Philipp Baben der Erde

Movies

Yes She Can
Camera Operator
The film portrays the four young politicians Laura Isabelle Marisken, Aminata Touré, Gyde Jensen and Terry Reintke, who will help shape the future of Germany and the EU in the years to come. He moves back and forth between the different protagonists, draws fine lines between Brussels, Usedom, Kiel and Berlin and delivers a wide range of universal and big themes, packed in personal and intimate moments with the four strong and very different women, and shows how women’s politics works today, enthusiastic and engaged.
Marina Abramović und die Kunst des Hörens
Camera Supervisor
1986
Director of Photography
Elena is a student in Minsk. She is having an intense but self-destructive love affair with Viktor. When Elena's father goes to prison she has to take charge of his business dealings to help him. She drives repeatedly into the restricted zone at Chernobyl, behind the wheel of a truck, in order to smuggle contaminated steel. The conflicts with Viktor escalate, and Elena is increasingly captivated by the zone's deceptive beauty...
Happy
Cinematography
What can be more dreadful for a daughter than getting a postcard from Thailand with the words: "My girl, everything is fine here - I eat paddy-thai and drink beer. Yes, I met someone, she is your age. I love you, Dad".
Landscapes
Director
Four humble ladyboys working in the rubber tree forests at night, in the rice fields during the day, looking for a way to survive, exist and have the others accept them with their difference.
House of Time
Director of Photography
Robert d'Eglantine invites his friends to spend a few days in an old country house where he proposes them to embark on a daring adventure with a surprising destination.
Dancing with Bellies
Director of Photography
Director Carolin Genreith takes a warmly ironic look at her mother and her female friends but also addresses her own fears and vanities. A vibrant portrait which looks beyond the borders of one twentysomething’s coolly urban lifestyle in Berlin to examine the travails of menopause – as well as the art of banishing one’s fear of ageing with a well-placed hip thrust.
Die Rote und Zora
Director of Photography
The red haired Antonia calls her mother the radio host Zora on her show for coming home. But Zora joins a cuddle party. Antonia injures herself. The next day they meet in the metro.
Yuppy Cars
Director of Photography
Two young men participate in a radical left-wing demonstration in Berlin. Afterwards, they cruise the streets on their bikes. When they pull up next to a luxury car, it looks like the night isn't over for them yet.