Hey there, my name is Claudia Malecka (pronounced [maˈlɛtska]).
I’m a director and artist working across film, fashion, music and culture. My work focuses on audiovisual storytelling, moving between commissioned projects, visual campaigns and independent artistic work. Based in Berlin. Working internationally.
Represented by The Visionaries
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Awards, Exhibitions & Screenings
2025Nominee – Best Emerging Talent, London Fashion Film Festival
2024Fellowship – Soho House & Creative Futures Collective
2017Emerging Talent Award – B3 Biennale of the Moving Image, Frankfurt
2016The Poster Remediated – exhibited poster animation at the Poster Museum Warsaw Wilanów as one of the winning artists
Publications / Interviews
2026Article – NSS Magazine, One person. One voice.
2026Interview & Article – Artribune Magazine, One person. One voice.
2026Editorial – Kaltblut Magazine, Tides of Freedom
2026Interview & Artist Portrait – Aurum Magbook, online & print
2025Editorial – Kaltblut Magazine, Metaraph
2025Interview – Curation Hour with Claudia Malecka
2025Feature – Beyond the Short, Tides of Freedom
Talks
2025Braunschweig International Filmfestival – Q&A & Screening Tides of Freedom
2024B3 Festival of the Moving Image, Frankfurt a.M. – Keyspeaker & paneltalk “Film and Narrative – Telling Stories Visually”; paneltalk with Leonie Schöler, Lydia Haider, Jasmin Hagendorfer & Claudia Malecka, “Women as a Central Driving Force in the Creative Industry – How Democracy can promote equality in the long term”; Q&A & Screening Tides of Freedom; Escapism Q&A & Screening
Teaching & Lectures
2024Lecturer, Fashion Photography – HTW Berlin
2024Workshop for ESR Paris (École de Formation Relooking & Conseil en Image) & ESR Berlin, Paris
2018–22Tutor at University of the Arts Berlin
Education
2022M.A. University of the Arts Berlin – Visual Communication
2018B.A. Braunschweig University of Art – Communication Design & Time-Based Media