1986

In her films, German director and photographer Ulrike Ottinger parodies cinema conventions, searching for new forms of visual pleasure. In doing so, she constantly challenges the viewer’s position. Many of her highly stylised films also contain fantastic elements.

In an exercise of ironic self-awareness, Chantal Akerman tries to deal with her own procrastination by making a film about laziness itself. The film is part of a collective project in which seven women each are making a short film about one of the deadly sins.