Heiko Kalmbach
* 1969 in Freudenstadt im Schwarzwald.
Heiko Kalmbach studied cultural, theatre and film studies in Bremen and Berlin and directing at the Film Academy of the New York University. He has worked as video artist and theatre director in Germany and the United States. His short films were presented at the festivals of Oberhausen and São Paolo, among others. Heiko Kalmbach's first feature-length documentary (If One Thing Matters: A Film About Wolfgang Tillmans) had its premiere at the Berlinale in 2008.
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FILMS directed by HEIKO KALMBACH
New York Is Disappearing
Germany 1999, 11 min
Director: Heiko Kalmbach
A couple of eccentric slackers who had their heyday in the East Village of the early eighties is stranded on an island filled with apathy and pipe dreams, cramped and exposed to the violations of the restaurateurs of Avenue B. A poetic lament with Penny Arcade.
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2010, No Ordinary Love
Other presentations (selection):
South by Southwest Film Festival 2000
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2000
São Paolo International Short Film Festival 2000
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2000
OutFest Los Angeles 2001
OTHER FILMS:
If One Thing Matters: A Film About Wolfgang Tillmans (2008)
Der Mexikaner (2006)
Creature Designer (2006)
Stay Honest (2006)
Turtle Monkey (2002)