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Ellinor Brandenburg

Egomaniac – Color The Night

Directed by Ellinor Brandenburg
Hanna Kortus (DE); Ellinor Brandenburg (DE)
Central to the song is the experience of queer people whose voices are systematically silenced by ignorance and homophobia. It explores distorted perspectives, powerlessness, and the pain that arises, as well as the mechanisms behind them: power and fear, coldness, vulnerability, and hate. The video forgoes a traditional narrative, focusing instead on visualizing these emotions.
Hanna Kortus (b. 1999, Regensburg, GER) is a filmmaker and media artist based in Linz, AT. She studied Intermedia at the University of Cologne and is pursuing a Master’s in Time-Based Media at the University of Arts Linz. Her work explores representations of the body from a queer-feminist perspective and has been shown at various international festivals and exhibitions, including Diagonale, Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, International Dance Film Festival Japan and Akureyri Art Museum in Iceland.

Ellinor Brandenburg is as a freelance artist working in the fields of photography, video, film and graphic design. Her strongly concept-based works deal with relationships, emotions, body and identity. Analog media such as Super 8 film, Polaroid and analog photography form the basis for works which are later digitally transformed or edited. Her works are always based on the female gaze, which characterizes the entire creation process, as well as the finished work.

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