Fabienne Steiner

Documentary Filmmaking
Master of Arts in Film 2025
Bachelor of Arts in Film 2020
1984 born in Johannesburg South Africa, moved to Switzerland at the age of 13. Studied visual communication in Bern and worked as a grafik designer for several years. 2020 finished her BA studies in Film at the Zurich University of the Arts. 2025 finished her MA studies in the field of Documentary with her first feature Film "Fitting in".
Director, Director of Photography

2025 | Fitting in | Documentary, Coming of Age | 84 min

2020 | Café Zentrum | Documentary | 20.5 min | Switzerland

Director of Photography

2023 | The Value of Things | 69 min | Switzerland

2024 | God's Anus | Fiction | 12 min

2020 | Statist | Documentary | 16 min | ZHdK | CH

2020 | Kleinmeer | Documentary | 21 min | ZHdK | CH

2020 | The train station | Comedy, Fantasy | 13 min | Switzerland

2019 | G.O.A.T. | Fiction | 8 min

2019 | Kleinwald | Documentary | 23 min

2018 | Kleingolf | Documentary | 23 min

2016 | Einblick | Fiction | 5 min

Showcase Projects

Fitting in

Director, Cinematography, Screenplay | 2025 | MA Film | 84 min

South African students from all walks of life deal with an unforgotten past.

The Value of Things

Cinematography | 2023 | MA Film | 69 min

Three people, a film crew, one goal. They want to make a sustainable change in society.

Café Zentrum

Director, Cinematography, Production Manager, Editor | 2020 | BA Film | 20.5 min

The end of an era is near – for a generation as for the Café Zentrum

Kleingolf

Screenplay, Cinematography, Editor | 2017 | 23 min

Maja and Jörg fight for the Swiss Minigolf Championship.