ifs-Begegnung: Edimotion & IFFF mit »Female Pleasure«

In the organizer's words:

ifs meeting: Edimotion & IFFF with "Female Pleasure"
and editor Isabel Meier

as part of the Cologne Cinema Nights 2026

ON THE BIG SCREEN:
"Female Pleasure"

Documentary film, CH, D 2018, director: Barbara Miller, editor: Isabel Meier; 91 min, FSK 12

Followed by a film discussion with editor Isabel Meier, moderated by Dr. Maxa Zoller, Artistic Director IFFF Dortmund+Cologne

Every single woman in this world has a right to her pleasure, her physical self-determination, her sexual desire. What to do when patriarchy prevents this right? "Female Pleasure" brings together five international personalities who have freed themselves from extremely closed societies and now want to use their courage and creativity to create an awareness of free female sexuality. Despite all the different stories, the film succeeds in highlighting the universal similarities. This is mainly thanks to the clever editing. Editor Isabel Meier knows how to bundle the voices of individuals into a common message through her unifying editing: the tabooing of female sexuality is a global problem, the struggle of individuals is the struggle of us all.

Isabel Meier comments: "Bringing this centuries-old history of oppression, which shapes the lives of women all over the world, into a cinematic form that informs, stirs and touches, was a great joy and challenge for me creatively."

A film that was made shortly after the #metoo debate and continues to inspire.

Isabel Meier was nominated for the Swiss Film Award for the editing of "Female Pleasure" in 2019. She edited the documentaries "Blue End" (2000, dir: Kaspar Kasics), "Balkan Melodie" (2012, dir: Stefan Schwietert) and "Parcours d'Amour" (2014, dir: Bettina Blümner). Her first feature film "The Untouchable" by Oscar Roehler was selected as the German entry for the Oscar for Best International Film in 1999. She has worked on many international co-productions, including "Samsara" (2001, dir: Pan Nalin), "My Name is Bach" (2003, dir: Dominique de Rivaz), "The Drummer" (2007, dir: Kenneth Bi), "Tulpan" (2008, dir: Sergei Dvortsevoi), "Rich Colors of Black" (2010, dir: Sophie Heldman) and "Love Island" (2014, dir: Jasmila Žbanic). Sophie Heldman's "The Education of Jane Cumming" will be released in the fall.

An event by Edimotion - Festival for Film Editing and Montage Art and International Women's Film Festival Dortmund+ Cologne in cooperation with the ifs International Film School Cologne, as part of the Cologne Cinema Nights, sponsored by the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne.