Ute Aurand Movies

  • 2016
    Four Diamonds

    Four Diamonds

    Four Diamonds

    62016HD

    Two memories from a longer visit to New England in Autumn 2012: a group of elderly ladies playing bridge followed by the stormy ocean at Cape Cod in...

    Four Diamonds
  • 2006
    Butterfly in Winter

    Butterfly in Winter

    Butterfly in Winter

    72006HD

    Ute Aurand films Maria Lang in her daily activity as she cares for her mother. The presence of the filmmaker is visible in the camera movements and...

    Butterfly in Winter
  • 1980
    Deeply Absorbed In Silent Conversation

    Deeply Absorbed In Silent Conversation

    Deeply Absorbed In Silent Conversation

    01980HD

    A woman’s self-discovery unfolds through a series of mirrored and reflected moments - puddles, shadows, tears in mylar, and finally the body of...

    Deeply Absorbed In Silent Conversation
  • 1985
    Paul Celan Liest

    Paul Celan Liest

    Paul Celan Liest

    11985HD

    Paul Celan reads Paul Celan. The words which we hear are seen on the screen - the optical sound negative became the visible image.

    Paul Celan Liest
  • 2014
    Sakura, Sakura

    Sakura, Sakura

    Sakura, Sakura

    02014HD

    2 minute film about two Japanese ladies.

    Sakura, Sakura
  • 1999
    Toying with Strings

    Toying with Strings

    Toying with Strings

    61999HD

    "Toying with string" is painting transformed into film. Color, threads, stones, various natural elements give birth to images constantly changing in...

    Toying with Strings
  • 1970
    Anziehen

    Anziehen

    Anziehen

    01970HD

    Manifesto of a group of young women who were to conquer the camera and use the medium from then on for self-questioning and self-assertion.

    Anziehen
  • 1994
    Das fliegende Bild

    Das fliegende Bild

    Das fliegende Bild

    61994HD

    The two 11year old friends, Franz and Pablo, run with angel-wings, stand under giant leaves and improvise on their trompet and piano.

    Das fliegende Bild
  • 2009
    Hanging Upside Down in the Branches

    Hanging Upside Down in the Branches

    Hanging Upside Down in the Branches

    62009HD

    Ute Aurand’s Hanging upside down in the Branches is a gentle, generous and unsparing portrait of the filmmaker’s parents, whose passing...

    Hanging Upside Down in the Branches
  • 2002
    Für Frau Foerster

    Für Frau Foerster

    Für Frau Foerster

    02002HD

    Für Frau Foerster
  • 2008
    Im Park

    Im Park

    Im Park

    62008HD

    Scenes in the park of the Rietberg Museum in Zurich with its collection of Asian, African and Indian art.

    Im Park
  • 2022
    Arsenal Film Archive

    Arsenal Film Archive

    Arsenal Film Archive

    02022HD

    Shot on 16mm, Ute Aurand documents the archive of Kino Arsenal - Institut für Film und Videokunst before its contents underwent a thorough...

    Arsenal Film Archive
  • 2008
    Building Under Ground

    Building Under Ground

    Building Under Ground

    02008HD

    The film follows the construction of the new expansion of Zurich's Museum Rietberg, from the groundbreaking in May 2004 through to the opening in...

    Building Under Ground
  • 2003
    Toying with Strings 2

    Toying with Strings 2

    Toying with Strings 2

    62003HD

    “Fadenspiele 2“ (Toying with String 2) is an animation made with the painter, my sister, Detel Aurand. We filmed inside the studio and...

    Toying with Strings 2
  • 1998
    At Home

    At Home

    At Home

    01998HD

    ZU HAUSE (At Home) ist the final sequence in TERZEN, playing with the filmmakers shadow and the Bolex camera while filming in her kitchen.

    At Home
  • 1993
    Jón in Akureyri

    Jón in Akureyri

    Jón in Akureyri

    01993HD

    Jón in Akureyri is the second part of Detel + Jón. I filmed Jón Sigrurgeiersson walking through the streets of his childhood,...

    Jón in Akureyri
  • 2011
    Young Pines

    Young Pines

    Young Pines

    62011HD

    Young Pines grew out of three trips to Japan between May 2009 and November 2010. Invited to Japan for a series of film screenings, I began filming in...

    Young Pines