Maria Lang, along with Ute Aurand, belonged to a group of female students at the Berlin Film and Television Academy who shaped a new experimental film language in the 1980s. During this time, she created her most important films, Familiengruft – ein Liebesgedicht an meine Mutter (1982) and Zärtlichkeiten (1985), which explored lesbian life in Berlin. With the question «Who were the first women to make films in Germany?», Aurand and Lang founded the Filmarbeiterinnen-Abend at the Kino Arsenal. In 1991, Maria Lang moved to the countryside to care for her mother, who could no longer manage alone, and looked after her until 2008. There, she continued to create more films together with Aurand. Maria Lang left behind a small but remarkable body of work. Ute Aurand later brought Lang’s films, along with her Texte zum Film (2017), to Zurich.

Maria Lang program I - May 24th, 17:45h

Maria Lang program II - May 26th, 19:30h