Ute Aurand

Biography

Ute Aurand was born in 1957 in Frankfurt/Main, and grew up in Berlin. She is a teacher and curator, and a devoted 16mm filmmaker since 1980. She studied filmmaking at the Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb) during the years 1979-1985. Since 1985 she began to produce her own films. In 1987 she founded "Ute Aurand Filmproduktion". During 1990-95, she presented the series "Filmarbeiterinnen-Abend" at the Arsenal cinema, Berlin, featuring films made by women, mostly experimental. In 1995-96, organised "Sie zum Beispiel" (Her, for Example) at the Arsenal and Babylon cinemas, in which 12 women filmmakers /artists selected and presented a personal selection of films by other women filmmakers. In 1997, she co-founded the group FilmSamstag (Film Saturday) together with Renate Sami and Theo Thiesmeier, later joined by Bärbel Freund, Karl Heil, Milena Gierke and Johannes Beringer, to present a monthly film programme in Kino Filmkunsthaus Babylon Mitte until 2007. Since 1981 curated film programs e.g. "Lichtgedichte/Light Poems", "Hyacinths" and "Poetinnen mit der Kamera/Women Poets with the Camera" and monographic programs of films by Marie Menken, Margaret Tait and Utako Koguchi…

Directed

1. To Brasil (2023) — Director
2. Young Pines (2011) — Director
3. Zuoz (2008) — Director
4. A Walk (2008) — Director
5. Jón in Akureyri (1993) — Director
6. Sakura, Sakura (2014) — Director
7. Four Diamonds (2016) — Director
8. Halbmond für Margaret (2004) — Director
9. Okiana (1983) — Director
10. Detour (1983) — Director
11. Das fliegende Bild (1994) — Director
12. India (2005) — Director
13. Paul Celan Liest (1985) — Director
14. Die Sonne sank, ich folge ihr (1985) — Director
15. To Be Here (2013) — Director
16. Detel + Jón (1993) — Director
17. Toying with Strings 2 (2003) — Director
18. Toying with Strings (1999) — Director
19. Bärbel and Charly (1994) — Director
20. Toying With Strings 3 (2013) — Director
21. Hanging Upside Down in the Branches (2009) — Director
22. Butterfly in Winter (2006) — Director
23. At the Sea (1995) — Director
24. A Walk / Im Park / ZUOZ (2008) — Director
25. Rushing Green with Horses (2021) — Director
26. Terzen (1998) — Director
27. Im Park (2008) — Director
28. Filmmuseum Aufbau 2000 (2001) — Director
29. Here, it is Very Nice at the Moment (2006) — Director
30. Neubrandenburg (1995) — Director
31. Dreaming In The Dark (2018) — Director
32. Maria (2011) — Director
33. Renate (2021) — Director
34. Maria und die Welt (1995) — Director
35. Tulipan (2002) — Director
36. At Home (1998) — Director
37. Silently Engrossed in Conversation (2019) — Director
38. Franz (2011) — Director
39. Lisa (2018) — Director
40. Arsenal Film Archive (2022) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Sparrow Dream (2022)
2. Cape Cod (2018) — herself
3. Noch einmal (1988)
4. Unding Undine (1982)