Tim Huebschle is a Namibian film director and screenwriter. His films are characterised by real-life scenarios, often blending documentary and fictional elements to highlight social and cultural themes relevant to Namibia.
Biography After completing his high school in Windhoek, Tim Huebschle relocated to Cape Town and earned a Bachelor of Arts in English & German Literature at the University of Cape Town. During his studies, he participated in a few film theory seminars and subsequently chose to follow a career in the film industry. He started making independent short films in 2000, after leaving South Africa and moving to Berlin to pursue internships at production companies in the German capital. In 2003 he returned to Namibia where he had secured a production budget for Savanna Stories, a 13-part documentary series, aired on the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC). After winding up the series in 2005 Huebschle continued to work as director on a wide range of short films, documentaries, music videos and commercials. Throughout the years he collected numerous local and international accolades for his work. In 2009 he co-founded the Namibian film production company Collective Productions. In 2013/14 he directed 26 episodes of a documentary series and 20 episodes of a children's series for the afternoon programming of the German TV station ARD. Huebschle premiered his debut full-length feature entitled #LANDoftheBRAVEfilm in October 2019.
Awards and nominations YearAwards EventNominated workCategoryResult 2007 Channel O Music Video Awards Mokasie – Gazza Best Kwaito 2008 Channel O Music Video Awards Chokola – Lady May Best Dance Video 2012 Silicon Valley African Film Festival Looking for Iilonga Best Short Film 2013 Africa Movie Academy Awards Dead River Best Short Film Silicon Valley African Film Festival Dead River Best Short Film 2019Namibian Theatre & Film AwardsAnother Sunny Day Best Documentary rowspan=2 Best Sound & Music 2020 Silicon Valley African Film Festival #LANDoftheBRAVEfilm Best Narrative Feature 2021 Uganda Film Festival #LANDoftheBRAVEfilm Best International Feature Film Urban Mediamakers Film Festival Walking Forward Best International Web Series 2025 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards Walvis Tale Best Documentary Vues d'Afrique Walvis Tale Sustainable Development Prize L'Afrique Fait Son Cinéma Walvis Tale Ubuntu de Bronze
Selected filmography Year Title Genre Director Writer Producer Editor Notes 2004 - 2005 Savanna Stories TV series directed & wrote 6 episodes; edited 9 episodes 2006 100 Years of Etosha Documentary 2007 Beef Short film Mokasie – Gazza Music video Chokola – Lady May Music video 2009 Rider without a Horse Short film co-written with Jana von Hase 2011 Looking for Iilonga Short film co-written with Nailoke Mhanda 2012 Dead River Short film co-written with Rolf Ackermann 2013 - 2015 Das Waisenhaus für wilde Tiere TV series 2017 Another Sunny Day Documentary Oom Land Documentary co-written with Ernst Steynberg Nikhita’s Dancing Feet Documentary 2019 Hafeni – The Man of Mondesa Documentary #LANDoftheBRAVEfilm Feature film 2020 - 2022 Walking Forward Docuseries 2022 The Forests of a Desert Land Docuseries More Than Just a Game Docuseries 2023 Hand-holder Feature film 2024 Walvis Tale Documentary co-written with Taati Niilenge
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