About
Kevin Kopacka is an Austrian/Sri Lankan director, painter and video artist.
Born 1987 in Graz, Austria, lives and works in Berlin.
Education
2007 – 2013 Study of Fine Arts at the University of Arts Berlin (UdK Berlin) in the class of Leiko Ikemura
2013 – Graduation to Master Student at the UdK Berlin
Filmography (Selection)
Fiction
2021
Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes – Feature film (74 min) – DE
Producer, writer, director, editor
Production company: SYLENTEYE FILMS UG
2020
HAGER – Short Film Assembly – DE
Producer, writer, director, editor, score
Production company: Crossbones GmbH
2017
DYLAN – Series Pilot (35 min) – DE
Producer, writer, director, editor, score
2016
TLMEA – short (33 min) – DE
Producer, writer, director, editor, score
No One Can Take Your Place – short (8 min) – DE
Producer, writer, director, editor, score
2015
HADES – short (15 min) – DE
Producer, writer, director, editor, score
Dream Brother – short (6 min) – FR
Producer, writer, director, editor, score
2014
For Those Who Still Exist –
documentary (30 min) – DE/AT
Producer, director, editor, score
Commercial (Selection)
2021
LS SHUNT - Hide your Face - Music video
Direction & color grading
(not yet published)
Future Warrior - Fashion film
Direction, editing & color grading
Da braut sich was zusammen. - Advertising campaign
Direction, conception, editing & color grading
Client: fairment
ID Festival: Virtual SHIUR Transcending Freedom - radialsystem
Direction & editing
2020
Sei faul. Mach's selbst. - Advertising campaign
Direction, conception, editing & color grading
Client: fairment; Production company: HMS
I Got Your Back - Commercial
Direction, conception, editing & color grading
Client: I Got Your Back; Production company: Crossbones GmbH
182 einhalb (Webseries), 2020
Direction, conception, editing - Episodes 0-8
Client: Radio Fritz (RBB) ; Production company: Crossbones GmbH
TILT - Music Video
Direction, conception, editing
Client: Audhentik; Production company: Crossbones GmbH
2019
Zieh mit - Recruiting campaign, 2019
Direction, conception, editing & color grading
Client: Captrain; Agency: DEBA GmbH
Production company: Crossbones GmbH
Jetzt bist du dran - Election campaign
Direction, conception, editing
Campaign comercial for the European election 2019 (Online, TV, cinema)
Client: VOLT political party, Production company: Crossbones Gmb
2018
A New Chapter - Commercial
Conception, Editing
Client: BAYER
Agency: Buddybrand
Production company: Crossbones GmbH
Screenings (Selection)
2023
Grindhouse Paradise - Festival du film fantastique de Toulouse (FR)
Sacramento Midnight Film Fest (US)
2022
Horror Island - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ES)
VII Mostra de Cinema Cine Horror 2022 - São Paulo (BR)
FERATUM Film Festival - Tlalpujahua (MEX)
Corrosivo Film Fest - San Jose (CRI)
BUT Film Fest - Bredo (NL)
Ravenheart International Film Festival - Oslo (NOR)
Sydney Film Festival - Sydney (AU)
Chattanooga Film Festival, Tennessee (US)
Panic Fest, Kansas (US)
Calgary Underground Film Festival - Calgary (CA)
BRUGGORE Film Festival - Brugg (CH)
HARD:LINE Film Festival - Regensburg (DE)
Nevermore Film Fest - North Carolina (US)
NOX FILM FEST - Salto (URY)
2021
FrightFest - London (UK)
Popcorn Frights Festival - Florida (US)
RandFilm Fest - Kassel (DE)
Blodig Weekend - Copenhagen (DK)
Santiago Horror Film Festival - Santiago (CL)
Salem Horror Fest - Salem (US)
Dracula International Film Festival - Brasov (RO)
IFI Horrorthon - Dublin (IR)
Nightmare Film Festival - Ohio (US)
LUSCA - Fantastic Film Festival -Guaynabo (PR)
Pumpkin Fantasy Film Fest - Beijing (CN)
FilmQuest Festival - Utah (US)
Festival Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre - Buenos Aires (ARG)
Another Hole in the Head Festival - San Francisco (US)
Be Afraid Horror Fest - Gorizia (IT)
Phenomena Film Festival - São Paulo (BR)
MonsterFest - Melbourne (AU)
Basta La Vista - Hannover (DE)
Fractured Visions - Wales (UK)
2020
FILMZ - Festival des Deutschen Kinos,
in Zusammenarbeit mit dem kleinen Fernsehspiel Mainz (DE)
HAGER - Programmkino Filmrauschpalast, Berlin (DE)
2017
VB 61-12 2017 - Volksbühne, Berlin (DE)
DeepCut Film Festival, Ontario (CA)
Genrenale5 - Babylon Kino, Berlin (DE)
Toronto Film Week, Toronto (CA)
Manhatten Independent Film Festival , Manhatten (US)
2016
Bucharest ShortCut CineFest, Bucharest (RO)
Randfilmfest, Kassel (DE)
Broadway Film Festival, NYC (US)
Third Eye Film Festival, NYC (USA)
GenreBlast Festival, Alamo Drafthouse in Winchester, Virginia (US)
Independent Days, Karlsruhe (DE)
The Artist Forum, NYC (USA)
Genrenale4, Babylon Kino, Berlin (DE)
2015
Phoenix Festival, Melbourne (AU)
SKILT Festival, Bern (CH)
Mac Horror Festival, Manaus, Amazonas (BR)
Buried Alive Festival, Atlanta, Georgia (US)
TICDIF Filmklubb, Stockholm, Schweden (SE)
Northern Frights Festival, Ontario, Canada (CA)
Raindance Festival, London (UK)
Roma Cinema DOC, Rome, (IT)
30Under30 Film Festival, NYC (US)
Berlin Film Festival, Berlin (DE)
Cannes Film Festival, Cannes (FR)
2014
Züricher Hochschule der Künste, Schweiz (CH)
FORUM Stadtpark, Graz, Österreich (AT)
Awards
DAWN BREAKS BEHIND THE EYES
Winner: Best Cinematography
Ravenheart Film Festival
Winner: Best Feature Film
Phenomena Festival
Winner: Best Cinematography
Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre Film Festival
Winner: Best International Feature Film
Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre Film Festival
Winner: Best Feature Film
Be Afraid Film Festival
Winner: Best Feature Film (Audience Award)
Be Afraid Film Festival
Winner: Best Cinematography
FilmQuest Festival
Winner: Best Feature Film
Pumpkin Fantasy Film Festival
Winner: Best Set Design
Nevermore Film Festival
Winner: Best Supporting Actor
Nightmare Film Festival
Winner: Best Actress
Horror Island
Winner: Best Feature Film
Dracula Film Festival
HAGER
Winner: Best Arthouse Film
Prix de l'Age d'Or
TLMEA
Winner: Best Director, Best Editing
Independent Horror Awards
Winner: Audience Award
Randfilmfest Kassel
Winner: Best Short 2016
Blood Guts UK
HADES
Winner: Best Short
Best Editing, Best Cinematography
Independent Horror Awards
Winner: Best Sound Design
Focus International Film Festival
Winner: Best Editing, Best Cinematography
Fantastic Film Awards
Winner: WTF Award
Genrenale4
Winner: Best Experimental Film
Madhouse Film Festival
Exhibitions (Selection)
2019
Spectra / DAVE Festival, Dresden (DE)
2018
“Off Beat”, Schaufenster, Berlin (DE)
“Hinter den Augen de Dämmerung”, Gut Gremmelin, Lalendorf (Solo Show) (DE)
2017
“Wir Magier”, Galerie Drews, Hamburg, (DE)
“Live From Earth PU2”, Galerie Noah Klinik, Berlin (DE)
“TEFF”, AdultsOnly, Los Angeles (US)
“HWNP?/HADES”, Post-Post, Grand Central, Düsseldorf (DE)
“NOLA”, Redux, New Orleans (US)
2016
“TEFF”, Howl Gallery, NYC (US)
“The Artist Forum”, Festival of Moving Images, NYC, (US)
“YATA III”, TONI AREAL, Zürich (CH)
“TLMEA”, Burnrate, Berlin (DE)
“Hölle und Zärtlichkeit” Filmrauschpalast, Berlin (DE)
“Füttern verboten”, Galerie EuF, Berlin (DE)
“Anny Time” Concert Hall Hwang, Berlin (DE)
2015
“Everywhen” Galerie EuF, Berlin (DE) (Solo Show)
“Kein Wunder, dass es zittert” Novilla, Berlin (DE)
“Chevre Show IV” Chevre Show, Champigny-Sur-Veude (FR)
“SKILT Festival” Stadtgalerie, Bern (CH)
“Zur Perle” Mindscape Universe Embassy, Berlin (DE)
“KhH Festival” Stadt Damme (DE)
“Home?” Galerie Erd & Feuer, Berlin (DE)
“Your ID Card” ID Studios, Berlin (DE)
“The Shift” Freudenreich, Berlin (DE)
2014
“Action at a Distance: the life and legacy of John Stewart Bell” Naughton Gallery at Queen’s, Belfast (UK)
“Auf die, die noch existieren” Galerie Erd & Feuer, Berlin (DE) (Solo Show)
“Leiko Ikemura’s XXVI” Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin (DE)
“Exploring the Multiverse – Fur in the Parallel” hosted by Lucia Kempkes @ Galerie Vincenz Sala, Paris (FR)
“Internationales Künstler Symposium” Schloss Gabelhofen, Fohnsdorf (AT)
“The Happening II” Direktorenhaus, Berlin (DE)
“Es ist nur eine Frage der Zeit” Galerie Kamm, Berlin (DE)
“Was Man Nicht Sieht” – Funkhausgalerie, Graz (AT) (Solo Show)
“EMERGEANDSEE MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL” Vierte Welt, Berlin (DE)
2013
“In den Nachmittag geflüstert” – Raika, Graz (AT) (Solo Show)
“OCEANS – under the skin of the sea” Kunstfabrik HB55, Berlin (DE)
“The Happening” Je Regrette, Berlin (DE)
“Meisterschülerausstellung” UDK, Berlin (DE)
“Als die Sonne sich einen Tag frei nahm und der Mond still stand …”- Galerie Aquabit, Berlin (DE) (Dual Show)
2012
“Ki キ – Das Immaterielle der Dinge” Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
“Berliner Splendor” Stadtbad Wedding, Berlin (DE)
“Was Man Nicht Sieht” Filmbar Fitzcarraldo, Berlin (DE)
“Licht und Schatten” Betahaus, Berlin (DE)
“Absolventenausstellung” UdK, Berlin (DE)
2011
“For Those Who Still Exist” – Galerie Pmvra, Graz (AT) (Solo Show)
“Walter Koschatzky Kunstpreis” – MUMOK, Wien (AT)
2010
“Heimat” – Willy Brandt Haus, Berlin (DE)
“From the Other Side” – RWE AG in cooperation with the Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg (DE)
“MyArt” – Galerie Nathan Koestlin, Artbar71, Berlin (DE)
“Dragonz, come out to play …” Galerie Queen Anne – Tapetenwerk, Leipzig (DE)
“Rough&Tough” – UdK, Berlin (DE)
“This Is Red” – Halle Zehn, Köln (DE)