NEWS
2025
Documentary Short 'EMPTY CHURCH' completed.
2024
Documentary Short 'BETWEEN STONES' completed.
2022
Scholarship by Stiftung Kunstfonds
2021
'Round About' screened at the Boston Short Film Festival
'Round About' nominated at 13. Ghent Viewpoint Documentary Film Festival
'Round About' nominated at 41. Brussels Independent Film Festival
2020
'TAVY' nominated at Wales International Documentary Festival
2019
Scholarship by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of North Rhine-Westphalia
'TAVY' screened at 17th Environmental Short Film Festival
Luxor Times Magazine featured 'Colors of Ancient Egypt' exhibition
'TAVY' nominated at FIFF-Filmstrip International Film Festival
Golden Cat Award for Best Editing at 19th International Izmir Short Film Festival
2018
Pinewood Studios screened 'TAVY' online
'TAVY' official selection at Switzerland International Film Festival
Installation at Egyptian Museum Cairo: 'Nefertiti Alive'
'TAVY' at the New Earth International Film Festival Kraków
Exhibition: 'Colors of Ancient Egypt' at Egyptian Museum Cairo
'All's Well' nominated for Best Editing at 19th International Izmir Short Film Festival
'TAVY' selected for New Earth International Film Festival
ABOUT
Andreas Uranowicz is a filmmaker, film editor and new media artist with a background in media design. He has worked with notable editors such as Monika Schindler and Nils Pagh Anderson, as well as acclaimed directors like Philip Gröning and Ai Weiwei.
As a director, Andreas is focusing on social justice and environmental issues. His films were screened at several international film festivals. In 2018, Andreas won the Best Editing Award at the ISFF Izmir for his work on 'Everything is fine', a short film directed by Metehan Sereflioglu. The following year, he was the editor of the feature film 'Because We Dreamt of Flying' directed by Lilian Erlinger, which premiered at the Hof International Film Festival.
In collaboration with the German embassy, Andreas exhibited 'The Colors of Ancient Egypt', the first new media exhibition at the Egyptian Museum in 2018. Andreas is based in Berlin.
NOMINATIONS & SCREENINGS
EXHIBITIONS
COLOURS OF ANCIENT EGYPT, EGYPTIAN MUSEUM CAIRO, 2018
AWARDS
BEST EDITING - 'HER SEY YOLUNDA' - 19TH INTERNATIONAL IZMIR SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
SCHOLARSHIPS
2018
INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE - MINISTRY OF INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND RESEARCH OF NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA
2019
ARTIST GRANT - MINISTRY OF INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND RESEARCH OF NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA
2022
STIFTUNG KUNSTFONDS
mail@uranowicz.com
EMPTY CHURCH
Documentary Short
The Lutheran Church runs Toby Ambohimahazo, a remote exorcism center near Antsirabe, Madagascar. In this area, people believe that mental illness is a form of spirit possession.
Pierre, a man imprisoned for smoking weed, lives at the center with about 200 others deemed "possessed". Rivo, the lead exorcist, holds daily religious rituals to save people through Jesus.
The documentary gradually reveals repetitive routines as a reflection of institutional control. These rituals highlight the spiritual intensity that sustains the community, but also the quiet suffering of the people inside. The story of healing through faith shifts when Pierre is abused and mentally harmed, while Rivo desperately searches for a real case of possession.
"Empty Church" is an examination of a spiritual system created for vulnerable lives, raising questions about faith, power and human rights.
BETWEEN STONES
Documentary Short
The experimental documentary explores the growing divide between humans and nature, creating a space on a volcanic island that enters into a symbiotic relationship with Neptune, the most distant planet in our solar system.
TAVY
Documentary Short
Madagascar's forests are threatened. Almost everyone is using wood for daily cooking, manufacturing furniture and house construction. 40 percent of the forest cover disappeared in the last 60 years.
FESTIVALS
17.Environmental Short Film Festival
Wales International Documentary Festival
New Earth International Filmfestival
Switzerland International Filmfestival
FIFF-Filmstrip International Film Festival
LIFT OFF - Pinewood Studios - Official Screenings
ROUND ABOUT
Documentary Short
An exorcist in Madagascar is looking for possessed patients in his institution while talking to mental ill people held in chains.
FESTIVALS
41. Brussels Indepentent Film Festival
13. Ghent Viewpoint Documentary Film Festival
8. Boston Short Film Festival
16. London Super Shorts Film Festival
EXORCISM
Photography Series
Gospel of Mark 1, 32-34
32 That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed. 33 The whole town gathered at the door, 34 and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was.
MALAGASY KIDS
Photography Series
During my visit to the highlands of Madagascar to record footage for a documentary film about the threatened environment, I encountered some curious children while capturing shots of the landscapes. As I moved to different locations, the children began to follow me closely. I quickly turned around to take photos of them and they initially responded by hiding or jumping aside. However, as time passed, they grew more confident and engaged in a playful game with me. The end result was a powerful shot showcasing Malagasy children in the highlands protecting their threatened environment.
NEFERTITI ALIVE
Installation
"Colors of Ancient Egypt" Exhibition in the Egyptian Museum Cairo supported by the German Embassy & the Ministry of Antiquities - ancientcolors.com
SAVIKA
Photography Series
Savika is a Malagasy tradition where men ride on bulls. This event takes place once a year during Easter time in Ambositra, located in the highlands of Madagascar. The brave participants, called Mpisavika, do not receive any trophies for their courage. Rather, it is a rite of passage for young men to prove their bravery and responsibility to the community.
In Malagasy culture, owning a zebu is considered the most prized possession a man can have, even more important than owning a house or a car. Savika is just another way of expressing the bond between man and zebu.
"Savika symbolizes the love between humans and their zebus. Despite appearing as a fight, it signifies the deep connection between two individuals who become of the same mind with each other."
WINDOWS
Web-Installation
STILLS