Eluned Zoe Aiano
Field of Work
Director, Editor
Country
Germany
Biography
Eluned Zoe Aiano is a filmmaker, editor and translator with a background in Visual Anthropology whose work is generally centred on Central/Eastern Europe. Her short All Her Dying Lovers, an animated documentary made in collaboration with Anna Benner, premiered at Hot Docs and was published on the New York Times Op Docs section. Her feature documentary Flotacija, co-directed with Alesandra Tatic, won the Grand Prix at Martovski Festival, Best First Film at the Jean Rouch Festival and the EASA Mantas Kvedaravičius Film Award. She attended IFDA Academy 2022. She has been selected for residencies including the Wapping Project in Berlin, the Pépinières Européennes de Création residency in Quebec, and the ENOA network immersive residency with the Aix-en-Provence Opera Festival. In 2025 she was awarded the Berlin Senat’s Female Filmmaker grant. "
Film
Director’s statement / Sample of Work / Showcase
Filmography
Flotacija, 2023
Marija+Toma, 2021
All Her Dying Lovers, 2020
Black&White, 2019
Imam pesmu da vam pevam/I Have a Song to Sing You, 2019
Awards
Flotacija:
Grand Prix at Martovski Festival
Best First Film at Jean Rouch Film Festival
EASA Mantas Kvedaravičius Film Award
Special mention at Al Jazeera Balkans Docs
Special mention at Mostra Internacional de Cinema Etnográfico Museo do Pobo Galego
Black&White:
Best Documentary at European Film Festival of Lille
Audience Award at KinEst
Special Mention at Sevil International Women’s Documentary Film Festival
Best Documentary at Hallucinea
Best Short Documentary at Firm Film Festival
Marija+Toma:
Grand Prix at the International Festival of Ethnological Film Belgrade
Best Short Documentary at Tuzla Film Festival.
