Michael Brynntrup

Michael Brynntrup investigates artwork in the age of artificial reproducibility by means of transmedial self-portraits.

Two years before his death, the HIV-positive Baldiga reviews his life, in selected episodes.

A hospital in Berlin-Neukölln at midnight. A patient is being admitted. TV journalists are on the scene. The beginning of a story that tells itself.

Berlin filmmaker Michael Brynntrup exposes his own sex life in a radical, relentless yet humorous invasion of privacy.

WALK / DON'T WALK / WALK. The rhythm of the nineties. A musical stroll along Christopher Street.

Long seemed invalid the Prophet's word, / But honored it was, by the outcome at last: / How odd the madness, how strange a death! (Ovid, Metamorphoses) NARCISSUS AND ECHO, a short film by Michael Brynntrup, is a “delightfully mannered game of deception, honored by the German Film Critics Association as the best experimental film of 1990. A highlight of camp aesthetic.” (Rundbrief Film) The director describes NARCISSUS AND ECHO as a film in the form of a riddle, a special kind of entertainment film whereby the film's content must be deduced from the film's formal structure.

"An outstanding piece by Michael Brynntrup that captures the violence and tenderness, alongside the dominance and submission, that is found in a single, intimate embrace." (tip Berlin) Technically precise and with his characteristic visual proficiency Michael Brynntrup leads us in BLUE BOX BLUES through one of his perception experiments. He contrasts the spontaneous impression made by a sensual and vibrant photograph showing a lesbian couple in a tender embrace, with a lengthy, meticulous staging in sterile Blue Box Studio. The deconstruction reconstruction succeeds, but comprehending it proves troublesome. (FILM SERVICE, Nr.10/2005, May 2005 - Stefan Volk)

GENDER AGENDA is a compilation of eight queer short films by Berlin experimental filmmaking icon Michael Brynntrup.

A short film by Berlin-based film icon Michael Brynntrup full of photographs collected from personal profiles in gay chat rooms on the internet.

UNPUBLISHED!- A BONUS TRACK is a bonus interview from the Michael Brynntrup film THE OVO, which appeared on the special edition DVD 'Berlinale Rolle 2', published by tip-magazin.

IPANEMA LIP SYNC is a queer karaoke video short from Berlin filmmaking icon Michael Brynntrup.

THE OVO (OVO - THE VIDEO) is a short film by Berlin film artist and icon Michael Brynntrup. "It's not about how a drag queen moves, it's about what she sets in motion." (Ovo Maltine) “The Ovo is a documentary about Christoph Josten, better known as the Polit-queer and AIDS activist Ovo Maltine. Excerpts from talk shows, footage of demonstrations and personal interviews paint a portrait of a fascinating personality.” (Queer Film Festival Rostock, July 2010)

An amusing journey through the Berlin Drag-Queen scene of the 80s in five short films by Michael Brynntrup.

This short film "takes the ‘cum-shot’ to new heights with a montage of some of the wildest, orgasmic, facial expressions." (Boys On Film #6)

A look back at body modifications in the early 2000s.