Arto Sebastian

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 194647 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 DOKfest Munich 2025