https://www.killjoyfilms.de Killjoy Films Tue, 24 Oct 2023 19:49:09 +0000 https://www.killjoyfilms.de en https://www.killjoyfilms.de/Killjoy Thu, 31 Oct 2019 18:20:30 +0000 Killjoy Films https://www.killjoyfilms.de/Killjoy <img width="1982" height="1632" width_o="1982" height_o="1632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/be253cc8af34eb0d1458a995125960fcdde6b0d47a94e1dc100fb7ece30e497f/Killjoy.png" data-mid="68380213" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/be253cc8af34eb0d1458a995125960fcdde6b0d47a94e1dc100fb7ece30e497f/Killjoy.png" /> Killjoy Films produces independent cinema from Berlin and Los Angeles. We work with directors at the earliest stages of a project and stay through the end. Alongside production, we advise on creative development, film business strategy, and media partnerships. About FeaturesRunner&nbsp;Homebody We StrangersDestroy All Girls &nbsp; From Another Planet (pre-production)&nbsp; ShortsLaps Destete&nbsp;Ana Takes a Stand Bambirak Blue ChristmasDirectors Bette Gordon Artemis Shaw Erin VassilopoulosMarian MathiasJoseph Sackett Zamarin Wahdat Charlotte Wells https://www.killjoyfilms.de/About Wed, 06 May 2020 02:20:55 +0000 Killjoy Films https://www.killjoyfilms.de/About ︎ <img width="3500" height="2338" width_o="3500" height_o="2338" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a754bbad6d712dda79cf8c0c8e74dd42ba51709509c47149cd19715f1e07f098/foto_joyjorgensen.jpg" data-mid="71621467" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a754bbad6d712dda79cf8c0c8e74dd42ba51709509c47149cd19715f1e07f098/foto_joyjorgensen.jpg" />Joy Jorgensen Joy Jorgensen is the founder and lead producer of Killjoy Films. She holds a Bachelor's Degree from Columbia University and a Master's Degree in Screenwriting and Directing from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Recent features include WE STRANGERS (dir. Anu Valia), which premiered at SXSW 2024 and won Best Narrative Feature at both the Seattle International Film Festival and the New Orleans Film Festival; RUNNER (dir. Marian Mathias), which premiered at TIFF 2022; and HOMEBODY (dir. Joseph Sackett), which won the Special Jury Award for Emerging Talent at Outfest 2021. Notable shorts include LAPS (Special Jury Award, Sundance 2016, dir. Charlotte Wells), BLUE CHRISTMAS (TIFF, Sundance, dir. Charlotte Wells), and BAMBIRAK (Best International Short Film, Sundance 2020, dir. Zamarin Wahdat). Joy is a 2021 Sundance Producing Fellow, 2022 Rotterdam Producing Fellow, 2022 TorinoFilmLab Script Editing Fellow, recipient of the 2022 New York Women in Film Grant, and a 2024 Ingmar Bergman Institute Resident at Bergman Island. She is a member of the Television Academy and the European Film Academy, and has taught producing as an adjunct in the Graduate Film department at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She is also Head of Development and Production at Getty Images Originals, a North American Ambassador for TorinoFilmLab, and the Artistic Director of the Highlands Cashiers Film Festival. She is based in Berlin and Los Angeles. https://www.killjoyfilms.de/Impressum Wed, 16 Dec 2020 20:19:45 +0000 Killjoy Films https://www.killjoyfilms.de/Impressum ︎ Impressum Angaben gemäß § 5 TMG Killjoy Films GmbH Spenerstrasse 25a 10557 Berlin Handelsregister: HRB 212197 B Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg Vertreten durch: Lauren Joy Jorgensen Kontakt Telefon: +49 151 19671145 E-Mail: kontakt@killjoyfilms.de Umsatzsteuer-ID Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer gemäß § 27 a Umsatzsteuergesetz: DE327944687 Verbraucherstreitbeilegung/Universalschlichtungsstelle Wir sind nicht bereit oder verpflichtet, an Streitbeilegungsverfahren vor einer Verbraucherschlichtungsstelle teilzunehmen. https://www.killjoyfilms.de/Menu Tue, 05 Nov 2019 17:46:36 +0000 Killjoy Films https://www.killjoyfilms.de/Menu About Features HomebodyRunner (Post-Production) Calma Chicha (Pre-Production) ShortsLaps Destete Ana Takes a Stand Bambirak Blue ChristmasDirectorsMarian MathiasCharlotte WellsInes GowlandSydney BuchanJoseph Sackett https://www.killjoyfilms.de/Runner-Film Mon, 27 Apr 2020 19:40:33 +0000 Killjoy Films https://www.killjoyfilms.de/Runner-Film ︎ <img width="1845" height="1842" width_o="1845" height_o="1842" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3cd2275dc9fa012b9b442682990844f3ec2a457ae1986b4a149c63b48e7d7fd4/4858Mathias007.jpg" data-mid="71789051" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3cd2275dc9fa012b9b442682990844f3ec2a457ae1986b4a149c63b48e7d7fd4/4858Mathias007.jpg" /> <img width="1775" height="1797" width_o="1775" height_o="1797" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f84438207e5522d30ed9365f811d651431c25aabbbdd6163ff9d328bf64eff0/4858Mathias011.jpg" data-mid="71789052" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f84438207e5522d30ed9365f811d651431c25aabbbdd6163ff9d328bf64eff0/4858Mathias011.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1815" width_o="1800" height_o="1815" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d3fc9aeb34a43c74a10e1742366145e81935b25f9d7c8f641e45c8142f29bac0/4858Mathias019.jpg" data-mid="71789053" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d3fc9aeb34a43c74a10e1742366145e81935b25f9d7c8f641e45c8142f29bac0/4858Mathias019.jpg" /> <img width="3003" height="3000" width_o="3003" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2c8f40f59484c04140fd1ad7f7d88b47a874dd8ebc131ddd426abb6a077ee156/14970001.jpg" data-mid="71789054" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2c8f40f59484c04140fd1ad7f7d88b47a874dd8ebc131ddd426abb6a077ee156/14970001.jpg" /> <img width="980" height="1000" width_o="980" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a558292f73a81a5e1c8d057f630eaa13c8bd6a85167d79adb834744bb3e7c94/Higland-1.jpg" data-mid="71789055" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/980/i/8a558292f73a81a5e1c8d057f630eaa13c8bd6a85167d79adb834744bb3e7c94/Higland-1.jpg" /> <img width="1908" height="1897" width_o="1908" height_o="1897" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d6e5deff75c61fa545889ed9376dba7d4322b2f428ebcad7a07f296ebc8597e3/x4858Mathias002.jpg" data-mid="71789058" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d6e5deff75c61fa545889ed9376dba7d4322b2f428ebcad7a07f296ebc8597e3/x4858Mathias002.jpg" /> Runner&nbsp;After the sudden death of her father, Haas meets Will. A story of two strangers finding, changing, and ultimately leaving one another. + Cannes Cinéfondation Residency 2018 + Torino Feature Lab 2019 + Creative Media Europe Co-Production Award Winner+ A Post Lab 2019 + Venice Production Bridge - Gap Financing Market 2020 Written &amp; Directed by Marian MathiasProduced by Joy JorgensenPhotography by Jomo FrayEdited by Blair McClendon Film, Color, 100”Indiana and Illinois, along the Mississippi RiverFILM FESTIVALS TIFF San Sebastian (Special Jury Prize) Bogota IFF Chicago IFF Los Cabos FF Thessaloniki IFF Taipei Golden Horse FF Cineuropa Santiago De Compostela (Best Director) Torino FF Cairo IFF Kerala IFF Goteborg IFF (Ingmar Bergman Award) Uruguay IFF Shanghai IFF Art Film Festival Film Independent Festival Visions Bergman Week Faro Galway Film Fleadh American Film Festival Deauville https://www.killjoyfilms.de/Destroy-All-Girls Wed, 26 Apr 2023 16:44:33 +0000 Killjoy Films https://www.killjoyfilms.de/Destroy-All-Girls ︎ <img width="648" height="568" width_o="648" height_o="568" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64375dc9b8c0f44db8bfa12fdf412c6d787c20a1f9245e998a668275eccf481b/Screen-Shot-2023-04-26-at-12.49.13-PM.png" data-mid="176791574" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/648/i/64375dc9b8c0f44db8bfa12fdf412c6d787c20a1f9245e998a668275eccf481b/Screen-Shot-2023-04-26-at-12.49.13-PM.png" /> <img width="598" height="418" width_o="598" height_o="418" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fe504ab3020d07d2b1f99e17b7f1f112f408f3e3cca269899079370a6993a0d/Screen-Shot-2023-04-26-at-12.53.02-PM.png" data-mid="176792102" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/598/i/9fe504ab3020d07d2b1f99e17b7f1f112f408f3e3cca269899079370a6993a0d/Screen-Shot-2023-04-26-at-12.53.02-PM.png" /> <img width="388" height="392" width_o="388" height_o="392" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae39ec8cbcedaf0279293c18218b14afaa0c3646fcc7f3da89955a7f4811abd9/Screen-Shot-2023-04-26-at-12.53.58-PM.png" data-mid="176792404" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/388/i/ae39ec8cbcedaf0279293c18218b14afaa0c3646fcc7f3da89955a7f4811abd9/Screen-Shot-2023-04-26-at-12.53.58-PM.png" /> <img width="524" height="534" width_o="524" height_o="534" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ecbce4c068efef845c7ceb61d0f112cf0cded34acfc0a8a28a4caac1d26a726/Screen-Shot-2023-04-26-at-12.53.32-PM.png" data-mid="176792232" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/524/i/0ecbce4c068efef845c7ceb61d0f112cf0cded34acfc0a8a28a4caac1d26a726/Screen-Shot-2023-04-26-at-12.53.32-PM.png" /> Destroy All Girls&nbsp; When Alex bolts from her stifling home life to ride with a band of inline street skaters, escape comes easy at first, but as family and identity collide she's forced to face the one thing she can't outride—herself Directed by Erin Vassilopoulos Written by&nbsp;Ani Mesa and Gil Perez-Abraham Produced by Joy Jorgensen and Benjamin Cohen https://www.killjoyfilms.de/We-Strangers Tue, 24 Oct 2023 19:49:09 +0000 Killjoy Films https://www.killjoyfilms.de/We-Strangers ︎ We Strangers When Ray Martin, a Black woman living in Gary, Indiana, takes a job cleaning the houses of several rich white families across town, she shares one small lie that ends up spinning out of control. The film is supported by Cinereach, Sundance Institute, Women in Film, Tribeca Institute, IFP, and Hamptons&nbsp;Screenwriters Lab. Directed by Anu Valia Written by Anu Valia Produced by Joy Jorgensen, Zachary Spicer, Alex Bach and Olivia Wingate&nbsp; https://www.killjoyfilms.de/Homebody Wed, 06 May 2020 00:12:28 +0000 Killjoy Films https://www.killjoyfilms.de/Homebody ︎ <img width="1000" height="375" width_o="1000" height_o="375" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48f41e09c6e086b084f9f4c366e5a006db04241b0f3a169001ef37a6b04480cb/Lipstick_002-copy.png" data-mid="69828157" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48f41e09c6e086b084f9f4c366e5a006db04241b0f3a169001ef37a6b04480cb/Lipstick_002-copy.png" /> <img width="4096" height="1536" width_o="4096" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f14a4c58dbfa0ab8c5af13b08078c8f94114de8fdd62d04d4655ce4fb205f257/Copy-of-IWIYB-Stills_2019-0423_1.326.1-copy.jpg" data-mid="69828326" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f14a4c58dbfa0ab8c5af13b08078c8f94114de8fdd62d04d4655ce4fb205f257/Copy-of-IWIYB-Stills_2019-0423_1.326.1-copy.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="1536" width_o="4096" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35eceabacbcd412ac31b9768e1841a1d638400133deba25c883023e2219d088f/Copy-of-IWIYB-Stills_2019-0428_1.9.1-copy.jpg" data-mid="69828327" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35eceabacbcd412ac31b9768e1841a1d638400133deba25c883023e2219d088f/Copy-of-IWIYB-Stills_2019-0428_1.9.1-copy.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="1536" width_o="4096" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f730992e4d11204510de688c10bd0bd18fcae918170facddc0eaa33c7a66e290/Copy-of-SC-88-89_v01.00_01_05_06.Still003-copy.jpg" data-mid="69828328" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f730992e4d11204510de688c10bd0bd18fcae918170facddc0eaa33c7a66e290/Copy-of-SC-88-89_v01.00_01_05_06.Still003-copy.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="1536" width_o="4096" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/28958da6da961d676b7a2b77763223bf1d3c50d5a9388dee8db2d30f8aa4576a/Copy-of-SC-102_v01.00_00_49_13.Still001-copy.jpg" data-mid="69828329" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/28958da6da961d676b7a2b77763223bf1d3c50d5a9388dee8db2d30f8aa4576a/Copy-of-SC-102_v01.00_00_49_13.Still001-copy.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="1536" width_o="4096" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/323c69e5a30de94196003254627f1926503761826f594a1a7d7902b67ae4d322/Copy-of-SC-119_v01.00_00_28_04.Still002-copy.jpg" data-mid="69828330" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/323c69e5a30de94196003254627f1926503761826f594a1a7d7902b67ae4d322/Copy-of-SC-119_v01.00_00_28_04.Still002-copy.jpg" /> Homebody (completed)An eight-year-old boy gets to live as a woman for a day when he sends his spirit into his babysitters body. + Premiere at Outfest 2021, Winner Emerging Talent Award+ US Works in Progress, Winner of the Fixafilm Post-Production Grant + IFP Feature Lab Fellow 2020+ NYU Production Lab Slate 2019 Featuring: Colby Minifie and Tre RyderWriter &amp; Director: Joseph SackettProducer: Joy JorgensenEditors: Alan WuProduction Design: Yu-Hsuan ChenCinematography: Laura ValladaoDigital, Color, 76”Shot on location in Brooklyn, NY 2019 https://www.killjoyfilms.de/Bambirak Wed, 06 May 2020 02:00:41 +0000 Killjoy Films https://www.killjoyfilms.de/Bambirak ︎ <img width="1664" height="1247" width_o="1664" height_o="1247" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dde144fbc00104009108e533f0df9abe511da9ba444bc76f89f28e42db1c13b3/IMG_4642_polarr.jpeg" data-mid="69837064" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dde144fbc00104009108e533f0df9abe511da9ba444bc76f89f28e42db1c13b3/IMG_4642_polarr.jpeg" /> <img width="1678" height="1258" width_o="1678" height_o="1258" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77a181d1d97ba750b6b11d7dcb7f2a280740db08d17737294f3bf3cf60106e2d/IMG_4644_polarr.jpeg" data-mid="69837065" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/77a181d1d97ba750b6b11d7dcb7f2a280740db08d17737294f3bf3cf60106e2d/IMG_4644_polarr.jpeg" /> <img width="1683" height="1262" width_o="1683" height_o="1262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54bfe3dfdace600dc9c223861d9e425f7ad8ec339ce74023fe7df583054b7948/IMG_4653_polarr.jpeg" data-mid="69837067" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/54bfe3dfdace600dc9c223861d9e425f7ad8ec339ce74023fe7df583054b7948/IMG_4653_polarr.jpeg" /> <img width="1681" height="1260" width_o="1681" height_o="1260" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c38018683363752244b6bf222cd7bccf1604e9dbb79efd5a4bc6fd25b2b6abc5/IMG_4671.jpeg" data-mid="69837070" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c38018683363752244b6bf222cd7bccf1604e9dbb79efd5a4bc6fd25b2b6abc5/IMG_4671.jpeg" /> <img width="741" height="556" width_o="741" height_o="556" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4358c9c1629433219077157f282341845f80f620b75cbcc3bbe01e56addef5db/IMG_4747.jpeg" data-mid="69837072" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/741/i/4358c9c1629433219077157f282341845f80f620b75cbcc3bbe01e56addef5db/IMG_4747.jpeg" /> <img width="746" height="560" width_o="746" height_o="560" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5bb9e002de64ad7a07a6df26d4cc24a5ae767faec9d8926ca4f662730b2dae6b/IMG_4772.jpeg" data-mid="69837074" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/746/i/5bb9e002de64ad7a07a6df26d4cc24a5ae767faec9d8926ca4f662730b2dae6b/IMG_4772.jpeg" /> Bambirak When 8-year-old Kati stows away in her father's delivery van, Faruk must juggle his responsibilities as a single dad while holding down his first job in a new country. As their relationship deepens, a brush with covert racism tests the bond between a father and daughter. + Sundance 2021, Winner Best International Fiction + Short List Max Ophüls Prize 2021+ Best Student Short, Filmfest Osnabrück+ Uppsala Short Film Festival 2020 + First Run Wassermann Award 2020 - Finalist+ Show Me Shorts 2020 Featuring: Kailas Mahadevan and Lara Cengiz-KarinnesWriter &amp; Director: Zamarin WahdatProducer: Joy JorgensenEditors: Jenn Ruff and Alan WuProduction Design: Sydney BuchanCinematography: Lorena DuranDigital, Color, 17”Shot on location in Hamburg, Germany 2019 https://www.killjoyfilms.de/Laps Wed, 06 May 2020 00:22:37 +0000 Killjoy Films https://www.killjoyfilms.de/Laps ︎ <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1188813d939471facf3862977765142489c0eeae49c89df475801fd513e509e5/Laps---Still-1.jpg" data-mid="69829450" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1188813d939471facf3862977765142489c0eeae49c89df475801fd513e509e5/Laps---Still-1.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a07a8c5992763d95b253c54dc39c171d5a8f2342557344f46116fa829136a66c/Laps---Still-2.jpg" data-mid="69829451" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a07a8c5992763d95b253c54dc39c171d5a8f2342557344f46116fa829136a66c/Laps---Still-2.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d54b010904a3ca82a90f247b9ebaac4e4b7d85fa950938606bec0294c60e5d62/Laps---Still-3.jpg" data-mid="69829453" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d54b010904a3ca82a90f247b9ebaac4e4b7d85fa950938606bec0294c60e5d62/Laps---Still-3.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15592482719765bc844a35046c73ae8f73cc96c7e0ce540e9291bd25666171c3/Laps---Still-4.jpg" data-mid="69829454" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/15592482719765bc844a35046c73ae8f73cc96c7e0ce540e9291bd25666171c3/Laps---Still-4.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76943c07bce3eb76df8edeffad29fdc9941d226002516ebbcd640c44adfd3600/Laps---Still-5.jpg" data-mid="69829455" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/76943c07bce3eb76df8edeffad29fdc9941d226002516ebbcd640c44adfd3600/Laps---Still-5.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d0b2f7e5b3804288dde81b716908c8540049a09f0f8cd4e3f5ed5ccbe6e45f9/Laps---Still-6.jpg" data-mid="69829456" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3d0b2f7e5b3804288dde81b716908c8540049a09f0f8cd4e3f5ed5ccbe6e45f9/Laps---Still-6.jpg" /> Laps&nbsp;On a routine morning, a woman on a crowded New York City subway is sexually assaulted in plain sight.+ Special Jury Award for Editing, Sundance 2017+ Special Jury Recognition, SXSW 2017+ US Fiction, Best Editing, 24fps Film Festival 2017+ Social Impact Award, Wandering Reel Film Festival 2018+ Art &amp; Experimental Honoree, Webby Awards 2018+ Prix de l’égalité des sexes, Le Temps Presse 2019Featured: Vimeo Staff Pick Premiere, Short of the Week, TOPIC, Nowness.Featuring Thea BrooksWritten &amp; Directed by Charlotte WellsExecutive Produced by Raphael LangenscheidtProduced by Joy JorgensenPhotography by Gregory OkeEdited by Blair McClendonColour by Kath RaischSound Mixing by Kate BilinskiDigital, Color, 6”Shot guerilla-style on the New York subway 2016