"I see a film negative where each frame is not static but contains movement. Cinema is a sequence of still images and not a sequence of moving images." Flávia Mattar about my collages
During my first studies (pedagogy, philosophy) I earned money as a film presenter for an arthouse cinema (more than 500 movies) and for the Filmakademie Baden- Württemberg.
In Winter 2015/16 I was traveling trough South and Central Vietnam and there - in contact with another culture - I developed own compositions of moving pictures. During this time I also started to deal with europe's colonial past and its effects today. This resulted in the Manifesto Europe in 2017. Today I am studying psychoanalysis.
Official Selection
End of Work
Red Fox International Film Festival
Tbilisi
2024
Award: BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM
Fluid Funk
Frida Film Festival
Paris
2024
Honorable Mention
End of Work
Indian Independent Film Festival
Kolkata
2023
Honorable Mention
End of Work
London International Monthly Film Festival
London
2023
Official Selection
Vertiginous Times
8 & Halfilm Awards
Rome
2022
Honorable Mention
Vertiginous Times
Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
Athens
2022
Special Award: Experimental Short
Fluid Funk
OTB | Only The Best Film Awards
Miami
2022
Award Winner
Fluid Funk
2 11 17 International Film Festival
PARAMAKUDI
2022
Award Winner
Fluid Funk
Sundarban International Film Festival
Kolkata
2022
Honorable Mention
Fluid Funk
Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
Athens
2022
Award
Neospecters
Independent Online Filmfest Independent Online Filmfest
Zolling
2022
Finalist
Neospecters
Prague International Film Awards
Prague
2021
Official Selection
Neospecters
Blacksphere festival
Prague
2021
Semi Finalist
End of Work
Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift
Toronto
2020
Finalist
End of Work
New York Movie Awards
New York
2020
Semi Finalist
End of Work
Cyrus Monthly Short Festival of Toronto
Toronto
2020
Semi Finalist
End of Work
Moscow Film Party
Moscow
2020
Official Selection
Vertiginous Times
Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift
Toronto
2020
Official Selection
Vertiginous Times
Anatolia International Film Festival
Istanbul
2020
Semi Finalist
Vertiginous Times
Cyrus Monthly Short Festival of Toronto
Toronto
2020
Official Selection
Vertiginous Times
Experimental Film Festival Barcelona
Barcelona
2020
Award Music Video
Fluid Funk
L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival
Kolkota
2020
Official Selection
Neospecters
Baltimore Next Media Web Fest
Baltimore
2020
Official Selection
Neospecters
London International Motion Picture Awards - L.I.M.P.A
London
2020
Official Selection
Neospecters
Madras Independent Film Festival
Chennai
2020
Semi Finalist
Neospecters
Cyrus Monthly Short Festival of Toronto
Toronto
2020
Semi Finalist
Neospecters
Aphrodite Film Awards
New York
2020
Semi Finalist
Neospecters
Moscow Film Party
Moscow
2020
Finalist
Neospecters
New York Movie Awards
New York
2020
Award
Gun
Global Monthly Online Film Competition
2020
Award
Gun
New York Movie Awards
New York
2020
Semi Finalist
Gun
Canadian Cinematography AWARDS
Toronto
2020
Semi Finalist
Merhaba Dub Com
Cyrus Monthly Short Festival of Toronto
Toronto
2020
Finalist
Merhaba Dub Com
New York Movie Awards
New York
2020
Semi Finalist
Spooning
Cyrus Monthly Short Festival of Toronto
Toronto
2020
Finalist
End of Work
5th International Short Film Festival Pune india 2019
Pune
2019
Official Selection
End of Work
Ramsgate International Film and TV Festival
Ramsgate
2019
Official Selection
End of Work
American Asian Latino Film Festival NYC
Ney York
2019
Semi Finalist
End of Work
Sensus Film Festival
St. Petersburg
2019
Official Selection
End of Work
Aphrodite Film Awards
New York
2019
Award: Best Experimental Short
End of Work
Thinking Head Fiction Callenge
Kolkotta
2019
Official Selection
Vertiginous Times
AAL Film Festival NYC
New York
2019
Official Selection
Vertiginous Times
4th International Short Film Festival Pune india 2019
Pune
2019
Semi Finalist
Vertiginous Times
$ Film Frency
New York
2019
Semi- Finalist
Vertiginous Times
Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival
Moscow
2019
Official Selection
Vertiginous Times
Shorts In-Fest 2018
Palma de Mallorca,
2019
Semi Finalist
Fluid Funk
5th International Short Film Festival Pune india 2019
Pune
2019
Critics Choise Award
Neospecters
L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival
Kolkata
2019
Finalist
Neospecters
AAL Film Festival NYC
New York
2019
Semi Finalist
Neospecters
5th International Short Film Festival Pune india 2019
Pune
2019
Award: Best Music Video
Neospecters
LA Edge Film Awards
Los Angeles
2019
Award: Best Experimental
Neospecters
Love Film Festival
Barcelona
2019
Semi Finalist
Neospecters
Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival
Moskow
2019
Award: Best Director
Gun
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival
Pune
2019
Award: Best Experimental Short Film
Gun
Picasso Einstein Buddha International Film Festival Picasso Einstein Buddha International Film Festival
Rishikesh
2019
Official Selection
Gun
Dumbo Film Festival
New York
2019
Semi Finalist
Gun
VISUALIS Film Festival
St. Petersburg
2019
Official Selection
Gun
Santiago Independent Film Awards
Santiago
2019
Official Selection
Gun
Indie Best Films Festival (Ibestff)
Santa Monica, California
2019
Semi Finalist
Merhaba Dub Com
Aphrodite Film Awards
New York
2019
Official Selection
Spooning
Indie Best Films Festival (Ibestff)
Santa Monica, California
2019
Semi Finalist
Spooning
Aphrodite Film Awards
New York
2019
Semi Finalist
End of Work
Aphrodite Film Awards
New York
2018
Semi- Finalist
Vertiginous Times
Indie Best Films Festival (Ibestff)
Santa Monica, California CA 90404
2018
Finalist
Vertiginous Times
Aphrodite Film Awards
New York
2018
Official Selection
Vertiginous Times
New York International Films Infest Festival (US) (NYCIFIF)
New York
2018
Official Selection
Vertiginous Times
MOUNT VERNON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Mount Vernon, NY 10550
2018
Finalist
Fluid Funk
Aphrodite Film Awards
New York
2018
Semi Finalist
Fluid Funk
Indie Best Films Festival (Ibestff)
Santa Monica, California CA 90404
2018
Official Selection
Fluid Funk
Bengals International
Ganganagar BENGALURU
2018
Official Selection
Fluid Funk
New York International Films Infest Festival (US) (NYCIFIF)
NYC
2018
Official Selection
Fluid Funk
Aphrodite Film Awards 2018
New York
2018
Official Selection
Fluid Funk
Berlin Flash Festival
Berlin
2018
Semi Finalist
Ted
Bengals International
Ganganagar BENGALURU
2018
Semi Finalist
Neospecters
Kathmandu World Film Festival (KWFF)
Kathmandu
2018
Official Selection
Neospecters
Montana International Film Festival
Montana
2018
Official Selection
Neospecters
FotoFilm Tijuana FotoFilm Tijuana
Tijuana
2018
Official Selection
Neospecters
Rome Independent Prisma Awards
Rome
2018
Official Selection
Gun
International Film and Video Festival «Catharsis»
Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vladimir, Voronezh, Novosibirsk, Pskov, Vladivostok and others.
2018
Finalist
Gun
Independent Talents International Film Festival
Bloomington
2018
Official Selection
Gun
KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival
Hollywood
2018
Official Selection
Gun
Europa Film Festival
Barcelona
2018
Award: Best Music Video
Gun
Snowdance Film Awards
Los Angeles
2018
Official Selection
Gun
Boston Galactic STARS 2017
Boston
2018
Official Selection
Merhaba Dub Com
Golden State Film Festival
Los Angeles
2018
Semi Finalist
Merhaba Dub Com
Independent Talents International Film Festival
Bloomington
2018
Semi Finalist
Spooning
Kathmandu World Film Festival (KWFF)
Kathmandu
2018
Official Selection
Spooning
Hope First 2018
2018
Official Selection
Merhaba Dub Com
Barcelona Action Film Festival
Barcelona
2017
Finalist
Spooning
AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2017
AUCKLAND
2017
Official Selection
Spooning
WHITE NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL 2017
St. Petersburg
2017
Official Selection
Spooning
BARCELONA FILM FESTIVAL 2017
Barcelona
2017
Award: Special Mention
Merhaba Dub Com
Quetevaquevoy Film Festival 2017
Barcelona
Birth Date
November 2, 1977
Nickname
Jo
Birth City
Berlin
Current City
Stuttgart
Hometown
Stuttgart
Gender
Male
Married To
Elli Horak
"I see a film negative where each frame is not static but contains movement. Cinema is a sequence of still images and not a sequence of moving images." Flávia Mattar about my collages
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