Sandra Wollner
{{short description|Austrian film director and screenwriter}}
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| name = Sandra Wollner
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| caption = Wollner at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in 2020
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| birth_date = 1983
| birth_place = Leoben, Austria{{cite web|url=https://www.kleinezeitung.at/kultur/kino/5775071/|title=Berlinale {{!}} Sandra Wollners Film über "die Auflösung eines Ichs"|last=Fichter-Wöß|first=Martin|date=25 February 2020|work=Kleine Zeitung|language=de|trans-title=Berlinale {{!}} Sandra Wollner's film about "the dissolution of an ego"|access-date=11 May 2020}}
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| nationality = Austrian
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| occupation = Film director, screenwriter
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Sandra Wollner (born 1983) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. She made her feature directorial debut with The Impossible Picture (2016), and also directed and co-wrote The Trouble with Being Born (2020).{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/berlinale-2020-sandra-wollner-on-the-trouble-with-being-born-1203516242/|title=Sandra Wollner on Berlin A.I. Drama 'The Trouble With Being Born'|last=Vourlias|first=Christopher|date=26 February 2020|work=Variety|access-date=10 May 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/berlin-hidden-gem-underage-robotic-provocation-trouble-being-born-1280962|title=Berlin Hidden Gem: Underage Robotic Provocation in 'The Trouble With Being Born'|last=Ritman|first=Alex|date=25 February 2020|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=10 May 2020}}
Education and career
In 2012, Wollner began studying documentary filmmaking at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg.{{cite web|url=https://femmes-totales.de/dub|title=Das Unmögliche Bild|website=Femmes-totales.de|language=de|access-date=11 May 2020}} She has directed several short films,{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive-2020/programme/detail/202007593.html|title=Berlinale {{!}} The Trouble With Being Born|publisher=Berlin International Film Festival|access-date=11 May 2020}} and directed her first feature film, The Impossible Picture (2016),{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-trouble-with-being-born-berlin-review/5148160.article|title='The Trouble With Being Born': Berlin Review|last=Romney|first=Jonathan|date=16 March 2020|website=Screen Daily|access-date=11 May 2020}} while still a student at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. The Impossible Picture garnered a number of awards, including the German Film Critics' Award in 2019.
Wollner directed and co-wrote The Trouble with Being Born, which premiered at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in 2020, as part of the festival's Encounters section. The film received the Special Jury Award in that section.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/trouble-with-being-born-paedophile-film-android-berlinale-sci-fi-a9362516.html|title=Android paedophile film sparks controversy and walkouts at Berlin Film Festival|last=Chilton|first=Louis|date=27 February 2020|work=The Independent|access-date=10 May 2020}}
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External links
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Category:Austrian women film directors
Category:Austrian women screenwriters
Category:Austrian film directors
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