The German filmmaker joins us for a weeklong residency. From fantastical feminist fictions to ethnographic explorations, her films reflect a keen and wide-ranging eye for the marvelous.
Read full descriptionThe filmmaker in residence presents an illustrated lecture discussing her approach to the visual design of her films, as well as her research methods for nonfiction projects.
Ottinger’s Bering Sea voyage concludes with the peninsula of Kamchatka and Bering Island.
Ottinger travels from Chukotka to the remote outpost of Wrangel Island as her journey continues.
The second chapter in Ottinger’s Arctic exploration takes her to Chukotka in the Russian Far East.
Ottinger traces the paths of past explorers in a multipart exploration of the peoples, landscapes, and legends of the Bering Sea. This extraordinarily beautiful work is perhaps Ottinger’s magnum opus.
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“Virginia Woolf meets the German camp underground in this extravaganza of performance art and oddity” (Jonathan Rosenbaum). Ottinger’s gender-bending, boundary-breaking fantasy of world history features Magdalena Montezuma, Delphine Seyrig, and Eddie Constantine.
The filmmaker in residence presents an illustrated lecture discussing her approach to the visual design of her films, as well as her research methods for nonfiction projects.
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Fascinating and rich with wry humor, Exile Shanghai is an extraordinary cultural odyssey that affectionately conjures up the lost Jewish world of 1930s Shanghai.
Ulrike Ottinger in Person
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BAMPFA Student Committee Pick
Delphine Seyrig plays Dr. Mabuse, the unscrupulous president of a multinational press conglomerate scheming up a new plan for world domination, in Ottinger’s Langian exploration of media manipulation.
Ulrike Ottinger in Person
Ottinger’s award-winning documentary on the Prater amusement park in Vienna draws a parallel between the illusionary business of carnival freak shows and the bygone era of a cinema of attractions.
Ulrike Ottinger in Person
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A dive into Berlin’s seedy underside, courtesy of two women drinking themselves into oblivion. With appearances by Magdalena Montezuma, Nina Hagen, Eddie Constantine, and other cult stars.
Ulrike Ottinger and B. Ruby Rich in Conversation
This personal portrait of the idiosyncratic German artist, filmmaker, and feminist traces her artistic development and offers insights into her singular body of work.