Maren-Kea Freese

Maren-Kea Freese begins her filmmaking career with short films on Super 8, while working as an assistant director with Georg Tabori and Rosa von Praunheim. After her studies at the dffb, she makes various short films, including ZOE, AMOR FATI, SPRUNG INS LEERE and KOJOTENWEG 13. ZOE is her graduation and debut film. ZOE has been screened at numerous international festivals, including the Forum of the Berlin International Film Festival and various other film festivals in Moscow, Gothenburg, Lodz, London, Paris, Glasgow and Belgrade. Maren-Kea Freese lives and works in Berlin.

Zoe - Long Version

1999

1h.19min

16+

ZOE perfectly encapsulated the lives of drifters in Berlin at the turn of the millennium.

Kojotenweg 13

1996

12min

16+

An intense two-person drama about a dysfunctional love relationship featuring cult actor and musician Lars Rudolph ("Run Lola Run").

Sprung ins Leere

1995

12min

16+

Gwen makes herself invisible to search for her own life form and to be able to study those of the others secretly. With an unpredictable outcome...

Warten (Waiting)

1990

4min

16+

This silent, black and white short film accompanies a young woman in a quiet zoo. Time passes, the woman becomes more and more restless...

Der Mensch ist seines Lebens froh – nicht nur als Embryo

1986

4min

16+

With quirky charm and DIY panache this short film captures a young woman's everyday annoyances. DER MENSCH IST SEINES LEBENS FROH - NICHT NUR ALS EMBRYO ...

This is what it looks like

1984

5min

16+

A rhythmic, subjective short documentary by Maren-Kea Freese about life in a West Berlin boho studio apartment in the 1980's.

Treffpunkt Er + Sie

1984

8min

16+

One man, one woman, one board game. Whose turn is it next?