Barbara Meter Movies

An attempt to communicate the feeling of evaporation, of disappearing and slipping away of the fragile material which is called time.

An image of early twentieth century Germany rises from a collage of family photographs and landscapes. Meter used the photo albums of her parents,...

A very impressive film is Barbara Meter's 'Distance to Nearby.' The film is a dramatic reconstruction of memory. The memory of the alienation and...

A film by Barbara Meter

The film has elements of documentary, narrative and avant-garde. In a big house a party is taking place. People arrive and greet each...

A film by Barbara Meter

A man and a woman sit in front of a window and eat breakfast. Through the window, we see the countryside. During the day, they remain seated at the...

Often the images are held for awhile and then left to themselves - only to fade out just as they begin to move. For me this enhances the feeling of...

A day in the life of an old Ottoman bath with the bath itself as the main character -- from dawn till dusk, where the light, the mirroring in the...

a man with a moped and groups of boys (one in particular) are in conflict, which sometimes turns into erotic play.

A wordless experimental collage of impressions and moods. Grainy fragments of landscapes, flakes whirl in the wind. Fog and mist, shadows of people...

Short film by Barbara Meter.

People embarking on a small boat - the bustle and confusion of it. A walk and a song. A villiage square, men with coffee, women with children, and...