About
Irina Warner
I'm a freelance documentary and animation director.
Originally from Germany (Münster, 1993), I now live in Barcelona. I studied Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona (UB) and have a master's degree in ‘Documentary writing: research and creation’ from the University of Aix-Marseille (AMU).
Since then, I've worked independently as a director, assistant director, documentalist, translator, videographer, editor and graphic designer with directors, production companies and associations in France, Spain and Germany.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Professional experience
Assistant director to Marc Ball and Patrick Cabouat, for a historical documentary series, produced by Seppia and Indi films for Arte France/Germany.
Researcher and documentalist in development for the same project.
Artistic residency in Brittany (France) and participation in the group exhibition OMME 5, invited by APte.
Teacher of the DUO DOC workshop for TPK art i pensament contamporani, Barcelona.
Creation and direction of the piece Habitant Llaços for the Barcelona Ethnological Museum.
Researcher for a animation series for Final Frontiers.
Assistant director and sound recording for the documentary le chemin de l'absent, by Jacobo Sucari.
Creation and direction of the piece Bajo la luz de la Media Luna for the Barcelona Ethnological Museum.
Editing of the documentary Lina Bo Bardi for Jacobo Sucari.
Production internship at Seppia films in Strasbourg, France.
Direction of the short film Revivre le printemps. Broadcast on the platform tënk.
Creation of an interactive memory for the DSP (Documental Social Participativo) platform, La Virreina, Barcelona.
Grant from Lab-Media, Facultat de Belles Arts, Universitat de Barcelona
Grant from GIZ (German Society for International Cooperation) as part of the weltwärts voluntary service, ARTErias Urbanas collective, Bolivia
Education and training
Training in Audiovisual Production Planning, HAZ rtve
Master's degree in Documentary writing: research and creation, Aix-Marseille University (AMU), Marseille
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Facultad de Belles Arts, UB, Barcelona
2024
2018-2020
2013-2017
2021-2024
2024
2024
2023
2023
2022
2022
2022
2021-2022
2020
2019-2020
2017-2028
2015-2016
2011-2012
My work with images, often in movement, arises from observing, listening to and documenting the conflicts that occur in my environment on a micro- and macropolitical scale.
I question the feeling of permanent powerlessness that I experience in the face of inequalities (ecological, economic, colonial and gender-related) and explore strategies of resistance, gestures of empathy and the possibility of developing other sensibilities and ways of living together. Collective and individual memory, myth and fiction are some of the ways in which I use art to counteract fear and transform it into power.