Birgitte Stærmose

Birgitte Stærmose is a danish film director educated in the US, where she resided for 14 years. Stærmose made her feature film debut with "Værelse 304" (2011) for which she received the award for Best Director at the Aubagne Film Festival in 2013. The documentary "Wishes" (2009), with staged monologues written by Peter Asmussen and performed by street children from Prishtina, Kosovo, won several international awards - including a Special Mention at the Berlinale and a Robert for Best Short Documentary in 2010.