Photographer Filmmaker
Denis Carbone
AV Cologne2025
Activism (1:35)
Documentary Report Activism

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Film: Denis Carbone

Music: Moby

Click here to see the film.

Awards & Screenings

· Youtube & Social Media

Becoming a Foster Family – A Journey That Changes Lives2025
Documentary (50 min)
Documentary Report Biography

This documentary series, produced for Erziehungsbüro Rheinland, shines a light on the incredible journeys of six extraordinary foster parents. Each parent shares their personal story of parenting and living within the specialized foster care system. Their heartfelt and emotional accounts provide a unique perspective on the challenges and rewards of fostering children, and highlight the deep, lasting impact these families make on the lives of children in need. Filmed anamorphically in stunning 8K resolution, this series captures the essence of each story with cinematic depth and clarity.

I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Sabine Stein for her exceptional work in the concept development, writing, and organization of these interviews.

Director/Cinematography/Editing/Colorist/Music: Denis Carbone

Click here to watch Part I

Awards & Screenings

· Youtube & Social Media

Halloween Ad2024
Advertising (0:40min)
Advertising Commercial Advertisement

For Halloween, I created a spine-chilling ad for GayRoyal.com, capturing the essence of spooky and mysterious imagery. The ad is designed to evoke the atmosphere of a 90's slasher movie, filled with eerie visuals and a sense of suspense. It combines nostalgia with a touch of fright, creating a thrilling experience that draws viewers in and keeps them on edge.

Directed by/Concept/Production/Vfx: Denis Carbone

Click here to watch


Awards & Screenings

· Youtube & Social Media

Berlin Pride 20242024
Advertising (1:10min)
Advertising Commercial Advertisement

In cooperation with Berlin Gay Pride 2024 and GayRoyal, I captured the energy and spirit of the demonstration, filming the vibrant celebration of love, diversity, and equality. From powerful speeches to joyful parades, I documented the essence of the event and meticulously edited the footage to create a compelling and dynamic ad. The final piece reflects the passion and resilience of the LGBTQ+ community, highlighting both the political message and the festive atmosphere of one of Europe’s most significant Pride events.

Filmed and edited by Denis Carbone

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Halloween Spooky Special2023
Advertising (1 min)
Advertising Commercial Advertisement

I created a nostalgic ad for GayRoyal's Halloween in the style of an 80’s VHS horror trailer. Featuring grainy textures, neon glitches, and eerie synthwave music composed by me, the ad transports viewers straight into a retro nightmare. Every detail, from flickering tape distortions to bold vintage typography, enhances the old-school aesthetic, creating an immersive throwback to the golden age of VHS horror.

Directed by/Concept/Production/Vfx/Music: Denis Carbone


FASD Awareness Day2021
Music video (4 min)
Music video Dance State supported

This inspiring music video, created for the Fachzentrum für Pflegekinder mit FASD Köln, showcases children with FASD performing a heartfelt dance choreography in honor of FASD Awareness Day. With state support, this project aims to raise public awareness and highlight the strength, joy, and creativity of these incredible children through the universal language of music and movement.

Director/Cinematography/Editing/Colorist: Denis Carbone: Denis Carbone

Awards & Screenings

· Youtube & Social Media

FASD Awareness Day Interviews2020
Interviews (30 min)
Interviews Documentary Report

I conducted interviews with children from the FASD peer group, which were featured on national TV in Germany. In these interviews, the children openly shared their personal struggles and challenges in life, as well as how they are perceived by society. Their stories shed light on the realities they face and the importance of fostering understanding and support for those affected by FASD.

Filmed by Denis Carbone

Awards & Screenings

· National TV
· Youtube & Social Media

FASD Awareness Day Trailer2020
Trailer (1 min)
Trailer Ad Teaser

For FASD Awareness Day, I created a high-end trailer in After Effects and 3D. The goal of this trailer was to reach a wide audience and encourage people affected by FASD to participate in an online dance campaign on social media. The trailer combines visual effects and emotional imagery to raise awareness for FASD and promote active involvement.

Produced and made by Denis Carbone

Awards & Screenings

· Youtube & Social Media

Blue Cinnamon Rolls2018
Advertising (0:40min)
Advertising Commercial Advertisement

In this mid-budget commercial, I bring the classic cinnamon roll into a new, elegant light. Adorned with striking blue and gold, the cinnamon roll becomes a visual masterpiece. This campaign for the cinnamon roll shop "Zimt & Sünde" is a collaboration with GayRoyal.com.

Directed by/Concept/Production/Cinematographer/Music: Denis Carbone

Click here to watch


Liebste Kitty(Dearest Kitty)2016
Feature film (7:21 min)
Drama Fantasy Biography

Anne Frank lives hidden in fear in her small room. Through her mysterious girlfriend "Kitty", Anne begins to write her diary and gains more courage. Anne creates her own growing fantasy world, with which she can influence and shape her room.

Award-winning feature film starring Julia Maier in the lead.

Written, Directed, Cinematography, Editing, Visual Effects and Music by: Denis Carbone

Awards & Screenings

· 67. Berlinale, February 2017 in Berlin

· Hessian Film and Cinema Prize 2016 Nomination in Germany

· 2018: School presentation at the Anne Frank School, in Kelkheim, Hesse

· 2016: Kassel Dokfest

· 2017: Nationwide cinema screenings



"Liebste Kitty" is available as an educational film for school classes at lerngut.com: www.lerngut.com

Du, mein wilder Geist(You, My Wild Spirit)2016
Music Video (4:32 min)
music video fantasy surreal

A short film and music video for the special orchestral version of "You, My Wild Spirit" by the band Pathos Legal.

A mystical atmosphere in a haunted forest with a mysterious man in a mask.

Director, Cinematography, Vfx: Denis Carbone

The album, single and the orchestral version of "You, My Wild Spirit" are available here: http://www.pathoslegal.com

Music: Pathos Legal

With: Magdalena Yousef, Tobias Niggemann, Quynh-Anh Nguyen-Xuan, Gabi Schrepfermann, Mariam Städing, Lisa Marie Wichern, Lea-Christina Hengen.

Awards & Screenings

· Various festivals

· TV



Übrigens...(By the way...)2016
Short film (3:08 min)
Shortfilm Comedy Sex

Two best fake friends find out they've slept with each other's husbands

Written by, Directed by, Cinematography by: Denis Carbone

With: Anja Kimmelmann, Manuela Koschwitz



Schlaf, Klara, Schlaf(Sleep, Klara, Sleep)2016
Short (3:55 min)
Movie Drama Surreal

An eerie, nightly encounter. The mourning Luca (Anja Kimmelmann) is approached by a mysterious woman (Manuela Koschwitz) with an empty stroller, who seems to know all her secrets.

Script, Directing, Cinematographer, Composer: Denis Carbone

With: Anja Kimmelmann, Manuela Koschwitz


Keine Kunst(No Art)2015
Music-Video (3:31 min)
Music-video Fantasy Surreal

A colorful mix of characters almost frozen in time, tell various stories. A music video for the german electropop band Pathos Legal and their track "Kein Kunst" from the new album "Du, mein wilder Geist". http://www.pathoslegal.com

Director: Denis Carbone

Music: Pathos Legal

With: Pathos Legal, Andy & Andre, Angelo Fabio, Emanuel Prost, Lola Lametta, Nic, Jil und Mike, Rolf Buchholz, Samuel Prost, Simone Speckner.

Make-Up: Drazenka Kaestner

Awards & Screenings

· Various Festivals

· TV



Laser Head Explosion2012
Laserfilm (2:00 min)
Laser 360° Dome Stop-Motion

Hand-drawn light pictures. Stop-motion long-exposure photography with special lasers move faster and faster and lead into a unique world that consists of visible thought-flashes.

Painted photos made with an elaborate and special invented process with powerful lasers in motion lead into an abstract journey through a unique new world

Producer, Director, Cinematography, Music: Denis Carbone

With: Hendrik Wieck, Frank Weidner, Alejandro Garri, Anne Palmer, Iris Carbone, Huu-Thien Nguyen.

Awards & Screenings

· 2017: GaiaNova 360 Theatre, 8. Juli 2017 in London

· 2015: Einsfestival, "frischfilm" 28 march 2015

· 2015: HR, "frischfilm" 26. march 2015

· 2015: Geneva International Film Festival Tous Écrans, november 2015 in Genf

· 2014: Fulldome BR, 20. November 2014 in Brazil

· 2013: Biennale B3 in Frankfurt, Germany

· 2013: Kaluga Media Arts Festival, Russia.

· 2012: FULLDOME UK 2012 in Leicester. (Among the finalists)

· 2012: Orchestra concert "Music for silent films" at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt

· 2012: 1. Festival for Spatial Media in Kiel (1st place)

· 2012: One Minute Festival in Switzerland

· 2012: Fulldome Festival in Jena. (Among the finalists)



Monster's Hostage2013
Short (2:30)
Kurzfilm 3D Stand-Bilder

Frozen images tell the story of a woman who wants to escape her monster.

"Monster's Hostage" was created from individual photographs that were projected onto objects modeled in a three-dimensional environment (camera mapping) and animated with a virtual camera.

Directed by, Cinematography by, Music by: Denis Carbone

With: Salma G. Zaki

Awards & Screenings

· 2015: Hessischer Rundunk, 26. Juni

· Various Festivals



Yoga-Center2014
Corporate Video (6:08 min)
Corporateo Yoga Advertising

Corporate Film for the Kundalini Yoga Center in Frankfurt.

Directed by: Denis Carbone

With: Adrian Gillmann, Anja Meherpreet Kaur Kimmelmann, Awa Sat Sarbat Boron, Carolin Sat Sangat Heuring, Esther Dharam Jivan Kaur, Florian Satjeet Singh Stamm, Hille Thoma, Janina Bäder, Michaela Conrad, Matthias Langer, Shamrang Singh, Sangeet Singh,


The face I wear2013
FullDome Film (2:46 min)
FullDome 3D 360°

Every day we put on different masks. Hundreds of masks fly 360° around the viewer in this film, creating a tunnel that leads into the inner mind of an illusory world.

Directed by /Animated by/ Music by: Denis Carbone

Awards & Screenings

· 2015: B3 Biennale 07.-11. October 2015 in Frankfurt · 2013: FULLDOME Festival in Jena

· Various FullDome Festivals



MNS2012
Musicvideo (5:15 min)
music-video Laserfilm Stop-Motion

The official music video for Moses Pelham from his album "Geteiltes Leid III".

Hand-painted laser images drawn in long-exposures stop-motion using special lasers.

Directed by: Denis Carbone

Music by: Moses Pelham

With: Moses Pelham, Hendrik Wieck, Frank Weidner, Alejandro Garri, Anne Palmer, Iris Carbone, Huu-Thien Nguyen.

Awards & Screenings

· 2014: Mash Festival in Rome. (Winner)

· Various Music festivals

· TV



Rauchen kann tödlich sein(Smoking can be deadly)2012
Satire (1:12 min)
Ad Satire Short film

Anti-smoking campaign for schools in Germany. Funded by the Leo Club Offenbach Sophie van La Roche, the German Heart Foundation, Friends of the HfG, Lions Club Germany.

The famous Marlboro man rides his horse through the countryside. Unfortunately, he is too careless while getting his cigarettes out, which ends in a fatal accident.

Director/Composer: Denis Carbone

Cowboy: Christoph Stein

Awards & Screenings

· 2012: Audience Award Videonale in Berlin

· 2010: 1. Leo Shortfilm festival in Offenbach



Silvia2012
Satire (3:06 min)
Short-Film criticism campaign

Anti-smoking campaign for schools in Germany. Funded by the Leo Club Offenbach Sophie van La Roche, the German Heart Foundation, Friends of the HfG, Lions Club Germany.

Silvia is 12 years old and smokes. We experience her inner emotional world is personified and fights for Silvia's health.

Director/Composer: Denis Carbone

With: Hannah Heidenreich, Salma Gabriel, Wolfgang Glastetter, Jennifer Hempel, Jessica Klauss, Birgit Reibel, Marius Schneider, Jörg Harald Werron.

Awards & Screenings

· 2010: 1. Leo Shortfilm festival in Offenbach



Power2011
Short (6:38 min)
Short Sci-fi Drama

Sci-fi movie about a first internet date, where both dates turn out to be fakers, who want to mug each other. But then everything changes as a mysterious power outlet in the forest swaps their bodies.

Director/Editing/Music: Denis Carbone

With: Jonathan Doyle, Mandy Müller.

Awards & Screenings

· 2011: Tongji Festival in Shanghai



Eu te Amo2011
Short (17:53 min)
Shortfilm Love Sci-fi

Time travel film about Luca (Anja Kimmelmann), who travels through time observing herself in search of her lost love.

Director/Music: Denis Carbone

With: Anja Kimmelmann, Nadine Petry, Hannah Gudrich.

Awards & Screenings

· 2011: Shanghai Tongji Festival



Untreu(Unfaithful)2010
Short(3:15 min)
Short film Experimental One-Take

An experimental short film about infidelity and with a surprising twist.

Director/Sound Design: Denis Carbone

With: Dina-Maureen Hellwig





Max Mustermann(John Doe)2010
Short (24:12 min)
Short-movie Satire Weird

John Doe (Christoph Stein) lives a boring life. When he meets a woman who pretends to be Jane Doe, John decides to live his life properly.

Director/Cinematography/Music: Denis Carbone

With: Christoph Stein, Dina-Maureen Hellwig, Jonathan Doyle, Frederike Ott, Michael Metz, Vicky Carbone, Renate Steidle.

Awards & Screenings

· Various filmfestivals



LOVE2010
Trailer (0:40 min)
Ad Love Trailer

Trailer about gender-blind love.

Director/Music: Denis Carbone

With: Christoph Stein, Umberto de Bernardo, Patrick Fritsche, Oliver Giegold, Dina-Maureen Hellwig, Bastian Korff, Wolfgang Steinborn, Svenja Stobbe, Vladislava Zvonkova.

Awards & Screenings

· Trailer for the Homonale filmfestival 2005-2008



Überpassioniert(Over-passionate)2008
Short (3:35 min)
Short brutal drama

As Tom (Raul Semmler) wakes up in the morning, he finds out his ex-girlfriend (Frederike Ott) has used superglue to glue his eyes and mouth shut.

Director/Music: Denis Carbone

With: Frederike Ott, Raul Semmler.

Awards & Screenings

· 2008: Studio Ship in Frankfurt



Die Prinzessin(The princess)2008
Cartoon (0:35 min)
Animation Cartoon funny

Trash animation, about a prince who gets a nasty surprise in search of his princess.

Director/Animator/Music: Denis Carbone

Awards & Screenings

· 2009: Zwergwerk Festival in Oldenburg



Alles Liebe(Everything Love)2007
Shorts (12:10 min)
Shorts Love anthology

An anthology of 5 short films focusing on love.

1. "Announcement": Beate wants to be a television presenter and practices fictitious texts at home.

2. "First Love": A boy tries to impress a girl. 70 years later they are still together

3. "Hatelove": An experimental short film that shows the brutal boundaries of hatred and love.

4. "Hello Love": An improvisational film with a cloned woman that philosophizes about bitter love while breaking the 4th wall.

5. "LOVE": Introtrailer in a whiteroom.

Director/Music: Denis Carbone

With: Christoph Stein, Umberto de Bernardo, Patrick Fritsche, Oliver Giegold, Dina-Maureen Hellwig, Bastian Korff, Wolfgang Steinborn, Svenja Stobbe, Vladislava Zvonkova, Cia Torun, Tugba Önder, Renate Steidle, Marlon Diehl, Alexander Lidberg, Helena Lentz, Silvia Lentz, Julia Lentz, Anton Lentz, Herbert Schönhaar, Edda Schönhaar.

Awards & Screenings

· 2007: Visionale Frankfurt



Just an Apple2006
Short film (8:38 min)
Short film Fantasy Comedy

A lonely apple on a kitchen table falls in love with the pretty curves of another apple. But only he knows what terrible fate awaits the two apples.

A humorous short with a surprising ending.

Director/Music: Denis Carbone

With: Leonie Kolb, Vicky Carbone, Sophia Oppong, Florian Faust, Denis Carbone.

Awards & Screenings

· 2006: Visionale Frankfurt (2nd place)

· 2006: Independent Days in Karlsruhe



Seine Identität(His Identity)2004
Feature film (24:00 min)
feature Sci-fi Drama

A psychological film about the inner struggle of a man who discovers his transsexuality.

Director/Music: Denis Carbone

With: Jasmina Causevic, Denis Carbone.

Awards & Screenings

· Filmfestival Visionale 2004



Hektik in Frankfurt2003
Music Video
Dokumentary Frankfurt city portrait

Documentary about the rush and hectic in Frankfurt.

Directed by: Denis Carbone

Awards & Screenings

· Filmfestival Visionale 2003



Face-Off2002
Ad
Satire Advertising Comedy

Satirical advertisement about the consequences of the obession with beauty.

Director: Denis Carbone

With: Liisa Stoll

Awards & Screenings

· Filmfestival Visionale 2002



Birth1984
Documentary
Horror Drama Tragedy

1984: The birth of Denis Carbone in Paris, France.

With: Denis Carbone