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Lilian Franck

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Lilian Franck(born March 11, 1971) is a Germanfilm directorandproducer,best known for her 2010documentaryPianomania,a collaborative work with filmmaker Robert Cibis and winner of theGolden Gate Awardfor Best Documentary at theSan Francisco International Film Festival,theGerman Film Awardfor BestSound Designin 2011 and the Semaine De La Critique prize[1]at theLocarno International Film Festival.

Education[edit]

Franck was born on March 11, 1971, inWürzberg,Germany. She studied at theFilmakademie Baden-Württemberg[2]and at Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains in France.[3]

Career[edit]

Lilian Franck withRobert Cibis[de]

In 2002, she received the German–French Journalist Award (de) for her documentaryHalf A Chance?(2002), her first with co-director and collaborator Robert Cibis. Franck and Cibis co-founded OVALmedia. Their first project producing and directing together wasHuman Capital - The Employment Trade(2007).[4]Later in 2007, their projectDisgustingly Healthy,anexposéon the use of leeches and maggots inWestern medicine,[5]was awarded the Ektopfilm Award. Their 2009 documentary filmPianomaniadepicts the collaboration between piano technician Stefan Knüper and pianists includingPierre-Laurent Aimard,Alfred BrendelandLang Lang;[6][7]it had a successful theatrical release and was screened in theatres in over 25 countries worldwide, as well as over 100 countries on television.[8]Pianomaniawas awarded the Semaine De La Critique prize[1]at theLocarno International Film Festival,theGolden Gate award[9]at theSan Francisco International Film Festivaland theGerman Film Awardfor Best Sound Design.[10]

In 2016, Franck and Cibis produced anddistributedFree Lunch Society(directed by Christian Tod), which opened in 100 German cinemas and venues in February in a large-scalecrowdsourcedpremiere event, whereby members of the public were invited to receive copies of the film to hold their own public screenings. This was coordinated by Franck in association with Mein Grundeinkommen.[11]

In February 2018, Franck's filmtrustWHO,[12]a report on the influence of privatised industry on theWorld Health Organisation,was released in German cinemas nationwide. An additional project, a co-production and co-direction between Franck and Cibis,Fuck Fame,a biopic of theindie-rapmusician,Uffie,[13]is slated for release in 2019.

Filmography[edit]

Feature films[edit]

  • Pianomania(2009)
  • Free Lunch Society(Co-producer & Distributor) (2016)
  • trustWHO(2018)
  • Fuck Fame(2018)

Short films[edit]

  • Omen - 15 Hours of Techno(1994)
  • Clemi Escapes(1994)
  • Supermerle(1997)
  • Cora(2000)
  • I Love Me, I Love Me Not(Producer) (2003)
  • Anyway Home(Producer) (2015)
  • J'ai Tout Donné Au Soleil Sauf Mon Ombre(Producer) (2015)

Video installation[edit]

  • Spin The World(2000)

Television[edit]

  • Half A Chance?(2003)
  • Human Capital - The Employment Trade(2007)
  • Disgustingly Healthy(Producer) (2009)
  • Preying On Patients(Producer) (2009)
  • The Pill: Atom Bomb of Contraception(Producer) (2010)
  • Kids On Pills(2010)
  • Virus vs. Bacteria - A Way Out Of The Antibiotics Crisis(Producer) (2011)

Awards[edit]

Film Date Of Ceremony Award Category
Pianomania[14](2009) Deutscher Filmpreis 2011 German Film Award BestSound Design
Locarno International Film Festival 2009 Semaine De La Critique Best Documentary
San Francisco International Film Festival 2010 Golden Gate Award Best Documentary
Diagonale(Austria) 2009 Best Artistic Montage Best Documentary Editing
Kinofest Lünen (Germany) 2009 Lüdia Audience Award
Eurodok (Norway) 2010 Audience Award Best Documentary
Film Weekend Würzberg 2010 Audience Award Best Documentary
Disgustingly Healthy 2007 Ekotop Film Award Best Documentary
Half A Chance? 2003 German-French Journalist Award Young Talent Award

References[edit]

  1. ^ab"Semaine de la critique".www.sdlc.ch.Retrieved2018-02-07.
  2. ^"Filmakademie Baden Württemberg GmbH - Startseite".www.filmakademie.de(in German).Retrieved2018-02-07.
  3. ^"Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains".Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains(in French).Retrieved2018-02-07.
  4. ^Human Capital – The Employment Trade,retrieved2018-04-16
  5. ^"Disgustingly Healthy » TVF International".tvfinternational.com.Retrieved2018-02-07.
  6. ^Dargis, Manohla (2011-11-03)."'Pianomania' by Lilian Franck and Robert Cibis - Review ".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2018-02-07.
  7. ^Jean-Pierre Thiollet,88 notes pour piano solo,Neva Editions, 2015, p.140.ISBN978-2-3505-5192-0
  8. ^"Pianomania: the little film that struck a major chord".The Guardian.August 16, 2010.
  9. ^"AWARDS | GOLDEN GATE AWARDS | San Francisco International Film Festival".fest10.sffs.org.Retrieved2018-02-07.
  10. ^"Archiv Deutscher Filmpreis: Deutscher Filmpreis".www.deutscher-filmpreis.de.Retrieved2018-02-07.
  11. ^"Großes Thema. Großer Film. Große Premiere".www.mein-grundeinkommen.de(in German).Retrieved2018-02-07.
  12. ^Franck, Lilian (2018-03-01),TrustWho,retrieved2018-02-07
  13. ^Cibis, Robert; Franck, Lilian,Enuff: WT,retrieved2018-02-07
  14. ^"Sondern Pianomania- Ab 8.4. auf DVD und Bluray".pianomania.de.Retrieved2018-02-07.

External links[edit]

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