Das Schreiben hat für mich über die Jahre immer wieder an neuen Bedeutungen und Umdeutungen gewonnen. Warum ich schreibe, die Antworten darauf haben sich gewandelt. Dass ich schreibe, ist geblieben. Schon in der Grundschule habe ich einen Roman über zwei Hasen verfasst, die in ein Labyrinth geraten und schließlich mit einem Zauberregenschirm wieder nach draußen fliegen. Vor der Grundschule wollte ich Erfinderin werden, was dem Schreiben, Geschichten und Figuren ins Leben rufen, nicht unähnlich ist. Wenn eine Sache so hartnäckig bleibt, immer wieder an die Tür klopft und nach mir fragt, dann hat sie in meinen Augen auch eine Berechtigung oder einen Grund. Und so habe ich mich entschlossen, eine Webseite verbunden mit einem Kanal, in dem Lesungen und Besprechungen aufgenommen werden, ins Leben zu rufen. Ich hoffe, dass ich der einen oder dem anderen damit eine Freude bereiten kann.
Autor: Kristina Schippling
Kristina Schippling is an multiple award-winning filmmaker, author and academic from Berlin.
After successfully completing her studies in German, Philosophy, Education, Psychology and Performing Arts at the MLU Halle-Wittenberg, HBK Braunschweig and UDK Berlin, Kristina Schippling successfully finalised her dissertation at the MLU Halle-Wittenberg with the interdisciplinary topic "Zur Vermittlung von Film im Schulbuch". She also attended two years of Meisner Acting (Method Acting/Directing) courses with Hendrik Martz.
Her first documentary feature film "The Sound of Cologne", which she directed and shot, premiered at the Cologne Film Festival. With another documentary film project about regretting motherhood, she took part in the Documentary Campus e.V. Master School as a film director for one year (2020). Kristina Schippling is not only a director and producer, she has also worked in various professions in feature films. For the documentary film "Can and Me", she conducted additional interviews, did the camera work and provided dramaturgical advice. In the genre feature film "Monster on a Plane", she was one of the co-producers, realised the cinematography and was the first assistant director. For the feature film for children "Mein Lotta-Leben. Alles Tschaka mit Alpaka", she was a film educator and 3rd assistant director. Her own film and theatre projects, including several short films and music videos and the experimental feature film "Ungleich", in which she was one of the five directors, explore the field of tension between film, theatrical staging and improvisation.
Kristina Schippling publishes short stories in anthologies and magazines; her novella "Drei Gesichter" was published by Mitteldeutscher Verlag. This was followed by "Meine Wut ist weiß und rein!", a collection of short texts, and her first novel: "Handbuch der Angewandten Vampirpsychologie Band I", published in 2021 by Exaiphnes Editions. The joint literary thriller "Intoxikation", co-authored with Matthias A. K. Zimmermann, has just been published by Kulturverlag Kadmos. She has also written two philosophical books in dialogue with Harald Seubert (published by Schwabe) and publishes philosophical articles. Kristina Schippling works for various film festivals (BIFF Braunschweig, SoundTrack_Cologne etc.) (Photo: Borkh Photography)
