Film historian Thekla Dannenberg puts it in a nutshell when she writes that “the female body (…) has always been a battleground, in theory but above all in reality: It has been made available, degraded and subjugated, and even those who idealized, revered and staged it usually turned away when things got bloody. When French filmmaker Claire Simon calls her documentary about a women’s clinic in Paris “Notre Corps”, she is making a statement in more than one way. (…) For three hours, we follow her through the various stages of the clinic and of life, in confidential conversations between doctors and patients, in treatment rooms and operating theaters. Not a single minute is too much. The movie is a sensation.” – Thekla Dannenberg, Perlentaucher

For the »ifs Begegnung« Gender & Diversity program, ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln and Internationales Frauen Film Fest Dortmund+Köln have collaborated to raise awareness of the work of female directors in the cultural sector and at film schools by combining their synergies. In order to stimulate discussion on the subject of gender and diversity, selected feature and documentary films as well as experimental works are regularly screened, and their makers introduced in a subsequent discussion.

Filmforum NRW • Bischofsgartenstraße 1 • 50667 Cologne

Admission is free.

A cooperation with ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln and International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund+Cologne as part of the Filmforum NRW e.V.