Konstantin Flemig

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Konstantin Flemig
Flemig in Northern Iraq
Born
Konstantin Friedrich Flemig

(1988-09-21) 21 September 1988 (age 35)
Stuttgart, Germany
CitizenshipGerman
OccupationFilm director
Websitewww.konstantinflemig.com

Konstantin Friedrich Flemig (born 1988) is a German director of documentary films.

Biography[edit]

Flemig was born near Stuttgart, Germany. He started filmmaking as a teenager, creating stunt videos and mockumenatries in the style of MTV Jackass.[1] For his application for film school, he travelled to Congo to make a film about a luxury restaurant.[2]

He attended the German School of Journalism before studying documentary filmmaking and screenwriting at the renowned Film Academy Baden-Württemberg.[3] For his film BilderKrieg - Picturing War he won the Hollywood International Independent Documentary Award[4] as well as the Special Mention Award at the International Open Film Festival.[5] The documentary about a young German war photographer was produced by German television SWR and was screened at multiple international film festivals.[6][7][8][9][10]

For his short documentary Exit Exit Exit, he took a course offered by the German Army for war correspondents. He is one of Werner Herzog's rogues, a group of young filmmakers who attended his Rogue Film School seminar.[1] The curriculum consists of topics like " the art of lockpicking", "the creation of your own shooting permits" and "Guerrilla tactics".[11]

After publicly criticizing the Turkish invasion of Syrian Afrin in 2018, Flemig received several death threats.[12]

Since the summer of 2022, Flemig has been on camera for the German YouTube channel CRISIS - Hinter der Front operated by Funk as a war reporter from the crisis areas of Ukraine, South Ossetia, Syria and Afghanistan, among others.[13]

Filmography[edit]

Documentaries
  • Kinshasa à la carte (2010) (short film)
  • Exit, Exit, Exit - War reporters in training (2012)
  • Irtidad (2013)
  • Picturing War (2016)

Awards[edit]

  • Hollywood International Independent Documentary Award for Picturing War[4]
  • Special Mention Award of the International Open Film Festival for Picturing War[5]
  • Jury Prize of the Baghdad International Film Festival for Picturing War[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Konstantin Flemig at IMDb. Retrieved 2016-11-24. [unreliable source?]
  2. ^ "Konstantin Flemig: Hang zu Kriegsgebieten — Zebrabutter". Zebrabutter (in German). 27 September 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. ^ "show person: FIRST STEPS". www.firststeps.de. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  4. ^ a b "2015 Winners". Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Selection". ioffestival.blogspot.de. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  6. ^ "46th USA Film Festival Flyer 2016". Scribd. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  7. ^ BIFF. "Picturing War - Festival 2016 | Baghdad International Film Festival". www.baghdadfilmfest.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Social Change Film Festival: Challenging the Media Narrative of War,..." socialchangefilmfestival2016.sched.org. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  9. ^ Behnegarsoft.com (31 October 2016). "Cinema Verite - Picturing War". Cinema Verite | IRAN International Documentary Film Festival. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  10. ^ "Picturing War - Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Barcelona". Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Barcelona (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Werner Herzog's Rogue Film School". www.roguefilmschool.com. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  12. ^ "Wie ich Morddrohungen erhielt, weil ich die Türkei kritisierte". ze.tt (in German). Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  13. ^ "YouTube channel: CRISIS - Hinter der Front" (in German). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  14. ^ BIFF. "Winners2016 | Baghdad International Film Festival". www.baghdadfilmfest.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.

External links[edit]

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