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Arto Sebastian

Overview

Arto Sebastian Buhmann (*1983 in Bühl) is a German film director, producer, and screenwriter.

He was born in Bühl and began his filmmaking career in 2009 with the short film Fliegen. This was followed by further short films, for which he usually took on directing, producing, or writing duties. In 2016, together with Jasper Mielke and Karoline Henkel, he founded the production company Wood Water Films.

Their first production was Schneeblind, a story about a blind boy during the hunger winter of 1946/47 in the Black Forest. In 2021, he produced the film Bürgermeister, Schäfer, Witwe, Drache (Mayor, Shepherd, Widow, Dragon), which won multiple awards at the Max Ophüls Film Festival. This was followed by Alaska in 2023 and Jenseits der blauen Grenze (Beyond the Blue Border) in 2024.

With the documentary film Soldaten des Lichts (Soldiers of Light), he is nominated for the VFF Documentary Film Production Award at DOK.fest Munich 2025.

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Directing
2017 Snowblind Directing Director 59
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2014 Stavanger Directing Director N/A
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2011 Halbmond:abnehmend Directing Director N/A
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Radikal Directing Director N/A
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Production
2025 The House Production Producer N/A
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2025 Do You Love Me Production Producer N/A
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2025 Soldiers of Light Production Producer N/A
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2024 Silent Observers Production Producer 58
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2024 Beyond the Blue Border Production Producer 58
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2024 Raw Materials Production Producer 59
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2024 The Great Phuket Production Producer 58
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2023 Alaska Production Producer 58
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2019 You Tell Me Production Producer 58
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February, Seven Days Production Producer N/A
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