Benjamin Hindrichs is an award-winning German journalist, writer and documentary filmmaker who combines investigative reporting with creative storytelling and in-depth political analysis.
His journalistic work primarily focuses on the far right, migration and conflict. His work has been published in various outlets, including ZEIT, Krautreporter, Al Jazeera English, Mongabay, Mediapart, La Repubblica, Diari Ara, Daraj and Euractiv.
His short documentary Daru/N (Passed/Mother) premiered at the 2024 Sitges Film Festival, where it won the "Nova Autoría" competition awards for Best Direction and Best Screenplay.
Born in 1995, Ben has lived, worked and studied in Germany, Spain, Greece, Bolivia, Syria, Chile, Serbia, Denmark, the Czech Republic and Brazil. He is fluent in German, English and Spanish, and has a good grasp of Portuguese and basic Catalan. He is also trained in OSINT and trauma-informed reporting.
He has received grants and fellowships to support his work from Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Journalismfund Europe, Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU), the Earth Journalism Network, the Heinz-Kühn Foundation and the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, among others.
Ben holds a BA in Governance and Public Policy, specialising in right-wing extremism, terrorism and anti-Semitism, from the University of Passau. He also holds an MA in Journalism, Media and Globalisation from Aarhus University and Charles University in Prague.
