{{short description|Danish film director (born 1978)}} {{Infobox person | name = Katrine Philp | image = Katrine Philp portrait.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|12|14}} | occupation = Film director | education = National Film School of Denmark }}
'''Katrine Philp''' (born December 14, 1978) is a Danish film director. She initially studied film production design at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and later graduated from the National Film School of Denmark as a documentary film director in 2009.<ref name="WMM">{{cite web |title=Filmmaker Katrine Philp |url=https://www.wmm.com/filmmaker/Katrine+Philp/ |website=Women Make Movies |access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref><ref>[https://pro.festivalscope.com/director/katrine-philp "Katrine Philp]. ''Festival Scope Pro''. Retrieved on 16 December 2020.</ref>
== Career == Philp started her career in 2009 with her graduation film ''Book of Miri''. The film was selected for the IDFA Student Competition and won the European Young CIVIS Media award in Germany.<ref>[https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/person/katrine-philp "Katrine Philp]. ''Det Danske Filminstitut. Viden Om Film''. Retrieved on 16 December 2020.</ref><ref>[https://doxlab.dk/previous%20teams/thu-thu-shein-katrine-philp/ "Katrine Philp – Denmark]{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. ''DoxLab''. Retrieved on 16 December 2020.</ref>
Philp is a former dancer. After being invited to a ballroom training session, she met with dancers who would become the protagonists of her first feature documentary ''Dance For Me'' in 2013.<ref>[http://archive.pov.org/danceforme/interview/ "Filmmaker Interview "]. ''POV''. Retrieved on 16 July 2020</ref> The film was nominated at the 2015 Emmy Awards in the category ‘Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming’.<ref>[http://archive.pov.org/about/awards/#emmynominees "POV Awards"]. ''POV''. Retrieved on 16 July 2020</ref>
In 2018, Philp directed ''False Confessions''. The film focuses on the defence lawyer Jane Fisher-Byrialsen, who works on false confessions cases in USA, including the ones of Korey Wise, {{ill|Malthe Thomsen|da}} and Renay Lynch. Due to interrogation techniques that use brutal psychological manipulation, including lying about evidence, to secure a confession, they have falsely confessed to crimes they didn't commit.<ref>[https://www.barbaramajsa.com/reviews/2019/10/13/seeking-justice-a-review-of-the-documentary-false-confessions"Seeking Justice"]. ''Barbara Majsa''. Retrieved on 16 December 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2019/03/false-confessions-innocent-people-confess-crime-190311093100363.html"False Confessions: How Innocent People Confess to Crime in the US"]. ''Aljazeera''. Retrieved on 16 July 2020.</ref> The film won the Special Jury Award for Excellence in Social Justice at Los Angeles Film Festival in 2018.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2018/09/los-angeles-film-festival-winners-list-2018-this-teacher-brian-banks-hillbilly-1202473307/ " ‘Brian Banks’ & Swedish Oscar Entry ‘Border’ Among Los Angeles Film Festival Winners"]. ''Deadline''. Retrieved on 16 July 2020.</ref>
Philp directed in 2020 the documentary ''Beautiful Something Left Behind'', which follows young children during a period of their grief, as they just lost one or both parents.<ref>[https://criterioncast.com/reviews/theatrical/joshua-reviews-katrine-philps-an-elephant-in-the-room-theatrical-review "Joshua Reviews Katrine Philp's An Elephant in the Room –Theatrical Review"]. ''Criterion Cast''. Retrieved on 16 July 2020</ref><ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/shithouse-an-elephant-room-top-sxsw-film-competition-winners-1286181 " 'Shithouse,' 'An Elephant in the Room' Top SXSW Film Competition Winners"]. ''The Hollywood Reporter''. Retrieved on 16 July 2020</ref><ref>[https://thefilmstage.com/doc-nyc-review-beautiful-something-left-behind-finds-catharsis-in-the-long-process-of-grieving/ "DOC NYC Review: Beautiful Something Left Behind Finds Catharsis in the Long Process of Grieving"]. ''The Film Stage''. Retrieved on 16 December 2020</ref>
The film was previously called ''An Elephant in the Room'' and was part of the main competition in the 2020 SXSW Film Festival under this title.<ref>[https://www.thewrap.com/sxsw-winners-beautiful-something-left-behind-finding-yingying-mtv-documentary-films/ " SXSW Winners ‘Beautiful Something Left Behind’ and ‘Finding Yingying’ Nabbed by MTV Documentary Films (Exclusive)"]. ''TheWrap''. Retrieved on 16 December 2020.</ref> Although the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition took place and Philp won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary.<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2020/03/sxsw-2020-winners-films-1202220019/ "SXSW Winners: Despite Cancellation, Festival Announces Grand Jury Prizes"]. ''IndieWire''. Retrieved on 16 July 2020</ref><ref>[https://morningconsult.com/2020/04/09/independent-films-market-sxsw-amazon-coronavirus/ "A Homebound Audience, Halted Productions Set Stage for Expanded Indie Film Market"]. ''Morning Consult''. Retrieved on 16 December 2020.</ref>
== Personal life == Philp is married to the director of photographer Adam Morris Philp with whom she has made several films, including ''Beautiful Something Left Behind''. For this film, they spent a year following the kids and moved their children in New Jersey for the filming.<ref>[https://nordische-filmtage.culturebase.org/en_EN/films/16507" Beautiful Something Left Behind / Bag skyerne"]{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. ''Nordische Filmtage Lübeck''. Retrieved on 16 December 2020.</ref><ref>[https://medium.com/@DenmarkinNY/an-elephant-in-the-room-danish-director-katrine-philp-on-her-new-documentary-on-children-and-grief-3bffea3ce93b "An Elephant in the Room: Danish director Katrine Philp on her new documentary on children and grief"]. ''Medium''. Retrieved on 24 July 2020.</ref> During this period, Philp's dad died unexpectedly and she dedicated the film to her father.<ref>[https://www.sxsw.com/film/2020/katrine-philp-shares-her-documentary-on-grief-sxsw-filmmaker-in-focus/ "Katrine Philp Shares Her Documentary On Grief – SXSW"]. ''SXSW''. Retrieved on 16 July 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.screendaily.com/news/sxsw-winners-plot-next-moves-after-online-wins/5148460.article"SXSW winners plot next moves after online wins"]. ''ScreenDaily''. Retrieved on 16 July 2020.</ref>
== Filmography == * ''{{ill|Beautiful Something Left Behind|cy|The Elephant in The Room|da|Bag skyerne}}'' (also known as ''An Elephant in the Room'') (2020) * ''{{ill|False Confessions|cy||da}}'' (2018) * ''{{ill|Home Sweet Home (2015 film)|lt=Home Sweet Home|da|Home Sweet Home}}'' (2015) * ''{{ill|Dance For Me (film)|lt=Dance For Me|cy|Dawns i Fi|da|Dans for mig}}'' (2013) * ''Suitable'' (2013) * ''{{ill|Book of Miri|cy||da}}'' (2009)
== Awards == {| class="wikitable" ! Film ! Year ! Category ! Film Festival |- | rowspan="3" | ''{{ill|Beautiful Something Left Behind|cy|The Elephant in The Room|da|Bag skyerne}}''{{br}}(also known as ''An Elephant in the Room'') | 2020 | Winner Grand Jury Award – Documentary Feature | SXSW |- | 2020 | The Unicef Prize<ref>[http://www.nhk.or.jp/jp-prize/english/more/index.html "Announcing the JAPAN PRIZE 2020 winners!"]. ''Japan Prize 2020. Jurors’ Selection''. Retrieved on 18 November 2020</ref> | Japan Prize |- | 2020 | Honourable Mention<ref>{{Cite web |title=62. Nordische Filmtage Lübeck prize winners – for the first time since 1990, the NDR Film Prize goes to a film from Latvia – Audience Prize once again goes to Finland – Nordische Filmtage Lübeck |url=https://nordische-filmtage.de/en/presse/meldungen/awardceremony.html |access-date=2021-01-11 |website=nordische-filmtage.de |archive-date=2021-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113012100/https://nordische-filmtage.de/en/presse/meldungen/awardceremony.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Nordische Filmtage Lübeck |- | rowspan="4" | ''{{ill|False Confessions|cy||da}}'' | 2018 | Winner Politiken's Audience Award | CPH:DOX |- | 2018 | Winner Special Jury Award for Excellence in Social Justice | Los Angeles Film Festival |- | 2018 | Nomination Best Documentary Feature | Los Angeles Film Festival |- | 2018 | Audience Award | Kaliningrad International Film Festival "One the Edge: West" |- | rowspan="2" | ''{{ill|Home Sweet Home (2015 film)|lt=Home Sweet Home|da|Home Sweet Home}}'' | 2016 | Winner Best Short Documentary | Danish Film Awards (Robert) |- | 2015 | Nomination in the Competition for Kids & Docs | IDFA |- | rowspan="4" | ''{{ill|Dance For Me (film)|lt=Dance For Me|cy|Dawns i Fi|da|Dans for mig}}'' | 2015 | Nomination in the category 'Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming' | Emmy Award |- | 2013 | Winner Audience Choice Award | American Documentary Film Festival and Film Fund |- | 2012 | Nomination Sonic Dox Award | CPH:DOX |- | 2012 | Nomination in the competition for First Appearance | IDFA |- | rowspan="4" | ''{{ill|Book of Miri|cy||da}}'' | 2014 | Nomination Best Documentary | Ekko Shortlist Awards |- | 2010 | Winner President's Award | Full Frame Documentary Film Festival |- | 2010 | Winner European Young CIVIS Media Prize | CIVIS Media Prize |- | 2009 | Nomination for Best Student Award | IDFA |}
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== External links == * {{IMDb name}} * {{AlloCiné name}} * [https://www.dfi.dk/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/person/katrine-philp Katrine Philp] at the Danish Film Institute
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