Kim Strobl • Writer •Director

Kim Strobl is an award-winning Austrian filmmaker. After 11 years in London she is currently living in Innsbruck, Austria.

She has a BA in Film & Television Production from the University in Westminster, as well as a Diploma for Advanced Directing from the Central Film School London, where she received the Best Director Award for her graduation film Loose Ends.

Whilst directing and producing her own projects she has 12 years of production experience, working for various high-profile production companies in London and Austria in various roles.

During May 2013 Kim was invited to participate and discuss her work as director at the IFFI Talent Campus in Innsbruck.

Her short film Dancing in Circles stars 3-time Bafta Cymru winning actress Sharon Morgan and was awarded a BAFTA in September 2015.

In 2019 Kim’s debut feature film Madison was produced by Dor Film West & Dor Film and had its cinema release in September 2021.

In 2022 and 2023 she directed 8 episodes of Soko Linz for ORF/ZDF in total, as well as 5 episodes of the new children’s series Die drei !!! for Disney Plus.

She is currently writing her next feature film, a historical thriller for Dor Film, and has just received the development prize from the ‘If she can see it she can be it’ screenwriting competition for her political thriller ‘Long Pila’.

Awards

Long Pila

                                 1. Stufe beim If she can see it she can be it Drehbuchwettbewerb

Madison

                                 Kinder-Medien-Preis Der Weiße Elefant für Beste Kinoproduktion

Nominiert für den Preis der deutschen Filmkritik als Bester Kinderfilm

Publikumspreis Bielefelder Kinderfilmfest

Baumhaus/Boje Media award (book publishing company)

Dancing in Circles

                                  BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Short Film

                                  Best Film at the Delhi Shorts Int. Film Festival

                                  Best Director at the Mumbai Shorts Int. Film Festival

                                  Board of Director’s Award at the North Carolina Film Festival

                                  Gold Remi at WorldFest Houston

Loose Ends

Best Director Award from the Central Film School London

Best UK Graduation Fiction Film at the Ffresh Awards 2012

Sierra Nevada Award at the Mountain Film Awards 2012

Best Cinematography & Best Overall Performances at the WILDSound Film Festival - April 2012 Edition

Nominated at the London Student Film Festival 2012 for Best Cinematography

Week 17 Winner at CinemadaMare 2011

Summer Breeze

Honorable mention placement for The IFCT 2008 Tour Award for Best Female Director

Honorable Mention for Best Cinematography at The Baltimore Women’s Film Festival 2008

Nominated for Young Filmmaker Award at Byron Bay Film Festival 2007

WWF 'Crime Scene'

WWF commercial for the Kodak Student Commercial Awards 2004

                                 Best Overall, Best in Brief, Best Post Production