Select media responses to "Ulrike Ottinger in Asia":
“The Goethe-Institut's ULRIKE OTTINGER IN ASIA series is well worth your time” – Norm Wilner on Twitter
"Ottinger is one of the greatest voices of German and world cinema, as well as one of the most important voices of feminist and queer cinemas." – Shahbaz Khayambashi, Wylie Writes
“To a Canadian viewer,
Under Snow may bring to mind the historic dramas of the Inuit filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk: There's a story being told but there is also, equally importantly, a quest to record an ancient way of life.” – Kate Taylor, Globe & Mail
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Joan of Arc of Mongolia is a genuine art house epic and, I can say confidently, unlike anything you've ever seen.” – Paul Bellini, MyGayToronto
“A fascinating amalgam of on-camera interviews, file footage and vintage photographs and posters,
Exile Shanghai delves into one of the most intriguing footnotes of the Holocaust.” – Sheldon Kirshner, The Times of Israel
“Ottinger has certainly proven to have grit in a man's world, and industry. Homoeroticism and fetishism, being a (strong) woman and being lesbian, are always there as an underlying fact.” – Curator Jutta Brendemühl in an interview with Bateman Reviews
“At the end of the day, Ottinger's films are for and about all, for refugees and nomads, for dreamers and freaks, for performers and poets.” – Curator Jutta Brendemühl in an interview with Bateman Reviews
“The films of German director Ulrike Ottinger move beyond a white heteromasculine culture that makes up the norm.” – Chelsea Phillips-Carr, "Culture at a Distance”, Kinoscope
“Ottinger is a trailblazer for women in film and queer directors. Her singular style is impossible to pin down in the way that a David Lynch film is “Lynchian” or a Federico Fellini film is “Fellini-esque.” Maybe “Ottingerish” needs to be a wider part of film geek vernacular.” – Patrick Mullen, Point of View Magazine
“Ottinger is able to translate her love of travelling and exploring into these incredible films.” – Barbara Goslawski, Frameline
“She knows how to make a party when you least expect it – that’s basically her filmmaking. It’s fun and dream-like and carnevalesque. Don’t get scared by the word avant-garde. Ulrike has a lot of humor and this wonderful humanity.” – Barbara Goslawski, Frameline
“Speaking of #Timesup -- Ulrike Ottinger has done it for so long, standing up to male power structures in the film industry.” – Curator Jutta Brendemühl on CJRU's The Scope at Ryerson
“Film aficionados should make GoetheToronto's Ulrike Ottinger series a priority. Not to be missed!“ – Addison Wylie on Twitter
