Life Update

Life is pretty good to me right now. As some of you might now, it's my life-long dream to become a film maker. I produced some videos in the past but it only happened some months ago, when the real motivation kicked in - and then it all happened pretty fast..

I got the most amazing news about a week ago, when I found out that I've been selected to attend this year's Venice Film Festival in September as part of a special jury. I nearly dropped my precious phone when I read the e-mail. I'm beyond thrilled because it just seems to surreal to attend a film festival. I will tell you more about it soon..

Then, I went to a lecture at my university about film making in Austria and not even did I learn a lot, I also got the opportunity to work on a real film set in july. REAL FILM SET!! I will be working as set runner and hopefully gain lots of experiences.

Next to running around on a film set feeling all important and what not, I'm also filming a wedding, which has been a longtime dream of mine. I've always loved weddings and I was one of those girly girls who started planning her wedding at age 3. A lot of the plans have changed since then (only constant: Hayden Christensen as the preferred groom) but I still love the idea of capturing this special day on camera and this year, I got the opportunity to create an everlasting memory for a lovely couple from Carinthia.

I will also participate in a short film competition where I have to produce a short film on "sustainability". I will shoot it in august and I'm really looking forward to making a movie starring all my friends. One of them even offered to play a tree if necessary - I love the idea. It's so gonna happen.. :)

You see, my summer holidays are practically none existent but I'm going to love every second of it. I should also finish my bachelor thesis but compared to all the film stuff, I'm really not motivated for any scientific paper thingy.

If you're now interested in some of the projects I've done in the past, please check out my Vimeo-Account. You'll find some fine "God-I-love-Canada-soooooo-much"-videos about Banff, Edmonton and Vancouver as well as a short film called "Memories" I created and directed.

https://vimeo.com/schickenhofstudios

I also created a promotional video for an event we're doing for a course at uni. It's called lendWG and takes place in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, from June 20 to 22. You can check out the video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFq20BDfRTA

Well, that was my life update.. Have a great day and may all your dreams come true!! :)
xx [i]

Vancouver - The love of my life & ending to an amazing journey

After being in absolutely beautiful Banff, I didn't think that Vancouver could blow my mind even more. We were staying at a hotel downtown and after we arrived there, we went straight to the beach. It was sunset and the sea and the sky were coloured in red, orange and yellow. We saw the cruise ships on the horizon and were overwhelmed with the peaceful and romantic beauty of Vancouver. Due to many rainy days throughout the year, everything is green and alteady in bloom. We also visited the University of British Columbia and toured the most sustainable and green campus in North America. I want/need to study there!! We also did a harbour cruise and got to see the film shooting of the new "Robocop" movie. People are just so amazing in Vancouver - and Canada in general! One day I will live in Vancouver, for sure!

For now, my Canadian adventures are over. I'm sitting at the airport in Amsterdam being all sad that I had to leave my favourite country so soon. Canada, my love, you will definitely see more of me in the future!

Until we meet again,
xx [i]

Banff: OMFG!!

There are no words to describe the beauty of Banff. There's one main street with all kinds of shops, mostly souvenirs but also cool stuff like DC, billabong and roxy. Therefore, people are dressed very good. We went on a 20km hike to lake Minnewanka (the travel guide said 3,4 km but it turned out to be a bit longer). The journey was a bit exhausting but the view was so worth it! It was the most beautiful place I've ever seen! Since 20km weren't enough (watch out for sarcasm) we decided to walk to the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel which is an old and expensive hotel that was built when the railway came to Banff. We casually walked in and checked out the view: BREATHTAKING!

The bus journey from Vancouver to Banff was amazing! We saw some beautiful landscape :)

Now we're Vancouver, which is the last stop of our journey to Canada. They're still shooting Godzilla, so I hope to see some celebs :)

xx [i]

hallo meine lieben !

lange reder kurzer sinn: WE'RE BACK!und wie es der zufall so will ist nun BELLA diejenige die gerade in Kanada unterwegs ist und fleißig blogged und das ganze wieder in's rollen gebracht hat - ICH FREU MICH :))))

nun ja meinerseits gibts viel zu tun in letzter zeit, deswegen, is' hier ein link mit aktuellen vielen schönen bildern von vielen schönen orten mit vielen schönen momenten:

http://instagram.com/wnora#

das war's mal vorübergehend, ich wünsch euch eine schönes wochenende und vorallem liabste grias nach kanada, dort wo die post grad abgeht ;) xxxn

Edmonton - It's (not) all about shopping!

Driving into Edmonton, I felt like being back in Calgary - only on a hill. People are strolling around Whyte Avenue and Jasper Avenue where they enjoy the spring atmosphere. Yesterday we got a tour around the city and checked out the Edmonton Art Gallery. Today we went to te University of Alberta, where we met some people from the Centre for Austrian Studies. Later, we went to West Edmonton Mall, which is so much more than just a shopping centre - it's an unbelievable experience. There's an amusement park, a beach, a pirate ship, an ice skating rink and about 800 shops inside. "This is mental" would be an understatement. Tomorrow we're off to Banff. I can't wait!

xx [i]