© 2024 Nicolas Gebbe
bio
Nicolas Gebbe is a filmmaker, 3D artist and sounddesigner born 1986 in London, currently working in Frankfurt am Main / Germany. 2018 he receives his art diploma at Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach with a film major. He focuses on experimental 3D animation and hybrid film formats.
In his work, the familiar spaces we inhabit - and the routines we perform within them - are recontextualized through digital realities. Drawing inspiration from architecture and everyday objects, he creates digital environments that comment on and reinterpret reality. Attributes of these places and processes are isolated, alienated, combined, and distorted. Realms that withdraw themselves from our attention are made visible, viewing habits are questioned.
His films have been screened at festivals like Locarno Film Festival, TIFF, Ann Arbor Film Festival and Kurzfilmtage Winterthur. 2022 his short "The Sunset Special" wins the Hessian Film award (Hessischer Filmpreis "Bester Kurzfilm") and 2025 "The Sunset Special 2" wins "The Terri Schwartz Film Award for Parody and Satire" at Ann Arbor Filmfestival.
contact: nicolas.gebbe@gmail.com
awards_ exhibition_ screenings
2025
The Sunset Special 2 (short film)
Ann Arbor Film Festival - Competition - Wins Award: "The Terri Schwartz Film Award for Parody and Satire"
Glasgow Short Film Festival - International Competition
Filmfest Dresden - National Competition
London Short Film Festival - WTF!
Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg - National Competition
2024
ARTE Kurzschluss
The Sunset Special 2 is broadcasted by ARTE TV and released on their online platform.
FFA funding
German federal film board grants funding for short film project "DISPLAY NATURE"
Primanima Silhoutte Audience Award 2024
goes to The Sunset Special 2
FBW - Prädikat Besonders Wertvoll
"The Sunset Special 2" gets rated "especially valuable" by german film rating agency.
The Sunset Special 2 (short film)
World Premiere: Curtas Vila do Conde - Experimental Competition
North America premiere: TIFF - Short Cuts
AG Kurzfilm Katalog 2024 feature
Festival du nouveau cinéma - Les nouveaux alchimistes
Kurzfilmtage Winterthur - International Competition
Curtocircuito - Cosmos
Fantoche - International Competition
London International Animation Festival - Official Competition
Primanima World Festival of First Animations
BIEFF
Festifreak
Kyiv International Short Film Festival
Gegenkino
Jóvenes Realizadores - Granada Film Fest
Linoleum
Blicke Filmfestival des Ruhrgebiets
Lockdown Dreamscape VR
Rencontres Internationales in Amsterdam at Loods6 exhibition
Square Eyes Distribution
Distribution of "The Sunset Special 2"
Lockdown Dreamscape 360° (Dome film)
Sous Dome Festival Paris by 36 degrés - Official Selection
We Won the Fight (music video)
Athens International Film and Video Festival - Official Selection
2023
Hessian Film Funding (Hessische Filmförderung)
Receives production funding for short film project "The Sunset Special 2"
Exhibition at Künstlerhaus Bethanien "Phantom Horizons"
The Sunset Special Exhibition
FBW - Prädikat Besonders Wertvoll
"Lockdown Dreamscape" gets rated "especially valuable" by german film rating agency.
Online Exhibition "Deconstructed Projections"
Ongoing exhibition at The Wrong TV
Interseccion Festival
Artist Focus: Screening of entire filmography
Immersive: Exhibition of all VR works
LAB mentoring: Mentor for projects in early stages
The Sunset Special (short film)
Aesthetica Short Film Festival - Official Selection
Fest Anča - International Competition of Animated Shorts
Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Emerging Artists program
Primanima - "Silhouettes" competition
Die Seriale - Official Selection
Milan Machinima Festival
Minikino Film Week
Lockdown Dreamscape (short film)
Animatou - International Experimental Competition
Filmfest Dresden - National Competition
Festival Tous Courts - Int. Experimental competition
Max Ophüls Preis - Short List programme
International Filmfestival Nancy - Lab selection
Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg - Poetry In Motion
Denver Emergent Media Festival Screening
Anifilm Liberec Festival - International Competition
Festifreak - International Expanded
Athens International Film and Video Festival - Official Selection
Cosmic Rays Filmfest - Official Selection
Lockdown Dreamscape VR (VR Film)
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin
CutOutFest
Minikino Film Week
We Won The Fight (music video)
Go Short Film Festival - Music Video Competition
Festival of Animation Berlin - National Competition
Flipbook Film Festival
Urban Dreamscape (short film)
Ann Arbor Film Festival - Official Selection
Lockdown Dreamscape 360°
Best of Earth Fulldome award
2022
Hessian Film Award (Hessischer Filmpreis)
"The Sunset Special" wins "Best Short".
FBW - Prädikat Besonders Wertvoll
"The Sunset Special" gets rated "especially valuable" by german film rating agency.
Emerging Artists Vol. 6 - AG Kurzfilm / Germanfilms
"The Sunset Special" gets selected for the program.
The Sunset Special (short film)
Annecy International Animation Film Festival: WTF screening
Athens International Film + Video Festival Ohio
Animateka Ljubljana International Animated Film Festival - Shorts for adults
Motovun Film Festival - Official Competition
Lago Filmfest - Official Selection
Vilnius Film Festival (out of competition)
Filmfest Dresden: Open Air Screening
Flickers' Rhode Island Int. Film Festival - Selection Semi-Finalist
Lockdown Dreamscape VR (VR Film)
Wins the LICHTER VR Storytelling award at
LICHTER Filmfest Frankfurt International
Leuven Short Film Festival - Official Selection VR
KFFK Short Film Festival Cologne - VR Competition
Lockdown Dreamscape 360° (Fulldome Film)
"Best Artistic Short" Award Dome Fest West
Animaze Montreal - 360° Metaverse Screening
Fulldome UK - Official Selection
Imersa Montreal - Official Selection
Macon Film Festival - Official Selection
Jena Fulldome Festival - Official Selection
Lockdown Dreamscape (short film)
Festival du nouveau cinema Montreal - Les Nouveaux Alchimistes Competition
Ann Arbor Film Festival - International Competition
ITFS International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart - International Competition
VideoEX Zürich - International Competition
We Won The Fight (Music Video)
Berlin Music VIdeo Awards - Selection Silver Screenings
2021
The Sunset Special (short film)
Locarno Film Festival - Pardi di domani - International competition
Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma - Les Nouveaux Alchimistes Competition
KFFK Short Film Festival Cologne
Urban Dreamscape (short film)
Animatou International Filmfestival Geneva
Short Waves Film Festival Poznan
2020
Urban Dreamscape (short film)
Filmfest Dresden: Nominated for national competition
KFFK Short Film Festival Cologne: Nominated for competition
Berlinale European Filmmarket Screening: Hessen Talents
Kasseler Dokfest: Hessischer Hochschulfilmtag
Psychedelic Film and Music Festival New York City
LICHTER Filmfest Frankfurt International
2018
Urban (Fulldome short film)
Jena Fulldome Festival: Wins “Janus Student Award”
Film Festival Cottbus
exhibition: NOMADS IN TRANSITION (CLB Berlin)
https://www.hfg-offenbach.de/de/calendar/nomads-in-transition#veranstaltung
2017
Scalarat (Fulldome shortfilm)
Fulldome BR Brasil
2016
Scalarat (Fulldome shortfilm)
Fulldome Festival Jena: Wins “Janus Creative Award”
Fulldome UK: Wins “Best Narrative” award
Scalarat (VR short film)
Beijing Media Art Biennale
B3 Biennale Shanghai
European Media Art Festival screening and exhibition
Concept, Organisation and support of the Virtual Reality section
of the programm slot "Special: Virtual Reality" and the
talk: “BEST OF VR-ART": presentation about the roots of VR and the connection to
Fulldome. Screening of Scalarat VR
http://www5.emaf.de/deutsch/festival/programm/ausstellung/virtual-reality-2016.html
http://www5.emaf.de/english/timetable/best-of-vr-art-.html
Transmission Noise Expanded (sight-specific beamer installation)
in collaboration with the Rudolf-Koch-Schule Offenbach
2015
B3 Biennale des Bewegten Bildes Frankfurt screening and exhibition
Concept, Organisation and support of the Virtual Reality section in the Architektur Museum Frankfurt and screening of Scalarat VR
2014
Laufzeit (short film)
European Media Art Festival
Der Perfekte Ton (short film)
Fife Casablanca
Activate Unlock (Fulldome 3D shortfilm)
Jena Fulldome Festival
2013
Activate Unlock Fulldome Film
B3 Fulldome Exhibition
2012
Feedback (Fulldome Film)
Jena Fulldome Festival
Der Perfekte Ton
Exhibition: HfG Satellit Berlin
Hochkant (Installation)
Exhibition: The Global Composition (Hochchschule Darmstadt)