FILM
SPREU+WEIZEN
in postproduction, fiction short, 28 min
Time and again, Skadi runs away from her life at the Catholic boarding school on the German-Dutch border. When she meets the rebellious Niek, they create an escapist yet fragile space, beyond their contrasting realities.
Cast - Emily Lück, Victor IJdens, Ansgar Sauren, Gertje Forlong, Vincent Mulder
Writer, director, producer - Klara Schmickler
DoP - Greta Blaudzun
Set designer - Marija Vogel
Costume designer - Merit Ottawa
Gaffer - Sebastian Berghaus
Sounddesigner - Lovis Töpke
Editor - Julia Stauch
Composition - Lukas Lindner
Supervised by - Prof. Oliver Schwabe, Prof. Sandra Hacker, Prof. Henk Drees
A production by University of Applied Science and Arts Dortmund
GREETINGS FROM SEASIDE HEIGHTS
short documentary, 15min, 2026
Like a Hurricane, a flood of tourists sweeps through the vacation town Seaside Heights in New Jersey every summer. For the locals, this brings financial opportunities but at the same time great frustration.
A portrait of a place that is gambling away its future – and of people who are searching for meaning within it.
FESTIVALS:
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Monmouth Film Festival, New Jersey
Winner 'Best Documentary Short' 2026 -
Ghent international Filmfestival
Winner 'Best Documentary Film' 2026 -
Rooftop Films, New York City
Official selection 2026 -
New York City Independent Film Festival
Official selection 2026 -
New Jersey Independent Film Festival
Official selection 2026 -
Short Documentary Film Festival 'Bistre Reke', Belgrade
Official selection 2026 -
Kinofest Lünen
Regional Sektion 2026 -
Stranger Than Fiction Dokumentarfilmfest #28
Kurzfilmprogramm NRW -
Exground Film Festival Wiesbaden
Official selection 2026 -
blicke Filmfestival Bochum
Official selection 2026 -
Visions du Réel
Film-Market 2026
DoP, director, editor - Klara Schmickler
Sounddesigner - Johannes Grote
Colourgrading - Fabian Kahl
Supervised by - Prof. Oliver Schwabe
A production by University of Applied Science and Arts Dortmund
PIECES
fiction drama, 14 min, 2024
Swimmer Elin finds herself at a crossroads after her girlfriend Alma persuades her to embark on a risky adventure.
FESTIVALS:
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Berlin Film Week - short film Jury Prize 'most original film' 2024
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Leiden int. Filmfestival - winner 'Emerging Shorts competition' 2024
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Connect Kurzfilmfestival - winner 'best short film' 2024
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Hammer Kurzfilmnächte - winner 'best short film' 2024
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Eat my Shorts Kurfilmfestival Hagen - NRW Award 2024
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Bundesfestival junger Film - official selection 2024
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SHORTS Trinationales Filmfestival - official selection 2025
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FILMZ - Festival des deutschen Kinos Mainz - official selection 2024
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Blackwood Filmfestival Freiburg - official selection 2024
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Brighton Rocks Filmfestival (BIFA qualifying) - official selection 2024
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Bruges int. Filmfestival - ON/OFF selection 2024
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Valéncia Indie Filmfestival - official selection 2024
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short/age Filmfestival Viseu, Portugal - official selection 2025
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KINO London short film festival, UK - official selection 2026
Cast - Leah Lavinia, Paula Winteler
Writer, director, producer - Klara Schmickler
Writer, DoP, producer, editor - Greta Blaudzun
Set designer - Lisa-Luna Pellny
costume designer - Naemi Jeng
Gaffer - Maximilian Riemer
Sounddesigner - Sarah Weiher & Florian Wulff
Subervised by - Prof. Oliver Schwabe
A production by University of Applied Science and Arts Dortmund
WO DAS GRAS VIOLETT IST
fiction drama, 32 min, 2024
The growing friendship with the artist Chloe heals Leonie's old wounds, but not without setbacks.
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SCREENINGS:
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Nominierung für den Deutschen Menschenrechts-Filmpreis 2024 Kategorie 'Hochschule'
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Together Unique Filmabend
Kölner Künstler:innen Theater -
Filmvorführung zum Orange Day
Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf -
Benefizveranstaltung 'Gesichter der Gewalt'
ZONTA Niederrhein, Klever Kinos -
Kurzfilmabend 'unsichtb:ART'
psych_ed, junge Stadt Köln
Cast - Cynthia Cosima Erhardt, Lisandra Bardél
Writer, director, producer - Klara Schmickler
DoP, producer - Sören Tebbe
Set designer - Lara Morr
Costume designer - Melina Hylla
Gaffer - Alissa Larkamp
Sounddesigner - Sarah Weiher
Editor - Julia Stauch
Composition - Lukas Lindner
Subervised by - Prof. Oliver Schwabe
A production by University of Applied Science and Arts Dortmund
VERSTEHEN STATT VERGELTEN
6 min, fiction drama, 2019
Annemarie is once again confronted with her pain
when she is on her way to meet her brother's murderer
- so is he.
FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS:
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Meraki Filmfestival Madrid
Winner 'best student short' 2019 -
XXS Dortmunder Kurzfilmfestival
Official selection 2019 -
parcours MSD - SoSe 2019
Nomination 'best graduation project'
Cast - Thorsten Schmidt, Ann-Kathrin Schmidt
Writer, director, DoP, editor - Klara Schmickler
Supervised by - Prof. Dipl.-Des. Henning Tietz (Münster School of Design)
NOENDTOTHEROAD Portraits
12 documentary shorts, 3-6min each
A short documentary series about the fellows of the noendtotheroad fellowship for digital arts in Witten, Germany
SCREENINGS/EXHIBITIONS:
Märkisches Museum Witten 2026
with Eunjeong Kim, Frances Hennigan, Marc Kemper, Loreto Quijada, Jihye Kim, Kalium Graves, Heinrich Lenz, Matilda Greiner, Carina Hommel, Julie C. Stamm, Lukas Schäfer, Yvonne Dicketmüller
Director, Producer, Editor - Klara Schmickler
DoP - Greta Blaudzun, Laurenz Paryjas, Younes Laaguidi
Supervisors - Anna Solo Koenning, Fee Bonny, Alissa Krusch
A project by Kulturforum Witten
FURTHER PROJECTS IN OTHER POSITION
EHER FLIEGEN HIER UFOS
(ARD Fernsehfilm, SutorKolonko, R: Ingo Haeb, Gina Wenzel 2023)
Assistant Director
TAUBE ZUNGEN
(Kurzspielfilm, FH Dortmund, R: Nele Hauke 2025)
1st Assistant Director
SOFTIE
(Kurzspielfilm, FH Dortmund, R: Lennard Haye 2025)
1st Assistant Director
WHEN I BLEED
(Kurzspielfilm, FH Dortmund, R: Miri Klischat 2023)
2nd Assistant Director
GEBORGTES WEISS
(Kinospielfilm, Ester.Reglin.Film, R: Sebastian Ko, 2022)
Costume Standby
MONTAGS GESCHLOSSEN
(Serienpilot, FH Dortmund, R: Johannes Wünsch, 2022)
Costume Designer
DRIFTER
(Serienpilot, FH Dortmund, R: Johannes Weber, 2022)
Costume Designer
INTERN
(Kurzspielfilm, FH Dortmund, R: Florian Klapetz, 2021)
Costume Designer
