Louis Fried was born in Munich, Germany. 2004- 2010 Studies of Visual Communication/ Film at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg. His work oscillates between documentary and fictional processes. In search of the strange in the familiar, the unexpected in the everyday, it combines precise observations with surreal moments to open up new spaces in between. His films have been screened at international film festivals such as the Berlinale, Jeonju Film Festival or Sao Paulo Short Film Festival and have also won awards. He lives and works in Hamburg
Filmography:
Flexible Bodies, Germany 2019, HD/16mm, 19'
Postcard to Godzilla, Germany 2015, 16mm, 6’
Die Wüste Malo/ Malo Desert, Germany 2013, 16mm, 22’30
Rio Grande, Germany 2011, 16mm, 10′
Propaganda1, Germany 2010, 16mm, 6 ‘
Polyferro, Germany 2010, DV, 42 ‘
Videography:
Overnight, Germany 2018, 1-Channel Video, 5'
Legohland, Germany 2008,1-Channel Video, 4′
Nachtpassage/ Night Passage, Germany 2008, 1-Channel Video, 5′
Umlaufbahn/ Orbit, Germany 2007, 1-Channel Video, 3’
Roter Turm/ Red Tower, Germany 2007, 1-Channel Video, 2’
Projects:
Co-founder of "VETOFILM - Verein zur Förderung des künstlerischen Films in Hamburg e.V."
(vetofilm.com)
Awards:
- "Special Mention" for Postcard to Godzilla, ARES – Int. Film and Media Festival Siracusa 2016
- “Mikropolis award for the best indie short film” for Postcard to Godzilla, 6th Mikro Festival
Amateur and Indie Short Films Belgrade 2015
- "Jury Prize" for Propaganda1, Montreal Underground Film Festival 2012
Screenings:
2022
- Labocine - Hybrid Streaming Platform- "The Body Festival"
2021
- Unicato - Kurzfilmmagazin im MDR - "Urbanität und Peripherie - Visionen im Kurzfilm" (DE)
- 37. Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg (DE)
- Constelaciones Colectivas - El nuevo cine independiente de Hamburgo en el Goethe Institut
Buenos Aires (ARG)
2020
- Lucca Film Festival (IT)
- 32.Filmfest Dresden (DE)
- 31.São Paulo International Short Film Festival (BRA)
- Welcome to Pandemia - "Was ist eigentlich mit..(Arbeits-) räume" im Gängeviertel Hamburg (DE)
- 12.Short Waves Festival Poznan (PL)
- 25.Vilnius Film Festival (LTU)
2019
- 36.Kasseler Dokumentar- und Videofilmfest (DE)
- 69.Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin - Berlinale Shorts Competition (DE)
2017
- Hungry Eyes - Festival fur Film, Performance und Schnittstellen, Gießen (DE)
- Theater der Welt - Special: “Hafenrhythmus at Night” auf der MS Stubnitz, Hamburg (DE)
- Surfaces - Festival of Film, Projection Mapping and Interactive Art Installations Orlando, FL (US)
- Festival La Mida No Importa Barcelona (ES)
2016
- ARES- International Film and Media Festival Siracusa (IT)
- Les 18es Rencontres Cinéma et Vidéo Nice (FR)
- London Experimental Film Festival (UK)
- Antimatter Media Art- Vancouver BC (CA)
- Un festival c'est trop court- Nice Film Festival (FR)
- Timishort Film Festival Timisoara (RO)
- Intermediaciones- Muestra de Videoarte y Video Experimental Medellin (CO)
- Retrospektiva- Warm Up for the 7th Mikro FAF Belgrade (RS)
- Facade Videofestival Plovdiv (BG)
- Arkipel- Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival (ID)
- Moscow International Experimental Film Festival (RU)
- Cortosplash- Festival Internazionale di Cortometraggi (IT)
- Tlanchana Fest- Festival de Cine y Arte Digital (MX)
- Festival Alto Vicentino Santorso (IT)
- Montreal Underground Film Festival (CA)
- Norwich Underground Film Club (UK)
- Short Circuit- Experimental Film Night in Brighton (UK)
- Festival L'Inconnu Paris (FR)
- Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg (DE)
2015
- Euroshorts- European Short FIlm Festival Gdansk et al. (PL)
- Kulturrevier Barmbek-Sud, Hamburg (DE)
- FILMZ- Festival des neuen deutschen Films (DE)
- Sleepwalkers-International Short Film Festival, Talinn (EE)
- 6.Mikro Festival of Amateur and Indie Short Films Belgrade (RS)
- 14.Festival Silhouette Paris (FR)
- 39.Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt (DE)
- 8.Odderader Filmtage (DE)
- 31.Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg (DE)
2014
- “HAMBURG BLEIBT! - Filmsoiree” Kampnagel Hamburg (DE)
- AeroShortFilm Ärösköbing, Denmark (DK)
- “You Bet - We’ve Got - Something Personal Against You” B-Movie Hamburg (DE)
2013
- Werkschau im Ex-Schlecker in Kiel Gaarden (DE)
- Extra, Festival fur experimentelle Film- und Videokunst Leipzig (DE)
- 2Annas Int. Short Film Festival Riga (LV)
- FlexIFF Sydney (AU)
- Jeonju International Film Festival (KR)
- Timishort Film Festival Timisoara (RO)
- Ljubljana International Short Film Festival 2x (SI)
2012
- South West London International Film Festival (UK)
- Abstracta Int. Abstract Cinema Exhibition Rome (IT)
- FlexIFF Sydney (AU)
- Oblò Film Festival Lausanne (CH)
- Odderader Filmtage (DE)
- Open Eyes Filmfest Marburg (DE)
- Festival Images Contre Nature Marseille (FR)
- Montreal Underground Film Festival (CA)
- Timishort Film Festival Timisoara (RO)
- Final Cut, Metropolis Hamburg (DE)
- Lu99 Leipzig “Betriebsausflug Hamburg/ Leipzig“ (DE)
- European Media Art Festival Osnabruck (DE)
- Ambulart11 Guadalajara/ Hamburg (MX/ DE)
2011
- Alternative Film/Video Festival Belgrade (RS)
- Dukafest, Int. Student Film Festival Banja Luka (BA)
- Lokal Hamburg „Nachbarschaft“ (DE)
- Zinnschmelze Hamburg „In Auflösung“ (DE)
- Int. Documentary Film Festival Tranzyt, Poznan (PL)
- Fisch Film Fest Tolmin (SI)
- Facade Videofestival Plovdiv (BG)
- Split Film Festival (HR)
- Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg (DE)
- Stand der Dinge, Metropolis Hamburg (DE)
Exhibitions:
2018
- (NOT) AT HOME_ Volume II - Altonale 20, Hamburg (DE)
2015
- FIVA- Festival Internacional de Videoarte, Buenos Aires (ARG)
2014
- Blockbuster Exhibitions Berlin “Enter“ (DE)
2013
- Kunstraum D21 Leipzig „Experimental Trails 2“ (DE)
- Cairo Video Festival - Medrar for Contemporary Art „Exhibition 3“ (EG)
2012
- Hinterconti Hamburg „Int. Unscreenable Film Festival“ (mit Nicolaas Schmidt) (DE)
- Galerie KUB Leipzig „Experimental Trails“ (DE)
- Vorwerkstift Hamburg „Gazpachosession #2“ (DE)
- Clipaward Mannheim „Installationen“ (DE)
2011
- Kleino Hamburg “Kino im Kunstlift“(DE)
2008
- K.u.K. Hamburg „Legohland“ (DE)