Katrine Philp

Katrine Philp (born December 14, 1978) is a Danish film director. She initially studied film production design at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and later graduated from the National Film School of Denmark as a documentary film director in 2009.[1][2]

Katrine Philp
Born (1978-12-14) December 14, 1978
NationalityDanish
OccupationFilm director

Career

Philp started her career in 2009 with her graduation film Book of Miri. The film was selected for the IDFA Student Competition and won the European Young CIVIS Media award in Germany.[3] [4]

Philp is a former dancer. After being invited to a ballroom training session, she met with dancers who would become the protagonists of her first feature documentary Dance For Me in 2013.[5] The film was nominated at the 2015 Emmy Awards in the category ‘Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming’.[6]

In 2018, Philp directed False Confessions. The film focuses on the defence lawyer Jane Fisher-Byrialsen, who works on false confessions cases in USA, including the ones of Korey Wise, Malthe Thomsen and Renay Lynch. Due to interrogation techniques that use brutal psychological manipulation, including lying about evidence, to secure a confession, they have falsely confessed to crimes they didn't commit.[7][8] The film won the Special Jury Award for Excellence in Social Justice at Los Angeles Film Festival in 2018.[9]

Philp directed in 2020 the documentary Beautiful Something Left Behind, which follows young children during a period of their grief, as they just lost one or both parents.[10][11] [12]

The film was previously called An Elephant in the Room and was part of the main competition in the 2020 SXSW Film Festival under this title.[13] Although the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition took place and Philp won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary.[14][15]

Personal life

Philp is married to the cinematographer Adam Morris Philp whom she has made several films with, including Beautiful Something Left Behind. For this film, they spend a year following the kids and moved their children in New Jersey for the filming.[16][17] During this period, Philp's dad died unexpectedly. Filming kids going through grief and experiencing a similar loss helped her going through her own grief. Philp dedicated the film to her father.[18][19]

Filmography
  • Beautiful Something Left Behind (also known as “An Elephant in the Room”) (2020) – Film Director
  • False Confessions (2018) - Film Director
  • Home Sweet Home (2015) - Film Director
  • Dance For Me (2013) - Film Director
  • Suitable (2013) - Film Director
  • Book of Miri (2009) - Film director

Awards
Film Year Category Film Festival
Beautiful Something Left Behind

(also known as “An Elephant in the Room”)

 2020 Winner Grand Jury Award – Documentary Feature SXSW
2020 The Unicef Prize[20] Japan Prize
2020 Honourable Mention[21] Nordische Filmtage Lübeck
False Confessions 2018 Winner Politiken's Audience Award CPH:DOX
2018 Winner Special Jury Award for Excellence in Social Justice Los Angeles Film Festival
2018 Nomination Best Documentary Feature Los Angeles Film Festival
2018 Audience Award Kaliningrad International Film Festival "One the Edge: West"
Home Sweet Home 2016 Winner Best Short Documentary Danish Film Awards (Robert)
2015 Nomination in the Competition for Kids & Docs IDFA
Dance for Me 2015 Nomination in the category 'Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming' Emmy Award
2013 Winner Audience Choice Award American Documentary Film Festival and Film Fund
2012 Nomination Sonic Dox Award CPH:DOX
2012 Nomination in the competition for First Appearance IDFA
Book of Miri 2014 Nomination Best Documentary Ekko Shortlist Awards
2010 Winner President's Award Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
2010 Winner European Young CIVIS Media Prize CIVIS Media Prize
2009 Nomination for Best Student Award IDFA

References
  1. "Filmmaker Katrine Philp". Women Make Movies. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. "Katrine Philp. Festival Scope Pro. Retrieved on 16 December 2020
  3. "Katrine Philp. Det Danske Filminstitut. Viden Om Film. Retrieved on 16 December 2020
  4. "Katrine Philp - Denmark. DoxLab. Retrieved on 16 December 2020
  5. "Filmmaker Interview ". POV. Retrieved on 16 July 2020
  6. "POV Awards". POV. Retrieved on 16 July 2020
  7. "Seeking Justice". Barbara Majsa. Retrieved on 16 December 2020
  8. "False Confessions: How Innocent People Confess to Crime in the US". Aljazeera. Retrieved on 16 July 2020
  9. " ‘Brian Banks’ & Swedish Oscar Entry ‘Border’ Among Los Angeles Film Festival Winners". Deadline. Retrieved on 16 July 2020
  10. "Joshua Reviews Katrine Philp’s An Elephant in the Room –Theatrical Review". Criterion Cast. Retrieved on 16 July 2020
  11. " 'Shithouse,' 'An Elephant in the Room' Top SXSW Film Competition Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved on 16 July 2020
  12. "DOC NYC Review: Beautiful Something Left Behind Finds Catharsis in the Long Process of Grieving". The Film Stage. Retrieved on 16 December 2020
  13. " SXSW Winners ‘Beautiful Something Left Behind’ and ‘Finding Yingying’ Nabbed by MTV Documentary Films (Exclusive)". TheWrap. Retrieved on 16 December 2020
  14. "SXSW Winners: Despite Cancellation, Festival Announces Grand Jury Prizes". IndieWire. Retrieved on 16 July 2020
  15. "A Homebound Audience, Halted Productions Set Stage for Expanded Indie Film Market". Morning Consult. Retrieved on 16 December 2020
  16. " Beautiful Something Left Behind / Bag skyerne". Nordische Filmtage Lübeck. Retrieved on 16 December 2020
  17. "An Elephant in the Room: Danish director Katrine Philp on her new documentary on children and grief". Medium. Retrieved on 24 July 2020
  18. "Katrine Philp Shares Her Documentary On Grief - SXSW". SXSW. Retrieved on 16 July 2020
  19. "SXSW winners plot next moves after online wins". ScreenDaily. Retrieved on 16 July 2020
  20. "Announcing the JAPAN PRIZE 2020 winners!". Japan Prize 2020. Jurors’ Selection. Retrieved on 18 November 2020
  21. "62. Nordische Filmtage Lübeck prize winners – for the first time since 1990, the NDR Film Prize goes to a film from Latvia – Audience Prize once again goes to Finland – Nordische Filmtage Lübeck". nordische-filmtage.de. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
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