Romuald Karmakar, born in Wiesbaden, lives and works in Berlin. He works with both feature film (Der Totmacher, Manila,Die Nacht singt ihre Lieder), and documentary film (Warheads, Das Himmler-Projekt, Hamburger Lektionen, Villalobos). His work has been honored at major international film festivals (Venice, Berlin, Locarno, Toronto)and has been presented in several retrospectives (Austrian Film Museum; BAFICI, Buenos Aires; Jeonju IFF, South Korea; Cinéma du Réel, Paris). In 2013 Karmakar has been invited, together with Ai Weiwei, Santu Mofokeng and Dayanita Singh, to represent Germany at the 55th Art Biennale in Venice (German Pavilion). In 2014 he was awarded the DEFA-Foundation Award for “outstanding achievement in German cinema.” In 2017 he was invited to participate in documenta 14. Romuald Karmakar, Harvard alumnus, is a member of Akademie der Künste Berlin.

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