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ABOUT THE FILM MAKER

FLORIAN SCHOTT

Film Director

FLORIAN SCHOTT – DIRECTOR

Florian Schott is a German born filmmaker living in Namibia since 2009, after meeting his wife on a film shoot in the country he now calls home. He has worked in film since 2002 and worked all over the world as a First Assistant Director, from Europe to Africa, South America and the Antarctica.

In 2012 Florian wrote, produced and directed his self-financed Short Comedy EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON which won the Afrinolly Short Film Competition in Nigeria in 2014 as well as the Awards for Best Director and Best Editor (Haiko Boldt) at the 2014 Namibian Theatre & Film Awards.

Florian directed and co-wrote his first feature film in 2014, KATUTURA, an Action Drama set in Namibia’s famous township, produced by Tulinane Entertainment which went on to become the most successful Namibian film to date. KATUTURA screened at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles, the AFI New African Film Festival in Washington DC as well as festivals in Finland, Trinidad & Tobago, South Africa and more. It won the Special Jury Mention for Best Female Performance (Odile Müller) at the Ecrans Noir Festival in Cameroon and won 7 Awards at the 2017 Namibian Theatre- & Film Awards, including Best Narrative Film and Best Director.

Currently Florian has two feature films and an African tv series in development, next to this he also directs for German television.

PROJECTS

DIE CHEFIN

KATUTURA

Katutura follows a group characters experiencing the gravity of living in a township. Ex-convict Dangi has to deal with living a law-abiding life, an extramarital son and an old flame who his wife doesn’t know about. Gangster Shivago explores a new market to sell his drugs and Kondja, a teenager in a wheelchair who helps street kids, falls in love for the first time. Their paths intertwine and their lives collide in both hopeful and brutal ways. Katutura deals with the struggle of everyday life in the township. There is crime, drug abuse, violence, but it also shows the strength of the community as well as the bustling creativity in the place otherwise known as the place where we do not belong.

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"Katutura" - Teaser Trailer (OFFICIAL)

"Katutura" - Trailer 2 (OFFICIAL)

Feature Film
Prod.: Tulinane Entertainment
SOKO KÖLN

DIE CHEFIN

Mit Katharina Böhm, Jürgen Tonkel, Christian Hockenbrink sowie Thorsten Merten, Johannes Hendrik Langer, Klara Deutschmann, Moritz von Zeddelmann, Jytte Merle Böhrnsen, Gaby Dohm

GERMAN TV-SERIES
Prod.: Network Movie Film- und Fernsehproduktion

Mit Katharina Böhm, Jürgen Tonkel, Christian Hockenbrink sowie Alice Dwyer, Adam Oest, Peter Prager, Florian Panzner, Niels Bruno Schmidt

Guter Bulle, Böser Bulle (2018)

Schneeball (2018)
EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON

SOKO KÖLN

Prod.: Network Movie Film- und Fernsehproduktion
12 Episodes available for viewing here.

GERMAN TV-SERIES

Episode Lists
EVERYTHING HAPPENS

FOR A REASON

Our hero had better days. His girlfriend is leaving him, there is a strange man following and threatening him and his phone gets stolen. He tries to make things right but whatever he does he seems to be getting into more and more trouble. His actions take him to the Christus Kirche overlooking Windhoek, where he faces all his new enemies. When the police arrives at the scene he seems to be saved - or is he? EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON is a fast-paced Action Comedy shot in one single take.

COMMERCIALS / MUSIC VIDEOS

Short Film - Everything Happens for a Reason

Short Film
KATUTURA

COMMERCIALS / MUSIC VIDEOS

Commercials and Music Videos directed by Florian Schott

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PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT:

Runner. Husband. Father. Survivor.

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An incredible true story about the survival of the human spirit in the harshest of environments.

1994. Mauro Prosperi, a Sicilian police officer, takes part in the Marathon des Sables, the “toughest footrace in the world”, in the Sahara desert, over 6 days, 250 km’s, at temperatures over 50 degrees celsius. After getting lost in a sandstorm and completely alone without water or food in the endless Sahara Desert, Mauro has to go to his limits in order to survive.

It takes an attempt to end his life for him to see that the only way to survive the desert is not to fight it but to adapt to it.

UNTITLED MAURO PROSPERI PROJECT (Feature Film)

A Comedy Series about Privilege – somewhere between ‘Arrested Development’ and ‘Breaking Bad’

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When a white business tycoon turned politician loses everything in a corruption scandal his cleaning lady, an intelligent but underprivileged woman, takes him and his family in to live with her and her parents in the township of Havana, the poorest area of Windhoek, Namibia.

While the politician uses every method he gained as a ruthless businessman to get back on his feet, no matter the cost for others, the cleaning lady tries staying sane in-midst the chaos keeping the new household and community together, next to dealing with her own personal and professional struggles.

HAVANA ROYALS (TV Series)