Florian Pochlatko
lives and works inbetween Graz, Vienna, and Berlin. Zodiacsign: Leo.​
studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, in the Class for Filmdirecting with Michael Haneke
and at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, in the Class for Critical Studies with Dietrich Diederichsen.​
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Recipient of the START Scholarship of the Federal Ministry for Arts and Culture 2015, Scholarship Bucharest AIR 2013, Berlinale Talents 2019, Scholarship Susan Batson Studio, New York City, 2016.​
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Curatorial and Creative Works for:
MUMOK Vienna (Prosperous Poison- On the Feminist Appropriation of the Austrian Unconscious 2015), SixpackFilms Austria, Vienna Independent Shorts, Diagonale Graz (Sentimental Fail Club), Austrian Cultural Forum Bucharest and London, Academy of Austrian Film, CineStyria
Visual Identity Concepting:
for Wanda, Zebra Katz, Leila Arab, Bunny Lake, Yukno, Salo, Lemo, KoenigLeopold, Fijuka (Ankathie Koi) Gudrun von Laxenburg.
Workshops for:
Academy of Austrian Film (Bildungscampus Sonnwendtviertel) , Ars Electronica Linz, Zubrowska Shortfilmfestival Poland, Medienkulturhaus Wels​
Awards:
Austrian Film Award 2014 - (Best Short), Diagonale- Best Short Film 2013, VIS - Austrian Music Video Award 2016, Landesjugend Medien Preis Stmk 2001, Youki - Audience Award 2006, Screenwrting Award of the Federal Ministry of Science and Education 2010