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EPO – European Inventor Award 2026

Creative Lead, Director, Editor

Portrait Series | 13 Films | Color | 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio | 13 Countries 2026

For the European Inventor Award 2026, the European Patent Office portrays this year’s finalists in a series of 13 short films, shot in 13 countries.

As creative lead, Sebastian Husak developed the overall concept and wrote the scripts for all 13 films. He directed several of them himself and edited others. The four films below are a small selection from the series.

Selected Films4 of 13
PortugalPaula VideiraWriter & Director
United KingdomSir Adrian HillWriter & Editor
FranceFrank ZalWriter & Director
ItalyFlavio MaggioniWriter & Editor

Credits

Client

Production Company: Ivory Productions GmbH & Co. KG

Creative Lead (Concept & Scripts): Sebastian Husak

Directors: Sebastian Husak, Oliver Mohr, Fabian Carl, David Preute

CEO: Jan Linnartz

COO / Executive Producer: Jack Baratov

Producer: Michael Retzer

Directors of Photography: Daniel Schäfer, Zeno Legner, Tim Henkel, Thomas Spitschka

Production Manager: Lisa Marie Pearce

1st AC: Frederik Dekkers

Production Assistants: Yi Zeng, Theodor Thymke

Editors: Stefan Binter, Sebastian Husak, Martin Kießling

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