Franklin

Biography

Franklin is a young directors’ collective founded in 2013 by Anni & Linda at the age of 19.

The creative duo with queer and Iranian backgrounds started off directing documentary and fiction on topics like diversity and queerness – stories about their own communities important to their generation. With these topics they have now entered the commercial stage aiming to tell stories of real people and crossing visual boundaries by mixing realism with aesthetics in their work. http://www.franklinfilm.net

Annika Franke born in 1993, works at the editorial department for film of TV station SWR. She resides between Germany and Cambodia, speaks Khmer fluently and has a degree in Cultural Anthropology & Southeast Asian Studies. She is the content ambassador of Franklinfilm.

Linda-Schiwa Klinkhammer born in 1993, studies directing at University of Television and Film Munich. She has an eye for humorous surrealism and thrives in inventing new formats that seek the unexpected in its visual storytelling. She is the artistic ambassador of Franklinfilm.