Stella Maris

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About me

>> The greatest gift is to make people feel <<

>> With my art, I want to deeply move people, trigger their emotions, make them think, and create awareness about subjects that are important (not only) to me. I'm grateful for having so many opportunities to experiment, gain & train a lot of skills, to find my identity as an artist, and to dive deep into various different topics. <<

I'm 26 years old, from Germany and have been studying in the Netherlands for more than four years now. 

At the AKI Academy of Art and Design (part of ArtEZ University) I found the perfect study for me: Moving Image.

Prior to that, I did a 5 month internship at the TV-production-company TangoFilm, based in Munich, which also thought me a lot.

The first study I started, was Digital Film Production at the SAE Institute Hamburg, but within the first year I figured out that the school doesn't match what I was looking for in education.

And my (rather uncommon) hobby since teenage years is doing SFX MakeUp.

Creating fake wounds or making people look like zombies can be a lot of fun, as well as useful for some productions.

stella.thefilmmaker[at]gmail.com

List of all Exhibitions, Screenings & other Events:

>> Upcoming <<

2026, June 27 – July 03, at AKI Academy of Art and Design in Enschede (NL)

—AKI FINALS 2026

"DO BIRDS FEEL JOY WHILE FLYING?", 2026 (Graduation Film, Short Documentary)

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2025, April 15 – May 07, at Café Rosa in Hamburg (DE)

—RECORD COLLECTION – COVER ART & MUSIC, Public Exhibition by KULTUR&GUT:

“THE BARBENHEIMER”, 2023 (50x50cm Print, Digital Design with intense colors and psychedelic look)

2025, February 07-08, at Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam (NL)

—RESEARCH LABS 2025, Public Screening of Film Programs curated by Students from 10 Dutch Art Academies

“TOUCH”, 2025 (Experimental Short Film, 03:39 min., Part of the Collaboratively Curated 1hour Screening “Frame by Frame by Frame by Frame by Frame by Frame by Frame by Frame by Frame by Frame” of Individual Film Projects by Moving Image Students at AKI ArtEZ University)

2024, September 04-08, at University of Arts in Linz (AT)

—ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL 2024 – HOPE, Public Art Festival by Ars Electronica Linz

“SHE MAKES ME FEEL”, 2023 (Multimedia Installation, Part of the Campus Exhibition – “LYNCEU’S DREAM”)

2024, April 11-13, at Sirup in Linz (AT)

—PLAYGROUND, Public Exhibition by Students of the Timebased and Interactive Media Arts Department at the University of Arts Linz

“TOUCH”, 2023 – “SENSORY POOL”, 2023 – “SHE MAKES ME FEEL-DOCUMENTED”, 2023 (Experimental Short Films and Recordings of Multimedia Installation, Q&A with the Makers after the Screening)

2024, January 25 & 27, at Concordia Theater in Enschede (NL)

—BECOMING, Public Show and Screening of Short Films)

“MINUTE’S SILENCE”, 2023 (Experimental Short Film, 02:16 min., Collaboratively Curated and Planned by 3rd Year Moving Image Students at AKI ArtEZ University)