About
Karin Heberlein trained at at Central School of Speech & Drama in London. She worked for various theatres in the UK, collaborated and performed with a number of ensembles and toured successfully festivals around the globe from Seoul to Kiew, Caio and New York. In 2013 she received a scholarship for the Drehbuchwerkstatt at the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen in Munich. Since then she has worked as a writer and director. SAMI, JOE AND I, her internationally acclaimed film, opened in Swiss cinemas in 2021. In 2022 she was part of the publication Filmstern für Dich, a portrait of Swiss female directors.
She is a member of the EFA, European Film Academy and ARF/FDS, the Swiss association of directors/writers.
Filmography:
2024
WAKE UP – Serie Förderung Migros Storylab 2024 and Stipendium SSA zum Schreiben von Serien 2024
2023
DIE SCHÖNSTE BESCHERUNG, ARD – Bantry Bay Productions, Köln, Ariane Krampe, director, Buch: Sophia Krapoth – ARD MEDIATHEK
2022
EINFACH NINA – SIMPLY NINA, Degeto, ARD, Schiwago Films, Berlin
director, written with Angela Gilges and Christopher v.Delhaes
*Hamburger Filmfest 2022, nominiert für den Produzentenpreis, *Filmtage Oberschwaben, Gewinner Fernsehpreis 2022, *Int. Filmfestival Vancouver Canada, Edith Lando Peace Prize, *5 Seen Filmfestival 2023 , *Int. Filmfestival Busan, Korea 2023, *MICE Film Festival 2023 Valencia , *Luxembourg City Filmfestival 2024, *FIFEM Int. Filmfestival Montréal 2024
2021/2
BLINDER FLECK, Tatort Zurich, Crime series, SRF and ARD, C-Films Switzerland
writer (with Claudia Puetz)
2021/2
SEILSCHAFTEN, Tatort Zurich, Crime series, SRF and ARD, C-Films Switzerland
writer (with Claudia Puetz)
2020
SAMI, JOE AND I, Feature Film, Abrakadabra Films Switzerland
director and writer
2014
LINARD, MARIUS UND KÖNIGIN PO
short film collection, Abrakadabra Films Switzerland
now on FILMO.CH
Several Shorts and Image films over the last years and she also worked extensively with teenagers on film and theatre projects, in England as well as in Switzerland. She was a jury member for the ecumenical film award @ Zurich Film Festival 2021 and was in the jury of the Iranian Film Festival Zurich 2021 und 2024.
Awards
Edith Lando Peace Prize (for Simply Nina), R2R int Film Festival Vancouver 2023
European Audience Award, ARTEKino Festival (for SJI) 2021
Montgomery Award, Emerging director 2021, CICCF 2021
1st Prize, Best Live Action Feature Film, (for SJI) Chicago Int. Children & Youth Film Festival 2021
Winner Förderpreis der DEFA Stiftung, Schlingel Int. Film Festival 2021
Special Mention YoungAbout, (for SJI) Int. Film Festival Bologna 2021
Winner Ecumenical Film Award Zurich (for SJI) 2020
Winner Audience Award (for Sami, Joe and I) Zurich Film Festival 2020