KANWAL SETHI

BIO

Kanwal Sethi lives and works as an author and director in Leipzig. He was born in Amritsar, India. During his school years, he founded a theater group and went on to direct plays at various independent theaters. After moving to Germany, he first studied economics in Dresden before turning to film. His short films and documentaries have screened at international film festivals, including at MOMA in New York and have won various awards.

FERNES LAND (2012), his debut film, premiered at the Max Ophüls Prize. ONCE AGAIN (2017 –Hof Filmfestival, MAMI Mumbai and Golden Biber, among others) celebrated its world premiere on Netflix. His current film WAS VON DER LIEBE BLEIBT (2023) focuses on structural racism in Germany through a love story and celebrated its premiere at Hamburg Filmfetsival. The theatrical release was in May 2024

In addition to his artistic work, Kanwal Sethi is a committed political activist. Among other things, he is a member of the MDR Broadcasting Council and the German Film Academy.

FILMOGRAPHY

TANHAA

2024 Feature Film 100 min
Written by
Production planned 2025

Neufilm GmbH, Crawling Angel Film and Kovid Gupta Films

WHAT REMAINS OF LOVE

2023 Feature Film 100 min
Written and directed by

Premiere Filmfest Hamburg
Rohfilm Production GmbH with ZDF, BKM, MDM, MBB, Hessenfilm, FFA

Film distribution Filmwelt

LIFE AND DEATH OF YOUR DREAMS

2022 Series
Written by

Elemag Pictures Gmbh with MDM

EMILIE AND SUBHASH

2022/2024 Feature Film 100 min
Written by
Production planned 2026

Suitable Pictures und MDM und weitere Partner

LONDON CONFIDENTIAL

2020 Feature Film
Directed by

Jar pictures

TV Film Sony/Zee TV

SILENT SCREAM

2021 Feature Film 90 min
Written by

ONCE AGAIN

2017 Feature Film 100 min
Written and directed by

et al. Hof Filmfestival, MAMI and Goldene Biber. Neufilm GmbH, Urban films, Jar picturesZDF, Arte, MDM

World Sales Netflix and Urban Distribution (FRA)

Film distribution Arsenal

FOUR WOMEN

2016 Documentary 80 min
Written and directed by

Neufilm GmbH

JUNCTIONSPOINT

2012 Feature Film 90 min
Written and directed by

et al. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Reihe »Shooting Stars« in ZDF, Audience Price at Grenzland

Neufilm Gmbh, MDM and ZDF – Das kleine Fernsehspiel Film distribution Missingfilm