Andreas Hartmann is a Berlin-based filmmaker and producer. He graduated from the HFF Konrad Wolf in 2011 and has been Meisterschüler of Prof. Thomas Arslan at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). In 2014, he was artist-in-residence at the Goethe-Institut Villa Kamogawa in Kyoto, Japan. In 2017, he was nominated for the German TV award Grimme Preis and received the Gerd Ruge Grant. His film A FREE MAN won the Busan Cinephile Award for the Best World Documentary at the 22nd BUSAN International Film Festival. He is alumni of Berlinale Talents and the Sundance Institute.