Katrin Gebbe

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Katrin Gebbe
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Katrin Gebbe showing her first movie Tore tanzt, at the Apollo-Cinema Center, 2014 in Ibbenbühren (GER).
Born1983 (age 41–42)
Ibbenbüren, Germany
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active2005–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.

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Biography

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 23 May 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.

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 „Sores & Sîrîn“ von Katrin Gebbe - Kurzschluss Archived 6 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine arte.tv, 20 March 2012, last access 1 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Katrin Gebbe – Workexperience katringebbe.com, last access 1 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Husmann, Wenke (25 November 2013). "Als Filmemacher sollte man einen Stachel hinterlassen". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN   0044-2070 . Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Produktionsspiegel: Niedersachsen/Bremen – Tore tanzt Archived 31 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine nordmedia.de, last access 1 May 2013.
  5. ↑ 2013 Official Selection festival-cannes.fr, last access 1 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Mit dem ersten Langfilm zu den Filmfestspielen abendblatt.de, last access 13 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Preis der deutschen Filmkritik 2013 Official website of the Association of German Film Critics (reg. ass.), last access 6 May 2014.
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