Introduced in 2006, the Girls’ Focus Workshop at the Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln offers women over the age of 16 professional orientation in the film industry. Alongside discussions about their own first films, participants have the opportunity to meet women experts from all areas of film practice, such as directing, camera work, sound design, scriptwriting and editing, and review festival films.
Mirror Mirror on the Wall … is the title of the tenth Girls’ Focus Workshop. This time participants search for ideal body images and role models with film-maker Claudia Richarz. They use still cameras to find out what staged scenarios feel like and discuss how they work.
In Cooperation with UZWEI im Dortmunder U, LizzyNet and jfc Medienzentrum.
Claudia Richarz
Claudia Richarz is a documentary filmmaker and mother to two sons. In 1978, she co-founded the women’s media centre bildwechsel in Hamburg. In the late 1990s, she was awarded the Grimme Prize for her documentary series Abnehmen in Essen. Her feature film Vulva 3.0 (co-directed with Ulrike Zimmermann) had its world premiere at the Berlinale in 2014. Her feature film Helke Sander: Aufräumen (2023) has been screened at numerous festivals in Germany and abroad.
Films by Claudia Richarz (selection)
Schau mich an 2017 | Das Nummerngirl 1989 | Der Zug aus Leipzig 1989 | Anti-Aids-Spot 1988 (mit Jochen Hick) | Endlich eine Prinzessin 1986 | Ich wandle unter Blumen 1985 | Staubsaugen 1985 (mit Andrea van der Straeten) | Fortunella 1980 | Buttergemüse 1980
Eva-Maria Marx
Eva-Maria Marx works as a freelance media educationalist and journalist for such projects as Hören e.V., jfc Medienzentrum e.V. and the Grimme Institute, specialising in media education for children, young people and adults.
