Susann Maria Hempel (Germany, 1983) studied media design at the Bauhaus University Weimar. For the realisation of her experimental films, she received several working scholarships from the Thuringian Cultural Foundation, the Bremen Video Art Promotion Award, and the "cast&cut" short film scholarship in Hanover. Her experimental film Sieben Mal am Tag beklagen wir unser Los und nachts stehen wir auf, um nicht zu träumen received numerous international awards. In 2021-22, she was a fellow of the German Academy Villa Massimo in Rome.
