Doreen
Ignaszewski
The Seeker – what remains between images, voices and memories.
I was born on 18 January 1977 in Königs Wusterhausen. I grew up in Brandenburg and Berlin. After completing my A-levels and training as a photographer at the Freie Universität Berlin (1997–2000), I began studying editing at the HFF Konrad Wolf (today: Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf) in 2003, graduating there in 2010 as a qualified film editor (with distinction).
In my diploma thesis “Die Sprache der inneren Berührung” (The Language of Inner Touch) I explored the originality and the playful, communicative capacity of film editing. My graduation film “My Globe is broken in Rwanda” was awarded Best Documentary at the Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis in 2010.
Since 2010 I have worked mainly as a freelance film editor on documentaries, feature films and concert films – work that has taken me to festivals from Sundance and the Berlinale to Thessaloniki.
I work and live with my family in Berlin. For now.
Where the light is different.
The Cyclades · Athens · Peloponnese · Phocis
For almost thirty years I have travelled to Greece and keep returning – each time a little more familiar and yet surprised anew. I am not interested in postcard images, but in the people, the language, the music and a different relationship with light, time and memory.
From this long-standing connection, “Epistoli” is currently taking shape: a multi-part, internationally conceived artistic project about voice, sea, memory, language, loss and longing. It will weave a novel, an audio piece, an immersive installation and a film into a polyphonic whole – grown from an encounter on a Greek island that has not let go of me to this day.
A gaze that lingers.
Images born of close observation – from analogue to digital, from small format to large format. Swipe or use the arrows to browse.
The language of touch – cut by cut.
A selection of 19 works – each with its own story and rhythm. Tap a card for details, otherwise swipe or use the arrows to browse.
Messages are welcome.
For projects in film editing, photography and literature – for the stories still waiting to be told.