The monthly GOETHE POP UP FILM SERIES supports artistic works that
amplify the plurality of voices and experiences to inspire public
dialogue. In May, we celebrate the winner of this year’s Berlinale
Camera, Ulrike Ottinger. Ottinger is one of the most important German
filmmakers since the 1970s and the grande dame of German avant-garde
film. Her work follows her adventurous curiosity and creates unique
poetic imagery.
ABOUT THE FILM:
ULRIKE OTTINGER’s rarely seen first feature from 1977, a
coproduction with the ZDF television network, was a celebrated as a
sensation and prompted substantial controversy. It follows the
notorious pirate queen MADAME X AS SHE GATHERS A GROUP OF WOMEN, bored
with their everyday lives, to join her on her ship Orlando. Subverting
conventional storytelling and realism, and the traditional
male-centered pirate tale in particular, the WOMEN’S POSTMODERN
SEARCH FOR SELF-TRANSFORMATION routes through conflict and destruction
and places them at odds with the rituals of the outside world. This
highly aestheticized adventure about love, death, and utopia, invites
the viewers along for an unprecedented journey that celebrates the
marginal.
"Ottinger reappropriates the aesthetics of narcissism for a feminist
discourse, reflecting the problematics of reappropriation through a
many-layered parodistic masquerade." Miriam Hansen, University of
Wisconsin
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER:
Ulrike Ottinger (b.1942, Konstanz) is a German artist whose work
encompasses not only film, but also theatre directing, painting, and
photography. Her artistic work has been shown at the Biennale di
Venezia, the documenta, and the Berlin Biennale.
OTTINGER'S FILM WORK COMPRISES 25 SHORT, documentary, and feature
films. including her first film in 1972-1973, _Laoccon & Sons_, with
Tabea Blumenschein, the Berlin Trilogy’s _Ticket of No Return_
(1979), _Freak Orlando_ (1981), and _Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the
Yellow Press _(1984). A series of long documentaries followed that
were created when travelling through Asian countries. One of her
latest films is a 12-hour ethnographic documentary, _Chamisso’s
Shadow _(2016) and it is just one of a dozen of Ottinger’s films
that were invited to the Berlinale during her career. In addition, her
films have been shown at numerous international festivals and have
received various recognitions, including at the Cinémathèque
Française in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. For her
work, she was awarded the Deutsche Filmpreis, and the Special Teddy,
the international film award for films with LGBT+ topics, and she
repeatedly received the German Film Critics Award. In 2011, the Hannah
Höch Prize of the City of Berlin was bestowed upon her for an
outstanding artistic life’s work.
PLEASE NOTE:
ATTENDANCE IS FREE. Doors open 30 minutes before the film on a first
come, first served basis. A limited number of guaranteed tickets will
be available for reservation on Eventbrite. ANY RESERVED BUT UNCLAIMED
TICKETS WILL BE RELEASED TO OTHER PATRONS 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE
SCREENING.
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