C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
PAUL PHILIPP
Geboren in den 70er Jahren in Freiburg. Schulzeit Süddeutschland und Süd Australien.Abitur in Hessen. Ersatzdienst in Israel. Praktika in Filmproduktionen und Film-Lehrgang in Kopenhagen und Hildesheim. 1997-2000 Studium der Kulturwissenschaften an der Universität Hildesheim, Schwerpunkt Medien. 2000-2005 Regiestudium an der Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Neben dem Studium Jobs als Werbe-Regisseur. 2003 Teilnehmer des Berlinale Talent Campus. Seit 2005 international als Regisseur für Werbefilm und als Texter und Konzepter in Werbeagenturen tätig.
* Born in the 70ies in Freiburg, Germany. School in South Germany and South Australia. Abitur in Hessen, Germany. Alternative Service in Israel. Internships in film production and film courses in Copenhagen and Hildesheim. 1997-2000 study of cultural sciences at the University of Hildesheim, with focus on media. 2000-2005 Study of Directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. While studying jobs as director for commercial film. 2003 Participant of the Berlinale Talent Campus. Since 2005 international Director for commercial film and texter and conceptmaker for commercial agencies.
FILMOGRAPHY More than a hundred national and international commercial films, image films and corporate films.
S Y N O P S I S
DIE BESONDEREN FÄHIGKEITEN DES HERRN MAHLER - THE PECULIAR ABILITIES OF MR MAHLER
DDR, 1987: Dem Sonderermittler Mahler werden übersinnliche Fähigkeiten nachgesagt. Die Volkspolizei beauftragt ihn, den Fall des seit Wochen verschwundenen, 6-jährigen Henry Kiefer zu klären, bevor diese Angelegenheit zu politischen Spannungen mit dem Westen führt. Doch dann bringt er etwas ans Licht, das diese Familientragödie erst recht politisch werden lässt...
* East Germany, 1987: The special investigator Mahler is said to have paranormal abilities. The police assigns him to solve the case of the 6-year-old Henry Kiefer, who is missing for weeks now, before this issue leads to political tensions with the West. But then he brings something to light that makes this family tragedy especially political... 1
C R E W, F E S T I V A L S & C O.
DIE BESONDEREN FÄHIGKEITEN DES HERRN MAHLER - THE PECULIAR ABILITIES OF MR MAHLER
End of production: 01/2017 Short
Director Paul Philipp Screenplay Belo Schwarz Producer Moritz Helmes
Country Germany Genre Drama
Festivals 23.01.2017 * 38th FILMFESTIVAL MAX OPHÜLS PREIS 2017 (Competition Medium-Length Film, Saarbrücken, Germany) 03.02.2017 * 39th CLERMONT FERRAND – FESTIVAL INT'L DU COURT MÉTRAGE (Official Selection, France) 13.02.2017 * 5th GENRENALE (Official Selection, Berlin, Germany) *BESTER GENREFILM* *KILLER PERFORMANCE MÄNNLICH FÜR ANDRÉ HENNICKE* 03.03.2017 * 18th BAYREUTHER FILMFEST "KONTRAST" (Official Selection, Germany) *3rd PLACE AUDIENCE AWARD* 14.03.2017 * 19th MECAL PRO, INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM AND ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Barcelona, Spain) 15.03.2017 * 18th LANDSHUTER KURZFILMFESTIVAL (Official Selection, Germany) 15.03.2017 * 23rd INTERNATIONALE KURZFILMWOCHE REGENSBURG (German Competition, Germany) 22.03.2017 * 18th CORTI DA SOGNI INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Ravenna, Italy) *EUROPEAN SOGNI AWARD* 29.03.2017 * 19th XIX FEC FESTIVAL - REUS EUROPEAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Spain) *BIGAS LUNA AWARD TO THE BEST HISTORY* *YOUNG JURY AWARD* 15.04.2017 * 19th MAUFLIMMERN KURZFILMFEST (Official Selection, Memmingen, Germany) 19.04.2017 * 13th ACHTUNG BERLIN – NEW BERLIN FILM AWARD (Competition 'Made in Berlin-Brandenburg' - Bester Mittellanger Film, Berlin, Germany) 20.04.2017 * 40th INTERNATIONALE GRENZLAND-FILMTAGE 2017 (Competition, Selb, Germany) 11.05.2017 * 6th PLOIESTI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Competition, Romania) 28.05.2017 * 57th KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL (Short Film Competition, Poland) 01.06.2017 * 2nd MIND THE INDIE FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Plovdiv, Bulgaria) 03.06.2017 * WINNER NEW RENAISSANCE FILM OF THE WEEK (London, UK) 05.06.2017 * SHORT TO THE POINT MARCH 2017 (Official Selection, Bucharest, Romania) *BEST DIRECTOR* 02.06.2017 * 44th FESTIVAL OF NATIONS (Official Selection, Lenzing, Austria) 07.06.2017 * 28th INTENATIONALES FILMFEST EMDEN-NORDERNEY (”Engelke-Kurzfilmpreis” Germany) *WINNER ENGELKE-KURZFILMPREIS* 10.06.2017 * 1st BUDDHA INT’L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Pune, Maharashtra, India) 10.06.2017 * 1st TOXFF - TOXIC FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Rome, Italy) *BEST ACTOR* 20.06.2017 * 23rd PALM SPRINGS INT'L SHORTFEST AND FILM MARKET (Official Selection, Palm Springs, CA, USA) 12.07.2017 * 15th SHORTS AT MOONLIGHT (Official Selection, Frankfurt, Germany) 13.07.2017 * 21st FANTASIA INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Montreal, Canada) 20.07.2017 * 24th OPENEYES FILMFEST (Official Selection, Marburg, Germany) 01.08.2017 * 35th LONG ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, NY, USA) 02.08.2017 * 21st LA SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Competition, USA) 08.08.2017 * 32nd ALPINALE (Official Selection, Nenzing, Austria) 08.08.2017 * 35th FLICKERS' RHODE ISLAND INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Competition, Newport, RI, USA) 16.08.2017 * 5th OPEN PLACE - INT'L FESTIVAL OF SHORT MOVIES (Official Selection, Rezekne, Latvia) 17.08.2017 * 2nd NEW RENAISSANCE FILM FESTIVAL (NRFF) (Official Selection, London, UK) *NOMINATION IN BEST INT'L SHORT, BEST INT'L DIRECTOR, BEST INT'L ACTOR - ANDRÉ HENNICKE* 19.08.2017 * 5th LANGE NACHT DER FILMFESTIVALS (Official Selection, Berlin, Germany) 22.08.2017 * HAWAII SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Honolulu, USA) 2
31.08.2017 * CINEWAVE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2017 (Official Selection, Leipzig, Germany) 01.09.2017 * 1st CINALFAMA LISBON INT'L FILM AWARDS (Official Selection, Portugal) *BEST MIDLENGTH FEATURE* *BEST DIRECTOR* *BEST ACTOR* *BEST SCREENPLAY* 07.09.2017 * 9th TORONTO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Canada) 13.09.2017 * 24th OLDENBURG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Competition, Germany) 21.09.2017 * 16th GREAT LAKES INT'L SHORTS FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA) 23.09.2017 * 1st GREAT MESSAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Pune, India) 01.10.2017 * 8th FIVE CONTINENTS INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela) 04.10.2017 * 6th INT'L TOUR FILM FESTIVAL (Competition in Fiction Category, Rome, Italy) *WINNER AS BEST FICTION* 04.10.2017 * 16th SAN DIEGO INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, CA, USA) 15.10.2017 * 3rd BANGKOK THAI INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Bangkok, Thailand) 18.10.2017 * SHNIT WORLDWIDE SHORTFILMFESTIVAL (International Competition, Bern, Switzerland) *SHNIT TRIBUTE AWARD* 20.10.2017 * 43rd FILMETS BADALONA FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Barcelona, Spain) 20.10.2017 * 3rd MONTELUPO FIORENTINO INT'L INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Italy) *BEST ACTOR* *BEST DIRECTOR* *BEST SHORT* 24.10.2017 * 4th PIGRECOZEN FILMFEST (Official Selection, Ancona, Italy) 25.10.2017 * 2nd SUNLIGHT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Berlin, Germany) *SPECIAL MENTION* 26.10.2017 * 6th EVOLUTION MALLORCA INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (EMIFF) (Official Selection, Palma de Mallorca, Spain) 27.10.2017 * 32nd FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Florida, USA) 31.10.2017 * 15th CATACUMBA UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Godella, Spain) *JURY PRIZE* *BEST ACTOR AWARD FOR ANDRÉ HENNICKE* 03.11.2017 * 34th VIDEOFILMTAGE (Official Selection, Mainz, Germany) *SPECIAL AWARD* 03.11.2017 * 5th BUFFALO DREAMS FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Buffalo, NY, USA) 04.11.2017 * 12th HAMILTON FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Canada) *BEST SCREENPLAY* 04.11.2017 * 1st BLUE DANUBE FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Vienna, Austria) *WINNER OF SHORT FILM* 08.11.2017 * 7th AESTHETICA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, York, UK) 08.11.2017 * 25th ALTER-NATIVE INT'L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Tirgu Mures, Romania) *STUDENT JURY AWARD* 08.11.2017 * 2nd CUCIF - CUZCO UNDERGROUND CINEMA FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Cuzco, Peru) *BEST ACTOR* 10.11.2017 * 3rd HOLLYWOOD NORTH FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Belleville, Ontario, Canada) *BEST OVERALL FILM* 11.11.2017 * 11th RED ROCK FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Cedar City, UT, USA) *SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT - CINEMATOGRAPHY FICTION SHORT* 16.11.2017 * 10th LA CABINA INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, València, Spain) *BEST SCREENPLAY* 17.11.2017 * 2nd FESTIVAL COURT EN SCÈNE (Int. Competition, Troyes / La Chapelle Saint-Luc, France) *GRAND PRIX* 22.11.2017 * 19th SORIA INT'L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Soria, Spain) *MAIN JURY AWARD* & *YOUNG JURY AWARD* 24.11.2017 * 2nd WHITE WHALE INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Web) 24.11.2017 * 11th LUBLIN FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Lublin, Poland) 26.11.2017 * SHORT TO THE POINT ANNUAL AWARDS 2017 (Official Selection, Bucharest, Romania) *SPECIAL JURY AWARD* 27.11.2017 * 35th FESTIVAL TOUS COURTS - AIX EN PROVENCE (Official Competition, France) *BEST SCREENPLAY* 29.11.2017 * 23rd FILMSCHAU BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG (Official Selection, Stuttgart, Germany) 02.12.2017 * 2nd BUCHAREST SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Bucharest, Romania) *BEST FILM* *BEST ACTOR* 05.12.2017 * 15th BOGOSHORTS - BOGOTÁ SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Colombia) 05.12.2017 * LONDON LIFT-OFF FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, London, United Kingdom) *SPECIAL MENTION* 07.12.2017 * 11th PENTEDATTILO FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Italy) 09.12.2017 * 2nd SMITA PATIL DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Pune, India) *JURY SPECIAL MENTION* 13.12.2017 * NEAR NAZARETH FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Israel) 22.12.2017 * 2nd THE SAO PAULO TIMES FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Brazil) *BEST SHORT FILM* 26.12.2017 * BAJA CINEFEST (Official Selection, Baja California, Mexico) *BEST FICTIONAL SHORT FILM* *BEST SCREENPLAY*
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*BEST DIRECTOR* *BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY* 11.01.2018 * 5th BORREGO SPRINGS FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Borrego Springs, United States) 12.01.2018 * LIFT-OFF SEASON AWARDS (Pinewood Studios, UK) *NOMINATION FOR BEST SHORT LIVE ACTION NARRATIVE, BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE, BEST ACTOR - ANDRÉ HENNICKE, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST ART DIRECTION, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - JANN DOEPPERT, BEST POST PRODUCTION, BEST DIRECTOR* *WINNER BEST ACTOR & BEST DIRECTOR* 13.01.2018 * 18th MALIBU INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, CA, USA) 22.01.2018 * 28th BAMBERGER KURZFILMTAGE (Official Selection, Bamberg, Germany) 25.01.2018 * 7th IRVINE INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Costa Mesa, CA, USA) *BEST SHORT NARRATIVE* 27.01.2018 * OPEN PLACE ECHO (Best of Open Place Festival, Moscow, Russia) 05.02.2018 * 8th BERLIN LIFT-OFF FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Berlin, Germany) *BEST SHORT NARRATIVE* 20.02.2018 * I FILMMAKER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Malaga, Spain) 22.02.2018 * 14th BOULDER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Boulder, Colorado, USA) *BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT* 01.03.2018 * 3rd NEW RENAISSANCE FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) *BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY* 04.03.2018 * 2nd WATCHDOG FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Brisbane, Australia) *BEST WATCHDOG FILM* 09.03.2018 * 1st BUXTINALE - FILMFEST BUXTEHUDE (Official Selection, Buxtehude, Germany) *SPECIAL MENTION JURY* 13.03.2018 * 3rd QUITO INDEPENDENT WORLD FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Ecuador) *BEST ACTOR (ANDRÉ HENNICKE)* 15.03.2018 * 8th QUEENS WORLD FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, New York, USA) *HONORABLE MENTION - MALE ACTOR* 22.03.2018 * DEEP IN THE HEART FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Waco, TX, USA) *BEST FOREIGN SHORT* *BEST DIRECTOR SHORT* 28.03.2018 * 5th RED DIRT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018 (Official Selection, Edmond, Oklahoma, USA) 28.03.2018 * 6th MANCHESTER LIFT-OFF FILM FESTIVAL 2018 (Official Selection, Manchester, United Kingdom) 29.03.2018 * 19th SCHWEINFURTER KURZFILMTAGE 2018 (Special Screening, Schweinfurt, Germany) 05.04.2018 * UTAH FILM FESTIVAL AND AWARDS (Official Selection, Utah, USA) 06.04.2018 * 34th EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL OF LILLE (Official Selection, Lille, France) 07.04.2018 * 2nd JAIPUR FILM WORLD (Official Selection, Jaipur, India) 08.04.2018 * 28th FESTIVAL RENCONTRES CINEMATOGRAPHIQUES DE SALON DE PROVENCE (Official Selection, France) 10.04.2018 * 11th RINCON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Honorary Finalist, Puerto Rico) 11.04.2018 * 8th CAPITAL CITY FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Lansing, MI, USA) 16.04.2018 * 13th THE MYRTLE BEACH INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA) *BEST SHORT* 19.04.2018 * 3rd WHITE NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, St. Petersburg, Russia) 20.04.2018 * 51st WORLDFEST-HOUSTON (Official Selection, Houston, USA) *PLATINUM REMI* 21.04.2018 * 1st WHITE ORYX INT'L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Dubai, United Arab Emirates) 23.04.2018 * 6th CLUJSHORTS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Cluj-Napoca, Romania) 25.04.2018 * 40th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM & VIDEO COMPETITION 2018 (Official Selection, Dallas, Texas, USA) *1st PLACE/NARRATIVE* 26.04.2018 * 7th JULIEN DUBUQUE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Dubuque, IA, USA) *BEST SHORT (Longform)* 26.04.2018 * 19th NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL 2018 (Official Selection, Newport Beach, California, USA) 26.04.2018 * 8th HILL COUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Fredericksburg, Texas, USA) 27.04.2018 * 9th AUSTRIAN INDEPENDENT FILMFESTIVAL (Official Selection, Vienna, Austria) *BEST SHORT* 09.05.2018 * 7th UNDEREXPOSED FILM FESTIVAL YC 2018 (Official Selection, Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA) 18.05.2018 * 2nd NEPAL AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Hyattsville, MD, USA) 31.05.2018 * 7th THE INT'L HORROR HOTEL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Cleveland, OH, USA) *1st PLACE FOREIGN SUSPENSE-THRILLER SHORT FILM* 31.05.2018 * 4th GREENWICH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, CT, USA) *NARRATIVE SHORTS AWARD* 15.06.2018 * 15th RIVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Padova, Italy) 20.06.2018 * 6th SNAKE ALLEY FESTIVAL OF FILM (Official Selection, Burlington, IA, USA) 21.06.2018 * 9th HYART FILM FESTIVAL 2018 (Official Selection, Lovell, Wyoming, USA) 22.06.2018 * 7th CARDIFF MINI SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Cardiff, UK) 28.06.2018 * 2nd BERLIN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Berlin, Germany)
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30.06.2018 * 2nd ANNUAL CINEMA WORLD FEST AWARDS GALA 2018 (Official Selection, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) *BEST IN SHOW* 02.07.2018 * 3rd BUZZ CEE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018 (Official Selection, Buzau, Romania) 07.07.2018 * 12th BIG SUR INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM SCREENING SERIES (Official Selection, Bir Sur, CA, USA) 11.07.2018 * 8th ANTHEM LIBERTARIAN FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Las Vegas, USA) 20.07.2018 * 7th MADRID INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Madrid, Spain) 12.09.2018 * 4th BANJARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, India)
FBW (DEUTSCHEN FILMBEWERTUNGSSTELLE): PRÄDIKAT: 'BESONDERS WERTVOLL' FBW (GERMAN FILM AND MEDIA REVIEW): SEAL OF APPROVAL: 'HIGHLY RECOMMENDED'
Cast
Mr. Mahler André Hennicke Ulrich Kiefer Dante Gutierrez Janssen Gabriele Kiefer Jasmin Schwiers Henry Kiefer Matthias Lier Brischko Bernd Stegemann
Department Activity Name
Screenplay Screenplay Belo Schwarz
Production Producer Moritz Helmes
Crew Director Paul Philipp Director of Photography Jann Doeppert Art Direction Pierre Brayard Costume Design Kaya Kürten Sound Simon Wolf
Postproduction Editor Robert Stuprich Sound Design Johannes Kunz Music Daniel Elias Brenner
Shooting days 8
Location Stuttgart & Berlin, Germany Running time 29 mins Shooting Format 6K Screening Format DCP, BluRay, DVD, .mov, mp4 (HD) Sound Stereo & Dolby 5.1 Aspect Ratio 2:35 Colour or BW Colour Language / Subtitles German / English
C O N T A C T
FILM FESTIVAL AGENCY FILM PRODUCTION Markus Kaatsch Moritz Helmes, Producer aug&ohr medien Zum Goldenen Lamm, Filmproduktion GmbH & Riemannstr. 21 Co KG 10961 Berlin, Germany Alleenstr. 2, 71638 Ludwigsburg, Germany +49 (0) 176 - 62965299 [email protected] [email protected] www.augohr.de SALES AGENCY
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interfilm Berlin Management GmbH Straßburger Str. 55 10405 Berlin, Germany
Cord Dueppe (Sales) Tel: +49 (0)30 25 94 29 03 [email protected]
DIRECTOR Paul Philipp [email protected] http://www.paulphilipp.net/
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