Theresa George (*1984) is a film anthropologist based in Hamburg. From 2005 to 2013, she studied cultural anthropology, journalism and political science in Leipzig. Since then, she has co-developed films and videos in changing constellations, works for film festivals, curates her own programmes and teaches visual anthropology.
CASANOVA GENE (2018)
Research
© Still from CASANOVA GENE by Luise Donschen
A person enters the frame dressed up as a bird. In a dressing room, John Malkovich sheds the costume of Casanova. A young woman's skirt is just as orange as the beak of a zebra finch singing in a cage. White lilies stand at the foot of a statue of the Virgin Mary, red roses in front of the window of an SM studio. There the quiet game of submission in exchange for money, in a museum an embrace, a poem whispered in the ear. Children playing in a forest in autumn. A forest in summer, framed by light. An orgasm and a dance. CASANOVA GENE is a film about desire.
Feature film by Luise Donschen
16mm, 5.1 surround, colour, 65 min.
Film website
Forum der Berlinale (Premiere), Visions du Réel, Art of the Real/Lincoln Center New York, Taipeh Film Festival, FID Marseille, New Horizons, Open City Documentary Festival, FIC VALDIVIA, Viennale, Festival Internacional del Cine de Mar del Plata, ZINEBI u.a.
Prices: Best Feature Film Award in Altered States Competition