We love people and create film

We are Franklin, a directing duo: female, queer, and mixed-cultured, inside and out of every box. Together, we create commercials. As solo artists, we individually direct documentaries and narrative films. (If 60 seconds aren’t enough for you, check out Anni’s and Linda’s feature works). We collaborate with creatives from diverse backgrounds and differing world views, but with the same common goal: to tell meaningful stories that connect people.

Anni Franke
Born in 1993, she speaks Khmer fluently and holds a degree in Cultural Anthropology & Southeast Asian Studies. She is based in both Germany and Cambodia. In her documentary work, Anni explores topics of religion, sexuality, and queer voices. She believes that vulnerability is our greatest strength as humans for fostering connection.

Linda-Shiva Klinkhammer
Born in 1993, she studied directing at the University of Television and Film Munich. Growing up in a German-Iranian family in Southern Germany, Linda explores post-migrant topics of identity and the humor of clashing mentalities in her fictional work. She passionately develops a variety of film formats for production companies, blending new aesthetics with realism.

www.lindashivaklinkhammer.de

CLIENTS / COLLABS

Netflix 

Levis

Dr. Hauschka

einhorn

WWF

ARD

BR

SWR

ARTE

BBC

RTL+

Aktion Mensch

Lufthansa

 

 

 

FESTIVALS / AWARDS

2024

Young Director Award, Cannes (Aktion Mensch)

Silver (Charity film)

Shortlist (Changing the world frame by frame)

 

ADC Award (Aktion Mensch)

Bronze (Brand Building > Filmische Dokumentation)

Bronze (Brand Building >  Online-Film)

Bronze (Brand Building > Online-Film Serie)

Bronze  (Film Craft > Casting )

Bronze (Activation > Advertising > Film)

Auszeichung  in Publishing (Corporate Publishing  > Dokumentation)

Auszeichnung in Film (Live Action Film >Dokumentation)

 

Deutscher Werbefilmpreis (Aktion Mensch)

Die Giraffe  (Nachhaltigkeitspreis)

 

Spotlight Award  (Aktion Mensch)

Gold  (Web & Mobil)

Gold  (Social Impact )

Gold  (Social Impact)

2023

ADC*E, Barcelona (Netflix)

Gold (European Best Young Creative)

 

Shots Award EMEA, London (Netflix)

Silver (New Director of the Year)

 

Ciclope Festival, Berlin (Netflix)

Shortlist (New Talent in Direction)

 

London International Awards, London (Netflix)

Gold (Scripted Short)

Silver (Scripted Short)

 

Young Director Award, Cannes (Netflix)

Shortlist (Original Series)

 

Young Director Award  (I think I hate my father), Cannes

Gold (Dreampitch)

 

ADC Talent Award, Hamburg (Dr. Hauschka)

Bronze (Filmcraft)

 

ADC Talent Award (Netflix)

Silver (Advertising Serial)

Gold (Communication Art)

 

Spotlight Student Award (Dr. Hauschka)

Bronze

Audience Silver

 

Spotlight Student Award  (Netflix)

Gold 

 

2022

Young Director Award, Cannes (Netflix)

Shortlist (best short over 6 minutes)

 

2021

Spotlight Student Award (Levi’s)

Bronze

 

ANDY Awards (Levi’s)

Student Shortlist 

 

CLIO Awards (Levi’s)

Student Bronze

 

Deutscher Werbefilmpreis (Levi’s)

Newcomer Top Ten 

 

ADC Young Ones (Levi’s)

Gold Cube (Filmcraft)

Merit (Advertising)

 

New York Festivals (Levi’s)

Bronze (Film)

Bronze (Direction)

Finalist (Editing)

 

Berlin fashion Film Festival (Levi’s)

Shortlist

 

Berlin Commercial Award (Levi’s)

Shortlist (Cultural Impact)

Shortlist (New Generation)

 

Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards (Levi’s)

Silver (Corporate Filme)

 

CommAwards (Levi’s)

Gold (Film)

 

ADC Young Ones 2020 (einhorn condoms)

Silver Cube

 

Starter-Filmpreis 2021 (Mamanam)

Winner

 

23rd Festival universitario de cine y audiovisuales EQUINOXIO 

Colombia

 

45th Filmfestival Weiterstadt

Germany

 

69th Filmkunstwochen München

Germany

 

Future Cuts Festival Dresden

Germany

 

2020

Spotlight Student Award (Save a Villain)

Audience Shortlist

 

Blaue Blume Award (einhorn condoms)

Nominated »best love story«

 

Spotlight  Student Award (einhorn condoms)

Jury Bronze

Audience Gold

 

New York Festival (einhorn condoms)

Finalist

 

BAFTA Student Award (Mamanam)

 Shortlist

 

SCANORAMA New Baltic Cinema (Mamanam)

Special mention 

 

Festival du Filme Jeune de Lyon (Mamanam)

Prix On Vous Ment

 

Big Shorts Awards (Mamanam)

Nominated Best Cinematography

 

Vertical Movie Filmfestival (Remote Love)

Best Actress Lea van Acken

 

41. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis

Germany

 

26. Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg

Germany

 

Bundesfestival Junger Film

Germany

 

Short to the Point ISFF Awards Romania

 

Festival du Filme Jeune de Lyon

France

 

19. FILMZ Festival des deutschen Kinos

Germany

 

Vertical Movie Filmfestival

Italy

 

Vertifilm

Czech Republic

 

Linea D’Ombra Festival

Italy

 

Scanorama New Baltic Cinema Lietuva

 

Filmfest exground 33

Germany

 

43rd Poitiers Filmfestival

France

 

2019

Flimmern & Rauschen Filmfestival

Germany

 

54th AFO Filmfestival 2019 (Analog Astronaut)

Winner – Best Documentary 

 

12. Filmzeit Kaufbeuren

Germany

 

17th Bogotá Short Film Festival

Colombia

 

Kurzfilmbühne München

Germany

 

2017

18. Bunter Hund Internationales Kurzfilmfest

Germany

 

15. LA.MEKO internationales Kurzfilmfestival

Germany

 

Los Angeles Cinefest

USA

 

2016

Shorts at moonlight

Germany

 

Great Lakes International Filmfestival

USA

 

press

L-Mag

LGBT in Kambodscha, Interview mit Annika Franke

BR Kultur Bühne

Polyloge Welt der Quarantäne-Videocalls

SWR TV

Weltfrauentag – Portrait über Linda Klinkhammer

Am Wochenende

Szenen aus dem Alltag – eine ungewöhnliche WG

Rhein-Zeitung

über die Premiere von »Am Schluss wird’s bunt«

Die Rheinpfalz

Völkerfreundschaft – Linda Klinkhammer über »Am Schluss wird’s bunt«

SWR TV

Erstlingswerke der Franklin Film

SWR TV

Linda Klinkhammer & Annika Franke zu Besuch im Studio

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COMMERCIAL INQUIRIES
Gesas Management
Petra Stähle | +49 171 35 37 999 | petra@gesas.net
Gesa Müller Reinhardt | +49 172 4522609 | gesa@gesas.net

FEATURE INQUIRIES (Linda)
post@lindashiva.de
www.lindashivaklinkhammer.de

GENERAL INQUIRIES
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