Eva Weber, a visiting instructor at Robert Morris University this semester, presents an evening of her award winning work.
A London-based, German director working in documentary and fiction, Eva Weber has found acclaim with short films like THE SOLITARY LIFE OF CRANES, REINDEER and FIELD STUDY. Her films have won numerous awards at international film festivals, and she is the recipient of a Sundance Institute Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award. Eva’s film THE SOLITARY LIFE OF CRANES was described as “one of the most absorbing documentaries of the year” by The Observer, and selected as one of the top five films of the year in Sight & Sound’s annual film review. The multi-award-winning documentary was broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK. Her mid-length film BLACK OUT (“An eye-opening doc…moves seamlessly between the straightforward and the poetic” – The Hollywood Reporter) received its US premiere at LA Film Festival and was broadcast on PBS. Her most recent fiction short FIELD STUDY was funded by the British Film Institute and nominated for the 2015 European Film Awards.