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Please consult the following list to see the vitas of all shortlist-candidates until 2009 - if you wish to select a specific year, simply click on it.

1. Shortlist 2015

2. Shortlist 2014

3. Shortlist 2013

4. Shortlist 2012

5. Shortlist 2011

6. Shortlist 2010

7. Shortlist 2009

Click below to see the shortlist-nominees and their respective films:

8. Shortlist 2008

9. Shortlist 2007

10. Shortlist 2006

11. Shortlist 2005

12. Shortlist 2004

PORSCHE AWARDHALL OF FAME

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BIOGRAPHIES SHORTLIST

Shortlist 2015

Damien Krisl - No School, France

Film: Emotion Starts on RedLength: ´59

Damien was born in 1987 in Basel, Switzerland. After school he worked with a local TV station as DoP and Editor and this is where he discovered his love for film and realized that moving image gave him the chance to realize his dreams in mo-tion pictures. In 2008 he established the produc-tion company Eclumes Studios in Basel together with a friend. Here he started his career as a director for national and international projects. In 2012 he separated from his partner and has since then been working as a freelance director for clients all over the world.Damien lives in Paris and Basel.

Filmography:

2015 GUHL spray2015 ALFA ROMEO red range campaign2015 LANCOME new advanced genifique2015 MONCEAU FLEURS flower twister2014 SCHLUMBERGER golden stars2014 QATAR FOUNDATIONS thriving in2014 LANGNESE HONIG sun emotion2014 BUCHERER craftmanship2014 OOB MAG makeup2014 LEAVES OF ABSENCE fashion editorial2014 GUERLAIN how to...2014 CITROEN DS versailles touch2013 PAUL KEHL fall/winter collection 20142013 LOVE REPUBLIC a mysterious preparation to crime 2013 ROSHEN BITTER butterfly2013 URBAN HIPPIE2013 SWISS MUSIC AWARD event trailer2012 CSI BASEL horse racing2012 LEVIATHAN harem‘s latest2012 BIZS business

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Sumit Kumar - Film and Television Institute of India, India

Film: Innovative Dream Length: 59“

Sumit has edited numerous short and adverti-sing films, music videos, documentaries and TV-Shows. In 2005 he received his Diploma in Gra-phics Design and Visual FX from the Arena Multi Media as well as a post-graduate Diploma in Film Editing. Having worked as an Editor, Graphic Designer and Visual FX artist from 2006 to 2010, his work benefits greatly from the collected ex-periences in those fields. His short film “Tapish” and his documentary “The Donkey Fair” received huge national attention in India.Sumit currently lives in Mumbai, India.

Filmography:

Tapis (The Heat) / Year - 2012 (Worked as an Editor)The Donkey Fair / Documentary / Year - 2013 (Worked as an Editor)A Summer Afternoon / Year - 2015 (Worked as an Editor)1982- A Love Marriage ( now in Post Production and yet to release) / Year - 2015Beauty Tips by Reshma „ / Year - 2015Innovative Dream / Year - 2015

David Feuerstein - Macromedia University of Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany

Film: People´s CarLength: 45 Sec.

David Feuerstein was born in 1986 in Basel (Switzerland). He studied German language and literature and film studies in Zurich as well as directing at the Macromedia University of Ap-plied Sciences. He worked for Xenius, a science program of the renowned Franco-German TV network ARTE, as an author and director for two years. After that he shot two short documentari-es: about a maker of violin bows with a difficult family heritage as well as one about an old andoutlandish swiss New Year‘s tradition

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where a group of friends has overburdened themselves. Due to those films he was hired to shoot a half-hour documentary for the Bayerischer Rundfunk.Feuerstein lives and works as a freelance director, author and lecturer in Munich, Germany.

Filmography:

People‘s Car - spec-commercial (2015)Unzeit - short-documentary (2015)Chlausen - short-documentary (2014)Freiheit wagen - commercial (2014)Wölfe in Bayern - documentary (2012)Von Grund auf - short-documentary (2011)

Andreas Bruns, Film Academy Ba-den-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Film: Inner ChildLength: 150 Sec.

To cut a long story short, Andreas lives to tell sto-ries......and in the early 80s his own story began.Unable to ignore his designation, he opened a new chapter in Hamburg in 2003, laying the basis for becoming a professional storyteller.His view sharpened, his story moved on and so did he.But after the reality of life had literally jumped his face in Vancouver in 2007, he finally realized where his story had to lead.So he entered the Filmakademie Baden-Württem-berg in 2009 to define his creative mind more and more, which let him win several prizes at the YDA, Clio, FirstSteps, Porsche Award etc. In 2015 he finished filmschool and his story continues.Sometimes provoking, sometimes ambiguous, but always emotional.

Filmography:

Harley-Davidson – Inner ChildMcDonalds - Groß genugMcDonalds - Little Drummer BoyLUX – Save your skinMercedes-Benz - The JourneyTESA Powerbond - StrongmanAn Early Cascade - Everything is wrong. Everthing is OKFast ForwardBilly Boy – FruchtgummisobsAIRve - Atemberaubend

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Michael Rittmannsberger - No School, Germany

Film: The CulpritLength: 1‘42‘‘

Michael is a writer/director based in Vienna and Berlin. With his short films that earned him nu-merous awards worldwide, he developed a highly cinematic visual style and poignant, emotional storytelling that he strives to bring into his com-mercial work. Having worked as a copywriter at Ogilvy & Mather Vienna for three years, Michael also features great sensibility for creative concepti-on, client needs and the industry workflow.In 2014, he won the Deutsche Werbefilmakademie Förderpreis (New Talent Award) for his project „The Culprit“. Produced by Element e Hamburg, the film is one of the nominees for the Porsche International Student Advertising Film Award. Currently, Michael is developing his debut feature screenplay with the Nipkow Script Pro-gramme in Berlin and is preparing new commercial projects.

Filmography:

DER VERURTEILTE (The Culprit, Social Spot/Branded Short, 2015)THE TROJAN HORSE (Greenpeace TVC 30“, 2014)THE MOVEMENT (Greenpeace Awareness Film 165“, 2013)ABGESTEMPELT (Punched, Short Film 11‘, 2012)

Jacqueline Dow - New York University, USA

Film: Music EverywhereLength: 1‘30‘‘

Jacqueline Dow was born in Boston, Massa-chusetts and moved to New York City to attend Barnard College of Columbia University. Prior to beginning her work as a director, Jacqueline worked in advertising, assisting the production of client videos and copy. Jacqueline‘s filmogra-phy includes short films The Stain (2013) and Pisces (2014), documentary shorts Shelter Visit

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Filmography:

2015 Music Everywhere- ‘Spotify Spec’ (Spec Commercial) 2015 Harry white (Documentary short)2015 Born Free Pet Shelter (Promo Films)2014 Pisces (short)2014 Funny Talk (Sketch Comedy)2014 Half and Half (Sketch Comedy)2013 The Stain (short)2013 Shelter Visit (Documentary short)2013 Born Free Pet Shelter (Promo Films)2012 Bait (short)

Sascha Kuntze - No School, United Arab Emirates

Film: The Social Media GuardLength: 1´50“

Sascha Kuntze (33) is an all-round creative with an university degree in Business Administration & Engineering (Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart). Go figure.He started his career in the film industry as a set runner being the first on set and the last to leave with important responsibilities such as guarding roads and making tea.After a brief stint in the brand management de-partment of Snickers, he moved to advertising where he won his first award as a copywriter at Jung von Matt for a viral film. He is currently employed as Creative Director at the agency Memac Ogilvy in Dubai where he heads the creative department.In his short time in advertising, he has since won over 250 awards and certificates at all major award shows including Cannes, D&AD, One Show, Clio, LIA, NYF, Red Dot, Epica, Ef-fie, etc. In every category. Including 6 Grand Prix. And a Titanium at Cannes Lions. In 2013 he was ranked 7th most creative copywriter in the world. Sascha is a storyteller at heart which drove him to pick up his passion for directing recent-ly. His first film advertises the ‘Social Media Guard’ for Coca-Cola, a device that takes the social out of media and puts it back into life. It went viral overnight and spread across the world in 2014.He believes that awards can’t be won, but only be earned. Having great ideas is easy. Brin-ging them to life is the hard part.

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Filmography:

Coca-Cola - Stop Phubbing Around (2014)Mentos - Mr Cool (2015)Greenpeace - Story of a Spoon (2015)

Andreas Roth, Film Academy Baden-Wu-erttemberg, Deutschland

Film: Sea LegendLength: 2´05“

Andreas Roth was born in Hamburg. As a young boy he dreamed of becoming a tennis pro, but that‘s simply not where life took him.In 2009 he joined the renowned Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg.Andy was quickly known as one of the brightest young directing talents in the business.He shot his first commercial when he was 21 and won the most celebrated emerging director award in 2011 with his online viral for Dirt De-vil (#5 most viewed online film 2011) and in 2013.He also was honored at the prestigious Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase along with winning numerous other awards at festivals and marketing conventions around the world. Including Cannes Lions, D&AD, Clio, NYC Festival, Epica, Eurobest, TED global confe-rence, shots magazine and the Art Director’s Club in New York and Berlin.In 2012 Andreas received a scholarship for the UCLA Filmacademy Masterclass in Los An-geles. Parallel to school he shot a couple of real jobs for world leading brands, e.g. HEINE-KEN and BMW.In April 2014 after envisioning his career in directing - he graduated from the prestigious Filmacademy Baden-Württemberg with a Diploma for Commercial Directing.Due to his last work he caught the attention of Ridley Scott and his well known company RSA Films. Since August he moved to Los Angeles to work closely for the US market.In short, Andy is a very nice guy with great ambitions who loves to create films with a cine-matic look and a distinctive, textured style – he definitly has his indiviual handwriting.

Filmography:

Hamburger Morgenpost - FischverkäuferISHR - TypewriterBILD - Mord (Spec)Dirtdevil - The ExorcistCAF - Tough but DoableHerbaria - FearsHeineken - The SubBMW - Scrum Machine

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Ernest Desumbila, No School, France

Film: There Will Be HatersLength: 74 Sec.

Ernest´s commercial career has jumped to the next level internationally thanks to his „There Will Be Haters“ campaign for Adidas, which has turned into a truly viral phenomenon. Before that he had wor-ked for clients such as Haribo, Peugeot, Boursurama Banque or Loto, and had directed music videos for Citizens and La Bian Querida. But his real presen-tation to the world was Ibizious, a fake ad for a fake energy drink that was seen around the planet. Ernest Desumbila´s past as a graphic designer is essential to understand and define his audiovisual pieces. Ernest prepares his work obsessively, with a meticulously drawn pre-conception, planned to the last details. He is, on top of that, a whirlwind of responsibility, motivation and energy.Recently, he has co-founded the new production house SAUVAGE.tv so nothing´s going to stop him.

Filmography:

K.O.T.A – (coming soon)Desigual „Exotic Jeans“Hotel Pulitzer „A-Z of a Cool Hotel“SFR „La puissance de la fibre SFR by numéricableAdidas „There Will Be Haters“Adidas „Leo Messi: There Will Be Haters“Citizens „Lighten Up (Cesare Remix)“ – Music VideoPeugeot „New Peugeot 108“Matinée „Ibizious“Haribo „Chamallows“Boursorama Banque „Torture test“PUB TV LOTO „Croisez les doigts“Matinée „Girlie Circuit 2013“Matinée „Circuit Festival 2013“ La Bien Querida „A veces ni eso“ Music Video KLEIN „Beat by Beat“ The Sound of Arrows – Conquest Chinese Christmas Cards „Dreams“ Matinée „The Matinée Experience“

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Moritz Rautenberg - University of Televi-sion and Film Munich, Germany

Film: Sweaty SantaLength: 52 Sec.

Moritz Rautenberg, born in Hamburg and raised in Munich, switched from his love for photography to moving image. Since 2011 he is studying cine-matography at the University of Television and Film Munich focusing on film and commercials.

Filmography:

2014 Astra – Mutti/Mommy (Werbefilm/Commeri-cal)2014 Sweaty Santa (Werbefilm/Commerical)2014 Jenseits von Worten/Beyond Words (Kurz-film/Short, 24’)2013 Nach Nashville/To Nashville (Kurzfilm/Short, 40’)2013 Freecross (Werbefilm/Commerical)2012 OLGA - Ohne Lenkrad gehts auch/It also works without a wheel (Kurzfilm/Short, 10’)

Christian Ricken - University of Televisi-on and Film Munich, Germany

Film: Sweaty SantaLength: 52 Sec.

Christian Ricken left his beloved hometown Frank-furt, Germany, to start his film and TV studies at MHMK University for Media and Communication in Munich with a special focus on directing. Af-ter his graduation he took a year off to backpack around the world. In 2014 he attended the Master Class „Commercials“ at University of Television and Film in Munich.

Filmography:

2014 Astra – Mutti/Mommy (Werbefilm/Commeri-cal)2014 Sweaty Santa (Werbefilm/Commerical)2014 Krabluk & Plorz (Werbefilm/Commerical)

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2009 Hallo München – Englischer Garten (Werbefilm/Commerical)2008 Hallo München – Stammtisch/Regulars’ Table (Werbefilm/Commerical)

Shortlist 2014

Martina Plura - Hamburg Media School, Germany

Film: Readers See MoreLength 87‘‘

Born 1985 in Neuwied, 12 minutes after her identical twin Monika. Started to shoot horror movies with the age of 11, still on VHS-tape and cutting on video recorder. From 2005 on she worked on film sets in Germany for cinema and television.2007-2012 she studied „Media Arts“ at the “academy of media and arts in Colog-ne“. Meanwhile in 2011, she spent eight months in the feature-film-class at the „Escuela Interna-cional de Ciné y Television“ in Cuba, where she shot theshortfilm „A que no te atreves – Ich wette du traust dich nicht“ that was nominated for the 59.International Shortfilm Festival Oberhausen.2012 she and her twin sister went back to Cuba to shoot her diploma „Cuba Libre“, a fea-ture-length documentary about the underground music in Havanna.Currently she graduated her Master of Arts in Directing at Hamburg Media School, where she realised the films „Chains of Love“, „A pinch of Oscar“ and „Not at all“.Her films „A pinch of Oscar“ and „Chains of love“ won several prices on national & interna-tional film festivals. Recently „Chains of love“ was bought by HBO.For 10 years the Plura twins give workshops for children & adults and teach them „how to make a movie“ (2012 for example they were the leader of the workhop „Directing movies“ at the Dortmund / Cologne International Women‘s Film Festival). For their engagment they were honered with the „Johanna Loewenherz“ award.

Filmography:

„Ein kleiner Horrorfilm“, D-2014, ca. 10 Minuten, HD, Farbe, deutsch, Eine Produktion von Jadefilm & Plurafilm, (noch in der Postproduktion)„Da nicht für“, D-2014, 25:16 Minuten, HD, Farbe, deutsch, Eine Produktion der Hamburg Media School „Hinz&Kunzt Leser sehen mehr“, D-2014, 1:26 Minuten, HD, Farbe, ohne Dialog, Eine Pro-duktion der Hamburg Media School„Eine Prise Oskar“, D-2013, 11:23 Minuten, HD, Farbe, deutsch, Eine Produktion der Ham-burg Media School

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„Ketten der Liebe“, D -2013, 6 Minuten, 35mm, s&w, ohne Dialog, Eine Produktion der Ham-burg Media School„Cuba Libre“ (AT), D/Kuba, Dokumentarfilm, 90 Minuten, HD, Farbe, spanisch,Eine Produktion der KHM und der HfBK in Zusammenarbeit mit der EICTV„A que no te atreves“, D/Kuba-2012, 23 Minuten, HD, Farbe, spanischEine Produktion der KHM und EICTV„Ingeborgs 83.“, D-2011, 15 Minuten, HD, Farbe, deutsch (eine Produktion der KHM in Zu-sammenarbeit mit der HfBK Hamburg)

Vika Evdokimenko - NYU Tisch School of Arts, USA

Film: Find Your PeopleLength 64‘‘

Vika was born in the Soviet Union during the pe-restroika. But as her popstar mother and physicist father fled the country, she spent her early years as an immigrant in Northern Ireland. After graduating from Cambridge University she performed with a jazz orchestra and a drum and bass band, travel-led to Cuba where she studied screenwriting at the Escuela Internacional del Cine near Havana. When she found her way back to the UK she worked for acclaimed UK producers Stephen Woolley and John Battsek, and directors Mike Figgis and Kevin Mac-Donald before emigrating to the States. Since star-ting to direct her own films, her short doc RELATIVE MADNESS premiered at the Edinburgh Internati-onal Film Festival and her first narrative short KATYA & THE SCARLET SAILS premiered at the Sarasota Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize at the International Canada Film Festival and Best Short at Fargo Fantastic Film Festival. Her online spot FIND YOUR PEOPLE for Atsby Vermouth was a finalist in the 2014 AICP Award before being shortlisted for the Porsche International Student Advertising Film Awards. Vika is currently pursuing her MFA in Film on the NYU Grad Film Program, growing her commercial reel, developing a half- hour comedy show about a maverick kid with the strangest dream in America and writing her first feature.

Filmography: What‘s Up With Fred? - half-hour comedy show, 2014Find Your People spot for Atsby Vermouth - online spot, 2014 Snapper Magee‘s - short film, 2014 Katya & The Scarlet Sails - short film, 2013 Me & My Life - documentary short, 2010 Relative Madness - documentary short, 2010Solidarity Complex - documentary short, 2009

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Andreas Bruns, Film Academy Ba-den-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Film: Save Your SkinLength: 66 Sec.

To cut a long story short, Andreas lives to tell sto-ries......and in the early 80s his own story began.Unable to ignore his designation, he opened a new chapter in Hamburg in 2003, laying the basis for becoming a professional storyteller. His view sharpened, his story moved on and so did he. But after the reality of life had literally jumped his face in Vancouver in 2007, he finally realized whe-re his story had to lead.So he entered the Filmakademie Baden-Württem-berg in 2009 to define his creative mind more and more, which let him win several prizes at the YDA, Clio, FirstSteps, Porsche Award etc. In 2015 he finished filmschool and his story continues.Sometimes provoking, sometimes ambiguous, but always emotional.

Filmography:

Harley-Davidson – Inner ChildMcDonalds - Groß genugMcDonalds - Little Drummer BoyLUX – Save your skinMercedes-Benz - The JourneyTESA Powerbond - StrongmanAn Early Cascade - Everything is wrong. Everthing is OKFast ForwardBilly Boy – FruchtgummisobsAIRve - Atemberaubend

Nico van den Brink - The Netherlands Filmacademy, Netherlands

Film: Tableau VivantLength 44‘‘

Nico van den Brink (1986, Delft) is a Dutch filmmaker, currently living in Amsterdam. He holds a Bachelor degree in Film Studies from the University of Amsterdam and has recently graduated as a director from the Netherlands Film Academy. Nico is interested in personal stories with a universal significance, specifically related to family relations, and he is es-sentially fascinated by the uncanny and unknown. In addition his films can be described as unconventional and idiosyncratic. Over the past few years Nico has directed several short films.

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Since 2014 Nico has been involved in making com-mercial add films. His test commercial for Kit Kat was shortlisted for the Young Director Award. The Polaroid commercial film Tableau Vivant, made as part of his graduation, won the Golden Gate Com-mercial Award at the Keep an Eye Film Festival in Amsterdam.

Filmography:

2014 POLAROID – TABLEAU VIVANT (Commercial film)2014 KIT KAT – STILL ALIVE (Commercial Film)2014 ANTON (Graduation film)2013 SPIEGELTJE (Short film)2013 HOMUNCULUS (Short film)2012 GESUSTERE (Short film)2011 MOOIE ELLENDE (Short film)2009 HET OPONTHOUD (Short film)

Milan Ruben Kappen - Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln, Germany

Film: The StorytellerLength 65‘‘

Born 1987 in Bielefeld. A level 2006. Asisstant director and production asisstant for music videos and avertising film at Camelot Film 2007-2009. Sin-ce 2009 independent studies at Academy of Media Arts Cologne.

Filmography:

Brausepulver // 26min // 2013Makin‘ Fun of Crippled Frogs // 3min // 2012Snovi // 5 min // 2011Marie // 4min // 2010Ein wenig Wärme für die Nacht // 6 min // 2009CELL // 10 min // 2008Das Andere // 3 min // 2007Allein // 4 min // 2006

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Michael Binz - Kunsthochschule für Me-dien Köln, Germany

Film: The StorytellerLength 65‘‘

Born 1987 in Cologne-Ehrenfeld. No Abitur.Community service at the ophtalmic surgery of UniKlinik Köln.Many internships at Film- and TV-Productions.Thereafter, freelance cartoonist for some print-magazines and bakery salesperson in the family bakery oft he parents .Degree course (Diploma I) at the Academy of Me-dia Arts Cologne 2008 - 2014.

Filmography (selection):

2014 – „Herman the German“ – Kurzfilm, 15 Min. (Buch & Regie)2014 – „Facebook Stories – Once A Year“ – Wer-bung, 2 Min. (Regie)2013 – „Aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn“ – Kurzfilm, 4 Min. (Buch & Regie)2013 - „Der Maismann“ - Kurzfilm, 6 Min. (Buch und Regie)2012 - „Zähne zeigen“ - Social Spot gegen Altersarmut, 45 Sek. (Buch und Regie)2012 - „Cosmo“ - Kurzfilm, 5 Min. (Buch und Regie)2009 - „Placebus – Waiting for Godot’s Bus“ - Kurzfilm, 5 Min. (Regie)2007 - „Sei kein Idiot“ - 4 Social Spots gegen Rassismus, 4 Min. (Buch)

Dan Neeson - National Film and Televisi-on School, United Kingdom

Film: Once She Was Just Like YouLength 30‘‘

Dan Neeson is a London-based director, animator and visual effects artist. He was born in Sydney, Australia, where he worked in the music industry as a artist manager until relocating to London in 2006. He is now 30 years old and is arguably over-due for a haircut.Dan got his first taste for film making in 2010, when one of his former artists asked him to direct a low budget music video for them. The video was filmed using an endoscope and predominantly fea-tured a performance by the singer’s larynx.Although reaching #5 on the Australian charts, the video was subsequently banned from Australian TV for being too offensive.

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However, the online success of the video prompted a professional move into filmmaking.After spending a year working on music videos in the UK, Dan was awarded the Sir John Terry Memorial Scholarship and was invited to study his Masters in Visual Effects at the National Film and Television School, (NFTS) England.Focusing mostly on animation projects, Dan spent most of his Masters animating trailers for the London International Animation Festival, designing motion-graphic content for French music producer Alan Braxe, and visual effects for his grad films Pineapple Cala-mari (dir. Kasia Nalewajka, 2013) and My Stuffed Granny (dir. Effie Pappa) – both multiple award winners and official qualifiers for the 2015 Oscar Awards.Dan made his professional directorial debut in 2014 with Once She Was Just Like You - a 30” commercial spot for London’s Shelter From The Storm charity. The commercial went on to win 1st place ‘Best Overall’ and 1st place ‘Best in Brief’ at the 2014 NAHEMI Kodak commer-cial awards.

Filmography:2013 TRAILER – LONDON INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL (LIAF)ONLINE TRAILERANIMATION // VFX2013 TIME MACHINE – ALAN BRAXEMUSIC PROMOANIMATION // VFX2013 MY STUFFED GRANNY – dir. EFFIE PAPPASHORT ANIMATION FILMCG & VFX SUPERVISION // ANIMATION // VFX2013 PINEAPPLE CALAMARI – dir. KASIA NALEWAJKASHORT ANIMATION FILMSFX SUPERVISION // VFX2014 ONCE SHE WAS JUST LIKE YOU – SHELTER FROM THE STORM30” COMMERCIALDIRECTION // ANIMATION // VFX

Victoria Harris – University of Westmins-ter, United Kingdom

Film: Don´t Cope AloneLength 30‘‘

At the age of fourteen Victoria picked up her first camera. A simple VHS recorder on which she filmed her very first short, Jenny’s Lung. An agoni-sing tale of cigarette addicted Jenny and her long suffering lung. A creation that scored her an A in her biology project. But soon school projects were a distant past and Victoria started to widen her filmic horizons into other genres. A zombie horror short – why not, there’s blood involved – called The Unwell got her accepted into Westminster Film School where she made projects

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such as Claus Encounters, a dark comedy involving Santa suits and Personal Enemy, a three minute short shot in four hours exploring our fragile relationship we all have with our minds.Since Westminster Film School Victoria has dipped into the world of fashion films with her take on jealously in Sustain, a new line from designer Charlotte Benson exploring the use of all natural products to make man-made items. It was this juxtaposition which inspired Victoria to pursue the ideas found in the short film. Most recently, Victoria has returned to the narrative for short film, Be Free which uncovers the difficult choices you must make in order to protect those you love in the sight of your own death.Currently Victoria is in development of music pro-jects, a media platform not fully explored by her but one which is particularly close to her and her musical devotion.

Sandin Puce - Filmakademie Baden-Wu-erttemberg, Germany

Film: Take Your StageLength 88‘‘

Sandin Puce was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Her-zegovina. He was the co-founder of the Film Club, and the Short Film Festival in Mostar. Concurrent-ly he started to work with the New York film critic Howard Feinstein and the Sarajevo Film Festival, whilst shooting his own short films, music videos, and commercials. It’s fair to say that Sandin was a very busy boy. In 2008, he left his homeland to study directing at the prestigious Film Academy in Ludwigsburg, Germany. During his studies, he directed movies for Smart, Opel, Johnnie Walker and Adidas. Sandin was nominated three times for the Young director award in Cannes. In 2013 he won the 1. prize in the category Filmschool. His films were nominated, shown and recieved prizes on many festivals such as ITFS (Stuttgart), Anima (Brussel), Spotlight Festival (Mannheim), MonstraFestival (Lis-bon), Reklamfilmpreis (Frankfurt), kurzundschön (Cologne), ADC (Germany), Hamburg Animation Festival, NEW GERMAN DIRECTORS’ SHOWCASE from Saatchi & Saatchi, KROK International Animated Film Festival, Animayo (Gran Canaria), Civican - Responsable Ani-matic (Pamplona) etc. Sandin now lives and works in Berlin.

Filmography:

“Take your Stage “ - adidas (commercial)“My Love” – Kovacs (Music-Video) “Frenki” - johnnie walker (commercial)“BfFF”- Berlin Fashion Film Festival (commercial)“Der Clan. Die Geschichte der Familie Wagner” - (trailer ZDF)„Mutterlandung“ – HASPA (commercial)

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Frame- smart brabus tailermade (commercial)“Bijes”- Clown (Music-Video)

Camilo Villota - Miami Ad School, Ger-many

Film: UnafraidLength 220‘‘

Born 1983 in Bogota, Camilo developed a love for fashion and photography over the years, and by moving to Miami, he saw an opportunity to make his hobby a profession. After gathering skills and knowledge in different industries, including the fashion industry, he graduated from Miami Ad School in Miami, to go out and take on the world. Currently Camilo is working as in-house Art Direc-tor in New York.

Theo von Asmuth - Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany

Film: Find Your FateLength 90‘‘

Theo von Asmuth was born and raised on a small island in the Philippines. He moved to Berlin, Germany at the age of eight. The experience of the huge contrast between this two different worlds has had a great influence on his behaviour and on his interests to date.After graduating from highschool, Theo von As-muth gathered experience in film and television production at the company Cineteam Media Works in Frankfurt and at the company spectral.tv in Wiesbaden.Since 2010 he has studied Digital Media with focus on film in Darmstadt Dieburg. During his studies he found his passion for music videos and com-mercials. After he had dealt with advertising in more detail, a whole new world opened up to him.

Filmography:

Warum nicht Erzieher / 2012 /WerbeclipTape.tv / 2012 / WerbeclipViva/ 2012 / Werbeclip

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Darmstadt Diamonds/ 2013 / WerbeclipFind your Fate/ Regie 2014 / WerbeclipRed Bull/ 2014 / WerbeclipGreenpeace - Story of a Spoon (2015)

Shortlist 2013

Andreas Roth, Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg, Deutschland

Film: FearsLength: 70“

Andreas Roth was born in Hamburg. As a young boy he dreamed of becoming a tennis pro, but that‘s simply not where life took him.In 2009 he joined the renowned Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg.Andy was quickly known as one of the brightest young directing talents in the business.He shot his first commercial when he was 21 and won the most celebrated emerging director award in 2011 with his online viral for Dirt Devil (#5 most viewed online film 2011) and in 2013.He also was honored at the prestigious Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase along with win-ning numerous other awards at festivals and marketing conventions around the world. Including Cannes Lions, D&AD, Clio, NYC Festival, Epica, Eurobest, TED global conference, shots magazine and the Art Director’s Club in New York and Berlin.In 2012 Andreas received a scholarship for the UCLA Filmacademy Masterclass in Los An-geles. Parallel to school he shot a couple of real jobs for world leading brands, e.g. HEINE-KEN and BMW.In April 2014 after envisioning his career in directing - he graduated from the prestigious Filmacademy Baden-Württemberg with a Diploma for Commercial Directing.Due to his last work he caught the attention of Ridley Scott and his well known company RSA Films. Since August he moved to Los Angeles to work closely for the US market.In short, Andy is a very nice guy with great ambitions who loves to create films with a cine-matic look and a distinctive, textured style – he definitly has his indiviual handwriting.

Filmography:

Hamburger Morgenpost - FischverkäuferISHR - TypewriterBILD - Mord (Spec)Dirtdevil - The ExorcistCAF - Tough but DoableHerbaria - Fears

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Heineken - The SubBMW - Scrum MachineOceana - Sea LegendBMW - X

Charlotte Rabate - NYU, Tisch School of the Arts, USA

Film: PlaytimeLength:60“

NYU Tisch School of the Arts, August 2010 – pre-sentMFA in Filmmaking, core subjects: Directing,Screenwriting, Producing, Cinematography, Edi-ting,AestheticsLondon School of Economics, October 2007 – July 2010BSc in Management, core subjects: International Management, International Marke-ting,Operational Research, Principles of CorporateFinanceHarvard University Summer School, June 2008 – July 2008I enrolled in a course entitled “Race, gender and ethnicity in the films of Spike Lee”, in-which we analysed how renown filmmaker Spike Lee introduced the controversial topic ofrace in his films

Filmography:

Opening Ceremony: Extreme make-up with TracyLe telephone sonneThe Mermaid

Denis Parchow - Filmakademie Ba-den-Württemberg, Germany

Film: Don’t Be Afraid of the DarkLength: 64‘‘

Denis was born in Nürtingen, Germany in 1985. He finished his A-level and an education as a lum-ber jack before he got into internships at several film production companies. In 2008 he has started to study advertising / directing commecials at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.

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Filmogrpahy:

2012 – Steiff “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark”2011 – Scharzkopf “Sara the professional”2011 – IHK “Prashant”2010 – Antipiracy “Sven the terrible”2009 – Amazon mp3 “Chase”

Abu Bakr Shawky - NYU, Tisch School of the Arts (USA)

MFA, Film & TV ProductionNew York University Tisch School of the ArtsGraduation: Spring 2015BA, FilmmakingHigh Institute of Cinema in Cairo (2009)Summa cum Laude with DistinctionSpecialization: Film DirectingBA, Political ScienceAmerican University in Cairo (2009)Major: Public International Law & Middle East Poli-ticsMinor: HistoryUniversity of Southern California (2007)„Fusion Arts Exchange Program“ for Screenwriting and Film ProductionFulbright Commission & United States Department of StateDeutsche Evangelische Oberschule Cairo (2004)German Abitur

Filmography:

„Water from another World“ Spec Commercial for Zico Coconut Water„Cows in the City“ Spec Commercial for National Anxiety Foundation„Find New Roads“ Spec Commercial for Chevrolet“Things I Heard on Wednesdays” (2012)

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Rashko Miljkovic - Faculty of Dramatic Arts Belgrade (Serbia)

Film: Stop Spilling Start GivingLength: 37‘‘

Born 29th of October 1991 in Belgrade, SerbiaEducation: Graduated high school 2010, Currently studying at the FDU, school of drama arts. Mostly working in advertising while studyin in Belgrade.A solid drummer, avid fan of sushi and very cruel dungeon master in any tabletop FRP. Filmography:

Klara (Short)Kravata (The Tie, Short) Kendo (Short)You are what you eat (Short)Save (Short)Private label (Tv Show)More than 20 TV and internet commercials

Tobias Haase - Filmakademie Baden-Wu-erttemberg, Germany

Film: MCPLength: 60‘‘

Born in 1981, Tobias spent the first half of his childhood in Dresden. His family escaped the GDR in 1989 and settled in Gütersloh where he started filmmaking at school. After finishing A level in 2001 Tobias went to London for a while and when he came back to germany he started filmmaking for third parties and own projects. In 2007 he studied in Cologne one year media design until he started in 2008 at the Filmakademie Baden-Würt-temberg. His film „Boats - based on a true story“ won silver at the Young Directors Award in Cannes and his diploma project „MCP“ won the First Steps Award in 2013. Since that he is under contract to cobblestone.

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Filmography:

1050Fritz. - vielviel lebenWundenBoats - based on a true storyMCPDystopia

Claas Ortmann – „The Store“ – Hoch-schule für Fernsehen und Film Mün-chen, Germany

Film: Switch Bull‘s EyeLength: 41``

Claas Ortmann was born in Hamburg in 1979. After finishing his A-levels he worked as a full-time production assistant at BSW Filmprodukti-on (film production) in Hamburg. Between 2003 and 2007 he studied at the Munich University of Televisionand Film direction & screenplay for movie and TV. After that, in 2008 and 2009, he successfully completed a postgraduate course in advertising again at the Munich University of Television and Film. He has been working as a freelance director and author since 2009.

Filmography:

2009 - 2012 Diverse Werbefilme u.a. für McDonalds, Audi, Veltins, ARD/ZDF,Parship, Toblerone, CortalConsors, Wick Blau, Bauer Verlag, uvm.Agenturvertretung: DBC - Driven by creatives2011 Kartensicherheit - Der verrückte Laden (Commercial Film)2009 Ben&Jerrys ‚Caramel‘ & ‚Handicap‘ (Commercial Film)2008 Eine kleine Anekdote (Short Film)2005 Natürliche Auslese (Short Film)

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Stephan Strube - Filmakademie Ba-den-Württemberg, Germany

Film: Out of this WorldLength: 2´

Stephan Strube was born on a small island in the middle of the Baltic Sea. After school and his apprenticeship he worked as a media design free-lancer. His jobs ranged from conceptional design and directing of various corporate films to film editing and countless other tasks for film, televisi-on and advertising. As an in-house editor for the international advertising agency TBWA Hamburg, he contributed to numerous TV commercials. In addition, Stephan directed music videos and virals. In October 2008 he started to study commercial di-recting at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy.

Filmography:

2012 WOODCOCK (Sitcom Serial Pilot)2011 SKY NORTH POLE (Commercial Film)2010 KETEL ONE - MOMENT (Commercial Film)2009 LIEBESDUNST (Short Film)2009 DIE WILDEN HERZEN VON ST.TROPEZ (Short Film)

Anna Habermehl - Filmakademie Ba-den-Württemberg, Germany

Film: Rollin´SafariLength: 108‘‘

Anna Habermehl was born on April 27th 1986 in Wiesbaden, Germany. She spent her childhood until in Limburg, Hessen. After achieving general qualification for uni versity entrance in 2005, she decided to begin an apprenticeship as a media de-signer in a smaller company called “das modular” in Hattersheim. During her apprenticeship she developed an affection for animated and moving pictures what made her applying at the Film Aca-demy Baden-Württemberg where she studies since Winter 2009.

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Filmography:

2012 Rollin’ Safari2011 BombusConfusus2010 Der Nachtmar

Matthias Bäuerle - Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Film: Studies on HysteriaLength: 58‘‘

Matthias Bäuerle was born near Baden-Baden in 1985. He began to make shortfilms in his early years and discovered his passion for various disciplines in design. After his A-levels he studied communication and design at the University of Applied Sciences Aachen and the Hogeschool Maastricht, NL. During several jobs Matti gathered experience in filmmaking, design and marketing. Since 2010 he has been a student at the Filmakademie Baden-Würt-temberg focusing on animation and visual effects.

Filmography:

PLAYSTATION - THE POWER OF PLAYSTATIONTHE GRUFFALO’S CHILDDU DARFST.THE GRUFFALOTATORT - DAS MÄDCHEN GALINA

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Fabian Fricke - Filmakademie Baden-Würt-temberg, Germany

Film: ToastLength/Länge: 66´´

Fabian Fricke was born in Munich/Germany in 1989. During his school time he worked already on international projects for Shapeways.com. After his Abitur he developed and designed an applica-tion for the medical engineering company PolyDi-mensions and worked for the Metaio Company in Munich. Since October 2012 he is studying VFX and animation at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Film Aca-demy.

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Filmography:

2012 Toast (Commercial Film)2011 Static Motion (Short Film)2011 Verbrüht (Short Film)

John Ryan Johnson - New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, USA

Film: Nine to FiveLength: 60´´

John Ryan was born on the 12th September 1983 in the USA. At the New York University, Tisch School of the Arts he made his degree in scriptwriting and directing. At the University of Houston, Valenti School of Communication he made his Bachelor of Arts in both Communication and Business Manage-ment. His repertoire ranges from documentary feature films, ads and short films through to music videos. John R. Johnson received several awards for his films.

Filmography (selection):2012 - Dreams Don‘t Die (Feature Documentary)2012 - Breed (Spec Commercial)2012 - Getting Started (Spec Commercial)2012 - Nine to Five (Spec Commercial)2011 - Water Bottle2011 - Birthright (Narrative Short)2010 - Wish I May

Johannes Kizler - Filmakademie Ba-den-Württemberg, Germany

Film: The PressLength/Länge: 190´´

Johannes Kizler is born and raised in Fellbach, next to Stuttgart, Germany. With his older brother, Johannes started making movies with the fathers Super 8 at the early age of 3 years. A lot of Italo Western and experimental videos followed. After graduation he made an education as photogra-pher. Johannes worked for two years as a freelan-ce photographer for the Debeos Studios, Mercedes Benz and other customers.

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In this time he learned a lot about lighting, shooting techniques and above all leading a team. Alongside he made more shortfilms and music videos. In 2009 he started with his studies in directing at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy in Ludwigsburg.

Filmography (selection):2012 The Speech – iRobot Buch (Commercial Film)2012 Circulight – Debeos Studios (Commercial Film)2012 The Press – Guinness (Commercial Film)2010 Ey der Typ! (Short Film)2010 Tribun (Short Film)

Jakob Schmidt - Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen „Konrad Wolf“, Ger-many

Film: Peter RunsLength: 85´´

Jokob Schmidt was born in Würzburg/Germany in 1989. During and after his school time he was doing freelance journalism work and made seve-ral internships in a number of production com-panies. Since 2009 he has been studying at the University of Film and Television „Konrad Wolf“ Potsdam-Babelsberg.

Filmography:2012 Nimmersatt (Short Film)2011 Lieber wär ich Mörder (Documentary Short Film)2011 517 Füwatown (Documentary Short Film)2011 What it Seems (Short Film)

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Hanna Maria Heidrich - Baden-Württem-berg Film Academy, Germany

Film: Life is CallingLength: 90´´

Hanna Maria was born in Freiburg/Germany in 1984. She has always been fascinated by the po-wer of pictures and started with photography, drawing and painting at an early age, but soon discovered her love for filmmaking and enrolled at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Film Academy to study Direction. Since then she has won numerous in-ternational awards for her commercials and short films. Her work was featured at the „Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase“ as well as at the „Young Director Award“ in Cannes, in the „shots magazine“ in UK, at the „New York Festival“ in USA and the „Art Directorʼs Club“ in Germany. In order to deepen her direction Studies, she spent 2009 at Central Saint Martins College in London and was awarded for a scholarship at the UCLA -Filmacademy Masterclass in Los Angeles in 2010.

Filmography:2012 KILLING ALL THE FLIES (Short Feature)2012/2011 Life is calling (Commercial Film)2011/2010 WE MISS YOU (Commercial Film)2010 The new SLK – The closest relationshipwith the road2010/2009 When The Hurlyburly´s Done (Short Feature)2009 Celebrate Sensuality (Commercial Film)2009/2008 What´s your secret? (Commercial Film)2008 Forever (Commercial Film)

Uisenma Borchu - Hochschule für Fern-sehen und Film München, Germany

Film: ThosLength: 300´´

Uisenma Borchu was born in 1984 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and came to Germany in 1989. In Mainz she studied French and history from 2004-2006. Since 2006 she is studying directing at the Univer-sity for Television and Film Munich in the depart-ment documentary and television journalism.Uisenma realised documentaries and commercials, and is currently writing on

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her first feature film. Her sister, the designer Tschagsalmaa Borchuu, founded the brand THOS, and with the support of film producer and DOP Sven Zellner they have created a film that tells about the philosophy of the brand. Uisenma is scholarship holder of the Hein-rich-Böll-Foundation.

Filmography (Selection):

2011 THOS (Brand Film)Himmel voller Geigen (Documentary Film)2008 Spider Beach (Commercial Film)2007 Donne-moi plus (Documentary Film)

Stephan Strube - Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Film: Sky North PoleLength: 90´´

Stephan Strube was born on a small island in the middle of the Baltic Sea. After school and his apprenticeship he worked as a media design free-lancer. His jobs ranged from conceptional design and directing of various corporate films to film editing and countless other tasks for film, televisi-on and advertising. As an in-house editor for the international advertising agency TBWA Hamburg, he contributed to numerous TV commercials. In addition, Stephan directed music videos and virals. In October 2008 he started to study com-mercial directing at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy.

Maria Eriksson - Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts, Sweden

Film: RFSLLength: 75´´

Maria was born in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1986. After finishing high school she studied documen-tary filmmaking and started making her own short fiction films. In 2012 she graduated from Stock-holm Academy of Dramatic Arts where she studied Film Directing.Her short films „Hold Me Tight“, „Come Closer“ and „I Want it All“ have been screened at several film festivals.

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In 2011 she wrote and directed the children short film „Elsa and the Tooth fairy“ for the Swedish Television. „RFSL“ is her debut as director of a commercial film.

Filmography:2012 Annalyn (Short Feature)2012 I Want it All (Short Feature)2011 RFSL (Commercial Film)2011 Elsa and the Tooth Fairy (Short Feature)2010 Come Closer (Short Feature)2009 Hold Me Tight (Short Feature)2008 The Decision (Short Feature)

Alexander Dietrich - Filmakademie Ba-den-Württemberg, Germany

Film: FISH-FACELength: 76´´

Alexander Dietrich, born 1989, absolved an in-ternship at the animation studioMotionworks, Halle from 2008 to 2009.Since 2009 he is studying animation at the Ba-den-Wuerttemberg Film Academy.

Filmography:2012 FISH-FACE (Commercial Film)2011 TEAPPED (Short Film)2010 Es geht um Alles (Short Film)

Dominic Eise - Filmakademie Ba-den-Württemberg, Germany

Film: FISH-FACELength: 76´´

Dominic Eise, born 1984, studied at University of applied Sciences in Hamburg Illustration and Design. Since 2009 he is studying Animation at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy.

Filmography:

2012 FISH-FACE (Commercial Film)2011 Der Putz Immel (Short Film)

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Johannes Flick - Filmakademie Ba-den-Württemberg, Germany

Film: FISH-FACELength: 76´´

Johannes Flick, born 1986, absolved an apprenti-ceship in media design A/V at temamedien GmbH in Karlsruhe from 2006 to 2008. Since 2009 he is studying animation at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Film Academy.

Filmography:

2012 FISH-FACE (Commercial Film)2011 TEAPPED (Short Film)2010 Chop Suey (Commercial Film)

Claas Ortmann – „The Store“ – Hochschu-le für Fernsehen und Film München, Germany

Film: The StoreLength: 60``

Claas Ortmann was born in Hamburg in 1979. Af-ter finishing his A-levels he worked as a full-time production assistant at BSW Filmproduktion (film production) in Hamburg. Between 2003 and 2007 he studied at the Munich University of Televisio-nand Film direction & screenplay for movie and TV. After that, in 2008 and 2009, he successfully completed a postgraduate course in advertising again at the Munich University of Television and Film. He has been working as a freelance director and author since 2009.

Filmography:

2009 - 2012 Diverse Werbefilme u.a. für McDonalds, Audi, Veltins, ARD/ZDF,Parship, Toblerone, CortalConsors, Wick Blau, Bauer Verlag, uvm.Agenturvertretung: DBC - Driven by creatives2011 Kartensicherheit - Der verrückte Laden (Commercial Film)2009 Ben&Jerrys ‚Caramel‘ & ‚Handicap‘ (Commercial Film)2008 Eine kleine Anekdote (Short Film)2005 Natürliche Auslese (Short Film)

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Ian Kammer - Art Center College of De-sign, Los Angeles/USA

Film: HibernationLength: 60‘‘

Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. After a brief stint of community college, studying photo-graphy and working part time editing corporate films, Ian moved to Los Angeles in 2007 to study film at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. Quickly gaining experience in production after interning and working as a production assistant at various production companies, Ian shot a reel of spec commercials and two short films, graduating in 2010.

Filmography:

2011 Subconscious Disconnect (Short Film)2010 The North Face – Hibernation (Commercial Film)2010 Motion Blindness (Documentary Short Film)2010 Coppertone - Boxer2009 ChapStick - Lipless

Hanna Maria Heidrich - Baden-Württem-berg Film Academy, Germany

Film: We Miss YouLength: 90´´

Hanna Maria was born in Freiburg/Germany in 1984. She has always been fascinated by the power of pictures and started with photography, drawing and painting at an early age, but soon discovered her love for filmmaking and enrolled at the Ba-den-Wuerttemberg Film Academy to study Direc-tion. Since then she has won numerous internati-onal awards for her commercials and short films. Her work was featured at the „Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase“ as well as at the „Young Director Award“ in Cannes, in the „shots magazi-ne“ in UK, at the „New York Festival“ in USA and the „Art Directorʼs Club“ in Germany.

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In order to deepen her direction Studies, she spent 2009 at Central Saint Martins College in London and was awarded for a scholarship at the UCLA -Filmacademy Masterclass in Los Angeles in 2010.

Christian Mielmann (Milo) - Baden-Würt-temberg Film Academy, Germany

Film: What Ever HappenedLength: 90’’

Christian Mielmann (Milo) was born 1978. Bet-ween 2001 and 2002 he was working as a pro-duction trainee at “Tempomedia Hamburg”, after that he was working for a year as a production assistant at “Studio Hamburg” and from 2003 to 2004 he worked for “Multimedia Filmproduktion”. After he was studieing “Digital Film Making” in Hamburg and Berlin he finished that with the “Ba-chelor of Arts” in 2005. In January 2011 he finished the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg with the diploma in “Director of commercial film”.

Filmography:

2010 Tuborg “What ever happened” (Commercial Film)2009 Marsgesichter or “E.T.F.A” (Series)2009 Sparkasse “Zombie” (Commercial Film)2008 “Alle meine Farben” (Commercial Film)2008 “Ungarische Vogelzucht” (Commercial Film)2008 Starbucks “Busballett” (Commercial Film)2006 “Der Biobauer”2006 “Melancholie”2005 “Es Lebe Homo Sapiens”

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Amnon Picker - Tel Aviv University, Israel

Film: 2010 Tausff TrailerLength: 180‘‘

Amnon Picker was born in 1980 in Israel. His fas-cination with visual arts led him to photography at an early age. After finishing his military service, he began his studies at the Tel Aviv University Cinema and Television department. During his studies, Picker worked in the Israeli film industry, honing his skills as a cinematographer, gaffer, 1st assistant director, and finally as a director. In 2009 Picker directed the short film: “Empty Skies”. It was produced as part of the 2009 international 48 Hours Festival in Tel Aviv. The film was awarded the best cinematography prize and garnered the 1st place in the short film category of the Icon film festival. In the following year Picker wrote and directed the opener for the 13th Internatio-nal Tel Aviv University Student Film Festival.

Filmography:

2010 13th International Tel Aviv University Student Film Festival opener 3’ (Commercial Film)2009 Quartet for the end of time 4’ (Short Film)2009 Empty skies 7’ (Short Film)2008 Castles 5’ (Short Film)

Andreas Roth, Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg, Deutschland

Film: Exorcist

Andreas Roth was born in Hamburg. As a young boy he dreamed of becoming a tennis pro, but that‘s simply not where life took him.In 2009 he joined the renowned Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg.Andy was quickly known as one of the brightest young directing talents in the business.He shot his first commercial when he was 21 and won the most celebrated emerging director award in 2011 with his online viral for Dirt Devil (#5 most viewed online film 2011) and in 2013.

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He also was honored at the prestigious Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase along with winning numerous other awards at festivals and marketing conventions around the world. Including Cannes Lions, D&AD, Clio, NYC Festival, Epica, Eurobest, TED global confe-rence, shots magazine and the Art Director’s Club in New York and Berlin.In 2012 Andreas received a scholarship for the UCLA Filmacademy Masterclass in Los An-geles. Parallel to school he shot a couple of real jobs for world leading brands, e.g. HEINE-KEN and BMW.In April 2014 after envisioning his career in directing - he graduated from the prestigious Filmacademy Baden-Württemberg with a Diploma for Commercial Directing.Due to his last work he caught the attention of Ridley Scott and his well known company RSA Films. Since August he moved to Los Angeles to work closely for the US market.In short, Andy is a very nice guy with great ambitions who loves to create films with a cine-matic look and a distinctive, textured style – he definitly has his indiviual handwriting.

Filmography:

Hamburger Morgenpost - FischverkäuferISHR - TypewriterBILD - Mord (Spec)Dirtdevil - The ExorcistCAF - Tough but DoableHerbaria - FearsHeineken - The SubBMW - Scrum MachineOceana - Sea LegendBMW - X

Stephan Hilpert - Hochschule für Fernse-hen und Film München, Germany

Film: A World Without ElectricityLength: 50’’

Born in Böblingen/ Germany in 1980. Stephan stu-died documentary film directing and advertising at the University of Television and Film Munich/ Germany. Furthermore he studied economics in Munich, England and Spain, and also film studies in England.

Filmography:

2009 “Surveillance in the movie theatre” (Trai-ler-Reihe für das „Internationale Festival derFilmhochschulen“ 2009)2009 “8mm Bayern - Stadt und Land”(TV-Dokumentarfilm für den BR)

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2008 “ARD-Aktionstag – Mehr Zeit zu leben” (TV-Spot für die ARD)2008 “Die Schachspielerinnen” / “The Chess Players” (Dokumentarfilm über die Schach-Nationalmannschaft)2008 “Jan Peters – I am my own cameraman” (Dokumentarfilm über den Experimentalfilmer Jan Peters)2007 “Uncle Sam wants you - military recruitment in the USA” (TV-Dokumentarfilm über die Nachwuchsrekrutierung des US-Militärs)2006/ 2007 “Weil der Mensch ein Mensch ist” / “Because a Man is Human (Dokumentarfilm über Mobbing in einem Kinder-Ferienlager)2004 “Wiedersehen” / “See You” (Kurzspielfilm)2002 “KY-37” (Kurzspielfilm)

Justus Becker - Baden-Württemberg Film Academy, Germany

Film: An Ode To WomenLength: 270’’

Film: Rimowa HotelLength: 90”

Justus A. Becker, born in 1986 and raised in Ham-burg, Germany. From early age onwards, Justus knew that he wanted to follow the same path as his father, in becoming a commercial director. Af-ter graduating high school he decided to start his career at Hamburg‘s commercial film production ‚Markenfilm‘. One year later, to become acquain-ted with the agency‘s work, he started to work for ‚Jung von Matt‘ first as intern and later as junior editor. After one more year he took up his studies at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Lud-wigsburg, majoring in commercial directing.

Filmography:

2011 Ray Ban Revealing the sun (Commercial Film)2011 Mercedes - An Ode to women (Commercial Film)2010 Rimowa – Hotel (Commercial Film)2010 Diakonie – Perspectives (Commercial Film)2008 Ikea - Blind Date (Commercial Film)

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Job Kraaijeveld - The Netherlands Film and Television Academy, Netherlands

Film: Ilse ListensLength: 47’’

Job was born in the Netherlands 1986. He was studieing Cinematography at the Netherlands Film & Television Academy from 2006 to 2010. With his films he already has won the 1st Prize at the Pub-lic’s Choice in NFTA Festival Competition 2010“.

Filmography:

2011 Dierenpark Emmen (TV commercials shown on dutch television)2011 Marktplaats (TV commercials shown on dutch television)2011 Range Rover Evoque (TV commercials shown on dutch television)2011 Dash (TV commercials shown on dutch television)2011 ANWB (TV commercials shown on dutch television)2010 Tedes - Ilse Listens. (Commercial Film)2010 Dicht bij mij vandaan (Fiction Film)2010 Afrika (Fiction Film)2010 Ons Sal Altyd Vriende Bly (Documentary Film)2010 Reflection (Short Fiction Film)

Roman Kaelin - Baden-Württemberg Film Academy, Germany

Film: a.MaizeLength: 110’’

Born 1985 in Einsiedeln (Switzerland) he studied architecture at ETH in Zurich, before following up on his true passion, which was filmmaking, especially the creation of computer driven effects. In 2007 he started studying at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg in Germany. During his first year he ventured into the world of stop motion animation with his short “Jimbo Clementine”, which he created with fellow Film Academy stu-dent Jacob Frey. As a follow up to his first short, he created his first VFX driven short with fellow student Florian Wittmann. “Formic” was an inter-national success and won several awards.

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After this Roman went on to create the trailer for the FMX 2011 in Germany with fellow students Falko Paepper and Florian Wittmann. Roman currently works at Psyop Inc in New York City.

Filmography:

2010 a.maize2009 Formic

Adam Wallensten - The National Film School of Denmark, Denmark

Film: A Little Less GravityLength: 60’’

Adam Wallensten (b. 1981) is a swedish born, da-nish raised cinematographer.Educated at The National Film School of Denmark. Now working in the fields of fiction, documentary and commercials and everything inbetween.

Filmography:

2011 Nothing Can Touch Me (Short Fiction)2011 Movia - Byturen.com (Commercial Film)2010 Forever (Short Fiction)2009 Snowblind (Short Fiction)2009 Skelhell (Short Fiction)2008 Preludium (Feature Fiction)2008 Salon Au Revoir2008 The Black Angel2008 Officer Relaxing After Duty

Documentaries:

2012 Wild Girls/ VILDE PIGER (in production)2011 The Time We Have/ DEN TID VI HAR 20112010 Blood In The Mobile (Feature Documentary)2010 The Heart Back And Forth/ HJERTET TUR OG RETUR2009 Storm2009 The Art Of Being Seen/ KUNSTEN AT BLIVE SET

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Florian Wittmann - Baden-Württemberg Film Academy, Germany

Film: a.MaizeLength: 110’’

Born 1980 in Deggendorf (Germany). After his a-le-vel taken in 2000 he studied digital media at the academy of arts in Bremen. After that he worked as a free-lance graphicdesigner and 3d-artist for Premiere, M.A.R.K.13 and Creation Club. In 2007 he started studying Animation and Visual Effects at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Ger-many.

Filmography:

2010 a.Maize2009 Das Jünste Gericht2009 Formic

Falko Paper - Baden-Württemberg Film Academy, Germany

Film: a.MaizeLength: 110’’

Falko was born in Berlin in 1983. After finishing his a-levels in 2003, he started working as a Web Deisgner in Berlin and further on as a Digital Com-positor for several Media Companies. In 2007 he began his studies of Animation at the Film Aca-demy Baden-Württemberg with a major focus on Visual Effects. Since January 2011 Falko works at Psyop Inc. in Los Angeles, Ca.

Filmography:

2010 a.Maize2010 LOOM2009 Mobile2007 Ijon Tichy

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Justus Becker - Baden-Württemberg Film Academy, Germany

Film: Rimowa HotelLength: 90”

Justus A. Becker, born in 1986 and raised in Ham-burg, Germany. From early age onwards, Justus knew that he wanted to follow the same path as his father, in becoming a commercial director. Af-ter graduating high school he decided to start his career at Hamburg‘s commercial film production ‚Markenfilm‘. One year later, to become acquain-ted with the agency‘s work, he started to work for ‚Jung von Matt‘ first as intern and later as junior editor. After one more year he took up his studies at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Lud-wigsburg, majoring in commercial directing.

Filmography:

2011 Ray Ban Revealing the sun (Commercial Film)2011 Mercedes - An Ode to women (Commercial Film)2010 Rimowa – Hotel (Commercial Film)2010 Diakonie – Perspectives (Commercial Film)2008 Ikea - Blind Date (Commercial Film)

Hugo Lilja - Dramatiska Institutet, Swe-den

Film: Amnesty InternationalLength: 45‘‘

Hugo graduated from the University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre where he stu-died Film Directing. He has amongst other things worked with the Emmy Award winning company ”The Company P” directing their web serires Doll-play, that was developed by FOX.He was finalist in the International Film competi-tion FILMAKA 2008 with the films ”Merry Christ-mans”, ”Judgment Day” and ”Homeservice”.He also founded and drove the productions com-pany Accordion Film in Sweden 2005-2007 and developed a filmproject together with New Danes in Denmark and Öresundskommisionen that dis-cussed the risks with the so called ”war on terror”.

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Filmography (selection):

COMMERCIALS2010 Magicka2010 MTG United For Peace2010 Ship Sim 2010 Amnesty

FILMS2010 The Unliving2010 A Day In The Country2009 Dollplay2009 Altona2009 TV-pejlaren

Isabel Prahl - Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, Germany

Film: Poverty Tells Many StoriesLength: 70‘‘

1978 Isabel was born in Münster. From 1999 till 2002 she studied Graphic Design at the Institute of Design in Hamburg. After that she studiedLiterature and Cultural & Media Studies at the University of Siegen until 2006. From 2006 till 2007 she was Television trainee for the Wellenreiter TV Cologne.Since 2007 she has been enrolled in a postgraduate course at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne.

Filmography:

2010 Das Leben ist kein Wunschkonzert (Comedy)2010 Superhelden (Social Spot)2009 Armut kennt viele Geschichten (Poverty Tells Many Stories) (Social Spot)2009 Blinde Justitia (Kurzspielfilm)2008 Bau dich glücklich (Werbespot)

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Marie Dvorkova - Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, USA

Film: SteenbeckstoryLength: 87”

Marie was born in Czech Republic. She is a gradu-ate of renowned Prague Film School – FAMU. She is enrolled at Tisch School of the Arts at the New York University, where she studies film directing. For her studies in US she was awarded Dean’s Fel-lowship by Tisch School of the Arts.

Filmography:

2010 Steenbeckstory2008 Low Tide2007 Two Minute Sketch2006 Upside Down2006 The Bead2005 When I Grow Up…2004 Jarmila Is Home for Good2003 The Wife of Opitz2003 Waiting for Widor

Stephanie Wagner -, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Film: „Closer.“Length: 90‘‘

Stephanie Wagner was born in 1982 in Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate. Early on she discovered her creative side and love for films. During school it got more intense, so she eventually trained as a media designer (picture and sound) and was able to complete successfully as national best in Saarland. During this time she was able to gather experience in numerous internships in film pro-ductions. She was particularly drawn to working actors, story-telling and teamwork, and so in 2004 she began to study advertising film directing at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Film Academy. Since 2010, she has been working as a director.

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Filmography:

2010 Citaro C2 – Der Checker// Commercial2010 Lapp – On Tour// Commercial2010 Mercedes-Benz C-Klasse: Before the Diner // Advertising film2010 Hallmark – Closer// Commercial2009 Sparkasse – Der Abschied// Cinema Commercial2009 CP LOUNGE/ KUNSTBETRIEB 7/ SPIELRAUM 33// 3 Cinema Commercials2008 ART COLOGNE// Commercial2008 SANItäter// Commercial2008 VW – Alptraum// Commercial2007 Coca-Cola - Robeat// Commercial2007 SonnenBassermann – Forest// Commercial

Johnny Cullen - Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design & Technology, Ireland

Film: Happy Birthday TimmyLength: 90”

Johnny Cullen is currently in his final year in Film and Television Production at IADT Dun Laoghaire, where he specialises in Experimental Directing and Sound.He has already worked on numerous short films in different roles, for example as a cinematographer or editor. Apart from that he‘s experienced in using Final Cut Pro and Pro Tools. He has a great interest in film and advertising especially in films of an experimental nature.Additionally he is working part-time as a waiter in Jo’Burger Rathmines in Dublin.

Filmography:

Happy Birthday Timmy (Writer/Director) (appeared at Galway Film festival, Waterford Film Festival)So what Happened Last Night? (Co-writer/Director) (won in the category ‘Best Performance’ at the Dare2bDrinkaware competition in Dublin)

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Simon Ritzler - Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Film: „Hero“Length: 78‘‘

Simon was born in 1981 in Ichenhausen. 1998-2001 he went to the College for Visual Graphics in Ulm. 2001/02 he made an internship in industrial design at Hartmann and Hartmann, an adverti-sing agency in Augsburg, where he also worked in 2002-03 as a graphic designer. 2003-05 he studied communication design at the College of Design in Wiesbaden. Since 2005, he has been enrolled in the Advertising Film Directing course at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg.

Filmography:

2010 MINI – Roadtrip (Werbefilm)2010 Hornbach – Held (Werbefilm)2009 Lipstick Jungle - Sleeping Beauty (Werbefilm)2009 Sparkasse – Zelle I+II (Werbefilme)2009 Sevengames - The Fat Hornet/The Pong Hammer (Werbefilm)2008 Europäische Kommission für Menschenrechte – Wonderful World (Werbefilm)2008 Nike – You made me (Werbefilm)2008 Diesel – Did you ever..? (Werbefilm)2007 Angelus mortis (Dokumentarfilm)2007 Ohropax – The Experiment (Werbefilm)2007 Afri Cola – Good Vibrations (Werbefilm)2007 Levis – Run (Werbefilm)2006 Sehnsucht (Kurzfilm)2005 IKEA – Preissäge/Preishammer (Werbefilm)2004 Bundesregierung – Europas Stimme (Werbefilm)2002 Parabola (Videoclip)2001 Silentium (Videoclip)

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Josef Wladyka - New York University, Graduate Film, USA

Film: The Dream is ComingLength: 60”

Josef went to James Madison University in Har-risonburg, VA and received a Bachelor of Business Administration. After that he moved to New York University for his Master of Fine Arts Candidate.Currently he is a Master‘s Candidate and Dean/Fa-culty Fellow in New York University‘s Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Film Program.

Filmography:

2010 The Hard Way2010 The Dream is Here2009 Klaudia 2008 Solidarnosc2007 Gary 2007 Huey 2006 John 16:33 2006 Zico Chung 2006 The Perfect Sandwich2006 With My Own Hands2005 The Rebel

Andreas Roth, Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg, Deutschland

Film: Typewriter

Andreas Roth was born in Hamburg. As a young boy he dreamed of becoming a tennis pro, but that‘s simply not where life took him.In 2009 he joined the renowned Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg.Andy was quickly known as one of the brightest young directing talents in the business.He shot his first commercial when he was 21 and won the most celebrated emerging director award in 2011 with his online viral for Dirt Devil (#5 most viewed online film 2011) and in 2013.

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He also was honored at the prestigious Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase along with winning numerous other awards at festivals and marketing conventions around the world. Including Cannes Lions, D&AD, Clio, NYC Festival, Epica, Eurobest, TED global confe-rence, shots magazine and the Art Director’s Club in New York and Berlin.In 2012 Andreas received a scholarship for the UCLA Filmacademy Masterclass in Los An-geles. Parallel to school he shot a couple of real jobs for world leading brands, e.g. HEINE-KEN and BMW.In April 2014 after envisioning his career in directing - he graduated from the prestigious Filmacademy Baden-Württemberg with a Diploma for Commercial Directing.Due to his last work he caught the attention of Ridley Scott and his well known company RSA Films. Since August he moved to Los Angeles to work closely for the US market.In short, Andy is a very nice guy with great ambitions who loves to create films with a cine-matic look and a distinctive, textured style – he definitly has his indiviual handwriting.

Alain Friedrichs - Netherlands Film and Television Academy, Netherlands

Film: Cinestud 2010Length: 70‘‘

Alain was born in Eindhoven/Netherlands on the 29th of December 1980. After he had graduated from Highschool he went to the Utrecht School of the Arts and received his diploma in Audio and Vi-sual Media. Since 2007 he has been enrolled at the Dutch Film and TV Academy in the Fiction Direc-tor course. Apart from that he works at Kriterion Movietheatre as a filmprojectionist.

Filmography:

2009 „Dissonantie“, Short Fiction film made at the Dutch Film Academy2007 „Oog & Blik“, Short Fiction film made at the Utrecht School of the Arts2006 „Facade“, Short Fiction film made at the Utrecht School of the Arts

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Shortlist 2009

Jessica Benzing & Maximilian Gerlach - University of Television and Film Mu-nich, Germany

Film: Thank You Third World - Cook,Length: 60”

Jessica Benzing and Maximilian Gerlach were dressed kind of strange by their parents during their time in elementary school and never sat in the back of the bus. After working in several posi-tions in the media business, they combined their dark forces to study “film production and media business” at the University of Television and Film Munich. They produced short films and documen-taries, directed some commercials and visited se-veral websites. Graduating from university in 2009 they are looking for an employer, a rich patron or an obscure organization to finance their own pic-turesque island.

Filmography:

2007 Shake Your City2008 Hero2008 U-Bahn2009 Thank You Third World // 3 virals, website & animation

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Jonathan Choo Zhe Yu - Ngee Ann Polytechnic School, Singapoore

Film: Tell Your StoryLength: 83”

Jonathan is a graduate from Ngee Ann Poly-technic‘s School of Film and Media Studies. Over the past 3 years, he has been involved in the wri-ting, producing, directing and editing of various school projects. Jonathan also had the privelege to work on productions in the local industry - info-tainment programes,telemovies etc. In 2009, Jonat-han‘s one minute gibson ad „Tell your story“ was awarded the gold award at the crowbar awards in the TVC category. Albeit a person who usually just goes with the flow, Jonathan always had a prospi-cience to develop more discerning and content in the industry.

Filmography:

2007 Then and now2007 Crimson Motel2008 Breakfast // Kurzfilm2008 Blood Brothers // Kurzfilm2008 Roads // Kurzfilm2008 Gibson: Tell your story2008 Interview with a stranger: Muay Thai Warrior // Dokumentarfilm2008 Surrounded By Lions // Dokumentarischer Kurzfilm2008 Scot Free Kurzfilm2009 Red Connection2009 Aunty Lucy // Telemovie feature shot on P2HD (Line producer)

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Mario Zozin - Baden-Württemberg Film Academy, Germany

Film: Oleg – life of a weightlifterLength: 90”

Born in 1980 in Bonn, Germany. Mario Zozin grew up in Remagen - a small town at the river Rhine. His His father Manfredo Zozin comes from Merano, Italy. His occupational career between 2001 and 2006 led Mario to various TV production companies like Filmpool, Spiegel TV and Ende-mol - in the beginning as an editorial journalist, later as a cutter and director for documentaries and entertainment programs. During this time he discovered his love for film making and enrolled at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy to study Advertising Film as a director.

Filmography:

2007 Nichts ist besser als Nichts // Kurzfilm2007 Sleepless // Kurzfilm2008 Pure Performance – Adidas // Werbespot2008 Elektro Meier // Kurzfilm2008 Blutbad – Amnesty International // Werbespot2009 Das Größte Konzert der Welt – Philharmoniker Hamburg // Werbespot2009 Oleg – life of a weightlifter - MTV // Werbespot2009 Fly Away – Austrian Airlines

Eugen Liska - Academy of Performing Arts Prague, Czech Republic

Film: Shockproof Festival 09 IdentLength: 90”

Eugen Liška (*1981) is a Czech film director and scriptwriter. He graduated from the Facul-ty of Philosophy & Arts of Charles University in Prague. He then started to study scriptwri-ting at the Film and TV Faculty at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He achieved a Bachelor degree in 2006 and he is currently preparing for a Masters degree. He received two European internships – in 2007 to Lisbon, Portugal and in 2009 to London, UK.In 2007 he directed the stageplay T1 by José Maria Verdes which premiered in July 2007 in Lisbon. He is co-founder of the Shockproof Audience Film Festival which is held annualy in Prague.

Filmography:

Director:2004 Have a Cigar(ette)

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2005 Eugen´s Grandma2006 Office Hours2007 Cinema Carnage – Shockproof Audience Festival Ident2008 I Am No Whore but All the Others Are2009 The Hostage – Shockproof Audience Festival Ident

Scriptwriter:2007 Little Lies2009 Too Far to Nashville2009 Boxing Herbert

Gröbert & Gröbert, Rheinische Fachhochschule Cologne, Germany

Film: The RobberyLength: 50”

Paul Gerwien was born in Berlin (1979) and Robin Polák in Prague (1978). In 2000 they met each other at MTV. Since then Paul worked as a trendscout at circleculture before studying graphic-design, while Robin shot trailer and short films. In 2008 they worked for the first time as a directing duo for an Axe commercial and in the beginning of 2009 they teamed up as the directing duo „gröbert & gröbert“. Among their clients are Axe, Bild, Lala Berlin, Bundestag etc.. They already won Gold in Cannes at the young director award 2009 in the category European Test Commercial and they were also shortlisted in the category Young Director Award“ at the Kinsale Shark Festival. Their work is a blend of dry sense of humor and their special view of the everyday life.

Filmography:

2009 Thiemo Hauer - Ehrlich Glücklich // Musikclip2009 Viral Bundestag - Mach dein Kreuz2009 Lala Berlin - Fashion Week 2009 // Werbespot2009 Bild - The Accident // Werbespot2009 Nasulvin - The Robbery // Werbespot2009 Axe - Gossip Stories // Werbespot2008 Axe - Behind The scenes of Dr. Stay Dry // Werbespot

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Richard Vilensky - Australian Film, Television & Radio School, Australia

Film: Play DirtyLength: 47”

Richard Vilensky was born in 1984 and grew up in Perth, Western Australia where he spent most of his formative years writing, acting and making films. He completed a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies at Murdoch University with a major in Screen Production in 2006 having written and di-rected several short films including the acclaimed noir thriller THE DISTURBANCE (2006). In 2007 he was one of four students accepted into the Master of Arts in Film & Television Directing at The Aust-ralian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS). He currently resides in Sydney where he remains committed to the further development of his wri-ting and directing craft and to the cause of better and bolder Australian filmmaking.

Filmography:

2005 Misdirection // Kurzfilm2006 The Disturbance // Kurzfilm2007 Close Distance // Kurzfilm2008 SIMS 2: Play Dirty // TVC2008 Offside: Episode 1 // TV Pilot2008 Liebermans in the Sky // Kurzfilm

Hanna Maria Heidrich - Baden-Württem-berg Film Academy, Germany

Film: Life is CallingLength: 90´´

Hanna Maria was born in Freiburg/Germany in 1984. She has always been fascinated by the power of pictures and started with photography, drawing and painting at an early age, but soon discovered her love for filmmaking and enrolled at the Ba-den-Wuerttemberg Film Academy to study Direc-tion. Since then she has won numerous internati-onal awards for her commercials and short films. Her work was featured at the „Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase“ as well as at the „Young Director Award“ in Cannes,

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in the „shots magazine“ in UK, at the „New York Festival“ in USA and the „Art Directorʼs Club“ in Germany. In order to deepen her direction Studies, she spent 2009 at Central Saint Martins College in London and was awarded for a scholarship at the UCLA -Filmacademy Masterclass in Los Angeles in 2010.

Nicole Volvaka - London Film School, England

Film: RubbishLength: 60”

Nicole Volavka trained in music, dance and drama as a child, before studying Psychology and Philo-sophy at Sheffield University. She started her film career working in Acquisitions at Miramax Films, before moving on to folm production as assistant director for Michael Caton-Jones on the feature “Shooting Dogs” in Rwanda. Her recent short “Survivor” was part of her MA in Filmmaking at the London Film School, where she was granted a Skillset Scholarship for her studies. “Survivor” (starring Shaun Parkes) was presented at nine international film festivals and is now being de-veloped into a feature at the BBC Writer’s Room. Nicole is currently in post-production for her graduation film “Laundry”. She is represen-ted for commercials in Europe by Saward Management.

Filmography:

2005 A Girl’s Guide To Modern Dating2006 Our Future Lost // Dokumentarfilm2006 Facing the past // Dokumentarfilm2006 After Everything // Kurzfilm2006 Dove – Dance // Werbespot2007 Survivor // Kurzfilm2007 Slim Fast - Slim Happy // Werbespot2008 Barnardo’s – Rubbish // Werbefilm2009 The Making Of ‘Co-op Seeds’2009 Laundry // Kurzfilm

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Georg von Mitzlaff - Baden-Württemberg Film Academy, Germany

Film:The Giant ThirstLength: 60”

Georg was born in Wilhelmshaven in 1979 and descends from a family traininh racing horses. HE inherited his sense of art from his mother who works as a graphic designer at the Folkwangschule in Essen. In the year 2000 he leaves for Los Ange-les, works there for “Constantin Film” and directs short movies. Back in Germany he works as as-sistant director on movies, commercials and music videos. From 2003 to 2009 he studies at the Baden Württemberg Film Academy, interrupting his study for one year for a trip around the world.

Filmography:

2005 Abschied // Shortfilm 2006 ZDF-Notausgang/Sonne // Advertising Films2007 Vodafone-Ohren // Advertising Film2009 Fiat 500-Giant Thirst! // Advertising Film

Ivan Markovic - Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Serbia

Film: Everything’s SafeLength/Länge 85”

Ivan Markovic was born in Belgrade on the 19th of April 1989. During high school he developed an interest in photography and visual arts in general. He had his photographs published in photography journals on several occasions. He became more interested in visual arts: drawing, painting, web de-sign, photography, and ultimately cinematography. He decided to apply for the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade for a course in Camera studies. Ivan is currently a first year student.

Filmography:

2009 Noise // Documentary2009 Self portrait // Experimental Shortfilm2009 Portrait of an Artist // Documentary2009 Everything’s Safe // Experimental Advertising Film

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Shortlist 2008

- Christian Mielmann – „Busballet“ – Baden-Württemberg Film Academy - Michiel Rummens – „Stop Thinking“ – Netherlands Film and TV Academy - Adrian Jäschke/Gregor Türk/Katja Wörz – „Sakromat“ – Akademie U5 - Mario Zozin – „Pure Performance“ – Baden-Württemberg Film Academy - Scott Pickett – „Monster“ – Australian Film TV and Radio School - Thilo Ewers – „They will come to town“ – Baden-Württemberg Film Academy - Juliet Lashinsky-Revene – „Recycle“ – Columbia University - Austin Formato – „The Museum“ – UCLA - Galed Hamed – „Children“ – Netherlands Film and TV Academy - Aleksander Bach – „I Love You“ – Baden-Württemberg Film Academy

Shortlist 2007

- Patrick Clair – „Demand Purity“ – Australian Film TV and Radio School - Hesdy Lonwijk – „Safety Instructions“ – Netherlands Film and TV Academy - Tilman Braun – „Clink“ – Baden-Württemberg Film Academy - Ivan Lopez Nunez/Martijn Kalkhoven – „Mafia“ – Netherlands Film and TV Aca demy - Johannes Kümmel – „Rainbow Warrior“ – Baden-Württemberg Film Academy - Eva Zillekens – „Wardrobe“ – HFF München - Giacomo Cimini – „Here’s looking at you“ – London Film School - Li Wolfgang Schiffer – „Movie Theater“ – Baden-Württemberg Film Academy - Austin Formato – „Ring Tone“ – UCLA - Tim Günther – „Schumann“ – Baden-Württemberg Film Academy

Shortlist 2006

- Mike Viebrock – „The bad one“ – HFF München - Laurentius Emmelmann – „The War of the Roses“ – Baden-Württemberg Film Academy - Laurentius Emmelmann – „Car Park“ – Baden-Württemberg Film Academy - Moritz Laube – „Doll Theatre“ – DFFB - Antonia Nottebohm – „Ears“ – HFF München - Baran bo Odar – „Hadi Mini“ – HFF München - Emmanuel Q. Palo – „Heaven“ – Film and TV Institute of India - Jens Junker/Philip Haucke – „Kiosk 1“/ „Kiosk 2“ – HFF München - Eva Zillekens – „Little sister“ – HFF München - Amit Raj – „Untitled“ – Film and TV Institute of India

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Shortlist 2005

- Tobias Dreyer/Karsten Friemel/Martin Schock/Hannes Weniger – „Mpio - Change your Reality“– Georg-Simon-Ohm-FH Nürnberg - Minke Faber, Danyael Sugawara – „The Garden” – Netherlands Film and TV Aca demy - Philip Haucke – „Grandma” – HFF München - Patrik Gölz – „Jump” – Baden-Württemberg Film Academy - Ayako Yoko – „Kindergarden” - Miami Ad School Europe - Owi Mahn/Laura Baginski – „Krossmedia” – Hochschule für Gestaltung Offen bach - Joris Kerbosch/Danyael Sugawara – „The Package” – Netherlands Film and TV Academy - Linus Ewers – „Timeless” – Baden-Württemberg Film Academy - Alex Kiesl/Steffen Hacker – „XBOX – Racing Beats” – Baden-Württemberg Film Academy - Roman Kazakov – „Zero One Plus Zero Three“ – St. Petersburg State University of Film & TV

Shortlist 2004

- Marc O. Perino – „Smoker (MTV)” – Filmakdemie Baden-Württemberg - Marc O. Perino – „Chauffeur (Audi)” – Filmakdemie Baden-Württemberg - Adam Martin – „Hockey Shoppers (Fox Sports)” – UCLA - Michael Rösel – „Curling (Poliboy)” – Baden-Württemberg Film Academy - Michael Rösel – „Mieter (Deutsche Bank Bauspar AG)“ – Baden-Württemberg Film Academy - Michael Rösel – „Halali (Randtstad)” – Baden-Württemberg Film Academy - Danny Leong Chi – Keong – „Red fur Dog (Swiss Beer)” – Ngee Ann Polytechnic School of Film & Media - Frieder Wittich – „Gefängnis (Astra – Pils)“ – HFF München - Frieder Wittich – „Keine Gegenfrage (Mc Donalds) Spot 1-4“ – HFF München - Heidi Wittlinger/Anja Perl/Max Stolzenberg – „No limits” – Baden-Württemberg Film Academy