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The Ovo (Ovo - the Video)

The Ovo (Ovo - the Video)

2005 | 17 min | Icons & Media Art

THE OVO (OVO - THE VIDEO) is a short film by Berlin film artist and icon Michael Brynntrup. "It's not about how a drag queen moves, it's about what she sets in motion." (Ovo Maltine) “The Ovo is a documentary about Christoph Josten, better known as the Polit-queer and AIDS activist Ovo Maltine. Excerpts from talk shows, footage of demonstrations and personal interviews paint a portrait of a fascinating personality.” (Queer Film Festival Rostock, July 2010)

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Unpublished! - A Bonus Track

Unpublished! - A Bonus Track

2006 | 3 min | Icons & Media Art

UNPUBLISHED!- A BONUS TRACK is a bonus interview from the Michael Brynntrup film THE OVO, which appeared on the special edition DVD 'Berlinale Rolle 2', published by tip-magazin.

Loverfilm

Loverfilm

1997 | 22 min | Icons & Media Art

Berlin filmmaker Michael Brynntrup exposes his own sex life in a radical, relentless yet humorous invasion of privacy.

Jesus - The Film

Jesus - The Film

1986 | 127 min | Icons & Media Art

In a Dada-inspired retelling of the New Testament on Super8, 22 filmmakers and Michael Brynntrup explore faith and art in 35 episodes.

Homo Erectus

Homo Erectus

1989 | 76 min | Icons & Media Art

An amusing journey through the Berlin Drag-Queen scene of the 80s in five short films by Michael Brynntrup.

NY 'NY 'n why not

NY 'NY 'n why not

1999 | 4 min | Icons & Media Art

WALK / DON'T WALK / WALK. The rhythm of the nineties. A musical stroll along Christopher Street.

Gender Agenda

Gender Agenda

1999 | 76 min | Icons & Media Art

GENDER AGENDA is a compilation of eight queer short films by Berlin experimental filmmaking icon Michael Brynntrup.

Love, Jealousy and Revenge (Liebe, Eifersucht und Rache)

Love, Jealousy and Revenge (Liebe, Eifersucht und Rache)

1991 | 7 min | Icons & Media Art

This short film by Michael Brynntrup, is "a spontaneous, kitschy, unerring, and spicy parable about mutual understanding featuring the world famous underground star BeV Stroganov." (Jury Filmfest Dresden) You know that every film has its own language...

Narcissus and Echo

Narcissus and Echo

1989 | 14 min | Icons & Media Art

Long seemed invalid the Prophet's word, / But honored it was, by the outcome at last: / How odd the madness, how strange a death! (Ovid, Metamorphoses) NARCISSUS AND ECHO, a short film by Michael Brynntrup, is a “delightfully mannered game of deception, honored by the German Film Critics Association as the best experimental film of 1990. A highlight of camp aesthetic.” (Rundbrief Film) The director describes NARCISSUS AND ECHO as a film in the form of a riddle, a special kind of entertainment film ...

Veronika (vera ikon)

Veronika (vera ikon)

1986 | 11 min | Icons & Media Art

In his short film VERONIKA (VERA IKON) experimental filmmaker Michael Brynntrup takes the biblical prohibition of images literally.