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Ute Aurand (born 1957 Frankfurt/Main), is a German filmmaker working with 16mm since 1979. From 1979-85 studied filmmaking at the Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb). Since 1985 producing her own 40+ mostly short 16mm films. Curated monthly screenings between 1990 and 2007 in Berlin: “Filmarbeiterinnen Abend” 1990-95 (Kino Arsenal); “Sie zum Beispiel” (She, for Example) 1995/96 Kino Arsenal / Babylon Mitte; 1997-2007 co-founder of the group “FilmSamstag”.

Her films are shown internationally i.e. Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen – Cine Pro Experimental Prize 1981; IRFF Rotterdam; Berlinale/Forum Expanded; Tate Modern, London; Media City Film Festival – Grand Prize 2010; TIFF/Wavelenghts; NYFF/ Views From the Avantgarde, Currents; PFA Berkeley; HFA, Cambridge; DocLisboa; Exis, Seoul; Courtisane, Gent; Open City Documentary Film Festival, London; Ficunam/Umbrellas, Mexico City; Viennale; DokumentaMadrid;

Aurand lives and works in Berlin.

„(…) Aurand works within the artisanal tradition, shooting and editing her 16mm films alone. She favours responsive handheld camerawork and a distinctive editing style that is at once energetic, rhythmic and tender. (…) Aurand’s is a cinema of intimacy, populated by friends and family, daily experience forms the basis for a practice rich in lyrical beauty. (…)“ Erika Balsom