Peer Langenheim (*2005) grew up in Berlin, Germany - now studying BA Film at ZHdK Zürich and film + screen arts at Emily Carr University in Vancouver. His filmmaking, both documentary-experimental and fiction, focuses on small personal narratives told in unexpected ways - often focussing on questions about identity, sexuality and belonging.

With his previous films he was invited to numerous national and international film festivals, including NFFTY (WA, USA), Bundesfestival Junger Film (St. Ingbert, Germany), ISFF Detmold (Germany), Prevyou (Berlin, Germany) and NUFF (Trømso, Norway).

peer.langenheim@zhdk.ch

Education:

2026: Emily Carr University Vancouver, Undergraduate Film + Screen Arts (exchange semester)
2024 - present: Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK), BA Film

Residencies, programs etc.

2026: Shared Campus Summer School Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA) “Hacking Global Pop Icons”
2026: Shared Campus Summer School Lasalle Singapore + Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA) “Practices in Telematic PerformanceI
2025: Shared Campus Summer School Athens “Excractive Realities and Ecological Resonances”
Intensive interdisciplinary summer schools with international students from world renowned art universities across the shared campus network.

2025: Locarno Basecamp
Interdisciplinary residency-like program, bringing together 200 young artists to experience the Locarno Film Festival through a series of talks, workshops, and get-togethers

2026: Filmcampus Innsbruck
Talent program gathering 20 upcoming European filmmakers during the International Filmfest Innsbruck, fostering opportunities to network and exchange

2026: NUFF Music Composing Workshop Trømso, Norway
Composing original music for short films created during a two week workshop period