Chris Caliman / Cinematography
My modern visual language, the feeling for the moment, creating honest images, always being curious. That's what characterises me and my camera work. As a freelance cinematographer, I live with my family in Berlin and have been working successfully with various production companies and TV stations for years. I also like to bake, but only in the winter - and then it's delicious...

Selected Honors / Awards

The Schuch Family / Fashionfilm / Julia von der Heide

Berlin Short FilmFestival 2025

Federding / Kurzfilm / Tianlin Xu 

Beijing International Short Film Festival 2022 

-Best Shortfilm

Blicke - Filmfestival des Ruhrgebiets 2022 

-WEITBLICK - Ruhr-Preis, Film mit ungewöhnlichem Blick

Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2022

-China FIRST IFF 2022 Award of Pioneering

NOWNESS Festival Shanghai 2022

-Puplikumpreis

Kanun / Spielfilm / Til Obladen und Kida Ramadan 

52nd Hofer International Film Festival 2018

Coming and Going / Documentary / Tianlin Xu 

16th FIRST STEPS AWARDS (Nomination, Berlin, Germany) 2015

6th OAXACA FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Mexico) *BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY*

PRIZE One „Board of Director’s Award Winners“ of the North Carolina Film Awards, USA

    Luis Espinal Prize at the Brazilian International Labour Film Festival / Mostra CineTrabalho, Brazil

    PRIZE GOLD REMI at the 49. Annual WorldFest Houston, USA

    BEST DOCUMENTARY for the section „Denied Location“ at the 14th Ischia Film Festival, Italy

    SPECIAL MENTION for the section LE DONNE RACCONTANO at the 23. Sguardi Altrove Film Festival, Italy

    19th Olympia International Film Festival for children and Young People (2016) Griechenland:

    Best Feature Documentary Director – comment: For her thorough observation of the characters and a stunning visual language focusing on the contrast between rural and urban Chinese society.