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):

  • Internationales Forum des Jungen Films, Berlinale (2007)
  • FID Marseille (2007)
  • Osian’s Cinefan Filmfestival Delhi / Indien (2007)
  • Duisburger Filmwoche (2007)
  • Int. Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (2007)
  • Sao Paulo International Film Festival (2007)
  • doclisboa, Lissabon (2007)
  • Vancouver International Filmfestival (2008)
  • Deutsches Filmfestival Israel (2008)
  • Perspektive, Nuernberg (2007)
  • UNDERDOX , Munich (2007)
  • DocBsAs, Argentina (2007)
  • International Independent Film Festival of Mar del Plata (2007)
  • Iran International Documentary Film Festival (2007)
  • Karachi International Filmfestival, Pakistan (2007)
  • International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 1994, 1999
  • Dokfilm Festival Leipzig 1992
  • "Goldene Rose" Montreux 1998
  • Goethe-Institute Beirut/ Libanon 1994
  • International Filmfestival Montevideo (Uruguay) 2000
  • International Filmfestival Pessaro (Italy) 2000
  • Transmediale Berlin 1995, 2001 (dogfilm retospective)
  • Videonale Bonn 1998
  • Documentary- and Videofestival Kassel 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007
  • European Media Art Forum Osnabrück 1995
  • International Video Forum Freiburg 1992, 1995
  • DokumentArt Neuruppin 1995
  • Filmwinter Stuttgart- Festival for expanded media 1995, 1999, 2004
  • Shedhalle Zürich 1997, 1995
  • Swiss-Institute New York 1997
  • Impact Festival Utrecht 1994
  • hybrid workspace at documenta X Kassel
  • 2. /4./5. Werkleitz-Biennale, Tornitz/ Werkleitz
  • Kunstverein Bonn
  • Filmmuseum Potsdam 2002
  • Retina International Film & Videofestival Szigetvár, (Hungary) 2003
  • Ear We Are Festival for experimental music, Biel, Switzerland 2003
  • Kunsthalle Exnergasse Vienna 2003
  • Museum für Gestaltung, Cologne 2003
  • Museum für Moderne Kunst (MUMOK) Stiftung Ludwig , Vienna 2003
  • World Social Forum, Mumbai 2004
  • Seoul Human Rights Film Festival, Korea 2004
  • Künstlerhaus Stuttgart 2004
  • National Center of Performing Arts, Mumbai / India 2005
  • Kuenstlerhaus, Vienna / Austria 2005
  • House of World Cultures, Berlin / Germany 2005
  • Film Festival at the 10th International Women & Health Meeting New Delhi / India 2005
  • Max Mueller Bhavan center Hyderabad / India 2005
  • Tesla Berlin (2006)
  • Arsenal Berlin (2004, 2006)
  • Franckesche Stiftungen zu Halle (2006)
  • Feminale Köln (2006)
  • Jeu de Paume, Paris (2007)
  • La Femis, Paris (2007)