Petra Stipetić

✿ director ✿ visual storyteller ✿ animator ✿




Hello I am Petra



I love creating characters, their stories and different worlds. With the help of animation, a good sense of colour and composition, I manage to make complex content exciting and breathe life into each character. My short films have since been part of national and international film festivals and have won various awards. As an independent filmmaker, I have also received funding and scholarships, but I also work on commissioned projects such as music videos, explainer or image films. My clients include WDR3, FAB, ARTE and many more. Since 2022 I am a lecturer for animation and visual storytelling at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Bielefeld. Since 2023 I am the artistic associate for animation at Kunsthochschule Kassel.





career



04/2023 - today Artistic Associat for animation @Academy of Arts Kassel

09/2022 - today Free lecturer for animation & visual storytelling @University of Applied Sciences and Arts Bielefeld

03/2019 - 12/2022 Freelance animator, director & founder @fishyfilms

01/2018 - 03/2023 Graphic designer & seminar management @Career Service Kassel

12/2016 - 05/2017 Student assistant for graphics @Academy of Arts Kassel

03/2013 - 08/2014 Student assistant for graphics @Academy of Arts Mainz

11/2012 - 07/2013 Art teacher @Gymnasium Nieder-Olm





academic



10/2014 - 03/2023 Master of Fine Arts in Visual Communication with focus on animation (class: Prof. Martina Bramkamp, Prof. Kathrin Albers & Prof. Thomas Meyer-Hermann) @Academy of Arts Kassel

02/2022 Workshop “digital series writing” organizied by Department of Media/Motion Pictures @University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt & Serienfestival „die Seriale“

11/2018 Pitch Workshop with Sibylle Kurz @hFMA

10/2010 - 03/2015; 04/2021 - 03/2022 Bachelor of Education in Philosophy & Fine Arts with focus on sculpture (class: Prof. Martin Schwenk) @Johannes Gutenberg Universität​​





screenings & awards (selection)



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scholarships & awards



04/2023 Honorable mention for the best animated film at the 35th Filmfest Dresden for "Vom Duft der Roten Beete und den Menschen, die ewig leben" (engl. The scent of beetroot and the people who live forever)
04/2023 Honorable mention for the best film sound at the 35th Filmfest Dresden for "Vom Duft der Roten Beete und den Menschen, die ewig leben" (engl. The scent of beetroot and the people who live forever)
08/2022 Travel funding to Riga as part of the Short Export programme organised by AG Kurzfilm & Goethe-Instituts

05/2022 Vimeo Staff Pick for "jeijay"

04/2022 - 10/2022 Otto-Braun graduation sholarship

02/2022 Hessen Talent @hfma

10/2021 - 04/2022 scholarship from The Cultural Foundation of Hesse​ for my book project "Infinity3000"

08/2021 Golden Horseman of the Youth Jury of the 33rd Filmfest Dresden for "jeijay"

2021 Publication in the shortfilm catalogue German Short Films @AG Kurzfilm of "brush my hair until I’m dead"

2021 Release on the DVD: New German Animations @AG Kurzfilm of "jeijay"

12/2020 Prädikat “besonders wertvoll” (rating "particularly valuable") by Deutsche Film- & Medienbewertung for "jeijay"

11/2020 - 05/2021 sholarship from The Cultural Foundation of Hesse for "Generation Gömböc"

10/2020 Hessian Film & Cinema Award for “Best Shortfilm” for "Your Future"

09/2020 - 01/2021 sholarship from The Cultural Foundation of Hesse for my shortfilm "Семь"

2020 Publication in the shortfilm catalogue “German Short Films” @AG Kurzfilm of "Your Future"

11/2019 Production funding by HessenFilm und Medien for "jeijay"

2019 Release on the DVD: New German Animations @AG Kurzfilm of "Your Future"

04/2019 Goldfish @FishFestival Rostock for "Your Future"





presentations & moderation



04/2023 Panel Talk on the topic "Self-Care" @35. Filmfest Dresden

05/2022 Moderator of the Hessentalents Masterclass about independent filmmaking hold by Raman Djafari @hFMA
07/2021 Lecture on character design for the seminar by Robert Löbel @HS Wismar

02/2019 Pitch ("Your Future") @Berlinale Empfang der Filmhochschulen

11/2018 Pitch ("Your Future") @HHFT

05/2017 Open Stage Presentation (VR Zoetrop) @FMX





exhibitions



11/2022 - 09/2023 Kassel filmreif! Von Popcorn, Stars und Kamerafahrten - "jeijay" as part of Kassel's multifaceted cinema and film landscape exhibition @Stadtmuseum Kassel

05/2018 ITFS Game Zone - "Your Future Game" as part of the games exhibition @Kunstverein Stuttgart

12/2017 - 03/ 2018 Regret - group exhibition of the animation class Kassel under the direction of Prof. Martina Bramkamp @Sepulkralmuseum Kassel

11/2017 kcollision - group exhibition of the animation class Kassel & computer science students at the University of Kassel @34. Kasseler Dokfest

05/2017 VR Zoetrop @FMX & ITFS Game Zone

07/2014 Bachelor graduation exhibition with Stella Lennart @Kunstverein Eisenturm Mainz

07/2013 Ist es dort schön? - Collaborative exhibition with Stella Lennart​ @Kulturhaus Peng Mainz

07/2013 - 09/2013 Gemiete Wähsen - Group exhibition of the sculpture class of Prof. Martin Schwenk @Botanical Garden of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz