Awards, Nominations, Scholarships

NRW Förderpreis für junge Künstler 2010 (Advancement Award for Artists from the State of NRW, Germany)

Columbus Art Foundation Förderpreis 2012, Nomination

Scholarship holder of the „Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes“

Artist in Residence, Tokyo Wonder Site, Japan 2011-2012

Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2008, Best Documentary Short, Nomination,

Audience Award, International Shortfilmfestival Hamburg 2007

Audience Award, International Shortfilmfestival Interfilm Berlin 2007

Best Experimental Shortfilm, International Filmfestival “Ohne Kohle” 2007, Vienna, Austria

Grand Prix “Kino BlowUp”, contraVision Filmfestival Berlin 2007

Best Performance Shortfilm, International Filmfest LaMeKo, 2007

“Deutscher Nachwuchsfilmpreis 2007”, International Filmfestival Hannover “up-and-coming”, Nomination

Special Mention for Best Short Documentary, Tabor Film Festival, Croatia

Filmfestivals

World Wide Shortfilm Festival Toronto, Canada

London International Filmfestival, UK

London International Documentary Festival, UK

Betting on Shorts, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK

Int. Fresh Film Fest, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

Molodist International Filmfestival, Kyiv (Kiew), Ukrainia

International Short & Animation Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia

Independent Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain

MIT Short Film Festival, Cambridge, USA

Vienna independent shorts, Austria

Era New Horizons Int. Filmfestival Poland

ambulART Audiovisual Art Festival, Mexico & Ecuador

Cinerail Int. Festival Train & Metro on Film Paris, France

L'Alternativa - Barcelona Independent Film Festival

Bianco Int. Filmfestival, Italy

VHS Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands

European Media Art Festival Osnabrück, EMAF, Germany

International Shortfilmfestival interfilm, Berlin, Germany

FilmZ Filmfestival, Mainz, Germany

exground Filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany

Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Germany

shortcuts cologne, Germany

Bamberger Kurzfilmtage, Germany

Internationales filmfest Braunschweig, Germany

Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany

International Filmfest Eberswalde, Germany

Flensburger Kurzfilmtage, Germany

Berlinale Talent Campus “Best Of Home Affairs”, Berlin, Germany

Zeitgeist International Filmfestival, San Francisco, USA

Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montreal, Canada

Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Brasil

Curtocircuito, Festival Internacional de Curtametraxes, Spain

Int. Filmfestival Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal

ECU European Independent Cinema Filmfestival, Paris, France

Int. Short Film Festival, Aix-en-Provence, France

Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg, Germany

Int. “Achtung Berlin” Filmfestival, Germany

„Rhythm of the Line” Filmfestival Berlin, Germany

Blitzfilm Festival, China

International backUp Filmfestival, Weimar, Germany

25fps International Short Experimental Film and Video Festival, Zagreb, Croatia

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany

Images Contemporary Filmfestival Toronto, Canada

Asolo ArtFilmFestival, Italy

Festival du Cinema Allemand, Paris, France

KunstFilmBiennale 2009, Köln, Germany

Kortfilmfestivalen Grimstad, Norway

LOOP VideoArt Festival Barcelona, Spain

DokumentART Neubrandenburg, Germany

Exhibitions

2012

„Entscheidungen“, DREI, Cologne, Germany

„+6/2012 shortlist Columbus Art Foundation Förderpreis“, Kunsthalle Ravensburg, Germany

2011

„Berlin 2000-2011 - Playing among the Ruins“, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

„Love for the real thing“, Galeria Miejska Arsenal, Poznan, Poland

„Do    Not Think“, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin

„Do    Not Think“, Awangarda Gallery at BWA, Wroclaw-Breslau, Poland

„Human Frames“, KIT Düsseldorf

„Making-Of“, Artitude Kunstverein, Berlin

2010

„Reflections“ Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japan

„The Nomadic as a Condition“ Stedelijk Museum, ’s Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

„Gestures“ Museum of Contemporary Art, Rosklide, Denmark

„Making Space, Taking Place“ Artitude Kunstverein, Berlin

„Multiplo de cinco“, Nelson Garrido‘s Organisation, Caracas, Venezuela

„Highlights der Kölner Kunstfilmbiennale“, KW Kunstwerke Berlin

2009

“Backjumps Volume #4“, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin

“Take a Breath – Atem Holen” MKgalerie, Berlin

„Zeigen - Eine Audiotour durch Berlin von Karin Sander“ Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin

“Zwischenzeit” Pixel/ Fast Video, Kopenhagen, Denmark

„Grenzgänge nach dem Mauerfall“, Artitude Kunstverein, Berlin

2008

“Dwelling Place” Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

“CAMP Hiroshima” Bank of Japan, Hiroshima, Japan

“Apocalyptic Colors” Galerie Senn, Vienna, Austria

“Fundamentals” MU Art Foundation, Eindhoven, Netherlands

“Nachbarn” Starter Galerie, Poznan, Poland

“Die neonorangene Kuh” Pixel/ Fast Video, Kopenhagen, Denmark

“Contemporary Art Migration Project“ CAMP Berlin, Germany

2007...

“we came from beyond” Starter Galerie, Poznan, Poland

“Parallel Moments” Galerie Tarahane Azad, Tehran, Iran

"Open City" Eyebeam, New York City, USA

"I want that innocence back“ The Arm, New York City, USA

Matthias Heinrich Wermke, born in East Berlin, GDR

2001 - 2005 study of Rehabilitation Science and History at Berlin’s Humboldt University

2005 - 2011, study of Fine Arts/Sculpture at Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin school of art

Since 2008 Scholarship holder of the „Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes“

2011 Graduate of the department of sculpture

2011 master student of the department of sculpture

Mischa Leinkauf, born in East Berlin, GDR

1998 - 2005 assistant director and production manager for feature-filmproductions

2005-2012 study at Academy of Media Arts (KHM) in Cologne

2012 Graduate of the department of film