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