Kerstin Schaars (b. Washington, D.C.)

Films

"Brown Cow”

  • semi-finalist, Paris International Short Festival January 2024

“Doe Meat”

  • semi-finalist, Brooklyn International Shorts Awards 2024
  • semi-finalist, Chicago Filmmaker Awards 2024
  • semi-finalist, Dublin Movie Awards 2024
  • selected, Ostia Film Festival 2024

“Finn”

  • semi-finalist San Francisco Women Film Festival 2025

“Kyrie”

  • semi-finalist, Paris International Short Festival January 2024
  • semi-finalist, Rome International Short Festival 2024
  • semi-finalist, Chicago Filmmaker Awards November 2023

“Milk Teeth”

  • semi-finalist, Chicago Filmmaker Awards November 2023

“Yearling”

  • award winner, Silver, Spotlight Short Film Awards 2025
  • semi-finalist, Berlin Short Awards 2024
  • selected, Ostia Film Festival 2024
  • selected, New York Film & Cinematography Awards 2024

Shows

“Frost”
Northerness Group Show, Millipani Gallery October 2025
Rome, Italy (short film)


“Isle of Skye: Horses”
Chania International Photography Festival 20-24 July 2025
Chania, Crete


“Flight”
Rituals Group Show, LoosenArt Gallery July 2025
Rome, Italy (short film)


“Milk Teeth”
Chania International Photography Festival 3-9 August 2023
Chania, Crete (film stills)


“The Dinner Bell”

A Shared Table: On Food, Conviviality and Cultures LoosenArt Gallery Show 17-27 April 2023
Rome, Italy (short film)

Sculpture

“Grace and the Gold Collector”

Kerstin Schaars and Emily Ridings 22 April - 6 May 2022
Albertine Code Gallery, Chicago (sculpture)


“The Lotus Eaters”

Carmen Bernett and Kerstin Schaars 19 - 31 October 2019
Albertine Code Gallery, Chicago (sculpture)