Lilian Franck has been directing films for more than 20 years. As a young woman, Lilian was frustrated with the limitative use of words, a frustration that led to a growing interest in film. Film making gave her the opportunity to create a language of her own.
Her theatrical debut, Jesus loves you, a quite different film about the football world championship in 2006, was celebrated on many international festivals as well – for example at the Berlinale. The film Pianomania (Co-director: Robert Cibis) had a cinema release in more than 25 countries and won among other prizes, the “Semaine de la Critique” prize in Locarno, the Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival and the German Film Award in the category Best Sound Design. Lilian’s range of experience is broad. After making documentaries, which were shot in an “fly on the wall” style, she now finished her personal investigation trustWHO on the future of global health. Before focusing on theatrical films, Lilian was the artsy girl in film school who made video installations and experimental films. She studied at the “Film Academy in Baden Württemberg”, Germany and the Grande Ecole “Le Fresnoy – Studio national des Arts Contemporains” in France. Through her film making, Lilian communicates personal as well as political messages. She wants to reach out to people: “Each of my films is a contact ad”.
