I am happy to announce that RIFF (Rome independent film festival) is going to screen “Living Habits”. I hopefully see you there in May!
“Lebensgewohnheiten” in Rome
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“Living Habits”: my graduation film for the Erasmus Mundus Master Course Docnomads
Portugal 2014
Director: Tobias Pehböck
Grazianos and Ursulas living habits are a bit different as you may know. They live with their 11 year old daughter Jamila for more than 17 years in their camper van. During my finals semester with Docnomads I joined them in their life, living myself in a camper van. We shared stories, food and places to be. Out of the time together my graduation film “Lebensgewohnheiten” was formed. With this film I graduated my studies with Docnomads in 2014. The Erasmus Mundus Master Docnomads was one of the most inspiring times in my life. Travelling with a wild bunch of documentary filmmakers was exciting, shootings short films in three different countries, learning from different experiences made in the filmindustry all over the world.
Fresh Roots
Budapest 2014
Director: Tobias Pehböck
The short documentary “Fresh Roots” follows the passionate B-boy Ren in his life as a breakdancer in the capital of Hungary. He sketches the development of the Hungarian Breakdance Scene and describes the main value of the Hip Hop movement in Europe while traveling to a breakdance battle with his friends and Crew mates. They have one common goal: to present the Hungarian on the international Breakdance floor.
Credits:
With:
Somoskői Ren Mihály
Noris Lobontiu
Aitner Dora
Ali Abovo
Balázs Schally
Bogdan Purice
Directing, Camera, Editing – Tobias Pehböck
Soundrecording – Manuel F. Contreras, Tobias Pehböck
Translating – Asia Dér, Sari Haragonics, Rebeka Balogh
Found footage from “Fresh Roots Clan” and “Funkademy”
Music:
Supervision: Break DJ Zielak
DJ Zuluwail – Bboy Rock the beat Vol.3 (soundcloud.com/zuluwail)
KAZAHAYA – “Remember Hip Hop ft. D-Story, Wax and Herbal T, Braille” (breakinbread.org/)
Special Thanks:
Somoskői Ren Mihály,
Aitner Dora
Urban Dance Studio
Szederkényi Zsolt
Csordás Gábor
Fazekas Róbert
Ali Yo
Manuel F Contreras
Umair Bilal
John Sohel Rahman
Peter Kerekes
Allan Rosenthal
Kékesi Attila
Tamás Almási
Kollányi Tamás
Erika Winkler
Sziopisz Mária
and the Crew of the warehouse
The Wor(l)d Juggler
Lissbon 2013
Director: Tobias Pehböck
“The wor(l)d juggler” is a documentary about the young passionate Hip Hop Artist Malaba and his way of achieving attention for his music in the colorful Hip Hop Scene in Lisbon, Portugal. Malaba is working hard long nights recording his music in the studio, promoting his music by wearing shirts with the saying “I sell original hip hop music” and giving concerts in every small pub in Portugal.
Malaba lives in a small village close to Lissbon with his girlfriend and their 4 year old son Bruce. His decision to give up his well paid job as personal trainer in a gym to concentrate on his music, had the result that his family now struggles with money issues. So Malaba needs to work once a week in a private Club in Lisbon, where he is serving drinks to earn some money for his family.
Malaba faces now two completlely different lives he has to juggle with. On the one hand he needs to support his family and be a father, on the other hand he is chasing his dream, to bemusician and live the life of a rapper.
A Singapore Ghost Story
Singapore 2012
Director: Tobias Pehböck
“A Singaporean Ghost Story“ is a documentary about the people living in Singapore, about their believes, their wishes and fears. While talking to the people in this busy, developed citiy, I could find some interesting customs and traditions and it seems like there’s a strong belief in ghosts in this multicultural society.
Is Singapore haunted by Ghosts and where do this incidents happen? Are the ghost dangerous and would they harm you? Why do people believe in Ghosts and are People able to see them?
Fekete Feher
Budapest 2013
Director: Manuel F. Contreras
During my stay in Budapest I worked with my colleague from Colombia Manuel Contreras on his film “Fekete Feher”. We experimented with an 8mm camera.
Synopsis: The marks left by death take the director of this film to Kati and János’ small shop, where they have been selling clothes to those in mourning for 30 years. But as mixed emotions start to arise in the process, the exploration of loss becomes a blackly humorous yet affectionate experience that reveals a renewed familial warmth.
Portraying Jan Peeters
Brussels 2014
Director: Miguel Lopez
With my colleague from Spain Miguel Lopez I worked on his film in Brussels, here a short synopsis: “Portraying Jan Peeters” shows the life in a person that doesn’t exist. Jan Peeters is created by the inhabitants of the city of Brussels, by their actions, daily routines and decisions. Filmed in a thermal camera to increase the feeling of impersonality and to evoke a scientific observation style on the character, the film raises questions on how individuals struggle in modern cities, not just for survival but for their own and unique existence.
Good News
Stuttgart 2010
Director: Celina Schmidt
Good News was produced at HDM Stuttgart. I was part in a 4 man camera team switching parts from camera operator, 1st assistant, focus puller, and lighting technician. Good News was shoot completely in studio on the Arriflex D-21.
Global 2000 Spot
Vienna 2009
Director: Alexandra Wieser
This is short commercial for the annual Global 2000 Geburtstagsfest Party that took place at WUK Vienna. Students from Fh St. Pölten created this short clip for Global 2000. I shot it on the Sony EX-1.
Doc Nomads Application
I edited this short film for my application to Doc Nomads. Doc Nomads provides a really good chance of traveling an studying. This video took me to the final round and got me a chance to study with Doc Nomads.