Sybille Bauer-Zierfuß is a filmmaker and media artist. She was born in Linz (Austria), but is currently based in Vienna. Bauer’s art explores topics such as autism, (auto)biographical work, death, grief & abuse of women. Through her intimate and very personal works, that do not shy away from the unpleasant, she received numerous stipends and awards. Her work was exhibited and screened internationally.
CV
2014-2018
Master of the Arts “Timebased Media” With Honours
University of Art and Industrial Design, Linz
2013 – 2014
Residence in London
Summer Course Program at the UAL
2011 – 2013
Director’s apprentice of Babett Arens, Andy Hallwaxx & Doris Weiner
Volkstheater Vienna
2009 – 2013
English and American Studies
Theatre-, Film and Media Studies
University of Vienna
2007-2014
Choreographer and Dance Educator
Awards
2022 MIOB Short Film Audience Award Nominee, Cottbus, Germany
2021 Heinrich-Gleißner Newcomer Award Film, Upper Austria
2017 Nominee for the Ö1 Talentestipendium, Vienna
2016 Award “Innovative Cinema”, YOUKI, Wels
2015 Award “Best Film”, YOUKI, Wels
Grants / Scholarships
2022/23 Film START-Stipendium, Austrian Ministery of Art & Culture, Vienna
2022 City of Vienna Grant for Film, Vienna
2021 Film Scholarship, Austrian Ministery of Art & Culture, Vienna
2019 Otto Mauer Fonds Project Grant, Vienna
2019 Project Grant for Film, Austrian Ministery of Art & Culture, Vienna
2019 City of Vienna Project Grant for Film, Vienna
2018/19 Working Scholarship, University of Arts, Linz
2017 Emanuel & Sofie Fohn Scholarship for Fine Arts, Vienna
2017 Austrian Chancellary Project Grant for Film, Vienna
2017 City of Vienna Project Grant for Film, Vienna
2017 VAM Project Grant, Vienna
2017 9th District of Vienna Project Grant, Vienna
2017 Project Grant, University of Art and Industrial Design, Linz
2016 Lower Austrian Project Grant for Film, Vienna
2016 Austrian Chancellary Project Grant for Film, Vienna
2016 City of Vienna Project Grant for Film, Vienna
2016 Project Grant, University of Art, Linz
2016 Scholarship for academic excellence, University of Art, Linz
2015 Scholarship for academic excellence, University of Art, Linz
2014 Project Grant, University of Art, Linz
Screenings / Festivals (selection)
2022 Symposium “Confronting Realities. Working on Cinematic Autosociobiographies”, Vienna, AT
2022 Int. Children Care Festival, FR
2021 Cork Int. Film Festival, IRL
2021 Ji.hlava IDFF, CZE
2021 Director’s Screening by ADA, Spittelberg Kino, Vienna, AT
2021 Female Shorts Program, Metro Kino, Vienna, AT
2021 Female Shorts Program, Open Air Cinema Augarten, Vienna, AT
2021 Diagonale, Graz, AT
2021 Crossing Europe Filmfestival, Linz, AT
2021 Austrian Film Days, Manila, PHL
2019 10 years Filmkoop Wien Screening, Filmmuseum, Vienna, AT
2019 Cork Film Festival, Cork, IRL
2019 Cinema Next Special, Topkino, Vienna, AT
2019 Crossing Europe Filmfestival, Linz, AT
2018 This Human World Film Festival, Vienna, AT
2018 Cinema Next Special, Filmmuseum, Vienna, AT
2018 Cork Film Festival, Cork, IRL
2018 Solo Screening, Filmhaus, Vienna, AT
2018 Solo-Screenings, Cinema of Medienkulturhaus, Wels, AT
2018 Crossing Europe Filmfestival, Linz, AT
2018 Diagonale – Festival of Austrian Film, Graz, AT
2017 YOUKI – International Youth Media Festival, Wels, AT
2017 Der Neue Heimatfilm Festival, Freistadt, AT
2017 Back Up International Short Film Festival, Weimar, DE
2017 Oktoskop, OKTO TV, AT 2017 Frauenfilmtage, Wels, AT
2016 This Human World Filmfestival, Vienna, AT
2016 Rundgang, University of Art and Industrial Design, Linz, AT
2016 Der Neue Heimatfilm Festival, Freistadt, AT
2016 Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market, Clermont-Ferrand, FR
2016 Lisbon International Film Festival, Lisbon, PRT
2016 Crossing Europe Filmfestival, Linz, AT
2016 YOUKI – International Youth Media Festival, Wels, AT
2016 International Filmfestival Signes de Nuit, Paris, FR
2016 International Filmfestival Signes de Nuit, Lisbon, PR
2016 Der Neue Heimatfilm Festival, Freistadt, AT
2016 IKFF Hamburg, Hamburg, DE
2016 La Rioja Es De Cine Festival, Logroño & Haro, ES
2016 Ibrida Pluri Festival, Montreal, CAN
2015 LA CineFest, Los Angeles, USA
2015 YOUKI – International Youth Media Festival, Wels, AT
2015 Frontale Filmfestival, Wiener Neustadt, AT
2015 Cork Film Festival, Cork, IRL
2015 CINEMA NEXT Filmnacht, Graz, AT
2015 CINEMA NEXT Filmnacht, Salzburg, AT
2015 CINEMA NEXT Filmnacht, Innsbruck, AT
2015 CINEMA NEXT Filmnacht, Linz, AT
2015 CINEMA NEXT Filmnacht, Vienna, AT
2015 KURZfilmBAR – CrossingEurope Cooperation, Munich, DE
2015 Crossing Europe Filmfestival, Linz, AT
2014 Crossing Europe Filmfestival, Linz, AT
2014 Leinwandprobe, Moviemento, Linz, AT
2014 Solo Screening at Topkino, Vienna, AT
Exhibitions
2017 BestOff, University of Art and Industrial Design, Linz
2015 The Missing Link, Gallery Sigmund, Vienna
2015 Rundgang, University of Art and Industrial Design, Linz
2015 ExtraUni, OK-Offenes Kulturhaus, Linz
2014 Art Meets Radical Openness Festival, Architekturforum, Linz
2014 Homestories, Kapu, Linz
2014 Junge Kunst Parcour Festival, Brotfabrik, Vienna
Publications
2021 Catalogue Innovative Film, Austrian Chancellary, Vienna
2018 Catalogue Innovative Film, Austrian Chancellary, Vienna
2016 Catalogue Innovative Film, Austrian Chancellary, Vienna
2015 ExtraUni Catalogue, University of Art and Industrial Design, Linz
Lecturing
2021 Crawford Art College, Cork 2018 Crawford Art College, Cork
2019 Crawford Art College, Cork 2018 Crawford Art College, Cork
2018 Crawford Art College, Cork 2018 Crawford Art College, Cork
Jury
2020 OUTSTANDING ARTIST AWARD, Austrian Chancellary, Department for Film
Sybille Bauer-Zierfuß | Filmmaker & Artist 