THE FILMMAKER
Vanessa Nica Mueller is an independent filmmaker and visual artist from Germany, with German and East African origins. Her last short films Traces of an Elephant (2011),  Half the Night (2012) and Plateau (2016) were shown at international film festivals and in the context of art exhibitions. Beside realizing her own films she also works as academic lecturer in the field of documentary film and art film. Sometimes she curates film screenings or artist talks. She won the German Competition Award at the international Short Film Days Oberhausen 2011, the oldest Short film festival in Germany. Her films and artwork combine a documentary approach with a specific poetic visual language. 

THE RESIDENCY 
During her residency at BAR, Mueller deepened her research & started writing her treatment concerning her new film coast to coast (working title) about climate, coastlines and plants. She combined a location research along the Lebanese coastline focused on vulnerable ecosystems with collecting stories and impressions connected with the subject.