Corinna Schnitt
Born in Duisburg (Germany)
in 1964. Lieves in Cologne.
cURRICULUM

Corinna Schnitt films
structured and reassuring
environments.
She shows elements of
everyday life ;
her camera moves back to
underline the strangeness
of the characters and a
certain absurdity.

Das schlafende Mädchen
16mm, colour, 8'30, 2001. German dialogues with english subtitles.
German Filmcritic’s award, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, 2002
2003 GERMAN 1ST PRICE, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

A picture of a completely deserted district somewhere in the Netherlands. Social housing for nuclear families is mapped in a long camera movement, with a narration on the soundtrack about financial security, interest and suchlike. But in visual terms, the short film offers a very different insight into the living room mentality of the modern inhabitants. Where is there any room for art in this deathly architecture?


Schloss Solitude
16 mm, colour,10’, 2002.
PRODUCED IN sCHLOSS SOLITUDE artists' RESIDENCE, STUTTGART

A monotonous dialogue takes place between a lady from the 17th century and a group of modern military men through the mise en scène of an opera around 2 ironic sentences about specificity and love.

Living a Beautiful life
colour, 13’, 2003. ENGLISH DIALOGUES.
PRODUCED IN Villa Aurora artists' RESIDENCE, Los Angeles


In 2003, while living in Los Angeles, Schnitt asked 14-year-olds to describe their idea of happiness. The answers formed the basis for this short film, in which the teens’ responses are transformed into a script delivered by a conventionally attractive man and woman against the backdrop of an impersonal luxury home in Beverly Hills.

Raus aus seinen Kleidern
16 mm - colour - 7’50 - 1998/1999. Directing & dialogue: C. Schnitt. German dialogues with english subtitles.
3sat-Preis, Internationale film festival Oberhausen, 2000
Stuttgarter Filmwinter, 2000

Against the monologue of a woman explaining to us why she prefers taking caring of her clothes more than human contact, a camera passively looks at her repetitively airing an item of clothing. A poignant but clever look into the world of a person suffering from compulsive obsessive disorder - intelligently the filmmaker chooses to not laugh at the person but attempt to understand it by "putting herself in her clothes".

Das Nachste Mal
colour, 6’, 2003. ENGLISH DIALOGUES.

The main actors in the film are two children lying in a field, exchanging strange words of love. The film is an ironic play on the social representations of love, romanticism and idylls.

Zwischen vier und sechs
16mm, colour, 6’04, 1997/98. Directing & dialogue : Corinna Schnitt.Camera: Justyna Feicht. Actors : M. & Ms Oldemeyer, Corinna Schnitt. German dialogues with english subtitles.

The daily rituals of an idyllic childhood have a special follow-up on Sunday: "it’s so nice, the family is somehow united, there is a common enterprise ".

Schönen, guten Tag
16 mm, colour, 5’, 1995. German dialogues with english subtitles.
2000 Internationaler Medien-
Kunstpreis, ZKM Karlsruhe.

A young lodger goes about her housework, interrupted by the instructions of the landlord left on the answering machine.