Director of
Erinnerungen eines Waldes
Katharina Rabl was born in Waidhofen an der Thaya in 1993 and grew up in the northern Waldviertel region. She is a director, writer and producer based in Vienna. After studying German literature in Vienna, she moved to Munich in 2016 to study documentary filmmaking at the University of Television and Film Munich. Since 2017, she has been developing documentary, hybrid and fiction projects. Her short films DEAD SEA DYING (co-directed with Rebecca Zehr, 2019) and ICH KANN JEDER SAGEN, ABER WER SAGT WIR? (2022) have screened at international festivals, including Visions du Réel, DOK Leipzig, DOK.fest Munich, Diagonale and the Hamburg International Short Film Festival. DEAD SEA DYING received several awards, including the German Film Critics’ Award and the Tenk Award in Nyon. ERINNERUNGEN EINES WALDES is her graduation film and feature debut. It premiered internationally at the Toronto International Film Festival following its world premiere at Filmfest München.
Films (selection): DEAD SEA DYING (2020), ICH KANN JEDER SAGEN, ABER WER SAGT WIR? (2022), ERINNERUNGEN EINES WALDES (2026)