A portrait of my Japanese friend Risa (Lisa) Tamaru, filmed in Berlin and Yokohama. It's the sixth film in a series of short portraits of close women friends and my two godchildren. Filming portraits allows me to emphasize private gestures and moments beyond narration and documentation.
Ute Aurand
Studied at Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin 1979-85. Her films have been shown at e.g. TIFF Wavelengths; Media City Film Festival; Berlinale Forum Expanded; IFFR; Oberhausen; Courtisane Festival; Tate London; Robert Flaherty Seminar; PFA Berkely; HFA Cambridge; NGA Washington. Co-founder of FilmSamstag 1997-2007. Founded the Bolexwerkstatt at the Berlin Filmschool dffb 2015.