Philip Scheffner

CV PHILIP SCHEFFNER

born on May 28th, 1966 in Homburg / Saar
Philip Scheffner lives in Berlin since 1986, working on documentary films, video and sound art.

filmography Philip Scheffner (selected)

Awards:
- Best Documentary 2007, Goethe Institute
for THE HALFMOON FILES, received at 31st Duisburg Film Week 2007

- Documentary Award of the City of Duisburg 2007
for THE HALFMOON FILES, received at 31st Duisburg Film Week 2007

- Best Documentary,
International Independent Filmfestival of Mar del Plata 2007 for THE HALFMOON FILES

- „Prix des Mediathèques“,
Festival International du Documentaire Marseille (FID) 2007 for THE HALFMOON FILES,

- "Award for best documentation and research work",
Memorimage Film Festival Reus 2008 for THE HALFMOON FILES,

- „Audience Award“, Freiburger Videoforum 1995
for JURISTIC BODIES (Heitmann / Scheffner/dogfilm)

- International Award for Young, Innovative Video Art,
ZKM Karlsruhe 1995 for SOAP (dogfilm)

- Best Short Film,
Stuttgart Filmwinter 1995 for SOAP (dogfilm)


2010
- DAY OF THE SPARROW, documentary, HD / 35mm, 100min.
  World Premiere at Berlinale 2010, International Forum of New Cinema

2007
- THE HALFMOON FILES, documentary, DV / Digibeta, 87min.
  World Premiere at Berlinale 2007, International Forum of New Cinema

2006
- INDIA IN MIND, video installation, DV, 45min. (Kröger / Scheffner)

2004 / 2005
- THE MAKING OF... MY BROTHER NIKHIL, documentary, DV, 40min.
- FROM HERE TO HERE, documentary, DV, 60min. (Scheffner / Dutta)
- SCATTERED FREQUENCIES, documentary series, DV, 30min. (Flor / Scheffner)
 
2003
- A/C, experimental video, DV, 42 min.
- ES EXPRESS, documentary series, DV, 4x45min. (Flor / Kröger / Scheffner)

2002
- SCATTERED FREQUENCIES, documentary series, DV, 2x30min. (Flor / Scheffner)

2000
- WORKSTATION, video essay, Beta SP, 29min. (dogfilm)

1998 / 1999
-  PLANETA ALEMANIA – OBSERVATIONS FROM INVISIBILITY, documentary, Beta SP, 38min. (dogfilm & companer@s)
- WITH OUTSIDE HELP, documentary, Beta SP, 32min. (Kröger / Scheffner / van Megen)

1996 / 1997
- SOAP AROUND THE WORLD, documentary series, Beta SP, 120min. (dogfilm)
- MY LIFE IS A SOAP OPERA, documentary series, Beta SP, 30min. (dogfilm)

1995
- JURISTISCHE KÖRPER, documentary, Beta SP, 49min. (Heitmann / Scheffner)

1993 / 1994
- monthly short films: video art for magazine “Z” on Kanal 4, Beta SP, 4 min. (dogfilm)



Festivals (selected since 2000):
- International Forum of New Cinema, Berlinale (2010)
- Dokumentary Film Week Hamburg (2008)
- Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz (2008)
- Bangkok Experimental Film Festival (2008)
- Chateauroux Film Festival (2008)
- TriContinental Film Festival India (2008)
- Vancouver International Filmfestival (2008)
- German Film Festival Israel (2008)
- International Forum of New Cinema, Berlinale (2007)
- FID Marseille (2007)
- Osian’s Cinefan Filmfestival Delhi / Indien (2007)
- Duisburg Film Week (2007)
- Int. Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (2007)
- Sao Paulo International Film Festival (2007)
- doclisboa, Lissabon (2007)
- DocBsAs, Argentina (2007)
- International Independent Film Festival of Mar del Plata (2007)
- Iran International Documentary Film Festival (2007)
- Karachi International Filmfestival, Pakistan (2007)
- Jeu de Paume, Paris (2007)
- Feminale Köln (2006)
- Seoul Human Rights Film Festival, Korea (2004)
- Retina International Film & Videofestival Szigetvár, Ungarn (2003)
- World Social Forum, Mumbai (2004)
- Transmediale: dogfilm retrospective, Berlin (2001)
- International Filmfestival Montevideo (2000)
- International Filmfestival Pessaro (2000)