Holm Taddiken, born on the 7th March in 1973, studied Communicationand Media Studies in Leipzig. During his studies he had alreadystarted participating in numerous short films as producer and productionmanager. Many of these short films and college films were successfulat festivals and won several prizes (among others: MuenchnerFilmwochen, Filmfest Dresden, L'indipedentia Barcelona, Max-Ophuels-Prize, European Media Art Festival, Independent Film and Video FestivalNew York, Palm Springs, AFI, Fipatel Biarritz etc.).