Igor Heitzmann

Producer / Director / Managing director

Born December 31, 1971 in Rendsburg.  1991 – 1995 studied Theatre Studies, French and Philosophy at the Free University of Berlin.  1995 – 2003 studied directing at the German Film and Television Academy (dffb) in Berlin, realizing several short fiction films. 2007 completion and co-production of the feature length documentary „A Father’s Music“, which had a successful German cinema release in 2009. Igor Heitzmann spent subsequent years working as a screenplay writer and director in Berlin. In 2017 he founded his own company Suitner Film GmbH in Berlin, of which he is sole managing director.

ih@suitnerfilm.de

In development

The Competition

Documentary feature film / Classical music – in development

Author / director: Igor Heitzmann
Production: Suitner Film GmbH

 

Paracelsus

Limited TV series concept / Historical drama – in development

Creator / author: Katharina Held
Co-author: Igor Heitzmann

 

Black Madonna

Feature film / Mystery thriller – in development

Author: Katharina Held
Production: Suitner Film GmbH

 

The Perfect Drinker

Feature Film / Drama – in financing

Director: Igor Heitzmann
Authors: Katharina Held, Igor Heitzmann
Co-production: De Productie, NL
Funding: screenplay funded by BKM

 

Lakshnee – The Little White Tiger (WT)

Animated feature – in development

Author: Katharina Held
Production: Suitner Film GmbH

Films

A Father’s Music

2007, Digital Betacam/35 mm, 105 mins.

Documentary feature film
Director: Igor Heitzmann
DOP: Rali Raltchev, Hoyte van Hoytema
Sound: Ulla Kösterke, Andreas Köppen
Editing: Inge Schneider
Sound mixing: Martin Steyer
Production: Filmkombinat Nordost GmbH (Jens Körner, Oliver Niemeier) in co-production with ZDF – Das kleine Fernsehspiel (commissioning editor: Claudia Tronnier), DFFB, Igor Heitzmann

German cinema release: May 14, 2009
DVD release: February 10, 2012

Awards

Best German Documentary

DOK Leipzig

Special Jury Nomination Award

Docaviv

Silver Horn for Best Directing

Krakow Film Festival

Prize Adobe for BestFirst Documentary

Doclisboa

Jury Special Award

Jecheon International Music & Film Festival

Public Award forBest Documentary

Montreal World Film Festival

Festival selection

Max-Ophüls-Award 2007 ~ Visions du Réel 2007 ~ Vancouver International Film Festival 2007 ~ Kino! Museum of Modern Art, New York 2007 ~ International Film Festival Moscow 2008, and many more

Short films (selection)

Runaway

Short feature film 2002,  Super 16/35 mm, 15 mins.

Cast: Konrad Waligula, Sanja Spengler, Antonio Wannek u.a.
Co-author: Jan Wagner
DOP: Kerstin Ahlrichs
Editing: Bettina Böhler

 

Family

Short feature film 2000,  Digital Betacam, 16 mins.

Cast: Horst Buchholz, Ursula Karusseit, Michael Jussen
Co-author: Ulf Stengl
DOP: Frank Amann
Editing: Bettina Böhler

 

La Petite Mort

Short feature film 1998,  16mm, 8 mins.

Cast: Inka Teichmüller, Falk-Willi Wild
Co-author: Heiko Deutschmann
DOP: Kerstin Ahlrichs
Editing: Bettina Böhler

 

Anthropophobia

Short feature film 1998,  16mm, 8 mins.

Cast: Michael Meyer, Wiebke Puls, u.a.
DOP Kerstin Ahlrichs
Editing: Silke Schlichting