Madeleine Bernstorff

Madeleine Bernstorff is a cultural producer, film curator, author, and lecturer at the Institute for Music and Media at Robert Schumann University Düsseldorf. Her work bridges research-based film curating, feminist film history, and avant-garde cinema, with a focus on resistance movements and political documentary forms.

• Education: Studied media art at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, University of Munich, and F+F School of Design Zurich
• Research: Avant-garde cinema, feminist film movements, migrant representation, and socio-political documentation
• Teaching: Guest professorships at Berlin University of the Arts, Munich Academy of Fine Arts, and international institutions
• Collaborations: Co-founded Sputnik cinema (1984) and Blickpilotin feminist film collective (1989)
• Publications: Edited works on Trinh T. Minh-ha, René Vautier, and Afghan cinema

Her filmography includes The Fanaticism of the Suffragettes (2010), Candan (2005), and Zitronenfilm (1997), exploring themes of gender, migration, and historical memory through Super8 and video art. She has curated exhibitions at Tromsø Kunstforening and programmed films at institutions like the Arsenal Cinema Berlin and Oberhausen Short Film Festival.