UFERFRAUEN – Lesbian Life And Love In The GDR<\/h1>\nCinema Documentary | DE (2019) | 115min<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\u201cUferfrauen \u2013 Lesbian Life and Love in the GDR\u201d tells the life stories of six lesbian women in the GDR \u2013 in the big city as well as in rural areas \u2013 and how they lived and loved in same-sex relationships. These six very different biographies are representative of untold lesbian history, ranging from intimate love stories to accounts of state repression. Shaped by socialism, how did these mothers, workers and warriors, often \u201cinvisible\u201d lesbians, live? The film illustrates a not yet publicly discussed topic, thus exploring an intriguing aspect of German history.<\/p>\n
\u201cUferfrauen \u2013 Lesbian Life and Love in the GDR\u201d is not a film only for the LGBT scene but rather appeals to a wide audience. This documentary by Barbara Wallbraun shows that, despite their differences, the six portrayed women were all driven by an existential human need: the quest for personal happiness (in love). Beyond that Barbara Wallbraun wants to explore what it was like to grow up under socialism and its repercussions on the present-day life. This is intertwined with a cinematic portrayal of women\u2019s role in the socialist system, giving the chance to debunk the image of emancipation which the GDR government promoted.<\/p>\n
The film\u2019s title \u201cUferfrauen \u2013 Lesbian Life and Love in the GDR\u201d is metaphoric and conveys the women\u2019s omnipresent feelings of the outsider\u2019s loneliness, of homosexuality as a societal taboo and of coerced conformity in a repressive regime \u2013 a life on society\u2019s (private) margins, always torn between taking the plunge into cold water or staying on the dry, safe shore.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>Writer | Director:<\/strong> Barbara Wallbraun<\/p>\nCamera:<\/strong> Anne Misselwitz, Julia H\u00f6nemann
\nEditor:<\/strong> Jana Teuchert
\nSound:<\/strong> Christian Carl, Christian Schunke
\nAnimation:<\/strong> Gitte Hellwig & Lisa Neubauer
\nMusic:<\/strong> Martin Kohlstedt
\nSound Design:<\/strong> Florian Marquardt<\/a>
\nColor Correction:<\/strong> Kay Dombrowsky<\/a>
\nProducer:<\/strong> Thomas Jeschner
\nProduction:<\/strong> Sunday Filmproduktion<\/a>
\nDistribution:<\/strong> D\u00e9j\u00e0vu Film<\/a><\/p>\nMore information here:<\/strong> www.uferfrauen.de<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nAwards<\/h2>\n
2019 <\/strong>Dokula \u2013 Best Documentary | Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg
\n2020<\/strong> Queerscope Deb\u00fctfilmpreis | Perlen – Queer Film Fstival Hanover
\n2020<\/strong> Audience Award | Pink Apple Zurich<\/p>\nCinema Release: 3. September 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
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\u201cUferfrauen \u2013 Lesbian Life and Love in the GDR\u201d tells the life stories of six lesbian women in the GDR \u2013 in the big city as well as in rural areas \u2013 and how they lived and loved in same-sex relationships. These six very different biographies are representative of untold lesbian history, ranging from intimate love stories to accounts of state repression. Shaped by socialism, how did these mothers, workers and warriors, often \u201cinvisible\u201d lesbians, live? The film illustrates a not yet publicly discussed topic, thus exploring an intriguing aspect of German history.<\/p>\n
\u201cUferfrauen \u2013 Lesbian Life and Love in the GDR\u201d is not a film only for the LGBT scene but rather appeals to a wide audience. This documentary by Barbara Wallbraun shows that, despite their differences, the six portrayed women were all driven by an existential human need: the quest for personal happiness (in love). Beyond that Barbara Wallbraun wants to explore what it was like to grow up under socialism and its repercussions on the present-day life. This is intertwined with a cinematic portrayal of women\u2019s role in the socialist system, giving the chance to debunk the image of emancipation which the GDR government promoted.<\/p>\n
The film\u2019s title \u201cUferfrauen \u2013 Lesbian Life and Love in the GDR\u201d is metaphoric and conveys the women\u2019s omnipresent feelings of the outsider\u2019s loneliness, of homosexuality as a societal taboo and of coerced conformity in a repressive regime \u2013 a life on society\u2019s (private) margins, always torn between taking the plunge into cold water or staying on the dry, safe shore.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Writer | Director:<\/strong> Barbara Wallbraun<\/p>\n Camera:<\/strong> Anne Misselwitz, Julia H\u00f6nemann More information here:<\/strong> www.uferfrauen.de<\/a><\/p>\n 2019 <\/strong>Dokula \u2013 Best Documentary | Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg Cinema Release: 3. September 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
\nEditor:<\/strong> Jana Teuchert
\nSound:<\/strong> Christian Carl, Christian Schunke
\nAnimation:<\/strong> Gitte Hellwig & Lisa Neubauer
\nMusic:<\/strong> Martin Kohlstedt
\nSound Design:<\/strong> Florian Marquardt<\/a>
\nColor Correction:<\/strong> Kay Dombrowsky<\/a>
\nProducer:<\/strong> Thomas Jeschner
\nProduction:<\/strong> Sunday Filmproduktion<\/a>
\nDistribution:<\/strong> D\u00e9j\u00e0vu Film<\/a><\/p>\nAwards<\/h2>\n
\n2020<\/strong> Queerscope Deb\u00fctfilmpreis | Perlen – Queer Film Fstival Hanover
\n2020<\/strong> Audience Award | Pink Apple Zurich<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>