WORDS ABOUT
Alissa Jung discovered her passion for storytelling as a child, participating in radio plays and acting in theatre. At the age of 16, she was discovered while acting in a theatre play and has since built a successful acting career. In her mid-20s, she began directing short films, documentaries, and youth theatre plays.
After taking time to complete her medical degree and work as a paediatrician, she returned to the film industry in 2020, earning a degree in screenwriting from the Drehbuchwerkstatt Munich. In 2022 and 2023, she directed the short films “The Wall Must Fall“ and „Farah“, the latter of which won the 2024 Goldener Spatz Award, awarded by the Festival des deutschen Films für Kinder (German Children’s Film Festival). „Paternal Leave“, her feature film directorial debut, premiered 2025 at at the BERLINALE and won several prizes (Jury prize of AG Kino-Gilde-Cinema Vision 14plus at the Berlinale, Best Director at the BCN Film Fest, Best Debut Director at Raindance Filmfestival, Audience Award at the Bellaria Filmfestival).
DIRECTOR
Alissa Jung’s short film Farah won the Goldener Spatz Award at the German Children’s Film Festival. Paternal Leave is her debut feature film as a director and won the jury prize of AG Kino-Gilde-Cinema Vision 14plus and Best Director at the BCN Film Fest.
Alissa is represented by Fitz+Skoglund Agents.
2024 – Paternal Leave
feature film – The MatchFactory + Wildside,
Berlinale – winner AG Kino-Gilde-Cinema Vision 14plus; BCN Film Fest – Best Director; Bellaria Film Fest – Audience award + Honorable Mention for our main actress Juli Grabenhenrich; raindance Filmfestival London – Best Debut Director)
2023 – Farah
short film – LOBOCITOfilm – BEST SHORT at “Filmfestival Goldener Spatz”2024, Prize of the Jury at “GoMental Filmfestival”2024, Alice nella Città 2024
2022 – Die Mauer muss weg! (The Wall Has To Fall)
short film – LOBOCITOfilm – International Shortfilmfestival Dresden 2023, Alice nella Città 2023
2016 – Wut und Trauer (anger and sadness)
Children’s Theatre – Murkelbühne Berlin
2016 – Heile-Welt-Fragmente (ideal-world-fragments)
Youth’s Theatre – Murkelbühne Berlin
2015 – Nou Timoun Peye D`Ayiti (We are kids from Haiti)
Short Documentary – Pen Paper Peace e.V.
2015 – Willi
Children’s Theatre – Murkelbühne Berlin
2015 – Hexenjagd (The Crucible)
Youth’s Theatre – Murkelbühne Berlin
2011 – Mein Sommermärchen (My summer fairytale)
short film, 11mm Fußballfilmfestival 2012
2010 – Kleine Mauer (Little Wall)
Documentary – International Student Film Festival Sehsüchte 2011 /Interfilm Berlin 2011
2008 – Spring! (Jump!)
short film – shnit filmfestival 2009 / short shots audience award 2009
2008 – Mücke (Mosquito)
short film – 48h moviemarathon, finalist 2008
PATERNAL LEAVE
… premiered at the Berlinale `25 and won best film AG Kino-Gilde-Cinema Vision 14plus
… BCN Film Fest – Best Director
… Bellaria Film Fest – Audience award + Honorable Mention for our main actress Juli Grabenhenrich
… Raindance – Best Debut Director
FARAH
… won BEST SHORT at Filmfestival Goldener Spatz!!!
… is currently visible in the ARD Mediathek
AUTHOR
Alissa Jung is a graduate of the Drehbuchwerkstatt München. Alissa is represented by Fitz+Skoglund Agents.
2022 – Paternal Leave
feature film – The MatchFactory + Wildside, Berlinale 2025 – winner AG Kino-Gilde-Cinema Vision 14plus; BCN Film Fest – Best Director; Bellaria Film Fest – Audience award; Raindance Filmfestival – Best Debut Director
2021 – Farah
short film – LOBOCITOfilm – BEST SHORT at “Filmfestival Goldener Spatz”2024, Prize of the Jury at “GoMental Filmfestival”2024, Alice nella Città 2024
2020 – Die Mauer muss weg
short film – LOBOCITOfilm – International Shortfilmfestival Dresden 2023, Alice nella Città 2023
2016 – Wut und Trauer
Children’s Theatre
2011 – Ameisenknochen
feature film
2009 – Mücke
short film
2008 – Spring!
short film
ACTRESS
At 16, Alissa Jung was discovered for film during a theatre performance and has been working successfully as an actress ever since.
Alissa is represented in Germany by Fitz+Skoglund Agents and in Italy by DO Agency.
SELECTION
2024 – Death Stranding 2
Hideo Kojima Action-Adventure-Game
2024 – Angstgestalt
Abschlußfilm, HFF Konrad Wolf
2019 – Das Menschenmögliche
ZDF (Grimme Award nomination)
2015 – SOKO 5113 – Dead Angel
ZDF
2012 – Zweisitzrakete
Cinema (Max Ophüls Festival)
2012 – Open my eyes
Cinema
2011 – Mary of Nazareth
International
2011 – In my sister´s wedding dress
SAT.1
2010 – The emperor´s new clothes
ARD
2009 – Counting sheeps
short film DFFB, Achtung Berlin Filmfestival
2009 – Tatort – Der Polizistinnenmörder
ARD
2008 – Griechische Küsse
SAT.1
2007 – Hochzeit in Hardingsholm
ZDF
2006 – Stolberg – Der Sonnenkönig
ZDF
2005 – Schmetterlinge im Bauch
SAT.1
PEN PAPER PEACE
Since the beginning in 2011 Alissa is the chairwoman of Pen Paper Peace e.V. , an organization committed to education. We want to build worldwide bridges through educational projects. Because education creates perspectives, courage and is the prerequisite for independent action.
On the one hand, we are committed to political work with children and young people in Europe. We want to encourage independent thinking, clarify global relationships and their influences on people and point out options for action without paternalism. At the same time, we support projects in Haiti, Honduras and Namibia, which provide access to education and a safe learning environment for children.