since 2004, jens has received several awards for his work on commercials and corporate movies, including the official city profiles for the 2006 fifa world cup. his documentary, "fatima’s hand", has received 16 international awards, including best documentary on sports at the banff film festival in 2006. he won the award again in 2007 with "20 seconds of joy", and in 2008 with "journey to the center". his movie, "", had its world premiere at the montreal world film festival in 2008; it also had screenings at the rio de janeiro international film festival, and the miami international film festival.