BIOGRAPHYJonathan Brunner (*1996) is a german film director based in Cologne and Ludwigsburg. He received his Bachelor Degree in Media Design from the University of Applied Sciences, Mainz in 2020. In the fall 2020, he began working towards his Diploma in Documentary film directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg. His films has been shown internationally on film festivals. His documentary Border Conversations won the section "German Competition: Short Film" at DOK Leipzig 2022, the Student Award at Dok.fest Munich 2023, the Young C. Award at the CIVIS Media Prize 2023 and was shortlisted for the Lola (German Film Award). For her work on Jonathan's latest film From Ecuador With Love Editor, Anjuna Hartmann, got awarded with the German Cinematography Award (Deutscher Kamerapreis). In 2025, Jonathan joined the CIVIS Media Prize Jury. Furthermore, he has made a self-published photo book and a solo exhibition. Jonathan is working as freelance director, directing DP and editor since 2015.
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FILMOGRAPHYDirector2025 From Ecuador With Love, documentary, 9 min.2025 Those Who Are Left, documentary, 24 min.2023 Waiting, Not Waiting, documentary, 17 min. 2022 Border Conversations, documentary, 30 min.2022 White Roses, documentary, 25 min.2022 Autumn in Summer, short film, 3 min.2021 Pulling Corks, documentary, 17 min.2021 White Noise, experimental, 1 min.2020 10 Years, documentary, 12 min.2018 Without Words, documentary, 33 min.
Director of Photography
2025 Those Who Are Left, documentary, 24 min.2020 For Your Sake, documentary, 37 min.2019 Brocki, documentary, 16 min.
AWARDS2025 Etiuda & Anima International Film Festival, Krakow/Poland: "Audience Choice" for THOSE WHO ARE LEFT2025 Bundesfestival junger Film, St. Ingbert/Germany: "Beyond Borders: Socially and Culturally Relevant" for THOSE WHO ARE LEFT2025 Vimeo Staff Pick for BORDER CONVERSATIONS2024 Intl' Student Film Festival CineMAiubit, Bucharest/Romania: “Victor Iliu Prize for Best Documentary" for WAITING, NOT WAITING2023 Shortlist Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis: BORDER CONVERSATIONS2023 T-Port Lighthouse Selection: BORDER CONVERSATIONS2023 Dok.fest München, Munich/Germany: "Student Award" for BORDER CONVERSATIONS2023 CIVIS Medienpreis: "Young C. Award" for BORDER CONVERSATIONS2023 FBW Prädikat "besonders wertvoll" for BORDER CONVERSATIONS2023 FiSH Filmfestival, Rostock/Germany: "Honorable Mention" for BORDER CONVERSATIONS2023 Palm Springs Intl’ Shortfest, Palm Springs/USA: "Special Mention: MOZAIK Bridging the Borders Competition" for BORDER CONVERSATIONS2023 Provinziale Eberswalde/Germany: "Die Rose" Audience Award for BORDER CONVERSATIONS2023 up-and-coming Hannover/Germany: Honorable Mention for BORDER CONVERSATIONS2023 blicke Filmfestival des Ruhrgebiets, Bochum/Germany: "Audience Award" for BORDER CONVERSATIONS 2022 Dok Leipzig/Germany: "Silberne Taube" German Competition Short for BORDER CONVERSATIONS2020 Palm Springs Intl' Film Fest, Palm Springs/USA: "Best Student Documentary Short" for FOR YOUR SAKE (Dir. Ronja Hemm)2019 Provinziale, Eberswalde/Germany: "Audience Award Short Documentary" for FOR YOUR SAKE (Dir. Ronja Hemm)2019 STIFF – Student International Film Festival, Rijeka/Croatia: "Audience Award" for FOR YOUR SAKE (Dir. Ronja Hemm)
PRESShttps://www.civismedia.eu/medienpreis/medienpreis-2023/preistraegerinnen/https://tportmarket.com/filmmaking-without-regret-an-interview-with-border-conversations-documentarian-jonathan-brunner/https://www.fbw-filmbewertung.com/film/border_conversationshttps://www.nowness.com/series/portrait-of-a-place/autumn-in-summerhttps://sensor-magazin.de/ausstellung-die-wochentage-im-portrait-vom-17-bis-25-1-im-gutleut/https://testkammer.com/2023/02/22/border-conversations-2022/
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