Marie Louise Alemann

MLA (2017)

The autobiographical films made by German-Argentine experimental artist Marie Louise Alemann explore performativity and layers of the self. Paulo Pécora's portrait of Alemann, recorded in 2013, pays her loving tribute. Alemann's figure gradually comes int ...

Narcisa (2014)

This documentary is an approach to the experience of seeing and listening to the trajectory of Narcisa Hirsch, a pioneer of Argentine experimental cinema, but who has also been part of the happenings and performances of the 1960s and 1970s. ...

Butoh (2013)

Cielo azul, cielo negro (2005)

The stories of four solitary characters form a single plot in which the rules of the game are determined by chance. Everyone is finishing something; everyone, unknowingly, is about to start over. ...

Cinématon XII (1981)

Reel 12 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series. ...

Self-Defense (1980)

Wearing a swimming cap and one-piece, with a bright white face, an alien-like woman circles the camera, snarling and contorting her jaw, using a rainstick as a shield. ...

Sensation '77: Mimicry (1977)

A woman hides in the forest, attempting to become one with the landscape. ...

Autobiográfico 2 (1974)

In a forest, a woman is bound by rope and string to the trees. Gradually, she begins to remove the bindings. ...

Yo veo conejos (1967)

For Example, Argentina (1985)

Documentary on State terrorism during the last military dictatorship in Argentina, made in its aftermath. Invited by the Goethe-Institut to hold a workshop with young film students, Schroeter contrasts the official statements of the regime with the testimo ...

Self-Defense (1980)

Wearing a swimming cap and one-piece, with a bright white face, an alien-like woman circles the camera, snarling and contorting her jaw, using a rainstick as a shield. ...

Thresholds (1980)

Marie Louise Alemann, who died in February 2015, was an experimental filmmaker based in Buenos Aires. She worked on Super8 and developed a bold yet enigmatic style, frequently performing in her own films, and emphasising physical sensations and the primacy ...

Table Scenes (1979)

A group of people, blindfolded and fed distorted German dialogue through headphones, sit at a table and feel their way towards the food in the centre. ...

Sensation '77: Mimicry (1977)

A woman hides in the forest, attempting to become one with the landscape. ...

Clasificando sensaciones (1974)

Different feelings in several visual formulations. ...

Autobiográfico 2 (1974)

In a forest, a woman is bound by rope and string to the trees. Gradually, she begins to remove the bindings. ...

Vanessa (1974)

In documentary fashion, drag queens are shown preparing for a performance, of which clips are also shown. ...

Yo veo conejos (1967)