BE WELCOME
Anke Schäfer
Artist | Filmmaker |
Coach
Studied music and art as part of a special education program at the University of Cologne.
Worked at the same time in the short films at Filmhaus Köln.
Moved on to video art and performance at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the class of Nam June Paik and Nan Hoover.
Transferred to the postacademic Fine Arts program at the Jan van Eyck Institute in the Netherlands.
Received numerous international art grants. Edited and co-directed award-winning documentary films.
Broader experience with the aftermath of collective trauma during an own artist-in-residence project at the Bag Factory in Johannesburg in 2007 led to further certified training in drama therapy and coaching.
Working as an artist, filmmaker, coach, and drama therapist.
Developed the dramatherapy based coaching method of ‘Film-Aufstellen’
Publications:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1248-5810
See more: About me
Upcoming
WORKSHOPS
Mid July 2026
Film-Aufstellen:
TURNING THE SCRIPT
“Film-Aufstellungen” for filmmakers and script writers.
Film-Aufstellen is a dramaturgical and systemic method analogue to the better know “Familien-Aufstellungen” , taking into account the specifics of film language and intentions.
September 2026
FAMLIEN-SCHICHTEN
Transgenerational Narratives translated into scenic embodied sculptures.
October 2026
THE BEAUTY OF MANY AGES
For anyone (minimum age 16) who feels age as some burden, maybe also as a hope of change, and who wants to transcend the common chronological and biological understanding of age.
FILM PROJECT
Documentary in pre-production
