Documentary filmmaker
Dea Gjinovci has been filming and writing documentaries following her studies between Geneva, London and Paris. In parallel, she has always worked, either on film projects, or as a freelance journalist for Swiss media (Le Temps) or Anglo-Saxon (AJ +). For them, she directed «This is the sound of climate change» during the protests of COP21 in Paris. In early 2017, she coordinated a crowdfunding campaign for the documentary Mr Gay Syria, a campaign relayed by media such as Vanity Fair, the Guardian and The Economist. In 2017, she directed her first film, «Sans le Kosovo». This short documentary was awarded Best National Film Award at the 2017 edition of the Dokufest Festival, and has been presented at festivals in Palermo, Paris, Vienna and Visions du Réel in Nyon.
Films
Feature documentary «Réveil sur Mars»
(in production - completion spring 2019)
Co-produced by Amok Films (France), Alva Film (Switzerland) & Mélisande Films (France)
Supported by Radio Télévision Suisse & France 2
"MARS" was awarded a Sundance Institute development grant in April 2018
Shooting location: Sweden
Short documentary «Sans le Kosovo»
Writing, directing and editing
Completed January 2017
Shooting locations: Italy, Croatia & Kosovo
Awards & Selections
«Réveil sur Mars»
Winner of the "Perspective d'un doc" award at Visions du Réel organized by Radio Télévision Suisse 2017
Awarded a Sundance Institute development grant in April 2018
«Sans le Kosovo»
Best National Film Award, Dokufest, Kosovo, August 2017
Winner of «L’Institut français» Prize, Festival Cine Zaragoza, December 2017
Third Prize in the professional filmmaker category, Global Migration Film Festival, December 2017
Global Migration Film Festival, December 2017
This Human World, International Human Rights Film Festival, Vienna, December 2017
Sole Luna Documentary Festival in Palermo, July 2017 and Treviso, September 2017
Seanema Film Festival, Ulcinj, Montenegro, September 2017
Paris Short Film Festival, Paris, May 2017
International Film Market and Media Library, Visions of the Real, Nyon, April 2017
Sheffield Festival’s Doc / Player, June 2017