Florian Schewe

Florian Schewe from Film Five in Berlin. He studied directing at the Film University in Potsdam-Babelsberg for five years. His graduating film won the German section at the BERLINALE in 2010 and the GERMAN CAMERA AWARD among others. His documentary wererebels toured festivals worldwide, DOK.FEST MUNICH, IDFA, MONTREAL, won the BROOKLYN FILM FESTIVAL and received the prestigious GRIMME AWARD in 2015.
He co-founded, together with four producers, the Berlin based production company Film Five GmbH. For the company, he produced the documentary Koka, the Butcher which won at two OSCAR qualifying festivals, a GRIMME AWARD nominated documentary for ZDF/3sat and Michel K. Zongo’s No Gold for Kalsaka (IDFA 2019).
When a farm goes aflame by Jide Tom Akinleminu premiered at the 71. BERLINALE in 2021 the same year PROLL! took home the GERMAN FILM AWARD. Love, Deutschmark and Death by Cem Kaya wont the audience award at the BERLINALE 2022 and the GRIMME AWARD 2024 among many other accolades and was widely released in German cinemas.  
He is a member of IDA, DAE, AG DOK