BEATE GRÖTSCH has won many awards for her short movies, especially for „Ana mit einem N“ which was shown 2009 at the Cannes Film Festival. She works as a director and author and got funding for her first feature script „Just Left and Gone“ which was supported by the European MEDIA promotion. Her next script „Life is no longer“ will be produced in 2020/2021. Beate graduated at the film school in Vienna with her short movie „Der Nächste, bitte“ at the director's class of Ruth Mader. In 2012 she started her master study in script writing at the Goldsmiths University London. In addition she has worked as a curator and jury member. Besides her activities as a writer and director she works as an assistant professor for script writing at the university in her hometown Ansbach.