The Goethe-Institut is pleased to present the new documentary on sexual violence, #FEMALE PLEASURE, on the occasion of International Women's Day at the China Women's Film Festival. The cinematographer of the film, Anne Misselwitz from Berlin, will present the film at Emperor Cinema. On the same day, there will be a dialogue between Anne Misselwitz, professors and students at an university on women’s roles in films and in film industry. This event is free and open to public. Please visit our Facebook page for more updates of the event.
Director: Barbara Miller, Switzerland/Germany, 2018, 97 min.
#FEMALE PLEASURE embarks on a journey to discover female sexuality in the 21st century. The film questions millennial patriarchal structures, as well as todays omnipresent porn culture. #FEMALE PLEASURE accompanies five extraordinary women around the globe, reveals universal contexts and shows the successful fight of these courageous women for a self-determined female sexuality and an equal, sensual relationship between the sexes.
Anne Misselwitz is a freelance cinematographer based in Berlin. Having trained at the London College of Communication (BA Hons Film & Video, 2001), Anne then received her Diploma from the HFF „Konrad Wolf“ Filmschool Potsdam Babelsberg (Diploma in Cinematography, 2007).
Anne has worked in numerous countries, including Iran, India, Uganda, Russia, former Yugoslavia, Israel, Palestine and many others. Her work has been shown at major international festivals and won various awards. At the IFFF 2009 in Dortmund / Collogne she was awarded with the Prize for Women Directors of Photography in the category of documentary films for „The Amount of Small Things“.
Primarily a cinematographer, Anne has also directed two of her own films („Twilight“ (2001) and „Belgrade Backspin“ (2005).
