About — Markus Schröder - Writer / Director

Markus is a German director who turned his back on London after a decade and now lives on an old farm in a remote village in Upper Franconia.

Inspired by his grandmother's huge collection of VHS tapes, he knew he would become a filmmaker at some point in his life. His journey took him to Latin America, where he studied directing at the CIEVYC in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and went on to make feature films, documentaries and commercials all over the world.

He is particularly interested in stories that give a voice to people struggling to be heard. His short documentary about a young stroke victim's recovery through music has screened successfully at festivals including the Dresden Film Festival and the Braunschweig International Film Festival in Germany.

His debut feature film 'Sleeping Giant', about the reintegration of FARC guerrilla fighters into society after the signing of the peace agreement in Colombia, recently premiered at the 62nd Festival Internacional de Cinema de Cartagena de Indias in Colombia. It has been screened at many festivals around the world and in beautiful cinemas such as the Cineteca Bogotá and the Cinemateca of Mexico City. The film received a special mention in the GRANIT documentary award at the Hof International Film Festival.

Nice times shooting at the Allianz Arena for the @nfl Munich game. @machinegunkelly good show but isn’t that song a bit close to Where Is My Mind? With @thisiscrispy and @coleanderson.j 🫶🏼

Stay positive @positivetommy! Beautiful seeing an old friend, it’s been far too long :)

Little picture story of filming the Flag Football World Championship in Finland. Thanks @pyry_juutilainen for the reverse pics 😅

Sleeping Giant tonight 8pm Colombian time, on Señal Colombia Public Television. Don’t miss it! @senalcolombiatv @rtvcco @doublethink_films

Extremely happy and excited that @la_corduel and my new documentary ‘Das Phantom von Hollfeld’ was selected for talent funding by the Bavarian Film Fund FFF (FilmFernsehFonds) @fffbayern Can’t wait to share more news and first images! #Repost @doublethink_films ・・・ Thrilled to announce our new feature documentary ‘Das Phantom von Hollfeld’ has won the @fffbayern Emerging Filmmakers grant and will receive public funding. We are now in discussion with various European broadcasters to release our film in 2026. Thank you FFF! ‘A sleepy town in the Franconian province is to become the site of a huge logistics centre for a large supermarket chain. The project divides the population, there are protests and a referendum.’ — Wir freuen uns sehr, dass unsere neue Doku ‘Das Phantom von Hollfeld’ für die Nachwuchsförderung des @fffbayern ausgewählt wurde und eine öffentliche Förderung erhalten wird. Wir sind nun in Gesprächen mit verschiedenen europäischen Sendern, um unseren Film im Jahr 2026 zu veröffentlichen. Vielen Dank an den FFF! — @doublethink_films @fffbayern @mo_flicky @markusrobertschroder @la_corduel

Capturing that Hong Sang-Soo spirit

Pic from the Q&A after the screening of Sleeping Giant at @filmhausnuernberg at the 36. Lateinamerikafilmtage in Nuremberg. Fantastic conversation that continued long beyond the screen into the café area. There’s a video of the talk which I will try to upload at some point too! Thanks for Marga and Kinga for the great organisation :)

Forest family, really into trees

They should just form a band.

Sleeping Giant wird am Mittwoch, den 10. Januar 2024 um 18.30 im Lichtspiel Kino in Bamberg gezeigt. Ich bin zum Screening anwesend und es wird nach dem Film ein Q&A geben. Bis dann!! Sleeping Giant will screen at the Lichtspiel Cinema in Bamberg on 10th of January at 6.30pm. I will be present for a Q&A. See you there! @markusrobertschroder @sleeping_giant_documentary @lichtspielkino