born on May 28th, 1966 in Homburg / Saar
Philip Scheffner lives in Berlin since 1986, working on documentary films, video and sound art. Together with Merle Kröger he runs the production platform "pong".
FILMOGRAPHY (selected)
2012
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REVISION Documentary, XDCam / 35mm, 106min.
World Premiere at Berlinale 2012,
International Forum of New Cinema
2010
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DAY OF THE SPARROW Documentary, HD / 35mm, 100min.
World Premiere at Berlinale 2010,
International Forum of New Cinema
2007
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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)
2003
- A/C Experimental video, DV, 42 min.
1992 - 2000
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Several short and feature films with the video collective „dogfilm“
(Tina Ellerkamp, Jörg Heitmann, Ed van Megen, Merle Kröger, Philip Scheffner)
AWARDS:
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City of Ludwigsburg Award, German Documentary Awards 2011
for DAY OF THE SPARROW -
Klaus Wildenhahn-Award 2010
for DAY OF THE SPARROW, received at 7th Hamburg Documentary Week -
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,
for THE HALFMOON FILES, International Independent Filmfestival of Mar del Plata 2007 -
„Prix des Mediathèques“,
for THE HALFMOON FILES, Festival International du Documentaire Marseille (FID) 2007 -
"Award for best documentation and research work",
for THE HALFMOON FILES, Memorimage Film Festival Reus 2008 -
„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)