Xandra Popescu is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Berlin. She studied politics and playwriting and is currently enrolled in the directing program at the Deutsche Film-und Fernsehakademie Berlin. Xandra co-wrote the feature "Prowl" (2016), which premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival and won the Max Ophüls Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Saarbrücken. Her short films, "Perfect Two" (2022) and "Sentimental Stories" (2023), premiered at Kurzfilmtage Winterthur and Venice Film Festival, respectively. Her short documentary "On the Impossibility of an Homage" (2024) premiered in Locarno in the Pardi di Domani competition.
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Selected filmography
- Writer & DirectorON THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF AN HOMAGEDocumentary shortRomania, Germany2024Festivals: Locarno IFF 2024 - Pardi di Domani, Best Short @ Bucharest International Dance Film Festival 2024, Concorto Film Festival Italy 2024, Bucharest International Dance Film Festival 2024, Singapore International Film Festival 2024 - Undercurrent Program, FIPADOC 2025 (shorts film selection), Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival (FICCI) - Official Selection - Iberoamérica
- Writer & DirectorSENTIMENTAL STORIESFiction shortGermany2023Festivals: Venice IFF - Orizzonti
- Writer & DirectorPERFECT TWOFiction shortGermany2022Festivals: Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Dresden FF
- WriterPROWLFiction featureGermany2016Festivals: San Sebastian IFF, MAX OPHÜLS - winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Best Director, Achtung Berlin - Prize of the Association of German Film Critics and Special Mention for Best Director