Photographer, cinematographer, film director and much more – over the course of her career, which now spans more than 60 years, Elfi Mikesch has taken on many different roles and gifted us with a truly unique body of work that has had a profound influence on feminist and queer cinema. As one of Germany’s most renowned cinematographers, she has worked with Rosa von Praunheim, Werner Schroeter, Monika Treut, Friederike Pezold, Heinz Emigholz, Cynthia Beatt and Teresa Villaverde. Elfi Mikesch is 85 years old and has just been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Association of German Film Critics at the Berlinale. As part of the Rosa von Praunheim retrospective in Brussels, she will speak about her collaborations with Rosa von Praunheim.