Female Perspectives

  Selects #4

15 Apr–14 Jul 23

Women are still a minority in film professions and, as performers, they often have to comply with stereotypes. Our program of nine feature and documentary films portrays women in front of and behind the camera who have broken free of these expectations. They have developed screenplays that place the focus on women, their daily work, the household, and beyond. They have created original imagery in a range of ways. The performers in their films do not correspond to conventional ideals of beauty and come from all kinds of social milieus. Sometimes their lives are documented with austere realism, at times provocatively, and at others, tongue in cheek.

All films

  • Zoe

    GER 1999, directed by Maren-Kea Freese, 79 min, rated: 12

  • And the desire remains ...

    Und die Sehnsucht bleibt …, GDR 1988, directed by Petra Tschörtner, 61 min, rated: 12

  • Melek Leaves

    Die Kümmeltürkin geht, FRG 1987, directed by Jeanine Meerapfel, 89 min, rated: 12

  • Nude Portraits – Gundula Schulze

    Aktfotografie – z.B. Gundula Schulze, GDR 1984, directed by Helke Misselwitz, 12 min, rated: 0

  • I Often Think of Hawaii

    Ich denke oft an Hawaii, FRG 1978, directed by Elfi Mikesch, 85 min, rated: 6

  • Under the Pavement Lies the Strand

    Unter dem Pflaster ist der Strand, FRG 1975, directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms, 103 min, rated: 16

  • The Cat Has Nine Lives

    Neun Leben hat die Katze, FRG 1968, directed by Ula Stöckl, 91 min, rated: 18

  • The Portrait

    Das Portrait, FRG 1966, directed by May Spils, 10 min, rated: 6