Fred Kelemen

Fred Kelemen was born in West Berlin/Germany. He studied painting, music, philosophy, religious science and drama studies and worked in various theatres as a director’s assistant before beginning his studies in directing and cinematography at the German Film & TV Academy Berlin (dffb) from 1989 to 1994. He graduated from the dffb with a diploma as a director and as a cinematographer. For his diploma film “Fate” he received the German National Film Award in 1995. Since then, he has made a number of films and videos as director and collaborated as cinematographer with several film directors like Joseph Pitchhadze (“Sweets”, Israel 2013), Béla Tarr (“Journey to the Plain”, Hungary 1995, “The Man from London”, Hungary/France/Germany 2007, “The Turin Horse”, Hungary, France, USA, Germany 2011 ), Rudolf Thome (“The Visible and the Invisible”, Germany 2006), Gariné Torossian (“Stone, Time, Touch”, Canada/Armenia 2005) a.o.

Tarr Béla: I Used to Be a Filmmaker (2014)

A documentary about the making of The Turin Horse, the last film directed by Hungarian master Béla Tarr.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Marc Lamoure
CAST:  Erika Bók  •  Béla Tarr  •  János Derzsi  •  Ágnes Hranitzky

A documentary about the making of The Turin Horse, the last film directed by Hungarian master Béla Tarr.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Marc Lamoure
CAST:  Erika Bók  •  Béla Tarr  •  János Derzsi  •  Ágnes Hranitzky

Nightfall (1999)

A largely plotless, fado-scored journey through the gloomy cobblestone streets, zombie bars, and fetid basements of a sordid harbor town populated by German-speaking sots and Portuguese guest workers. An unhappy young couple, Leni and Anton, quarrel and split ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Kelemen
CAST:  Adolfo Assor  •  Thomas Baumann  •  Isa Hochgerner  •  Verena Jasch

A largely plotless, fado-scored journey through the gloomy cobblestone streets, zombie bars, and fetid basements of a sordid harbor town populated by German-speaking sots and Portuguese guest workers. An unhappy young couple, Leni and Anton, quarrel and split ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Kelemen
CAST:  Adolfo Assor  •  Thomas Baumann  •  Isa Hochgerner  •  Verena Jasch

Frost (1997)

Time of darkness. Time of fire kindled against cold and fear. During the Holy Night, the seven year old Micha has to escape with his young mother Marianne from the violence of his drunken father... During their one week odyssey through frozen Germany, mother and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Kelemen
CAST:  Isolde Barth  •  Adolfo Assor  •  Harry Baer  •  Thomas Baumann

Time of darkness. Time of fire kindled against cold and fear. During the Holy Night, the seven year old Micha has to escape with his young mother Marianne from the violence of his drunken father... During their one week odyssey through frozen Germany, mother and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Kelemen
CAST:  Isolde Barth  •  Adolfo Assor  •  Harry Baer  •  Thomas Baumann

Fallen (2005)

One night, Matiss Zelcs, an employee of the Latvian national archive in Riga, notices a woman on a bridge. After passing by her without preventing her suicidal fall into the depths, a sensation of failure and guilt changes his life. He cannot forget her. Driven by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Kelemen
CAST:  Egons Dombrovskis  •  Nikolaj Korobov  •  Vigo Roga  •  Aija Dzērve

One night, Matiss Zelcs, an employee of the Latvian national archive in Riga, notices a woman on a bridge. After passing by her without preventing her suicidal fall into the depths, a sensation of failure and guilt changes his life. He cannot forget her. Driven by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Kelemen
CAST:  Egons Dombrovskis  •  Nikolaj Korobov  •  Vigo Roga  •  Aija Dzērve

Fate (1994)

The paths of people from various countries cross during the course of one night. They speak different languages, but they are fatefully bound together by the solitary quest for happiness and deliverance. Sloping paths are all that's left for them in an age of lost ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Kelemen
CAST:  Valerij Fedorenko  •  Marc Ottiker  •  Sanja Spengler  •  Eddi Zacharias

The paths of people from various countries cross during the course of one night. They speak different languages, but they are fatefully bound together by the solitary quest for happiness and deliverance. Sloping paths are all that's left for them in an age of lost ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Kelemen
CAST:  Valerij Fedorenko  •  Marc Ottiker  •  Sanja Spengler  •  Eddi Zacharias

Sarajevo Songs of Woe (2016)

Sarajevo Songs of Woe is a filmic triptych containing of the two tales (“Blue Ballad for Lovers” / “Blue Rondo for Survivors”) and the connecting middle part “Blue Psalm for Wolves” flowing into each other and so being united and building up one universal mosaic of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Kelemen
CAST:  Edin Avdagić 'Koja'  •  Balázs Bodolai  •  Iskra Jiršak  •  Ivana Pavlakovikj

Sarajevo Songs of Woe is a filmic triptych containing of the two tales (“Blue Ballad for Lovers” / “Blue Rondo for Survivors”) and the connecting middle part “Blue Psalm for Wolves” flowing into each other and so being united and building up one universal mosaic of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Kelemen
CAST:  Edin Avdagić 'Koja'  •  Balázs Bodolai  •  Iskra Jiršak  •  Ivana Pavlakovikj

Suspiria (2018)

BoringWeirdDepressingCreepy

Young American dancer Susie Bannion arrives in 1970s Berlin to audition for the world-renowned Helena Markos Dance Company. When she vaults to the role of lead dancer, the woman she replaces breaks down and accuses the company's female directors of witchcraft. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luca Guadagnino
CAST:  Dakota Johnson  •  Tilda Swinton  •  Mia Goth  •  Sylvie Testud

Young American dancer Susie Bannion arrives in 1970s Berlin to audition for the world-renowned Helena Markos Dance Company. When she vaults to the role of lead dancer, the woman she replaces breaks down and accuses the company's female directors of witchcraft. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luca Guadagnino
CAST:  Dakota Johnson  •  Tilda Swinton  •  Mia Goth  •  Sylvie Testud

Kalyi: Age of Darkness (1993)

Dark, deserted streets in a devastated European town at the end of the 20th Century. People are on the run. Explosions. A woman and a man meet. And they lose sight of each other again after spending a night in a hotel room. Surrounded by a desolate and polluted ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Kelemen
CAST:  Lucien Molotov  •  Valéria Zsoldas

Dark, deserted streets in a devastated European town at the end of the 20th Century. People are on the run. Explosions. A woman and a man meet. And they lose sight of each other again after spending a night in a hotel room. Surrounded by a desolate and polluted ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Kelemen
CAST:  Lucien Molotov  •  Valéria Zsoldas

Novak (2009)

Lucia arrives to Buenos Aires with a mission, take care of a Hungarian filmmaker invited to present his film at the Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival. Lucia meets Pablo, who introduces himself as the angel of prestigious film director Béla Tarr. Lucia and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrés Andreani
CAST:  Mariela Centurion  •  Andrés Rasdolsky  •  Martín Aletta  •  Fred Kelemen

Lucia arrives to Buenos Aires with a mission, take care of a Hungarian filmmaker invited to present his film at the Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival. Lucia meets Pablo, who introduces himself as the angel of prestigious film director Béla Tarr. Lucia and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrés Andreani
CAST:  Mariela Centurion  •  Andrés Rasdolsky  •  Martín Aletta  •  Fred Kelemen