Katrin Gebbe | |
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 Katrin Gebbe showing her first movie Tore tanzt, at the Apollo-Cinema Center, 2014 in Ibbenbühren (GER). | |
| Born | 1983 (age 38–39) Ibbenbüren, Germany |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Awards | Bavarian Film Awards; Adult Jury Prize CICFF (Short Film); European Young Civis media prize; Preis der deutschen Filmkritik; German Film Award for Best Direction; Montblanc Script Award |
Katrin Gebbe (born 1983) is a German film director and screenwriter.
Katrin Gebbe studied liberal arts and visual communication at the Academy of Visual Arts in Enschede, where she made her first short experimental film. [1] In 2005, she completed her postgraduate specialty work of film direction at the Hamburg Media School. [2] Her degree work, the short film Şoreş & Şîrîn, featuring Ulrike Folkerts, was awarded at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival with the ″Adult Jury Prize″ for short films. [3] In addition, Şoreş & Şîrîn also received the European Young Civis media prize in 2009 [1]
Her feature film début Nothing Bad Can Happen (German: Tore tanzt) tells the story of a Hamburg Jesus Freak. The film received an invitation from the Un Certain Regard section at the 66th Cannes Film Festival. [4] [5] There, the movie also had its premiere, on May 23, 2013. Gebbe and Verena Höfe-Gräft, the producer, originally met during their time in college and started working together on the project in 2009. The main role was played by the actor, newcomer Julius Feldmeier. [6] For this movie, Katrin Gebbe received the 2013 Preis der deutschen Filmkritik for the best feature film début, [7] as the Bavarian Film Awards for the best newcomer director.
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