Michaela Schwentner
* 1970 in Linz.
Michaela Schwentner studied philosophy, history, theatre studies and journalism with an emphasis on film theory. She makes visuals and was responsible for the concept and realization of exhibitions, music events and clubs. From 1995 to 1999, she worked with "Sparverein die Unzertrennlichen" theatre group. Michaela Schwentner lives in Vienna.
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FILMS directed by MICHAELA SCHWENTNER
des souvenirs vagues
Austria 2009, 8 min, BetaSP
director, concept: Michaela Schwentner
The shoes and blue headscarf stand out from the diffuse white space (of thought) in which Michaela Schwentner moves around in a half dancing, half haphazard manner. They are vague memories that the protagonist filters out of the female voices from various films, personal moments, then again staged sequences – like a choreography of hazy memories.
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2010, Animation Avantgarde 3
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2010, Austrian Competition 3
Other presentations:
Crossing Europe Filmfestival Linz 2010
speech
Austria 2009, 8 min
director, concept: Michaela Schwentner | sound: Paul Clouvel
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2010, One Step, One Dance, One Song
Other presentations (selection):
Diagonale 2009
Crossing Europe Filmfestival Linz 2009
Animadrid Festival 2009
Tricky Women 2010
Miami Film Festival 2010
compostition set // image transformed // mozart moved
Austria 2006, 1 min, language: without dialogue
director: Michaela Schwentner
The idea was to transform a picture of Mozart on the basis of a "new" composition arranged with the musical dice game, sound-controlled manipulation and also a dismantling of the common clean and kitschy Mozart image (in other words the composer’s reputation).
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2006, The Mozart-Minute
transistor
Austria 2000, 6 min
director, screenplay: Michaela Schwentner | music: Radian
A video clip as a structural model: Michaela Schwentner¹s video to "transistor" by the Viennese music trio Radian was in a sense composed in reverse, progressing from illustrated music to an abstract blueprint which could have been used for both media. (Text: Christian Höller)
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2010, Dancing Images
Other presentations (selection):
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2003
Stuttgart Filmwinter 2002
Internationales Kurzfilm-Festival Hamburg 2002
Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart 2002
Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche 2002
backup festival Weimar 2001
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2000
Diagonale 2000
OTHER FILMS:
alpine (an)notation (2008)
alpine passage (2008)
bellevue (2008)
la petite illusion (2006)
swinging (2006)
der kopf des vitus bering (2005)
tester (2004)
tucker (2004)
giuliana 64:03 (2003)
how do you want m.? (2003)
Jet (2003)
take the bus (2002)
#Z (2001)
grainbits (2001)
staubsaugerplinkblendton (2001)
the_future_of_human_containment (2001)
r4 (2000)