Born in Germany, Frankfurt a.M., in 1974. Lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal since 1996. Works as film director and producer. B.A. in Film Editing, M.A. in Film Direction, both from the National Filmschool in Portugal (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema). M.Phil in Aesthetics/ Philosophy of Art at the Lisbon University (Faculty of Letters). Founded with Isabel Machado in 2003 the production company C.R.I.M. Produções. As a filmmaker, Christine explores the borders between reality and imagination. She has directed several short and media-length documentaries, awarded and shown at international film festivals. Still to be released in 2009, MOTHER FATIMA is Christine’s first feature-length documentary, and KINOTEL her first short fiction.shapeimage_1_link_0
Contact:
christinereeh@netcabo.pt
                                                
 
Filmography (as director/writer, selection):
 
2009 “Kinotel”
15 min., shortfilm
Funded by ICA/RTP
Production: C.R.I.M.
To be released in 2009
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2009 “Mother Fatima”
(Mãe Fátima)
80 min., creative documentary
Funded by ICA/RTP
Production: C.R.I.M.
To be released in 2009
 
 
 
 
 
 
2006 “Waiting for Europe”
(À espera da Europa)
57 min., creative documentary
Production: C.R.I.M.
World Premiere at DocLisboa, Portugal, in October 2006
MERIT PRIZE Taiwan International Documentary Festival 2008
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY New York International Independent Film and Video Festival 2007
GRAND PRIZE - Erasmus EuroMedia Awards 2007, Vienna, Austria
TVrelease: RTP2; VRT Belgium
 
 
2003 “Other Dreams” (Outros Sonhos):
“Looking through inside”, “Fragments of a slow time”, “At the edge of limits” and “Silent world”
Series of 4 x 30 min. creative documentaries. Co-production CRIM/RTP1
TV release and World Premiere: RTP1 and  RTP Internacional
Festival premieres in Portugal at Festivals such as Avanca Film Festival or DocLisboa
FIRST PRIZE for “At the edge of limits”, Shortfilm Festival Hospital Julio de Matos, Portugal
BEST IMAGE for “Fragments of a slow time” at IDF Cronograf, Moldovar
 
 
2002 “Requiem for my mother”
(Requiem für meine Mutter)
38 min., essay-film
Co-production Asterisk/ Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema, Portugal
Portuguese Premiere at DocLisboa (Portugal)
European Premiere at Docupolis (Spain)
 
 
2001 “A nowhere Paradise”
(Paraíso em lugar nenhum)
47 min. creative documentary
Produced by Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema, Portugal
World Premiere at IDFA (Holland) 2001
Portuguese Premiere at DocLisboa 2002
 
 
2000 “Exile”
43 min. creative documentary
Produced by Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema Lisbon
and Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Munich
RTP PRIZE at XI Encontros Internacionais de Cinema Documental da Malaposta, Loures, Portugal 2000
TV release: RTP2, September 2003
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Christine Reeh