Sven Eggers was born in 1972 in Berlin, where he now lives. His career began as an extra in his father’s Super 8 films. Founder and long-time programme director of the Tikozigalpa cinema in Wismar, which he managed from 1998-2003. In 2003 he founded the distribution company Schwimmer, and in 2013 the agency of the same name. Member of many international jurys (Schwerin, Cottbus, Tallinn, Karlovy Vary, New York). He gives film seminars and is programme director for small festivals. He also writes about architecture and film, and curates exhibitions.