Andreas Hartmann (*1983) is a Berlin-based documentary filmmaker, media artist, and photographer. A graduate of the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, he later studied as a Meisterschüler under Prof. Thomas Arslan at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents and the Sundance Institute, received the Gerd Ruge Grant, and was nominated for the prestigious German TV award Grimme Prize. His work has been screened and exhibited worldwide, including Busan IFF, Shanghai IFF, CPH:DOX, DOK Leipzig, Festival dei Popoli Florence, Cinéma du Réel at the Centre Pompidou Paris, Eye Filmmuseum Amsterdam, Danish Film Institute, Musée Guimet Paris, Tokyo Arts and Space. His third feature-length film, A FREE MAN, received the Busan Cinephile Award for Best World Documentary at the 22nd Busan IFF. His latest film, JOHATSU – INTO THIN AIR, co-directed with Arata Mori, was nominated for the Golden Alexander Award at the 26th Thessaloniki iDF and the Golden Horn Award at the 64th Krakow FF, and won the VIKTOR Award for Best Documentary at the 39th DOK.fest München. Hartmann has participated in international artist residencies, including the Goethe-Institut Villa Kamogawa in Kyoto and the Tokyo Arts and Space International Creator Residency Program. He has also shared his expertise through lectures and masterclasses at institutions such as the Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema, the University of Montana’s School of Journalism, and Freie Universität Berlin.