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Felizitas is a researcher, director and visual artist whose work combines journalism, photography, documentary film and video art. Her work often involves an interest in the way technology impacts daily life, as well as political and social critique. She has lived and worked in Turkey, Egypt, Palestine and other countries.
In 2014, she graduated from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU) with a Bachelors degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology as well as Art, Music, Theatre Studies. She currently studies Documentary Film and Television Journalism (Dipl.) at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF). Since her enrolment in 2014, Felizitas has directed several short films which have screened at numerous international film festivals.
In 2017, she co-founded the art collective Hybris with Natalia Jobe & Theresa Hoffmann. Their female gaze explores issues like digital injustice and gender bias.
In collaboration with Mimi Seidl, she co-founded the temporary art gallery babyrichman in 2019. Once a year they present selected works by contemporary artists which can be purchased at accessible prices.
Felizitas is a founding member of Connected Differences e.V. which focusses on Intersectional Perspectives in Film, Theatre, Arts and Media.
Awards
2021 Stipendienprogramm des Freistaats Bayern „Junge Kunst und neue Wege”
2020 Special Mention, (w)orld, (w)ide, (w)alk, Kirch- Sipendium, media art (5.000,- €)
2020 The Future of Storytelling, DOK.fest: DOK.digital, Munich - finalist
2019 LENS Photography Award London - finalist
2017 Plakatwettbewerb, Ruffinihaus – inmittenkreativ, Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft Munich
2017 Pinker Bambi, Kunstleben e.V., Hamburg
2016 Projects Young Filmmakers Award, DOK.fest - DOK.forum - marketplace, - finalist
2016 Best Documentary Ohne Titel, Rotary Club Hofgarten Munich, Local Award
2014 Local Award: Sonderpreis Europa, flimmern&rauschen, Munich
Scholarships
2018 DAAD PROMOS
Residency (Hybris)
03/2019 Salzamt, Linz, Austria
Solo Exhibitions (Hybris)
2018 art down - wir haben technische Probleme, CoMa - Container Of Modern Art, Munich
2018 Can I think? Can a submarine swim like a fish? Stiftung Bartels Fondation, Basel
2017 Heute Trinke Ich Mal Nichts, Laden am Rindermarkt, Munich
2017 Auch der Kapitalismus hat Komplexe, galerie kulturreich, Hamburg
2017 From The Camel To The Toe, Flo** Munich
Group Exhibitions
2021 denkFEmale, gefördert von der Landeshauptstadt München & HFF, München
2020 hysteria, 12/21 Lisa Jureczko und Ava Weis, Wuppertal
2020 what does it meme? Club Quarantäne
2019 LINZ FMR 19 - Art in digital contexts and public spaces, Donaulände Linz
2018 artmuc, Munich
2017 Exposition Objets et préjugées, Médiathèque Edmond Rostand, Paris
2017 Exposition Objets et préjugées, Centre Universitaire Malesherbes, Paris
Talks
2018 Regretting Motherhood - Mutterschaft bereuen? Kreativ:LABOR, fem:POWER, Oldenburg
2018 Regretting Motherhood & Der Deutsche Kinderwunsch, Göttingen Centre for Genderstudies (GCG), Göttingen
2017 Was wir unter Feminismus verstehen wollen, Department of Media and Theatre Studies, The University of Hildesheim Foundation
2016 Pitch of Regretting Motherhood, 9. Empfang der Filmhochschulen zur Berlinale, BERLINALE, Berlin
Selected Press
Unbekannt. “Isarvorstadt: Kunst zu fairen Preisen.” Süddeutsche Zeitung, 13. Nov 2019
Schabernack, Andrea; Zand,Yazdan & Severin Schwarzer. “SYMPOSIUM on the edge of digital ephemerality”. dorftv, 28. March 2019
Pichler, Christian. “Flüchtig digital, einsamer Wal”. Oberoesterreichisches Volksblatt, 27. March 2019
Zand,Yazdan & Severin Schwarzer. “LINZ FMR 19 - Exhibition Tour / Videowalk”. dorftv, 27. March 2019
Philip, Thomas. “Ephemer? Internet Art? What the ... FMR”. Tourismusverband Linz, 21. March 2019
Bund, Romana. “Kunst und kulturelle Nahversorgung: Wir sind das Genre”, Die Referentin, 1. March 2019
Ertl, Dorian. “ARTMUC: Das dünne Eis zwischen Kunst und Kommerz”, Münchner Feuilleton, 8. Nov 2018
Mamer, Blanche. “Kino - Klischee und Überraschung”. Süddeutsche Zeitung, 31. March 2018
“Kultur - Weltstadt ohne Wagnis”. Süddeutsche Zeitung, November 2013
2021 Stipendienprogramm des Freistaats Bayern „Junge Kunst und neue Wege”
2020 Special Mention, (w)orld, (w)ide, (w)alk, Kirch- Sipendium, media art (5.000,- €)
2020 The Future of Storytelling, DOK.fest: DOK.digital, Munich - finalist
2019 LENS Photography Award London - finalist
2017 Plakatwettbewerb, Ruffinihaus – inmittenkreativ, Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft Munich
2017 Pinker Bambi, Kunstleben e.V., Hamburg
2016 Projects Young Filmmakers Award, DOK.fest - DOK.forum - marketplace, - finalist
2016 Best Documentary Ohne Titel, Rotary Club Hofgarten Munich, Local Award
2014 Local Award: Sonderpreis Europa, flimmern&rauschen, Munich
Scholarships
2018 DAAD PROMOS
Residency (Hybris)
03/2019 Salzamt, Linz, Austria
Solo Exhibitions (Hybris)
2018 art down - wir haben technische Probleme, CoMa - Container Of Modern Art, Munich
2018 Can I think? Can a submarine swim like a fish? Stiftung Bartels Fondation, Basel
2017 Heute Trinke Ich Mal Nichts, Laden am Rindermarkt, Munich
2017 Auch der Kapitalismus hat Komplexe, galerie kulturreich, Hamburg
2017 From The Camel To The Toe, Flo** Munich
Group Exhibitions
2021 denkFEmale, gefördert von der Landeshauptstadt München & HFF, München
2020 hysteria, 12/21 Lisa Jureczko und Ava Weis, Wuppertal
2020 what does it meme? Club Quarantäne
2019 LINZ FMR 19 - Art in digital contexts and public spaces, Donaulände Linz
2018 artmuc, Munich
2017 Exposition Objets et préjugées, Médiathèque Edmond Rostand, Paris
2017 Exposition Objets et préjugées, Centre Universitaire Malesherbes, Paris
Talks
2018 Regretting Motherhood - Mutterschaft bereuen? Kreativ:LABOR, fem:POWER, Oldenburg
2018 Regretting Motherhood & Der Deutsche Kinderwunsch, Göttingen Centre for Genderstudies (GCG), Göttingen
2017 Was wir unter Feminismus verstehen wollen, Department of Media and Theatre Studies, The University of Hildesheim Foundation
2016 Pitch of Regretting Motherhood, 9. Empfang der Filmhochschulen zur Berlinale, BERLINALE, Berlin
Selected Press
Unbekannt. “Isarvorstadt: Kunst zu fairen Preisen.” Süddeutsche Zeitung, 13. Nov 2019
Schabernack, Andrea; Zand,Yazdan & Severin Schwarzer. “SYMPOSIUM on the edge of digital ephemerality”. dorftv, 28. March 2019
Pichler, Christian. “Flüchtig digital, einsamer Wal”. Oberoesterreichisches Volksblatt, 27. March 2019
Zand,Yazdan & Severin Schwarzer. “LINZ FMR 19 - Exhibition Tour / Videowalk”. dorftv, 27. March 2019
Philip, Thomas. “Ephemer? Internet Art? What the ... FMR”. Tourismusverband Linz, 21. March 2019
Bund, Romana. “Kunst und kulturelle Nahversorgung: Wir sind das Genre”, Die Referentin, 1. March 2019
Ertl, Dorian. “ARTMUC: Das dünne Eis zwischen Kunst und Kommerz”, Münchner Feuilleton, 8. Nov 2018
Mamer, Blanche. “Kino - Klischee und Überraschung”. Süddeutsche Zeitung, 31. March 2018
“Kultur - Weltstadt ohne Wagnis”. Süddeutsche Zeitung, November 2013
Filmography as Director
2022 The Last Dance
(Co-Director Maximilian Bungarten)
Spec Spot / 1 min
*ADC Talent Award: Silberner Nagel
2022 061651774505: Love at first byte (in post production)
Experimental Short / Germany; 6 min, 1:1.85, 2K DCP, 5.1 Dolby Digital, Colour, English; HFF
2020 The Big Bubble
Documentary Short / UK, Germany; 30 min, 1:1.85, 2K DCP, 5.1 Dolby Digital, Colour, English; HFF
2019 the meeting in the corner by the window
Documentary Short / Turkey, Germany; 20 min, 1:1.85, 2K DCP, 5.1 Dolby Digital, Colour, English; HFF
Festivals: DOK.fest Munich 2019
2017 Regretting Motherhood (Co-Director Merle Grimme) Documentary short / Austria, Germany; 18 min, 1:1.85, 2K DCP, 5.1 Dolby Digital, Color, English & German; HFF
Festivals (selection): Filmschool Fest Munich 2017; 10th filmzeitkaufbeuren 2017; 11th Fünf Seen Festival 2017; Int’l Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, 2017
Talks (selection): Was wir unter Feminismus verstehen wollen, 2017, University of Hildesheim; Pitch of Regretting Motherhood, BERLINALE, 2016
2015 Ohne Titel
Experimental Short / Germany; 6 min – 16mm – black&white – German
HFF Festivals (selection): Lange Nacht der Münchner Museen, 2016; 17th Landshuter Kurzfilm Festival, 2016; flimmern&rauschen, 2016; Film meets Print, DOK.forum, 2015
2014 Istancool
(Co-Director Mariel Müller & Marieluisa Lenglachner)Documentary Short / Turkey, Germany; 12 min – 16:9 – Colour – English & German; LMU
Festivals: flimmern&rauschen munich, 2014; Jufinale Regensburg, 2014; münchner EthnoFilmFest, 2013; afk tv | münchen tv
Filmography as Producer
2022 Basma Hotel (in post production)
Short Documentary, D: Rabelle Erian
2021 Insel der Verlassenheit
Musicvideo for International Music, D: Jovana Reisinger, 5:40 min
2020 Billboards to Cairo
Documentary Short / Egypt, Germany, 17 min, 1:1.85, 2K DCP, 5.1 Dolby Digital, Colour, Arabic, English, D: Rabelle Erian; HFF
Filmography in other positions
2022 The Age of Innocence
Short, D: Maximilian Bungarten, Germany, 20 min
2019 Orta Oyunu - eine inszenierte Unterhaltung mit Aydin Engin - (as 1. AD)
Documentary Short / Turkey, Germany, 12 min, 16:9, Colour, Turkish, D: Rabelle Erian; HFF
*DOK.FEST München 2019
2018 Der Deutsche Kinderwunsch - (Research & Interview)
Documentary Short, Germany, 6min, 16:9, Colour,
D: Merle Grimme; produced for the Short Film Competition of ZEIT Legacy Study, Sponsored by: Federal Foreign Office, in cooperation with: DFA Production - The German Film Academy, infas and WZB
2017 Maxim leben – Ein altes Kino erzaehlt - (Research & Interview)
D: Peter Heller, Production: Filmkraft
*DOK.FEST München 2018
2022 The Last Dance
(Co-Director Maximilian Bungarten)
Spec Spot / 1 min
*ADC Talent Award: Silberner Nagel
2022 061651774505: Love at first byte (in post production)
Experimental Short / Germany; 6 min, 1:1.85, 2K DCP, 5.1 Dolby Digital, Colour, English; HFF
2020 The Big Bubble
Documentary Short / UK, Germany; 30 min, 1:1.85, 2K DCP, 5.1 Dolby Digital, Colour, English; HFF
2019 the meeting in the corner by the window
Documentary Short / Turkey, Germany; 20 min, 1:1.85, 2K DCP, 5.1 Dolby Digital, Colour, English; HFF
Festivals: DOK.fest Munich 2019
2017 Regretting Motherhood (Co-Director Merle Grimme) Documentary short / Austria, Germany; 18 min, 1:1.85, 2K DCP, 5.1 Dolby Digital, Color, English & German; HFF
Festivals (selection): Filmschool Fest Munich 2017; 10th filmzeitkaufbeuren 2017; 11th Fünf Seen Festival 2017; Int’l Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, 2017
Talks (selection): Was wir unter Feminismus verstehen wollen, 2017, University of Hildesheim; Pitch of Regretting Motherhood, BERLINALE, 2016
2015 Ohne Titel
Experimental Short / Germany; 6 min – 16mm – black&white – German
HFF Festivals (selection): Lange Nacht der Münchner Museen, 2016; 17th Landshuter Kurzfilm Festival, 2016; flimmern&rauschen, 2016; Film meets Print, DOK.forum, 2015
2014 Istancool
(Co-Director Mariel Müller & Marieluisa Lenglachner)Documentary Short / Turkey, Germany; 12 min – 16:9 – Colour – English & German; LMU
Festivals: flimmern&rauschen munich, 2014; Jufinale Regensburg, 2014; münchner EthnoFilmFest, 2013; afk tv | münchen tv
Filmography as Producer
2022 Basma Hotel (in post production)
Short Documentary, D: Rabelle Erian
2021 Insel der Verlassenheit
Musicvideo for International Music, D: Jovana Reisinger, 5:40 min
2020 Billboards to Cairo
Documentary Short / Egypt, Germany, 17 min, 1:1.85, 2K DCP, 5.1 Dolby Digital, Colour, Arabic, English, D: Rabelle Erian; HFF
Filmography in other positions
2022 The Age of Innocence
Short, D: Maximilian Bungarten, Germany, 20 min
2019 Orta Oyunu - eine inszenierte Unterhaltung mit Aydin Engin - (as 1. AD)
Documentary Short / Turkey, Germany, 12 min, 16:9, Colour, Turkish, D: Rabelle Erian; HFF
*DOK.FEST München 2019
2018 Der Deutsche Kinderwunsch - (Research & Interview)
Documentary Short, Germany, 6min, 16:9, Colour,
D: Merle Grimme; produced for the Short Film Competition of ZEIT Legacy Study, Sponsored by: Federal Foreign Office, in cooperation with: DFA Production - The German Film Academy, infas and WZB
2017 Maxim leben – Ein altes Kino erzaehlt - (Research & Interview)
D: Peter Heller, Production: Filmkraft
*DOK.FEST München 2018