Flurina Schneider (she/her) born 2000 in Vienna is a filmmaker, video artist, and photographer based in Vienna. She studied TransArts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and Film at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. During her studies, she participated in exchange programmes at the Beaux-Arts de Marseille and Tokyo Zokei University.
Her first short film, Theo & Martin, has been screened at various international film festivals, including Uppsala Short Film Festival, Linz Short Film Festival, Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival, Vienna Shorts, and Konstanz Queer Gestreift, where it won the Official Competition in 2026. In 2025, Schneider participated in the WAF Residency in Nice and the FID Campus Residency Programme in Marseille. Her work has also been presented at Carte Blanche at Videodrome in Marseille and the Sprudel Film Festival in Hamburg.
Schneider's work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions in Vienna, Marseille, and Tokyo. Recent exhibitions include AirB&B Exhibition in Tokyo and Ferrari 161 at Verein Fortuna in Vienna in 2026, as well as Practice Chaos at Palais des Arts and Et pourtant, elle(s) tourne(nt) at Centre Photographique in Marseille in 2025. In Vienna, her work has been shown at Water Tower, Garage Grande, Grossraum, Kino & Krawall, Masc Foundation Kunsttankstelle, and MUMOK Cinema.
Alongside her artistic practice, Schneider has worked across film, art, design, and production. Her experience includes roles as a script supervisor, production assistant, sound assistant, colourist, editor, costume designer, supporting actress, and second assistant camera. She has collaborated with filmmakers including Antoinette Zwirchmayer, Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, and has worked with Nakamafilm in Tokyo. Her broader experience includes graphic and UX/UI design, gallery assistance, content creation, and modelling. In 2023, she co-founded the collective Bar Perle in Vienna.
Her work explores the psychology of interpersonal relationships, body politics, and the ways in which these intersect and clash with social structures and norms. Her artistic practice often involves integrating fictional narratives into immediate reality and documenting them with the camera. The filmic means always relate to the context of the work and support the requirements of the events through their form. The individual often stands at the centre of her work, caught in everyday routines, inner struggles, and the experience of navigating a fragmented world. She approaches themes such as love, body politics, and excess with a sensitive and intimate gaze. The blending of documentary and fictional material is central to her practice, allowing complex and sometimes difficult subjects to become emotionally tangible and directly accessible.