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Annabella Schnabel
Annabella Schnabel
Born	July 6, 1993 (age 32); Budapest, Hungary
Occupations	Film director, Screenwriter
Website	https://www.schnabelvision.com/

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Annabella Schnabel (born 6 July 1993.) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Her short films have been featured at numerous international film festivals. Her work often explores social issues, the reinterpretation of female roles, and a grotesque visual style.^[1]

Biography

Annabella Schnabel was born in 1993 in Budapest. She earned her BA degree in Film Theory and Film History from Eötvös Loránd University in 2015. In 2018, she graduated on Producer BA at the University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE), and in 2020, she graduated with an MA in Film Directing from the same institution. Her mentors included Péter Gothár, Mihály Schwechtje, Tamás Hutlassa, and Miklós Bosnyák.

Alongside her freelance work, she taught Film Production and Film History for one academic year (2022–2023) at the Európa 2000 Secondary School. Currently, she works as an independent filmmaker and is a grantee of the Hungarian Academy of Arts.

Filmmaking Career

Annabella Schnabel gained recognition as a Director and Screenwriter of short films. Her works have been featured at more than 50 festivals worldwide. Among her most well-known films are It’s a Match! (2018), Referral (2019), Mom’s Cat (2021), and The Triptych of the Keeper (2022).

Her work often combines drama with dark humor. Recurring themes in her films include dysfunctional social structures, the vulnerability of women, gender inequality, and the redefinition of female roles and sensitivity. Her visual style leans toward the grotesque and experimental, frequently embracing aesthetics that transcend realism and favor surprising visual and narrative elements.

Her short films have been showcased at numerous prestigious international festivals. Mom’s Cat (2021) premiered at the A-listed, Academy Award-qualifying 43rd Moscow International Film Festival in 2021, and was later selected for other Oscar- and BAFTA-qualifying events, including the 70th Melbourne International Film Festival, the 40th Rhode Island International Film Festival, and the 52nd Nashville Film Festival, earning Student Academy Award qualification. Her earlier shorts It’s a Match! (2018) and Referral (2019) also received recognition at many International and Hungarian festivals, just as her adaptation of István Örkény “One-Minute Story” did, The Triptych of the Keeper (2022).

In addition to narrative films, Annabella has directed commercials for the Godot Gallery, Stílus és Technika Publishing, Európa 2000 Secondary School, and Homestage Film. She has also created music videos for the bands Plútó and Amor Fati, as well as educational video series for the Hungarian Educational Authority. She currently works as a freelance filmmaker and is a scholarship recipient of the Hungarian Academy of Arts.

Filmography

It’s a Match! (2018) – short film; director and screenwriter: Annabella Schnabel
Referral' (2019) – short film; director and screenwriter: Annabella Schnabel
Mom’s Cat (2021) – short film; director and screenwriter: Annabella Schnabel
ID3A: Smart Altar (2021) – multimedia installation, Goethe Institute MI2040
The Triptych of the Keeper (2022) – short film; director and screenwriter: Annabella Schnabel
EGO (2022) – animated short; co-directed with Zoé Nagy and Adél Szegedi
Grief Can Be Yellow (in production) – animated short; director, screenwriter, animator: Annabella Schnabel

Awards and Festival Selections

2024

3-year Fellowship Award by the Hungarian Academy of Arts
Semifinalist in the Hungarian National Film Institute’s 9.0 Incubator Program with her feature film project Is This What It Means to Be an Adult?
Official selection for The Triptych of the Keeper at:
– 20th BUSHO International Short Film Festival
– Tiny Film Fest, California
– 23rd Melbourne Underground Film Festival
– 8th BizarroLand Film Festival • Jury Member at 20th Pannonfíling Film Festival

2023

1st Prize for Mom’s Cat at the 19th Pannonfíling Film Festival
Semifinalist in the Hungarian National Film Institute’s 8.0 Incubator Program with her feature project My Little Bean
Association of Hungarian Directors’ Award at the XI. Friss Hús International Short Film Festival Pitch Forum for Is This What It Means to Be an Adult?
Official selection for:
– EGO -- 68th National Independent Film Festival
– The Triptych of the Keeper at 15th Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival
– EGO -- 16th Kecskemét Animation Film Festival – Student Program (out of competition)
– The Triptych of the Keeper at 30th Chicago Underground Film Festival
FILMINN Workshop selection for Is This What It Means to Be an Adult? -- 6th ELBEDOCK International Film Festival

2022

Grand Jury Prize for Mom’s Cat at 29th Chicago Underground Film Festival
Best Short Film for Mom’s Cat at VIII. Nefiltravane Kino Film Festival
Best Young Director for Mom’s Cat at 13th Short to the Point IFF – April
Winner of Filmjus Foundation's Screenwriting competition with the script Grief Can Be Yellow
Official selection for:
– The Triptych of the Keeper at Academy Award and BAFTA Qualifying 30th Raindance Film Festival
– Mom’s Cat at Academy Award and BAFTA Qualifying 40th Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival
– Mom’s Cat at Academy Award and BAFTA Qualifying 70th Melbourne International Film Festival
– The Triptych of the Keeper at 73rd Montecatini International Short Film Festival
– Mom’s Cat at 22nd Melbourne Underground Film Festival
– Mom’s Cat at BizarroLand Film Festival
– Mom’s Cat at 30th Mediawave Festival’s Midnight Surreal
– Mom’s Cat at Minikino Filmweek8, Bali

2021

Special Prize for Pulykatojás at Cinemira International Children’s Film Festival Pitchfork
Winner of the Goethe Institute’s MI2040 exhibition grant, where she created a multimedia installation ID3A
Official selection for:
—Mom’s Cat at A-listed Academy Award Qualifying 43rd Moscow International Film Festival – Short Film Competition
—Mom’s Cat at Academy Award Qualifying 52nd Nashville Film Festival NextGen Competition
— Mom’s Cat at 17. Miskolc CineFest Cine New Wave Competition
— Mom’s Cat at 66 . Országos Függetlenfilm Fesztivál
— Mom’s Cat at Magyar Mozgókép Fesztivál
—Referral at Minikino FilmWeek 7,Bali International Short Film Festival
Jury Member at 17th Pannonfíling Film Festival

2020

Audience Award Referral at Academy Awards-Qualifying 51st Nashville Film Festival – NextGen Competition
Special Prize Referral at 65th National Independent Film Festival (Hungary, Országos Függetlenfilm Szemle)
1st Prize Referral at 16th Pannonfíling Film Festival
3rd Prize It’s a Match! at16th Pannonfíling Film Festival
Grand Prize Referral at Big Shoulders International Student Film Festival
Best Short Film Award Referral at Big Shoulders International Student Film Festival
Official Selection for:
—Referral at 27th Chicago Underground Film Festival
—Referral at Short to the Point Film Festival

2018–2019

Special Prize It’s a Match! at 16th International Jameson CineFest Miskolc Film Festival – KB8 Program
Best Student Film It’s a Match! at Feel the Reel International Film Festival, December 2018 Edition
Best Actress Award It’s a Match! At Feel the Reel International Film Festival, December 2018 Edition
Official Selection for:
— It’s a Match! at 26th Chicago Underground Film Festival, 2019
— It’s a Match! at 5th Hungarian Film Week, 2019
— It’s a Match! at Big Shoulders International Student Film Festival, 2019
— It’s a Match! at Malter Traveling Film Festival, 2019
— It’s a Match! at NEXTfilm: nextfeszt_3, 2019

2014

Student Jury Member at 11th Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
Accredited Journalist at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival representing Prizma Magazine

Sources for awards and festival appearances:

Pannonfíling Mozgóképes találkozó^[2]
Raindance Film Festival – Official Selection^[3]
70th Melbourne International Film Festival – Mom’s Cat^[4]
70th Melbourne International Film Festival – Mom’s Cat^[5]
29th Chicago Underground Film Festival – Winning 'Grand Jury Prize' with Anyám macskája^[6]
Montecatini International Short Film Festival^[7]
Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF)^[8]
BizarroLand Film Festival – Film Page^[9]
30th Mediawave Festival – Midnight Surreal, 2022^[10]
Minikino Film Week 8 – Official Selections – ALIENATION section^[11]
Winning 'Best Fiction Film' with Anyám macskája @ VIII. Nefiltravane Kino Short Movie Club^[12]

Chicago Underground Film Festival (CUFF) – Facebook^[13]
Moscow International Film Festival – Official Program^[14]
Moscow International Film Festival – Official Program^[15]
Moscow International Film Festival – Official Program^[16]
Moscow International Film Festival – Official Program^[17]
Moscow International Film Festival – Official Program^[18]

Nashville Film Festival – 2021 Official Site – Mom’s Cat – NEXTGEN section^[19]
Nashville Film Festival – 2021 Official Site – Mom’s Cat – NEXTGEN section^[20]
Nashville Film Festival – 2021 Official Site – Mom’s Cat – NEXTGEN section^[21]
Nashville Film Festival – 2021 Official Site – Mom’s Cat – NEXTGEN section^[22]
Nashville Film Festival – 2021 Official Site – Mom’s Cat – NEXTGEN section^[23]
CineFest Miskolc – Anyám macskája^[24]
KB8-szekció díja^[25]
KB8-szekció díja^[26]

Országos Függetlenfilm Fesztivál – Eredmények^[27]
Magyar Mozgókép Fesztivál – Anyám macskája^[28]
Magyar Mozgókép Fesztivál – Anyám macskája^[29]
Minikino Film Week 7 – Bali (2021) – VIEWPOINT selection with Referral / Beutaló nélkül sehova^[30]

Cinemira Gyerekfilmfesztivál – Pitch Fórum Eredmények^[31]
2020 – Audience Award (NextGen) – Referral – Nashville Film Festival^[32]
65. Országos Függetlenfilm Fesztivál – Eredmény^[33]
Pannonfíling Filmfesztivál – díj I. Helyezett Beutaló nélkül sehova, III. Helyzett Tinder meccs^[34]
Pannonfíling Filmfesztivál – díj I. Helyezett Beutaló nélkül sehova, III. Helyzett Tinder meccs^[35]
Pannonfíling Filmfesztivál – díj I. Helyezett Beutaló nélkül sehova, III. Helyzett Tinder meccs^[36]

Big Shoulders International Student Film Festival – Facebook^[37]
Big Shoulders International Student Film Festival – Facebook^[38]
Chicago Underground Film Festival – Shorts Program^[39]
STTP International Film Festival – August 2020 Nominees – REFERRAL^[40]
NEXT FESZT: Tinder meccs^[41]

Tinder meccs az V. Magyar Filmhéten, 2019^[42]
Winning Best Student Short with Tinder meccs @ STTP International Film Festival October selection, 2018^[43]
GOETHE INSTITUE MI2040 – ID3A – Multimedia installation^[44]
TINDER MECCS A MALTER FILMFESZTIVÁLON 2019-ben^[45]
Winning Best Student Film and Best Actress with Tinder meccs @Feel The Reel IFF December selection, 2018^[46]

Különdíj a Tinder meccsnek @ A KB8 FILM PRODUCTION^[47]
A 16th International Jameson Cinefest in KB8’s section^[48]

A 64. Berlinale Nemzetközi Filmfesztiválon akkreditált újságíró a Prizma Magazintól^[49]
A 64. Berlinale Nemzetközi Filmfesztiválon akkreditált újságíró a Prizma Magazintól^[50]