Finn Stevenhagen

Finn Stevenhagen is a filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist who uses computer animation, scenography and animatronics to explore humanity through fictional narratives. Holding dear the technologies that make the preservation of a story's telling possible, Finn's practice aims to continue this tradition by creating new technologies for storytelling uniquely crafted for each narrative, character and turning point. Finn's research culminates in large immersive installations where storytelling is used to engage audiences with the deeper concepts and themes of the work. Characters, who take on the form of disembodied floating mouths and digital humans, inherit empathy through the fidelity of their animator. As artificial forms, these characters are pushed to encounter the limits of what emotions their bodies can perform. By juxtaposing a character's limited ability of expression with their desire to do just that, Finn presents clearly artificial depictions of humans as closely to their real counterparts. ​In 2022, Finn Stevenhagen was given an honorary award in the Computer Animation category of Prix Ars Electronica for the short film ‘When fox and rabbit say goodnight.’ and which has since been screened in the Netherlands, Latvia, Romania, Turkey, Hong Kong and the USA. In 2023, Finn was given a Pulchri Studio Encouragement Award for the expanded cinema installation, ‘In my tender care’. In 2026, Finn's work Graves' End was selected for the Golden Calf competition for Best Digital Culture Production of 2026.