UFERFRAUEN

Lesbian Life and Love in the GDR

a film by Barbara Wallbraun

UFERFRAUEN

Germany | 2019 | 115:00 min

Formal Categories

Biography / Portrait Gender History Human Interest Society Human Rights

Content Categories

Documentary

Synopsis

UFERFRAUEN – Lesbian life and love in the GDR is a documentary which tells the life stories of six lesbian women in the GDR – in the big city as well as in rural areas – 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 "invisible" lesbians, live? UFERFRAUEN illustrates a not yet publicly discussed topic, thus exploring an intriguing aspect of German history.

Festivals/Awards

2019
Dokula Best Documentary – 30 LSF Hamburg International Queer Film Festival

2020
QueerScope Best Debut – 24. Perlen - Queer Film Festival Hannover, Germany
Audiance Award – Queer-Streifen Regensburg, Germany
14. Vox Feminae Zagreb, Croatia
12. Side by Side St. Petersburg, Russia
49. Molodist Kiyv International Film Festival, Ukraina
25. Seattle Queer Film Festival, USA
ZKB Audiance Award – 23. Pink Apple Zürcih, Switzerland

2022
nominated 58 GRIMME PRIZE

Cast and Crew

Director Barbara Wallbraun
Producer Thomas Jeschner, Volker Zobelt, René Frotscher
Director of Photography Anne Misselwitz, Julia Hönemann
Digital Imaging Technician Kay Dombrowsky
Editor Jana Teuchert
Sound Christian Carl, Christian Schunke
Sound Design Florian Marquardt
Score Martin Kohlstedt
Other Claudia Max (Research)
Animation Gitte Hellwig, Lisa Neubauer

Original Languages

German

Production Company

Sunday Filmproduktions GmbH
Schulstraße 10, 06108 Halle (Saale)

Phone: +49 345 44572053

info@sundayfilm.de
https://sundayfilm.de

Links / Reference

DISTRIBUTION Germany
www.dejavu-film.de/

TRAILER
youtu.be/QExQ0cX7qFs
vimeo.com/383949453

www.facebook.com/Uferfrauen/
uferfrauen.de/