Sarah Miro Fischer

Vita

Sarah Miro Fischer is a director and screenwriter based in Berlin, Germany. She began her film studies in Bogotá, Colombia, before transferring in 2018 to the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB), where she graduated in October 2024.

Her short films have screened at festivals around the world. Her most recent short, Spit, received a Special Mention at the Imagine This Women’s International Film Festival in New York in 2022.

In 2023, she directed her debut feature film, Schwesterherz (formerly Blue Marks), which was presented in the WIP Europa section of the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival. The film was awarded both the WIP Europa and WIP Industry prizes.

Schwesterherz had its world premiere at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in 2025, as part of the Panorama section, and went on to win the FIPRESCI Prize at the Off Camera International Film Festival in Kraków, Poland.

She crafts films driven by their characters—layered, dynamic, and deeply human. No matter how fantastical, the stories she tells reflect and engage with the world around us. They’re made to provoke thought, emotion, and connection.

Career Milestones

2018 – 2024 Studies in “Screenwriting” at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB)
2014 – 2015 Directing Program at the Escuela Nacional de Cine, Bogotá, Colombia
2012 – 2013 Volunteer Year (FSJ) with International Cultural Youth Exchange in an institution for children with disabilities, Bogotá, Colombia
2012 High School Diploma (Abitur) at Evangelisches Mörike Gymnasium, Stuttgart

Filmography (Selection)

2025 Blue Marks (working title) (Writer, Director), feature film, RBB & MBB Leuchtstoffe 2022 / DFFB / Arkanum Pictures / Nephilim Producciones
Cutting Edge Talent Camp / WIP Europa San Sebastián International Film Festival – WIP Europa Industry Award 2024
2024 Damaged Lemons (Screenwriter, Creative Consultant), feature film directed by Naemi Büchtemann, DFFB

2021 Spit (Writer, Director), short fiction film, 28 min, Rudel Film UG
Screened at Max Ophüls Prize 2022, Achtung Berlin 2022, Leuven International Short Film Festival 2021, Sehsüchte 2022, BUFF 2022, IWFF 2022, among others

2020 Klick (Writer), short fiction film, 5 min, directed by Luis Schubert, ARTE, DFFB
Screened at Odense International Film Festival 2021, Landshut Short Film Festival 2022, JEF 2022, Wendland Shorts 2022, among others
2019 Oggi No (Writer, Director), first-year film, 8 min, DFFB
Other People Cope (Writer, Director), short documentary, 23 min, DFFB
2018 Schleudern (Writer, Director), application film/ short film, 15 min, Rudel Film UG, Berlin

In Development (Selection)

2024 VIER/FOUR (Writer, Director), feature film, international co-production Germany-Colombia /LabGuion (Colombia)

Professional Experience & Internships (Selection)

2024 Assistant to Katharina Bildhauer at the Talent Project Market, Berlinale 2024
2023 Assistant to Katharina Bildhauer at the Talent Project Market, Berlinale 2023
2021 First Assistant Director/Casting Director for Klick (Dir. Luis Schubert), short fiction film, ARTE / SWR / DFFB
First Assistant Director/Script Consultant for This Is the Last Time I’ll Do This (Dir. Sorina Gajewski), short fiction film, DFFB
First Assistant Director for Weeds (Dir. Agnes Maagaard), short fiction film, DFFB
Script Consultant for Volver al Sur (Dir. Sofia Ayala), short fiction film, DFFB
Script Consultant for Memo (Dir. Nelson Algomeda), short fiction film, DFFB
2020 Video Editor for Safe Crane Operation (employee training video), Rudel Film UG
2018 Second Assistant Director (temporary) for Missing in Berlin (Dir. Sherry Hormann), TV film, W&B
2017 Second Assistant Director for Wuff (Dir. Detlev Buck), feature film, DCM Pictures
Set Runner for The Silent Revolution (Dir. Lars Kraume), feature film, Akzente Film GmbH
2016 Script/Continuity for Tariq (Dir. Ersin Cilesiz), graduation film, HFF Munich, Gauger Film
Set Runner for The Square (Dir. Ruben Östlund), feature film, Essential Film Productions
Internship as Production Assistant (Set Management) for Tigermilk (Dir. Ute Wieland), feature film, Akzente Film Productions
Set AL Assistant for Dr. Klein (TV series), Bavaria Television Productions
2015 Internship in Story Development, Gauger Film, Munich