Franz Böhm

Franz Böhm was born and raised in Gerlingen northwest of Stuttgart At 16 he made his first short film Harmony of Others about interactions among teenagers from different social backgrounds In 2017 he created the mediumlength fictionalized documentary Christmas Wishes depicting the lives of two homeless people in Berlin for which he lived with the homeless for a while This project opened the BW Youth Film Prize in 2017 and won several awards Böhms international debut came in 2019 with the short film Good Luck which premiered at the British Independent Film Festival and won the Best Cinematography award His feature film debut and international breakthrough occurred in 2021 with the documentary Dear Future Children This film won the Audience Award at its world premiere at the MaxOphülsPrize Film Festival at the Hot Docs International Film Festival and at its Swiss premiere at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights The 89minute documentary focusing on young international activism through the experiences of three activists from Hong Kong Uganda and Chile was nominated for major international documentary film festivals including CPHDOX In 2022 Böhm became the youngest director to win both the Audience Award and the Main Prize at the German Documentary Film Awards