Bernhard Hetzenauer

Bernhard Hetzenauer, born in 1981 in Innsbruck, Austria, studied stage design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna under Bernhard Kleber (graduating with a Diploma and a Mag.art.), documentary film at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires, and fine arts/film at the HFBK Hamburg under Pepe Danquart and Wim Wenders (graduating with a Master of Fine Arts). He completed training in Gestalt therapy in Quito and Buenos Aires. Hetzenauer is the director and cinematographer of several short films and documentaries, most of which were made in Latin America. In 2013, Alexander Verlag Berlin published his essay “Das Innen im Außen” on the gaze in the film work of the Hungarian director Béla Tarr. His documentary film “Und in der Mitte der Erde war Feuer” has won several international awards.

Bernhard Hetzenauer’s film, photography and video works have been shown at festivals, cinemas and exhibitions in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Benin, Iran, Russia, Belarus, Bosnia, Estonia, Montenegro, Poland, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Germany, France, Austria, Spain and Switzerland.

Filmography:

2014 The Huichol God. Installation, DE/MX, 16mm/HD, in production

2013 And in the Centre of the Earth There Was Fire. Documentary, DE/AT/EC, 78 mins, 16mm/HD

2013 El Buenvivir – The Shaman José Quimbo. TV documentary, EC, 26 mins, HD

2013 About God, Alfi and Mexico. Essay film, DE, 10 mins, Super 8/HD, co-directed with Lisa Dutschmann/Veronika Engelmann

2012 Chez nous – At Home. Installation, DE/AT/BJ, 28 mins, HD, co-directed with Lisa Sperling/Jonas Schaul

2012 The Letters. Short film, DE/AT, 6 mins, Digital 3D

2010 Lo que quedó guardado – What Remained Unspoken. Short film, DE/AT/MX, 13 mins, 16mm

2007 Todos nos hacemos ilusiones – We All Have Illusions. Documentary, AT/EC, 70 mins, HD

2007 When Did I Stop Telling You My Dreams? Essay film, AT, 15 min, 35mm

2003 Hi(r)nschauen. Short film, AT, 25 min, 16mm

Awards:

2006 Ursula Blickle Video Prize, Vienna; 2010–12 DAAD Artist Grant, HFBK Hamburg;

2012 DAAD Prize, HFBK Hamburg; Anni and Heinrich Sussmann Sponsorship Award, Vienna;

2013 Theodor Körner Prize for Art, Vienna; Erasmus Euro Media Award, Vienna; HFBK Film Prize of the Hamburg Cultural Foundation, St. Petersburg Cinema Press Federation Diploma, Special Jury Prize at the Toluca Biennial of Visual Arts, Mexico, Artist-in-Residence grant from the Mexican government, 2014 EMARE MEX grant from Werkleitz Media Centre/Goethe-Institut/FONCA/Centro Nacional de las Artes in Mexico City.