Deborah S. Phillips Movies

The adventure of Melissa and Gustavo starts aboard a red cargo ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean. It takes them from Brazil to Berlin, a city of...

For decades, I've been walking up & down this road, usually starting at the centre of the universe, Hermannplatz, heading north to Bethanien or the...

Part 3 of the Bethanien Tetralogy.

Fragments and impressions of urban debris come alive through playful stop-motion and superimpositions. Scraps, ribbons, caps, paper, plastic, cans...

A third of a film-book-installation project. Three times fallen, three times restarted, three legs, three ends. The story of Jewish immigration.

Ruminations about the color red.

Part 2 of the Bethanien Tetralogy.

During the pandemic, I shot single frame 16mm material dealing with the dialectic between wanted to be left alone and spending time with people. The...

Although this part of Neukölln (a district in Berlin) has a reputation as a dangerous place, I see it, through golden late summer light, as an...

In "Mosaïc", the Islamic and Jewish decorative and architectural motifs are based on images, drawings and photographs of intercultural places:...

Completed in 2024. 40 sec, Super 8

Red light. Two cars. So I hit the brakes- PFFFHP TT! And can’t get up, can’t move… Acoustic collage: Ruth Wiesenfeld. (DSP)

The Hertabrücke (Herta bridge) is around the corner from me & a neighbourhood place to meet... (DSP)

Green turns red, so my colours come full circle.

Part 1 of the Bethanien Tetralogy.

This film explores the handing over of objects from one hand to another. Each version of the film was developed differently. This one is the number...

It's too complicated to answer, when people ask where I'm from. Blotches of colour on film are my continents, my home. (DSP)

A path doesn't always go straight - everything has to go around corners....

Reflections on the joy of being able to use a large studio to paint & to be able to film as well for a short time. Filmed in Kunstquartier Bethanien,...

A tribute to a special place – Kunstquartier Bethanien