Smina Bluth
Cinematography Tutor, MetFilm School Berlin
Smina Bluth (born in Wuppertal, Germany 1980) is a freelance Director of Photography. She creates cinematography for art and experimental film productions, documentary, feature films and commercial productions. She graduated from Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen, Potsdam in 2011 (Diploma).
In 2010 Smina was nominated for Best Cinematography at IFFF Dortmund Cologne for her work as DoP for the experimental short film The Multitude Is Feverish by Vika Kirchenbauer. As well as this, Shift by Alex Gerbaulet also won the main prize of German Competition at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2015 and the German Film Criticism Prize 2015.
Sminas debut feature film NEUBAU won the price for best picture and the price for socially relevant Film at Max Ophüls Preis 2020. In 2021, NEUBAU received the German Film Critics Association Price for Best Debut Feature.