Milena Gierke Movies

"During the 13 months, I spent in New York, I always had my camera with me. This film concentrates on direct visual impressions of my daily life in...

"My sister was obsessed with the 1950s and the music of the period. It was her 16th birthday, and we celebrated together, in the bathtub."...

"My legs and feet appear different in the light of the setting sun. The effect of shadows; using a macro-lens, I explore my skin‘s surface...

Shadows of leafless trees projected on to buildings in Berlin-Pankow. The shadows cast their pattern on three-dimensional objects as their own sort...

"Depending on the light and the angle, one can see a variety of reflections in double-paned glass. I used this phenomenon to film a defracted...

While in the Cevenne region of France, I filmed a large green grainfield, which came to life as the summer wind blew. The way the entire field and...

"Afternoon shift in Marseilles coupled with the stormy mistral. I love Bauhaus and filmed a big complex by Le Corbusier 'Unité d'habitation'...

One of my earliest memories is the view of the mountain opposite, where my mother was born in during the war while the family was in hiding. She's...

Super 8 short by Milena Gierke.

"Playing With Water Part II consists of reflections in a pool, shot using an automatic fade out. Playing With Water III: Algae in Maine, U.S.A.,...

An older man walks slowly down the pavement. He doesn‘t notice that he’s being filmed. He appears to be from another world, completely in...

I booked a holiday in Tunisia: one week in a 3-star hotel, and spent the entire time there. The film subjects everything to my own point of view: the...

For a short while, the sunlight hits an unspectacular corner in the garden, transforming it into a realm of magic impressions.

I travelled in China for 3 ½ weeks on an excursion organised by the art academy. First, we took the Trans-Siberian railway from Moscow to...

"Shot from my grandmother‘s flat in Frankfurt’s (am Main) Westend district. The view includes buildings, the sky, trees,and a dressing...

The view out the window of a train toilet is reflected in the mirror, and vice versa.

"Goldfish swimming in a fountain at Sans Souci in Potsdam." —Milena Gierke