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, make them think, trigger their emotions, and help to create awareness about important subjects. Giving a platform to the stories and voices of those who are oppressed and overlooked way too often. And continuously asking questions, even if there are no clear answers.

Some of the recurring approaches within my creative process can be categorized as 

affective, experimental, autoethnographic, queer, political, expressionistic, and philosophical.

Driven by both my heart and mind, I love to focus on small details which might seem unspectacular at a first glance. To capture these special moments, amplifying them to show their full potential. Exploring reflections, shadows, lights – the full spectrum of colors. Presenting their intensity, shifting with every moment. Honoring the aesthetics of what could get lost in unawareness and appreciating differences instead of forcing normativity.

“If we see differences as a beneficial chance, and as something that makes life on earth wonderful, rather than instrumentalizing differences in order to oppress others, we can flourish together, instead of pushing each other down in an attempt to climb up the ladder of hierarchy.” 

— Stella Weiß 2026

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, which is 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 regarding my path of 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)