ARNE BÜTTNER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
FILMMAKER

Arne is a cinematographer, documentary filmmaker, and colorist from Berlin. He works worldwide in documentary and fiction, with a focus on social issues of our times. He approaches filmmaking with humility and patience. As a passionate documentary and street photographer, he broadens his visual practice. Films he photographed have been screened at international festivals and received multiple awards.


// NEWS


2024-09 - made a music video for berlin synth punk band morgen teuer töten

2024-07 - i dp’ed a commercial for berlin-based audio-manufacturer resør electronics

2024-06 - lo que queda en el camino
is screened in educational workshops with globale schulkino

2024-06 - nasim is screened in educational workshops with rosa e.v.

2024-01 - i dp’ed the last stretch of leah galant’s latest documentary landscapes of memory

2023-08 - i colorgraded tonio hecker’s latest documentary el caso freytter

2023-06 - nasim is awarded with the german documentary award

2022-10 - nasim at dmz international documentary festival in south korea

2022-10 - theatrical tour of nasim throughout germany

2022-08 - nasim at der neue heimat film, mecklenburg-vorpommern

2022-09 - nasim on zdf television / kleines fernsehspiel

2022-05 - german cinematography award for lo que queda en el camino in cologne

2022-04 - nasim at crossing europe film festival in linz, austria

2022-04 - nasim at hot docs international documentary festival in toronto, ca

2022-04 - primer paquete para honduras at visions du réel, ch

2022-03 - lo que queda en el camino at international documentary festival in thessaloniki, gr


// FILMOGRAPHY


CARAVANERAS (tba)
documentary
DE 2024 / approx 90 min
Director: Jakob Krese
Production: Majmun Films

BLOCK V
video installation
DE 2023
Director: Dirk Cieslak
Production: Vierte Welt Berlin

NASIM
documentary
DE 2021-2022 / 85 min
Director: Ole Jacobs and Arne Büttner
Production: Rosenpictures

PRIMER PAQUETE PARA HONDURAS
(First Package for Honduras)
documentary
DE 2021 / 14 min
Director: Jakob Krese
Production: Majmun Films

LO QUE QUEDA EN EL CAMINO
(What remains on the way)
documentary
DE / BR / MX 2021 / 93 min
Director: Jakob Krese and Danilo Do Carmo
Production: Majmun Films

LA ESPERA
documentary
DE / BR / MX 2020 / 14 min
Director: Jakob Krese and Danilo Do Carmo
Prodction: Majmun Films



// COLORIST


ANTIFA (WT, tba)
documentary
DE 2024 / 90 min
Director: Leftvision, Marco Heinig
Production: Lumapark

EL CASO FREYTTER
documentary
ES 2023 / 90 min
Director: Tonio Hecker
Production: Asociación Freytter

HOME SWEET HOME
documentary
DE 2023 / 100 min
Director: Annika Meyer
Production: Majmun Films

INSURGENTE
documentary
DE 2020 / 180 min
Director: Tonio Hecker
Prodction: Dffb Berlin

// AWARDS


2023 - German Documentary Award for ‘Nasim’

2022 - German Cinematography Award for ‘Lo que queda en el camino’

2022 - Achtung Berlin: Best Cinematography for ‘Lo que queda en el camino’

2021 - Dok Leipzig: ver.di Union Award for Solidarity, Humanity and Fairness for ‘Nasim’

2021 - Dok Leipzig DEFA Foundation Award for ‘Nasim’



// EDU


2017 - BA Cinematography, Film University ‘Konrad Wolf’ Potsdam

2016 - Academic exchange Arts University Havana (isa)

2015 - Academic exchange Film Academy Tehran

LANGUAGES: German, English, Chinese, some Spanish, some Farsi



// WORK REFERENCE


Rosenpictures Filmproduktion Halle GbR, Majmun Films Berlin GbR, Encantamento Filmes Sao Paolo, ARD (Tagesschau, Tagesthemen, Brennpunkt), NDR, rbb, SWR, Deutsche Welle, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (Greece), EFA Green Faction in EU parlament, Sea-Watch, Planemo Postproduktion (Berlin), Asociación Freytter (Bilbao), Lumapark (Berlin), Grotest Maru (Berlin)

(c) Arne Büttner 2023 - site notice / impressum