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Film awards Info:
Blutrausch - Bloodlust:
Ann Arbor Film Coop Award, MicroCineFest Special Jury Award.
Silver Screen:
Seattle Underground Film Festival Honorable Mention, Black Maria Film & Video Festival Honorable Mention.
Hautnah - Skinflick:
MicroCineFest Best Experimental Film, New York Exposition of Short Film & Video Kodak Award, Humboldt International Short Film Festival Honorable Mention.
Gestalt:
honorary mention at the prix ars electronica 2003 in linz, austria
best video/computer art at the asoloartfilmfestival, italy
low budget video award at the microcinefest in baltimore, usa
nominated for the imagina award at the imagina in monte carlo, monaco.
Hautnah - Skinflick:
best experimental film at the microcinefest 2002, kodak award at the 36th new york exposition of short film and video, honorable mention for animation at the 35th humboldt international short film festival, nominated for best experimental film at the dahlonega international film festival.
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thorsten fleisch was born in koblenz, germany in 1972. he began experimenting with super 8 film at highschool where he also exhibited his first film, a super 8 loop (see above). after highschool and community service in an institution for the mentally ill he went to marburg to study art, music and media at phillips universität. one year later he changed to the städelschule in frankfurt in order to study film with prof. peter kubelka. there he started working with 16mm film.
shortly after his studies at the städelschule he made 'blutrausch / bloodlust' which not only got him a lot of attention but also the ann arbor filmcoop award.
since 2001 thorsten fleisch is a member of the board of artistic directors of the international experimental cinema exposition.
he received several grants among them a grant from the filmbüro nw and a grant from the museum of contemporary cinema.
for 'gestalt' he received an honorary mention at the prix ars electronica the number one festival for computer related art.
he now lives and works in berlin.
Read an interview conducted by jen talbert HEREsome opinions on his films:
... this beautifully crafted and shaped film is an exhilerating piece of visual music. the images speak poetically of a merging of technology, projected light, and the human body. the extreme close-ups remind us of the fragility and beauty which covers our bodies.
[david finkelstein on 'hautnah']
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... everyone in the jury did agree that gestalt displayed a spectacular use of fractal set techniques. fleisch shows exceptional deftness in assembling a series of algorithmic transformations that are beautiful and really visually interesting.
[jury of the prix ars electronica 2003 on 'gestalt']
Get all his amazing shorts from HERE
