Description: Stephan Hilpert is a commercials director and documentary film director based in Berlin and London. In advertising projects he loves humour and comedy, enjoys working with kids and grown-up actors, and, given that he also makes long-form documentaries, is fascinated by capturing real life in documentary-style commercials. His feature-length documentary CONGO CALLING had its theatrical release in Germany in the autumn of 2019. Stephan Hilpert ist Regisseur für Werbung und Dokumentarfilm in Berlin und London.
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2019, 90 min Written and directed by Stephan Hilpert In crisis-ridden eastern Congo, three European development aid workers are forced to question what it means to help. Raúl, a French-Spanish economist doing research on rebel groups, realizes that he is leading his Congolese colleagues into great temptation with his project funds, putting their study at risk of failing. After 30 years in Africa, Peter, from Germany, reaches retirement age and is unable to renew his job contract. He struggles to stay in Con
LINKS : Film website: www.congo-calling.com Distributor's film website (Germany): https://jip-film.de/congo-calling Distributor's film website (UK): www.dartmouthfilms.com/congocalling Facebook: www.facebook.com/CongoCallingFilm Instagram: www.instagram.com/congocallingthefilm IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt9621050/
AWARDS: • Max Ophüls Prize film festival, Saarbrücken/Germany 2019 – Audience Award for Best Documentary • DOK.fest Munich /Germany 2019 – FFF Documentary Talent Award • Filmkunstfest MV , Schwerin/Germany 2019 – Award for Best Cinematography • nominated for the German Documentary Award 2019 • nominated for the German Human Rights Film Award 2020 • African Diaspora Cinema Festival , Villa Romana, Florence/Italy 2021 – Award for Best Feature Documentary Film • Close:up Edinburgh Docufest 2020 – Award for Bes