HEINZ HERMANNS WAS BORN IN 1958 IN DUISBURG, WEST GERMANY.
IN 1981 HE FOUNDED THE CINEMA EISZEIT DURING THE SQUATERS
MOVEMENT IN BERLIN WHICH HE DIRECTED DURING 9 YEARS. IN
1986 HE DIRECTED THE INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTI
VAL BERLIN. FROM ITS BEGINNING IN 1982 UNTIL NOW, HE DIRECTS
THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL AND DISTRIBUTION
BERLIN – INTERFILM. HE CO-DIRECTED THE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
POLLICINO IN CATANIA, ITALY/SICILY FROM 1990 TO 1996.
HE IS THE DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER SINCE 2001 OF THE SUPER
SHORT FILM FESTIVALGOING UNDERGROUND HELD IN THE TRAINS OF
THE BERLIN SUBWAY - SINCE 2011 ALSO IN THE SUBWAY IN SEOUL,
SOUTH KOREA. HE IS ALSO CO-FOUNDER AND CURATOR OF THEZEBRA
POETRY SHORT FILM FESTIVAL THAT SINCE 2002 PRESENTS TWICE A
YEAR SHORT FILMS WHICH INTERPRET POEMS.
