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
REVISION Documentary, XDCam / 35mm, 106min.
World Premiere at Berlinale 2012,
International Forum of New Cinema
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)
2003
A/C Experimental video, DV, 42 min.
1992 - 2000
Several short and feature films with the video collective „dogfilm“
(Tina Ellerkamp, Jörg Heitmann, Ed van Megen, Merle Kröger, Philip Scheffner)
AWARDS:
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)
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
REVISION Documentary, XDCam / 35mm, 106min.
World Premiere at Berlinale 2012,
International Forum of New Cinema
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)
2003
A/C Experimental video, DV, 42 min.
1992 - 2000
Several short and feature films with the video collective „dogfilm“
(Tina Ellerkamp, Jörg Heitmann, Ed van Megen, Merle Kröger, Philip Scheffner)
AWARDS:
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)