Oliver Czeslik

Oliver Czeslik is an award-winning creator, writer and producer of XR experiences, theatre and film. His plays have been performed internationally, including khaddafi rocks, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman in New York and at Germany’s leading theatres, including Schaubühne and Volksbühne Berlin. He has produced feature films for cinema and television, mostly based on his own screenplays. Oliver has worked extensively as a lecturer, including at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb), and leads international workshops and masterclasses, among others at Theatertreffen Berlin. He founded the screenplay department of S. Fischer Verlag in Berlin. Together with Kathrin Brunner, he founded mYndstorm productions to create movement between film, science, XR, AI and art. As part of the Delimitation Series, he created Mind the Brain! and i wanna be ur dog as author and director. He also co-produced the internationally award-winning XR project Duchampiana. He is currently developing to the other side…, an individual performance combining BCI, AI, art and an interactive installation.

Last 3 productions:

Mind The Brain! (2020) – Stereopsia Brussels 2020 (Lumière Award), Deutsches Museum Munich (1E9 Award), Filmgate Interactive / Art Basel Miami 2023, Re:publica Berlin 2023, Donumenta Regensburg 2023

i wanna be ur dog (2023) – Filmgate Interactive / Art Basel Miami 2023, DOK.fest Munich 2024, Tokyo Neuuu 2024

Duchampiana (2024) – Rotterdam IFF New Lab Award, Venice XR / Biennale di Venezia 2024, Stereopsia Brussels (Best European XR Art Experience 2024), NewImages Festival Paris (Impact Award 2025), Art VR Festival Prag, Fimgate Interactive Miami, Internationale Hofer Filmtage, Munich DOK.fest, Laval Virtual, Munich Beyond/ 1E9 Festival, Silbersalz Halle, Berlinale EFM Selection