» Biography Fred Kelemen
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Fred Kelemen studied painting, music, philosophy, science of religions and theatre sciences and worked in different theatres as a director's assistant before he began his studies in directing and cinematography at the German Film & TV Academy Berlin (dffb) from 1989 to 1995. He graduated from the dffb with a diploma as a director and as a cinematographer.

For his diploma film “Fate” he received the German National Film Award in 1995.

Since that time, he has made a number of films and videos as director and collaborated as cinematographer with several film directors like Béla Tarr (“Journey to the Plain”, Hungary 1995, “The Man from London”, Hungary/France/Germany 2007, “The Turin Horse”, Hungary, France, USA, Germany 2009/10 ), Rudolf Thome (“The Visible and the Invisible”, Germany 2006), Gariné Torossian (“Stone, Time, Touch”, Canada/Armenia 2005) a. o.

Since 1995 he is working as an assistant professor or giving master classes and lectures at the Centre of Cinematographical Studies of Catalania (C.E.C.C.) in Barcelona/Spain, at the College of Fine Arts (ESBAG) in Geneva/Switzerland, at the Harvard University / USA, at the Kidderminster College / England, at the Latvian Cultural Academy (LKA) in Riga, at the University of Santiago de Chile - Department of the Arts and Sciences of Visual Medias, at the Thammasat University Bangkok/Thailand, at the German Film and TV Academy Berlin (dffb)/Germany and at the Tel Aviv University – Department of Film and Television/Israel.

Since 2000 he directed several plays at different theatres in Germany.

Retrospectives of his work had been presented at places like the Anthology Film Archives New York, the

Tate Modern London, the Hungarian National Film Theatre Budapest and at cinematheques, film museums and film festivals worldwide. Future retrospectives are planed to be presented in Hamburg/Germany (2009/2010), Thessaloniki/Greece (2010), Montpellier/France (2010), Vienna/Austria (2010) and Moscow/Russia (2010).

With his film production company Kino Kombat Filmmanufactur he produced his film “Krisana”/”Fallen” (co-producer: Laima Freimane/Screen Vision, Latvia, 2005) and he produced or co-produced the films “Moskatchka” by Annett Schütze (co-producer: Laima Freimane/Screen Vision, Latvia, 2005) and “Fragment” by Gyula Maár(producer: Béla Tarr/TTFilmmühely, Hungary, 2007) and “Roku Roka” (“Hand in Hand”)by Jana Marsik (co-producer: Laima Freimane/Screen Visison, Latvia - Jana Marsik Gemany 2008)Fred Kelemen is member of the German Film Academy, the European Film Academy (EFA) and of the European Cultural Parliament (ECP).

» Films as Director and Director of Photography & Awards

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» 1991/93 KALYI – ZEIT DER FINSTERNIS / KALYI – AGE OF DARKNESS (73’) (Student film)
Director and cinematographer: F. Kelemen
-Nominated for the German Camera Award
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» 1994 VERHÄNGNIS / FATE (80’)
Director and cinematographer: F. Kelemen
- Prix FIPRESCI (International Film Critics Award for the best film) Special Mention – Toronto International Film Festival/Canada 1994
- Audience’s Award – Film Festival »Max-Ophüls-Preis« Saarbrücken/Germany 1995
- German National Film Award (Silver Ribbon) – Germany 1995
- Precolumbian Gold Circle Award for the Best Director – Bogota International Film Festival/Colombia 1995
- Award for the Best Film – Molodist International Film Festival Kiev/Ukraine 1995
- »Arsenáls Magic Crystal« – »Arsenáls Film Forum« Riga International Film Festival/Latvia 1996
- Nominated for the German Film Music Award 1997
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» 1995 UTAZÁS AZ ÁLFÖLDÖN / JOURNEY TO THE PLAIN (45’) / Director: Béla Tarr,
cinematographer: F. Kelemen
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» 1997/98 FROST / FROST (200’)
Director and cinematographer: F. Kelemen
- Innovation Award (Best Innovative Film) – Festival Internacional de Cine de Figueira da Foz/Portugal 1997
- Prix FIPRESCI (International Film Critics Award for the best film) – Rotterdam International Film Festival/The Netherlands 1998
- Cariddi D’Argento Alla Migliore Regia (Best Director Award) – Taormina International Film Festival/Italy 1998
- Nominated for the »Prix Georges Sadoul«/France 1998
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» 1999 ABENDLAND/ NIGHTFALL (140’)
Director and cinematographer: F. Kelemen
- Prix FIPRESCI (International Film Critics Award for the best film) – Thessaloniki International Film Festival/ Greece 1999
- Premio »Principado de Asturias« al mejor largometraje (Best Film Award) – Gijón International Film Festival/Spain 1999
- « Pix Aurora » – Tromsö International Film Festival/Norway 1999
- Nominated for the »Prix L’ Age D’ Or« – Brussels/Belgium
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» 2000 TATAO SAMOA (90’) / Director: Gisa Schleelein, cinematographer: F. Kelemen
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» 2004 STONE, TIME, TOUCH (70’) / Director: Gariné Torossian, cinematographer: F. Kelemen
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» 2005 KRIŠANA / FALLEN (90’)
- Prix FIPRESCI (International Film Critics Award for the best film) – Festival of European Cinema Lecce/Italy 2005
- Special Jury Award for the best director – Festival of European Cinema Lecce/Italy2005
- Best Cinematography Award – Festival of European Cinema Lecce/Italy 2005
- Latvian National Film Award »Lielais Kristaps«, Latvia 2005
- Nominated for the German Art Film Award, Germany 2005
- Nominated for the German Film Critics Award 2005
- “Sergo-Parajanov-Prize” for the best film – Tbilisi International Film Festival/Georgia 2006
- “Silver Prometheus” for the best director – Tbilisi International Film Festival/Georgia 2006
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» 2006 DAS SICHTBARE UND DAS UNSICHTBARE / THE VISIBLE AND THE INVISIBLE (140’) / Director: Rudolf Thome, cinematographer: F. Kelemen
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» 2005 -2007 A LONDONI FÉRFI / THE MAN FROM LONDON (132’)/ Director: Béla Tarr,
cinematographer: F. Kelemen, Nominated for the German Camera Award 2008
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» 2009/10 A TORINÓI LÓ / THE TURIN HORSE | Director: Béla Tarr,
cinematographer: F. Kelemen
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» THEATRE PROJECTS
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» 2001 DESIRE
after »Desire Under the Elms« by Eugene O’Neill at Prater der Volksbühne Berlin/Germany
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» 2002 STAMMHEIM PROBEN by Oliver Czeslik at Sofien-Saele Berlin/Germany

FAHRENHEIT 451
after the novel »Fahrenheit 451« by Ray Bradbury at Schauspielhaus Hannover/Germany
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» JURY MEMBER
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» 1994 | International Film Festival Cancún, Mexico
» 1994 | International Short Film Festival Granada, Spain
» 2000 | International Film Festival Thessaloniki, Greece
» 2001 | International Film Festival Istanbul, Turkey
» 2002 | Panorama / Short Film Festival of the Berlin Film Festival, Germany
» 2003 | International Forum of Young Cinema of the Berlin Film Festival, Germany
» 2004 | Film Festival Cottbus / Festival of East European Cinema, Germany
» 2005 | FILMeX Tokyo,Japan
» 2007 | Valdivia International Film Festival, Chile
» 2007 | World Film Festival of Bangkok, Thailand
» 2008 | Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival, Argentina
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» FILM SCRIPTS
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1990/91 | KALYI – AGE OF DARKNESS (Kalyi)
1993 | FATE (Verhängnis)
1994 | FROST
1997/98 | NIGHTFALL (Abendland)
1999/2001 | IRON CITY
2003/2004 | ESCAPE
2004 | KRIŠANA / FALLEN
2005/2006 | FOREIGN SKIES
2007/2008 | Esperanza (Hope / Hoffnung)
2008 | Fever (Fieber / in preperation)
2009 | Provisional title: FORBIDDEN FRUIT (in preparation)

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» Retrospectives
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1997 Lissabon / Portugal

2000 Belgrad / Yugoslavia, Cambridge / U.S.A, Athen / Greece

2001 Brüssel / Belgium, Oslo / Norway

2001 Brüssel / Belgium, Oslo / Norway

2002 Hannover / Germany

2003 New York City / U.S.A. , Buenos Aires / Argentina

2004 Berlin / Germany

2005 Barcelona / Spain, Bern / Switzerland

2006 Ankara / Turkay, London / England

2007 Berlin / Germany, Potsdam / Germany, Valdivia / Chile . Bangkok / Thailand

2008 Köln / Germany, Budapest / Hungary

2009/2010 Hamburg / Germany