Bianca Laschalt
Bianca Laschalt, born in 1988 in Austria, is an alumna of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, where she specialized in International Producing. Her passion for Latin America led her to spend a semester abroad at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires in 2016, supported by a Baden-Württemberg Stiftung scholarship. Throughout her studies, she produced several award-winning films, including the documentary WHERE TO, MISS? (Granit – Hofer Documentary Film Prize 2015, German Human Rights Film Award 2016) and the tragicomedy BACK FOR GOOD, which premiered as the opening film of the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section at Berlinale 2017.
From September 2018 to June 2024, she worked for Kloos & Co. in Leipzig, leading the office for over five years. There, she produced several documentaries, including ALL INCLUSIVE, HOSPITALity and LOVE ALONE CAN’T MAKE A CHILD (Audience Award for Documentary at Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival 2024), chronicling Maria and Christiane’s ten-year emotional journey to have a child.
Bianca Laschalt has participated in renowned training programs such as EAVE PUENTES and EURODOC (Local Workshop in Weimar). She lives in Leipzig, works as an independent producer, and develops documentary and fiction projects with the vision of creating films that are artistically ambitious and socially significant.