams Filmproduktion, commercial 2013/2014 „Der Jungfrauenwahn“

16:9 / Canon C 300 / 90min Director: Güner Balci Prod.: Hanfgarn & Ufer + ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel & Arte, documentary • Transmission date: ZDF 29.02.2016

2013 „Athena“ face cream 16:9 / Red Epic / 30 sec. Director: Carsten Sander + Etienne Fuchs Prod.: Trendgeneration, commercial 2013 „Zwangsräumung“ 1:235 / HD Canon C 300 / 30min Director: Marcel Glauche

Prod.: Speed & Spirit Filmproduktions Gbr, short film 2013 „Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft“

16:9 / Red Epic / 30sec Director: Carsten Sander Prod.: Zecco Sportvermarktung, commercial

2013 „Patong Girl“ 1:185 / Canon C 300 / 90min

Director: Susanna Salonen Prod.: Hanfgarn & Ufer, ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel, feature film Distributor: Barnsteiner-Film

• Filmfest Biberach 2014, Section Debut Feature Film • Austin Film Festival, Texas, USA, 2014 • Festival des deutschen Films Ludwigshafen, Germany 2014 • Kinofest Lünen, Germany 2014 • Nordische Filmtage Lübeck , Germany 2014 • Medienforum Niedersachsen Filmfest Lüneburg, Germany 2014 Award: • Grimme-Prize best feature film 2016 • Laudatory mentioning at the Kinofest Lünen 2014 Cinema Release in Germany: 25.12.2014

2012 „Sein Kampf“

16:9 / Canon C 300 / 18min Director: Jakob Zapf Prod.: neoPol Film, short film • International Hofer Filmtage - Official Selection 2013, Germany • 7th International Zagreb Jewish Film Festival 2013, Croatia • Social World Film Festival 2013, Neapel, Italy, 2013 • Durban International Film Festival 2013, Short Film Competition, South Africa • Montréal World Film Festival - Focus on World Cinema 2013 Canada • Grenoble Short Film Festival - Official Selection, 2013 France • Budapest Short Film Festival – Panorama, 2013 Hungary • 12th International Film Fest Tofifest Tourun, Italy 18.-26.10.2014 • 15th Fiaticorti Film Festival, Istrana, Italy, 2014, • official Competition, Jewish Mitifs IFF in Warschau, Poland, 2014 • The Boston Jewish Film Festival 2013 • Official Selection Festival internacionale de Cine Barcelona, Spain, 2013 •

2012 „Die Arier“ 16:9 / Canon C 300 / 90min

Director: Mo Asumang 1. DoP: Susanna Salomen / 2. DoP: Yoliswa von Dallwitz, née Gärtig Prod.: Ufer & Hanfgarn, ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel & Arte, documentary • Türkisch-Deutsches Filmfestival Nürnberg, Germany 2014 • Goethe Institut Mexico 2014 • Phoenix Film Festival, USA 2014 • 17th International Shanghai Film Festival 2014 • Medienforum Niedersachsen Filmfest Lüneburg, Germany 2014 Awards: • Öngören Prize for Democracy and human rights at the Turkish-German film festival Nürnberg, Germany 2014 • Best Documentary + audience prize at the Phoenix Film Festival, USA 2014 • Variety Prize at the Filmkunstfest MV, Germany 2014 • Magnolia Award at the 17th International Shanghai Film Festival, China 2014 • Nomination for the PRIX EUROPA 2014 • Winner of the German Directors Prize Metropolis 09.11.2014 • 1. Prize: best documentary at the 12. Quotenmeter-Fernsehpreis, 31.08.2015 • Nomination Grimme-Prize 2015 • Nomination Achtung Berlin new berlin film award: Prize of the ecumenical judge Cinema Release: 20.11.2014, Distributor: Alpha Medienkontor

2012 „Welt Aids Tag“ 16:9 / HD / Red Epic slow motion + Motion Control / 30sec Director: Esther Gronenborn Prod.: Kakoii GmbH, commercial

2012 „Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft“

16:9 / Red Epic / 30sec Director: Carsten Sander

Prod.: Zecco Sportvermarktung, Commercial 2012 „Man for a Day”

16:9 / HD / 90min Director: Katarina Peters 1. DoP: Susanna Salomen / 2. DoP: Yoliswa von Dallwitz, née. Gärtig Prod.: Katarina Peters Filmproduktion, ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel, documentary Distributor: Salzgeber (Cinema and DVD) • Premier: Berlinale 2012, Section: Perspektive dt Kino, opening film, Germany • Montreal, World Film Festival, 13.08.-03.09.12, Canada • Das Film Fest, Prag, Czech Republic, 19.10.2012 • Frauen Filmtage Vienna, Austria 28.02.-07.03.2013 • Tempo Documentary Festival Stockholm, Sweden 06.-11.03.2013 • Utrecht Drift Festival 17.-23.06.2012, Niederlands • QMTY Muestra International De Cine Queer 04.-14.06.2013, Mexiko • Odense International Film Festival 26.08.-01.09.2013, Danemark • Merlinka International Film Festival 14.-16.12.2013, Belgrad, Serbia Award: • Best Documentary of the year Transgender Film Festival, Kiehl, Germany 2013 Cinema release 19.07.2012 and DVD release

2011 „Shell” 1:2,35 / HD Alexa / 90min

Director: Scott Graham Prod: Margaret Matheson, Bard Entertainments Limited and David Smith, Brocken Spectre Co-Producer: Flying Moon, ZDF, feature film

• Film Festival de San Sebastian, Spain 2012 / Section New Directors • Busan International Film Festival in South Korea • 56th BFI Film Festival London, UK 2012 • Brighton Film Festival, UK, 21.11.2012 • Turin Film Festival, Italy, 25.11.2012 • Glasgow Film Festival, UK, 15.03.2012 • Cinema Corso at Mosaico d’Europa Film Festival, in Ravenna, Italy 2013 • Filmfestival Linz, Austria, Competition 2013 In UK Cinema (15.03.2013) Awards: • Best Film (20.000 €) at the Feature Film Competition of the 30. Torino Film Festival 2012, Italy • Nomination fort he extraordinary Debut of Scott Graham at BAFTA! 2014, UK • Nomination of UK Critics’ Circle Breakthrough Award, UK • Cloe Pirrie Winner of „Most Promising Newcomer“ at the British Independent Film Awards 2013 • Cloe Pirri nominated as one oft he BAFTA Breakthrough Brits of 2013 • Winner of Best Film at Santiago Film Festival Chile 2013 • Winner of Best First Film at the Brussels Film Fest 2013, Belgium • The European Award at the Zlin Film Festival, Czech Republic 2013

2011 „Comrade, where are you today? “ (in post production) 16:9 / HDV / 90min Director: Kirsi Liimatainen Prod.: Ilanga Films, Co-Production: Making Movies, Finland, Documentary. 2011 „Dienstags ein Held sein“ 16:9 / HD / 20x 30min Director: Christian Kapp Prod.: Gigahertz, Nina Buhre, TV Channel SWR, documentary Award:

• 2nd Price at the Chicago International Children´s Film Festival 2012, Section: Live-action Television Program

2011 „Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft” 16:9 / HD/ 30sec Director: Carsten Sander Prod.: Zecco Sportvermarktung, commercial 2010 „Mädchengeschichten – Polly“ 16:9 / HD / 30min Director: Biljana Garvanlieva Prod.: It Works! Medien GmbH for 3 Sat, documentary 2010 „GUESS - Bruno Santos“ 16:9 / HD / 50sec Director: Carsten Sander Prod: Etienne Fuchs, commercial 2010 „Royal Horse Show Oman” 16:9 / HD / 20min Director: Zorana Musikic Prod.: Scharf und Schaaffilm, horse race for the Sultan of Oman 2009 „Die Deutschländer” 16:9 / IMX + EX 1 / 45min Director: Eilika Meinert

Prod.: Telekult Film- und Medienproduktion GmbH, NDR, documentary • Transmission date: 07.12.2009, NDR

2009 „Native Son”, 1:2,35 / 35mm / 20min Director: Scott Graham Prod.: Broken Spectre, British Film council, Short Film

• First Screening: Cannes Film Festival 2010 (Semaine de la Critique), Fance • Edinburgh International Film Festival. UK • Palm Springs International Film Society - Short Film Festival 2010 • Festival International Du Film De La Rochelle, France 2010 Awards: • Winner of the Fuji Film Short Award in London 2010 for best cinematography

2009 „Die neuen Nonnen von Moskau“ 16:9 / HD / 90min Director: Beate Neumann Prod.: Telekult Film- und Medienproduktion GmbH, Co Production with TV Channels NDR, WDR and ARTE, Documentary

• Transmission date:12.03.2010, ARTE,

2009 „Auf eine Zigarette“ 16:9 / Super 16mm / 15min Director: Oliver Scherz Prod.: MeyerScherz Filmproduktion, Short Film

• Max Ophüls film festival Saarbrücken, January 2010 2007 „Der Störfall – Was geschah wirklich in den AKWs von Vattenfall?“

16:9/ HD + Pro 35 / 45min Director: Klaus Martens 1. DoP: Frederik Walker / 2. DoP: Yoliswa von Dallwitz, née Gärtig Prod.: WDR, documentation about the accident in the nuclear power system of Vattenfall • Transmission date: 19.11.07, 22h + 20.11.07, 14:15 Awards: • Medienpreis 2008 der Deutschen Umwelthilfe

2007 „Was bleibt” 16:9 / HDV / 90min Director: Birthe Templin and Gesa Knolle

1. DoP: Rasmus Sievers / 2. DoP: Yoliswa von Dallwitz, née Gärtig Prod.: Silvia Loinjak Film production, documentary about victims and perpetrators of the Nazi regime,

• International woman film festival Dortmund 2008, Germany • Memorial Place such as: • Yad Vashem – Jerusalem, Israel • Wiener Library – London, UK • Gedenk- und Bildungsstätte Haus der Wannseekonferenz – Berlin, Germany • Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Ravensbrück – Fürstenberg, Germany • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Washington DC, USA • Gedenkstätte und Museum Auschwitz, Poland • Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel • Johannesburg Holocaust Centre, South Africa

2006 „And Along come Tourists“ 1:185 / S16mm / 90 min Director: Robert Thalheim

Prod.: 23/5 Film production + ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel (Christian Cloos), Distributor: X-Verleih, world sales: Bavaria International, Cinema feature film about a guy, who does his civil service in Auschwitz • 60. Festival de Cannes (Un Certain Regard), 16. – 27. Mai 2007, Cannes, France • 42. Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Another View); 29.6.-7.7.07, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic • 32. Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema); 6.-15. 9.07, Toronto, Canada • 23. Haifa International Film Festival; 27. September – 4. October 2007, Haifa, Israel • 23. Warsaw International Film Fest (New Films New Directors International Competition); 2007, Warsaw, Poland • Krakow – Screenings of German Films (Opening film); 26. October – 01. November 2007, Krakow, Poland • VIENNALE Vienna International Film Festival; 19. October – 31. October 2007, Vienna, Austria • KINO 2007! New Films from Germany and KINO! BERLIN at the MOMA, New York (Opening Film); –2007, N.Y. • Festival of Jewish Cinema Australia; 08. November – 24. November 2007, Melbourne, Australia • Thessaloniki International Film Festival; 16. November – 25. November 2007, Thessaloniki, Greece • Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival; December – 07. December 2007, Jerusalem, Israel • 6. Festival of German Films in Moscow; 05. December – 09. December 2007, Moscow, Russia • 4. Dubai International Film Festival; 09. December – 16. December 2007, Dubai, United Arab Emirates • 10. International Meeting of Cinema & History – Istanbul; 14.- 20.12.07, Istanbul, Turkey • 19. Palm Springs International Film Festival; 3. January – 14. January 2008, Palm Springs, USA • 13. Berlin & Beyond Film Festival – San Francisco; 10. January – 16. January 2008, San Francisco, USA • 18. Tromsø International Film Festival; 15. January – 20. January 2008, Tromsø, Norway • New Films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland - Washington; 18.-24.1.08, Washington, USA • 58. International Filmfestspiele Berlin (German Cinema); 7. February – 17. February 2008, Berlin, Germany • 25. Miami International Film Festival; 28. February – 09. March 2008, Miami, USA • AUGENBLICK - 4. Festival de cinéma de langue allemande in Alsace (opening film competition); 2008, France • Festival of German Films in Boston; April – 30. April 2008, Boston, USA

• Sonderpreis das Eberhard-Fechner-Förderstipendium der VG Bild-Kunst im Rahmen des Grimme-Preis 2011, Germany Awards: • Nomination for the German film award 2008 as best feature film. Nomination money: 25.000 Euro) • 25. Film fest Munich (New German Feature Films); 22.-30.6.07, Munich, Germany

Award: best male actor for Alexander Fehling, Nomination: best director and best script for Robert Thalheim;

• Best Film in the section feature film at the 18. Festival International Du Film D'histoire de Pessac (Competition); 20.-26.11.08, Bordeaux, France

• VGF-Newcomer production award for Britta Knöller und Hans-Christian Schmid; 2008 in Munich, Germany • Kunstpreis Berlin - Jubiläumsstiftung 1848/1948 for the year 2008 for Robert Thalheim, section film and media art; award

ceremony on the 18th of March 2008 in the Academy of arts in Berlin, Germany Cinema and DVD Release • Cinema release: 16.08.07, DVD Start: February 2008 in Germany

2005 „Legend”

4:3 / MiniDV / 70 min Director: Candice Breitz Prod.: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Francesca von Habsburg, Video art. 30 channel –Video -Installation of Jamaican artists, who perform the album „Legend“. • ART-Festival Basel, Switzerland • Sonambiente Berlin 06, Germany • Palazzo delle Papesse “Good Vibrations” Siena, Italy 06

2004 „Sonja“

16:9 / S16 mm / 80 min Director: Kirsi Liimatainen, Prod.: HFF, MDR, BR, feature film about the first love in the suburbs of Berlin, Marzahn • Max Ophüls Film festival Saarbrücken, January 06, Germany • 16. FilmKunstFest Schwerin: Competition: Newcomer Award, May 06, Germany • Achtung Berlin Film festival, Competition, May 06, Germany • Internationals Film Festival Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 2006 • Cine Jeune de l’Aisne, France, October 2006 • Exground Film Festival (Competition), Wiesbaden, Germany, November 2006 • Cairo international Film Festival (Competition), Egypt 2006 • 8th Panorama of Independent Film Makers T.U.C.TH., Greece, 2006, • FIPATEL, Biarritz, France, January 2007 • BUFF- Film Festival (Competition), Sweden, March 2007 • Miami International Film Festival (Competition), U.S.A., March 2007 • The 10th Kristiansand Intl’ Children’s Film Festival, Norway, April 2007 • Espoo Cine, Finland 2007 Awards • Findlings-Prize at Filmkunstfest Schwerin 2006, Germany • Best Foreign Full Length Film/ Best Actress at 8th Panorama of Indep. Film Makers T.U.C.TH. 2006, Greece • Special Mention from Grand Jury at Miami International Film Festival 2007, USA • Special Mention (Church Jury) BUFF Film Festival 2007, Greece • Special Mention, Foreign Full Length Film, New York LGBT Film Festival, U.S.A. 2007 TV • 3Sat, Germany, 13.07.06, YLE TV1, Finland, 31.10.06, BR, Germany, 14.03.07, Mdr, Germany, 7.07.07 Cinema and DVD Release • in Germany, 23.11.2006, Distributor: “Salzgeber” (Cinema and DVD) • International Sales: Magyx – Telavision and HFF ”Konrad Wolf” Potsdam-Babelsberg

2004 „Zeit ohne Eltern“

16:9 / DigiBeta / 65 min Director: Celia Rothmund 1.DoP Justyna Feicht / 2. DoP Yoliswa v. Dallwitz (shooting in Czech Republic, Amberg and Magdeburg) Prod.: 3 Sat/ KHM, documentary: portrait of two families who were imprisoned in the GDR after trying to escape. • 39. International Hofer Filmtage, Germany • Max Ophüls film festival Saarbrücken 06, Section Competition, Germany • International Student film festival Sehsüchte Potsdam, Germany • Festival des Films du Monde Montréal 2006, Cananda • Festival of German films, Paris, France 2006 • Festival of German films, Lyon, France 2006 • Transmission date: 16.7.2006; • Robert-Geisendörfer-Award 2007, Germany

2003 „Nipo Brasil“

16:9 / MiniDV / 90 min Director: Roberto Manhaes Reis Prod.: Viro Film, Swiss Film-Foundation, Japan Film-Foundation, documentary about the Japanese community in Brazil • DokFilmFestival Munich 2005, Germany • Japanisches Kulturinstitut (The Japan Foundation) Köln, Germany • Film fest Rio de Janeiro 2005, Brazil

2003 „Netto“

1:185 / MiniDV / 90 min Director: Robert Thalheim Prod.: HFF, ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel, feature film; Father-Son-Story in Prenzlauer Berg/ Berlin

• 9. German Film Festival - December 2005 in Singapore, China • Entrevue - Festival International du Film Belfort - in Belfort, France • Festival of German films - in London, Great Britain • Exground Film fest 18, 11.-20. November 2005 in Wiesbaden, Germany • Festival of German Films - 9.-15. November 2005 in Nantes, France • 41st Chicago International Film Festival - 6.-20. October 2005 in Chicago, Illinois, USA • Vancouver International Film Festival - in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • 27th International Film festival Moscow - 17.-26. June 2005 In Moscow, Russia (Perspektive) • CROSSING EUROPE Film festival Linz 2005 - 26. April - 1. Mai 2005 in Linz, Austria • 20th International Film Festival - 19.-30. April 2006 in Washington DC, USA • 17th edition of Alpe Adria Cinema - Trieste Film Festival - 2005 in Triest, Italy: Section Update Germany • Berlin & beyond Film festival - 12.-18. January 2006 in San Francisco, California, USA Awards: • Max Ophüls Film Festival Saarbrücken 05, Förderpreis feature film • Berlinale 05: section: “Perspektive Deutsches Kino”: Award: „Dialogue en perspective“, Germany • 15. FilmKunstFest Schwerin: Förderpreis der DEFA-Stiftung • Filmkunstpreis 2005, Festival of German Films in Rhein-Neckar-Dreieck, 30. June -10. July, Germany

2005 in Ludwigshafen: Winner of the 50.000 Euro endowed "Filmkunstpreises" fort he best German film of the year. • Best Fiction Script, Prix Europa 2005, 15.-22. October 2005 in Berlin, Prix Geneva-Europe • Award of the German - French Jugendwerkes DFJW, 2004 Festival of German films, 2005 in Paris, France • Award of the German film critic „best first feature film“ 2005 • Nomination for the best acting for the lead character Milan Peschel at the German Film Award 2006, • Signis Award, Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia, 25. August - 1. September 2006 in Valdivia, Chile • Nomination for the 43rd Adolf-Grimme-Award 2007, Section: Competition fiction, Germany TV and Cinema: • Cinema release in Germany: 5. Mai 2005 (2007 in France) • Transmission date: July 2007 ZDF

2002 „Texas Kabul“

16:9 / MiniDV / 90 min Director: Helga Reidemeister Cinematographer of the Serbia/ Bosnia part about women in black Producers: Zoran Solomun ohne Gepäck Gbr; WDR/ ZDF/ Arte/ SWR Documentary about political activists in Belgrade (Serbia) and Sarajevo (Bosnia). • Berlinale 04, Section: Panorama, Germany • Cinéma du réel, Paris, France • Montreal World Film Festival, Montreal, Quebec, Canada • Festival DE OLHOS BEM ABERTOS, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Mostra, Internacional de films de dones de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain • Nomination for the Adolf Grimme award 2005: Competition: "Information & Culture ", Germany • 25th Durban international film festival, Durban, South Africa

2001 „Frühlingshymne“

16:9 / S16 mm / 45 min Director: Kirsi Liimatainen, Prod.: HFF; ARTE, short film about kids who grow up in the rough suburbs of Berlin • Sehsüchte Potsdam, Germany • Probelauf Kunstakademie Berlin, • Flanders Film Festival, Ghent, Belgium, World Cinema, October 2002 • Clermont Ferrand Festival Tout Court, 5. December 2003 in Paris, France • The 43rd International Film Festival for Children and Youth - 25.-31. Mai 2003 in Zlín, Czech Republic • Illumination 2003 - European Film School Festival - 22.-26. April 2003 in Helsinki, Finland • The 36th Annual World Fest-Houston - International Film Festival - 4.-13. April 2003 in Houston, Texas, USA • The 43rd Brno Sixteen - 16.-20. October 2002 in Brno, Czech Republic • TV: YLE TV1 Finland, 2004, • ARTE France/Germany, April 2005 / February 2006