Sibylle Kappes, director, Berlin

About Sibylle Kappes

born 19.6.74 grown up in the lowlands of Winsen/Luhe 1995-97 vast travelles through the african continent. 1999-2000 Studies of Fine Art at the FKB (Free Artschool of Berlin). 2000-2003 freelancing as a lightening technician of film and TV. 2001-2003 apprenticeship as NLP Coach and foundation of the EU financed k-projekt, that focusses on social agreeable advertising. 2013 BA German Literatur and Philosophy at the Humboldt University. 2014-2017 circling around the Himalaja. Since 2006 is she exploring sensual documentary as a collage. Lives as a filmmaker in Berlin.

Movies as director

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2013	Ge8en - Crowd control to Major Tom Arsenal Berlin	Documentary	Sibylle Kappes	Sybel.M, Sibylle Kappes [de]	Arsenal Berlin
2011	Forundje - White. Drifting Ethiopia Arsenal Berlin	Documentary	Sibylle Kappes	Sybel.M, Sibylle Kappes [de]	Arsenal Berlin
2010	HFM Berlin - Interaktion VIII. Dirigentenwerkstatt	Industrial Video	Sibylle Kappes	Daniel Weiß Produktion [de]
2009	HFM Berlin - Interaktion VII. Dirigenten-Werkstatt	Industrial Video	Sibylle Kappes	Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin [de]
2007	Gemeinsam8ten (WT)	Documentary	Sibylle Kappes	Sybel.M, Sibylle Kappes [de]
2004	Attac - Regentonne Arsenal Berlin	Commercial	Sibylle Kappes	Zell & Lloyd	Arsenal Berlin
2003	Sina & Jago	Short Film	Sibylle Kappes	Sybel.M, Sibylle Kappes [de]
2001	K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä. - Art. 6 GG	Commercial	Sibylle Kappes	K-Projekt - Kappes & Krämers [de]
2001	Pfefferwerk - Dannis Welt	Commercial	Sibylle Kappes	K-Projekt - Kappes & Krämers [de]
1999	Obsession (Bewerbungsfilm)	Short Film	Sibylle Kappes	Sibylle Kappes Produktion

Movies in other capacities

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2014	Axxis - Venom	Music Video	Holger Hertling	Photos Et Cetera, Holger Hertling	director of photography
2013	Ge8en - Crowd control to Major Tom	Documentary	Sibylle Kappes	Sybel.M, Sibylle Kappes [de]	editor
2013	Ge8en - Crowd control to Major Tom	Documentary	Sibylle Kappes	Sybel.M, Sibylle Kappes [de]	additional photography
2013	Ge8en - Crowd control to Major Tom	Documentary	Sibylle Kappes	Sybel.M, Sibylle Kappes [de]	colorist
2011	Forundje - White. Drifting Ethiopia	Documentary	Sibylle Kappes	Sybel.M, Sibylle Kappes [de]	director of photography
2010	HFM Berlin - Interaktion VIII. Dirigentenwerkstatt	Industrial Video	Sibylle Kappes	Daniel Weiß Produktion [de]	director of photography
2010	HFM Berlin - Interaktion VIII. Dirigentenwerkstatt	Industrial Video	Sibylle Kappes	Daniel Weiß Produktion [de]	editor
2009	Monosurround - Hello World Live (Berlin)	Concert Recording	Asadolahzadelix Schiffer	Weilandfilm [de]	director of photography
2009	HFM Berlin - Interaktion VII. Dirigenten-Werkstatt	Industrial Video	Sibylle Kappes	Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin [de]	director of photography
2009	HFM Berlin - Interaktion VII. Dirigenten-Werkstatt	Industrial Video	Sibylle Kappes	Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin [de]	editor
2007	Gemeinsam8ten (WT)	Documentary	Sibylle Kappes	Sybel.M, Sibylle Kappes [de]	screenwriter
2005	Mickey & Maria	Short Film	Steffen Reuter	Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv [de]	lighting technician / electrician
2004	Attac - Regentonne	Commercial	Sibylle Kappes	Zell & Lloyd	script development
2003	Der Elefant	TV Series, SAT.1	Multiple	Pro GmbH [de]	trainee director's department 2 Folgen
2003	Berlin Alexanderplatz	Short Film	Multiple	TV-Agenten, Maya Puig Boedler und Simon Brückner	director of photography
2002	Mia. - Verrückt	Music Video	Frederic Detjens	Taxitaxi, Frederic Detjens [de]	lighting technician / electrician
2002	Urban Guerillas	Feature Film	Neco Celik	36pictures Filmproduktion [de]	lighting technician / electrician
2002	Kim Styles - Every 1's a winner	Music Video	Daniel Lwowski	DoRo GmbH [at]	lighting assistant
2002	Run Over	Short Film	Martin Menzel	Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv [de]	best girl electric
2002	Mein Name ist Bach	Feature Film	Dominique de Rivaz	Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion GmbH [de]	lighting technician / electrician Zusatz
2001	K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä. - Art. 6 GG	Commercial	Sibylle Kappes	K-Projekt - Kappes & Krämers [de]	script development
2001	K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä. - Art. 6 GG	Commercial	Sibylle Kappes	K-Projekt - Kappes & Krämers [de]	producer
2001	K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä. - Essenspflicht	Commercial	Ralf Krämer	K-Projekt - Kappes & Krämers [de]	director of photography
2001	K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä. - Essenspflicht	Commercial	Ralf Krämer	K-Projekt - Kappes & Krämers [de]	co-writer
2001	K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä. - Essenspflicht	Commercial	Ralf Krämer	K-Projekt - Kappes & Krämers [de]	producer
2001	Pfefferwerk - Dannis Welt	Commercial	Sibylle Kappes	K-Projekt - Kappes & Krämers [de]	script development
2001	Pfefferwerk - Dannis Welt	Commercial	Sibylle Kappes	K-Projekt - Kappes & Krämers [de]	producer
2001	DEA - Edler Tropfen, Saftlos, Verlemmt, Nummer Eins	Commercial	Otto Alexander Jahrreiss	Cobblestone Filmproduktion	lighting assistant
2001	C.Bechstein - Ein lebendiger Mythos	Corporate Film	Silvio Helbig	Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf [de]	lighting technician / electrician
2001	Victor - Der Schutzengel	TV Series, SAT.1	Multiple	Zeitsprung Pictures GmbH (formerly Zeitsprung Entertainment GmbH)	lighting assistant 2 Folgen
2001	Blond: Eva Blond! - Das Urteil spricht der Mörder	TV Movie	Jorgo Papavassiliou	Fontana TV Film- und Fernseh-Produktionsgesellschaft [de]	additional electrician
2000	The upper storey	Short Film	Sebastian Winkels	Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf [de]	lighting technician / electrician
2000	Emil und die Detektive	Feature Film	Franziska Buch	Lunaris Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH [de]	lighting assistant
1999	Curiosity & The Cat	Feature Film	Christian Alvart	Syrreal Entertainment GmbH	set builder
1999	Bewag - Hertha-Welle	Commercial	Klaus Knoesel	Bigfish Filmproduktion GmbH [de]	lighting assistant

Other projects

Year	Project type	Title	Activity	Company
2021	Volunteering	Jury of the German Fairness Award	Jury Endauswahl	Deutscher Schauspielpreis
2021 - 2022	Volunteering	Member of the Board of the Directors' Association	Vorstand Bundesverband Regie	BVR
2019 - Today	work as a lecturer	Software and communication training, NLP coach	Software training DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, NLP based communication	AllSkills, Managerinstitut, SMLan, WAVE, Radio Multicult, TÜVRheinland u.a.
2018 - 2020	Association work	Founding member and responsible in terms of press law	Establishment of a documentary film platform for independent film	docfilm42.de

Film awards

Year	Film	Award	Category
2022	Pa-Jill - Harmony under Pressure	Berlin Indie Film Festival [de] (monthly/online/pre-selection/industry)	Best First Time Director, Feature (January)	Winner
2022	Pa-Jill - Harmony under Pressure	L.A. Indies Festival [us] (bi-monthly/online/pre-selection/industry)	Best Feature Documentary Film (14th edition )	Winner
2022	Pa-Jill - Harmony under Pressure	Red Movie Awards [fr] (quarterly/online/pre-selection/industry)	Honorable Mention (Best Documentary) Autumn Session	Winner
2022	Pa-Jill - Harmony under Pressure	Boston Independent Film Awards [us] (monthly/online/pre-selection/industry)	Best Independent FIlm (8th edition / sept/oct)	Winner

Training

Year
2023/7 to 2023/11	DaVinci Resolve Blackmagic Design Trainer Grundlagen (DaVinci Resolve 18 – COLOR, EDIT, BEGINNERS)
2011 to 2013	KH Weißensee (Secondary audiences. Documentary, Dramaturgy, Subject Drawing)
2010 to 2011	HfS Ernst Busch (Secondary audience acting guide)
2007/10 to 2013/3	Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (BA German Literature / Philosophy)
2001/4 to 2003/6	Ralf Stumpf Seminare (Part-time education to NLP Coach)
1999/1 to 2000/2	Freie Kunstschule Berlin (FKB) (Liberal and Fine Arts, Foundation Year)

Basic data

Nationality	German
Languages	English
Experience abroad	East Africa: Ethiopia East Asia: China, Hong Kong, Tibet South Asia: India
Licences	A (motorcycle) [eu], BE (car with trailer) [eu], C1 (truck < 3,5t <= 7,5t) [eu], CE (Truck trailer) [eu], L (tractor) [eu], Press Card [de]
Immediate working area	Berlin
1st residence (federal state or country)	Germany - Berlin
Accommodation possibilities	Cologne, Hamburg, Munich
Associations	Arbeitsgemeinschaft Dokumentarfilm [de] Federal Ass. of Television & Film Directors [de]

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