Hanna Smitmans

1. 12.1971 born in Tübingen.

1992-96 Studies at the Free Art School Nürtingen.
1996-2001 Studies at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, Niederlande.
1998/99 Studies at the Cooper Union School for Fine Arts in New York City.

2001 Video:
'4vrouwen' (4frauen), Amsterdam, mini-dv, 23 min, dokumentary film
'why do you cooperate?' (warum machst du mit?), Amsterdam, Videoloop

2002 Video:
'who is your enemy?', NYC/Amsterdam, mini-dv, 6 min, documentary film 'stofzuigervrouwen' (vacuum women), Amsterdam, Videoloop
'madame cosmopolite', Amsterdam, live video installation

2003 Video:
'a sunday' - eine kurze Szene häuslicher Gewalt (a short scene of domestic violence), mini-dv, 5 min, feature film '
2women on war', mini-dv, 12 min, documentary film
'from Alicia', mini-dv, 3:15 min, documentary film, 'The A-team', mini-dv, 14:45 min, documentary film.

2004 Video:
'Life invisible', mini-dv, 7:13 min, experimental film.

from 2004
Organisation of the Reutlinger documentary film nights Nep.doc in the Café Nepomuk.

2005
further education "Regie Dokumentarfilm” (directing documentary films) at the Filmwerkstatt Münster
Video:
'Maler, male ...', mini-dv, 31:11 min, Dokumentarfilm
'Das grüne Gras', mini-dv, 7:29 min, Experimentalfilm
'Dutch Apple Pie - a love story, mini-dv, 4:30 min, Dokumentarfilm.

2006
Photo project "Wen ich bewundere” (Whom I admire) with youths in Reutlingen (Workshop, exhibition and book)

Festivals:
Sheroes Amsterdam, Stuttgarter Filmwinter, transmediale Berlin, Lausanne Underground Filmfestival, No-Budget Festival Tübingen, KunstFilmBiennale Köln, nep.doc Reutlingen, Filmschau Baden Württemberg.