Iris Blauensteiner, based in Vienna (Austria), works as a filmmaker, artist and author. She studied ‘Art & Digital Media’ at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Film- and mediatheory at the University of Vienna. Since 2004 she is making artistic films. Her films, the latest "The world is blue at its edges", "the_other_images" and "Rest", were screened at international festivals. 2016 her first novel "Kopfzecke" was published. She has received numerous awards and grants, such as the Sonja-Savić-Award at Alternative Film / Video Festival Belgrade 2018. She is a member of the Golden Pixel Cooperative - association for moving images, arts and media within exhibition and cinema contexts.