Steffen Gerdes
Steffen Gerdes holds a Master’s degree in Creative Producing from the Hamburg Media School and has a solid background in advertising and audience design. At Pandora Film Verleih, he worked on titles by Lars Jessen, Xiaolu Guo and Fatih Akin. Since 2021, he has been with Red Balloon Film, contributing to the co-productions Maret, Yurt, A House in Jerusalem, L’Empire, Happy Holidays and Yunan. Steffen is an alumnus of EAVE+, TorinoFilmLab, LIM, Script Pool and Art Dept. Masterclass.
Everyone knows the Brothers Grimm, but have you ever heard of the non-conformist and queer Ferdinand, the most captivating member of the family? Unlike his conventional brothers, who never left their office, he is seeking untold fairy tales. When he meets the warrior Benyamin, they embark on a journey into a hidden world of magic to find her stolen child and hunt the giant Rabbol. "The Strange Grimm" is a story of misfits and the quest for acceptance, of an adventurer, forgotten by the world.
Bisherige Projekte:
- GHOST SCHOOL, 2025, Feature Film, Cinelava (Pakistan) in co-production with Red Balloon Film (Germany), Writer-director: Seemab Gul, Producer
- YUNAN, 2025, Feature Film, Writer-director: Ameer Fakher Eldin, Premiere: Berlinale 2025, Producer
- HAPPY HOLIDAYS, 2024, Feature Film, Wrirer-director: Scandar Copti, Producer
