Niklas Poweleit (he/him) works in the field of experimental film. Shaped by contemporary imaging processes, his films explore visual worlds that resist conventional representation by distancing the process of image creation from human intention. Niklas Poweleit lives and works in Germany.
2026
Film funding for: Zeiträume
Landeshauptstadt Hannover, 2026.
2025
Volume
360 VR Film, 9', 2025.
World Premiere: DOK Neuland: Immaterial – DOK Leipzig International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film. Germany, 2025.
She Said: ?!
Music Video, 2', 2025.
World Premiere: URTIcanti International Music Film & Video Festival, Italy, 2025.
Best Videoclip: Moonlight Short Film Fest, Italy, 2025.
AI Film 3 – AI Film and Art Festival Arizona, USA, 2025.
The Unknown Painting
Documentary, 11', 2024.
World Premiere: FICCI – 64. Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival, Colombia, 2025.
Best Short-Documentary 2024–2025: Rome Prisma Film Awards, Italy, 2025.
65th Zlín Film Festival – International Film Festival for children and youth, Czech Republic, 2025.
Apriti Cinema: Notti di Mezza Estate – Lo schermo dell'arte, Italy, 2025.
CFF – Castiglioni Film Festival, Italy, 2025
Plons! International Short Documentary Film Festival, Netherlands, 2025.
FIDBA – International Documentary Film Festival Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2025.
Rezyklierung
Animation, 1', 2023.
Synthetic Realities: Authenticity in the Age of AI Imagery, Galerie Met, Germany, 2025.
Animation for: Opera of Horror and Salvation
Short Film Directed by Anastasia Veber, 20', 2025.
Video Editing
Teaching, Hochschule Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences, Germany, 2023–2025.
2024
My Figurative Self
Essay, 94, 2024.
Bilderbeben: Short Film Competition Bielefeld, Germany, 2024.
The new power of images: journalistic responsibility and documentary work in times of AI and fake news
Seminar and Panel Discussion, Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany, 2024.
Andromeda – Who destroyed Nord Stream?
Mockumentary, 7', 2023.
IM KASTEN – Short Film Festival Lüneburg, Germany, 2024.
20minmax – International Short Film Festival Ingolstadt, Germany, 2024.
2023
Nouvelle Bug Vol. 2
International avant-garde cinema residency, Italy, 2023.
Co-Production and Distribution Award for The Unknown Painting.
Rezyklierung
Animation, 1', 2023.
State of the Art 14, Germany, 2023.
Andromeda – Who destroyed Nord Stream?
Mockumentary, 7', 2023.
World Premiere: SHORTS – Trinational FilmFestival Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany, 2023.
44. European Film Festival Göttingen. Germany, 2023.
Unbelievable Images. How are deceptively real AI fake evidence images created?
Workshop, HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 2023.
Introduction to AI Image Generation using Stable Diffusion and Automatic1111
Workshop, HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 2023.
Studies, you have changed.
Documentary, 11', 2023.
World Premiere: SHORTS – Trinational FilmFestival Offenburg University of Applied Sciences Offenburg, Germany, 2023.
Honorable Mention: Mannheim Arts and Film Festival, Germany, 2023.
DOKFILMSCHAU Hildesheim. Germany, 2023.