about
Daria Tchapanova is a research-led visual artist and filmmaker whose interdisciplinary practice spans film, photography, and mixed media. Her work explores socio-political structures, with a particular focus on power relations, systemic inequalities, and the ways these shape social realities. Drawing on her background in Visual Arts and Anthropology, she develops projects that merge artistic inquiry with critical social and political perspectives.
Working mainly in contemporary art contexts, Daria’s practice is collaborative and research-based. Through dialogue and exchange, she creates spaces for reflection and shared perspectives. These processes also inform her films, where different voices and experiences come together to explore the relationship between art, society, and everyday life in diverse social and cultural contexts.
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based in Vienna, Austria
© photo: Gurdy Binder
ongoing | upcoming
The Building - A Gritty Fairytale
ongoing | short film production
Premiere: The Bioscope Independent Cinema, Johannesburg
September 2026
Multiple Views
Exhibition at August House, Johannesburg, September 2026
Wunschbox-Challenge
foto project in collaboration with OUTBACK youth center
ongoing | presentation June 2026
Inclusive Dance Film
in collaboration with Romina Kolb & BBA Collective
ongoing | film screening & presentation June 2026
Film workshops “Short Cut: My Strengths“
in collaboration with schools in Vienna and Lower Austria,
February - April 2026
as part of Bounce Back – Life Skills Development (EU Project)
Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
March 2026, Athens, GR
Honorable Mention Best Sound Design for Haus am Gehen
Activists Without Border Film Festival
Screening “The Way We Are“ (2023)
November 2025, London, UK
Honorary Award for Efforts in Social Filmmaking 2025
InDi(e) Day - Inclusion, Diversity and Pedagogy
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Screening “The Way We Are“ (2023), November 2025
Sustainability Management Programme
by International Screen Institute
3rd - 7th November 2025, Vienna
with special thanks to D-Arts & Int. Screen Institute
Dhwani - A Special International Film Festival
Screening “The Way We Are“ (2023)
Odissi Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, India
Award: 2nd Prize in the 30-Minute-Category, October 2025
based on “Haus am Gehen“; BG Erlgasse 1120 Vienna, May 2025
ongoing workshops 2025/26
Power24 International Film Festival
Screening “the way we are“ (2023)
August 2025, Durban, South Africa
Award: Best Emerging Filmmaker
Artist in Residence
August House Johannesburg | July - August 2025
supported by Lower Austria Arts & Culture
Award Ottakringer Kunstpreis
Exhibition Kollektive Kaorle , May 2025, Vienna (AT)
SchoK festival,
Screenings Juni 2025, Schoorle (NL)
Inklusive Workshop
“So wie wir sind“ KHP Vienna , March 2025
Together! Disability Film Festival
Screening “the way we are“ (2023),
December 2024, London (UK)
Award: Best Documentary
International Filmfestival “Reflection of Disability in Art“
Screening “the way we are“ (2023)
November 2024, Thessaloniki (GR)
Opening performance by Felix Röper
Screenings “Haus am Gehen“ (2024)
Open Studio Day - KunstQuartier Wien Meidling
Screening November 2024