Julius Maibaum
Julius Maibaum, born in Marburg an der Lahn in 1985, studied visual communication at the Kassel Art University. He moved to Berlin while still a student and made his graduation film, ‘Die Filmemacher’ (The Filmmakers), in 2013. His debut feature film Lotte celebrated its world premiere at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival (in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section). The film was shown at numerous festivals, including the Montreal World Film Festival, and won several awards, including Best Film at the New Berlin Film Award. Filming of his second feature film, ‘Monolith’, began shortly before the coronavirus pandemic. It was shown at several festivals in 2023 and once again won the New Berlin Film Award for ‘Best Film’. Maibaum is currently living and working on several projects in Kassel and Hamburg. His current works include two children's films set in his hometown of Marburg.

awards and nominations

2023
MONOLITH - New Berlin Film Award als „Bester Film“ (award)
2017
LOTTE - Best narrative feature - Queens World Film Festival (award)
2016
LOTTE - Berlinale, Perspektive deutsches Kino (nomination)
2016
LOTTE - Best feature - Achtung Berlin / new berlin film award (award)
2016
LOTTE - Best feature - Corto Creativo UDCI Tijuana, Mexico (award)
2016
LOTTE - Director`s award - North Carolina Film Awards (award)

Vita

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Cinema

2020 - 2022
Feature film (cinema)
AU FIL DES SAISONS (aka funny birds) ()
director: Hanna Ladoul & Marco laVia
2019 - 2023
Feature film (cinema)
MONOLITH ()
director: Julius Maibaum (ehem. Schultheiß)
FinderlohnFilm, Julius Schultheiß
2017 - 2018
Feature film (cinema)
WE THE COYOTES (aka nous le coyotes) ()
director: Hanna Ladoul & Marco laVia
2014 - 2016
Feature film (cinema)
LOTTE ()
director: Julius Maibaum (ehem. Schultheiß)
FinderlohnFilm, Julius Schultheiß
2014 - 2015
Documentary
VIER DANACH ()
director: Julia Geis
Unterstützt von: NDR, SRF, Hessenfilm, Filmförderung Hamburg/Schleswig Holstein
2011 - 2012
Short film
HALTLOS ()
director: Tim Dünschede
Hessenfilm/Kunsthochschule Kassel

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Julius Maibaum

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Julius Maibaum, born in 1985 in Marburg an der Lahn, studied Visual Communication at the Kunsthochschule Kassel. He moved to Berlin during his studies and realised his graduation film ‘Die Filmemacher’ in 2013. His feature film debut ‘Lotte’ celebrated its world premiere at the 2016 Berlinale (Perspektive Deutsches Kino section). The film was shown at numerous festivals, e.g. the Montreal World Film Festival, and won several awards, including ‘Best Film’ at the New Berlin Film Award. Shortly before the corona pandemic, shooting began on his second feature film ‘Monolith’, which was shown at several festivals in 2023 and again won the New Berlin Film Award for ‘Best Film’. Maibaum currently lives and works in Kassel and Hamburg on several projects. His current work includes two children's films set in his hometown of Marburg.