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Selected Projects

2026

ÉTUDES, experimental film (work-in-progress)

 

Distribution

January 2020 THE ART OF REMEMBRANCE - SIMON WIESENTHAL
Arsenal

Distributed by Kino ARSENAL - Institut für Film und Videokunst, Berlin, Germany

SELECTED FILM SCREENINGS and EXHIBITIONS

July 03 -
August 02, 2025

GOLD - Dance Dream Myth
Video Color 1983-85
Akademie der Künste, Berlin
NBK Video Forum - "494h 29m 53s"
The collection of the n.b.k. Video-Forum sorted by running time by Karin Sander
     

February 17 -
June 19, 2022

GOLD - Dance Dream Myth
Video Color 1983-85
Stiftung Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank
"CASH on The Wall" - Group Exhibition
     
January 2021 DECODER
16mm Color 1984
Director of Photography
Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf
(in Cooperation with Stiftung IMAI), Germany
   
October 2019 ZUCKERBABY
Sugarbaby
35mm Color 1985
Director of Photography
Cine Amigos del Bellas Artes
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
     
September 2019 KUTYA ÉJI DALA
Nachtlied des Hundes
35mm Color 1982/83
Director of Photography
Metro Kinokulturhaus, Vienna, Austria
     
September 2019 DECODER
16mm Color 1984
Director of Photography
Metro Kinokulturhaus, Vienna, Austria
     
July 2019 ZUCKERBABY
Sugarbaby
35mm Color 1985
Director of Photography
Portland German Film Festival
The Clinton Street Theater, Portland, OR, USA
     
June 2019 KUTYA ÉJI DALA
Nachtlied des Hundes
35mm Color 1982/83
Director of Photography
MAD Museum, Museum of Arts and Design
New York, NY, USA
     
March 2019 ZUCKERBABY
Sugarbaby
35mm Color 1985
Director of Photography

Metro Kinokulturhaus, Vienna, Austria

 

     
April 2018 ZUCKERBABY
Sugarbaby
35mm Color 1985
Director of Photography
FUNDACIÓN CRISTINO DE VERA
ESPACIO CULTURAL CAJACANARIAS

San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
     
January 2018
(inquired by MoMA)
SUBWAY RIDERS
16mm Color 1979/81
Director of Photography and Producer
MoMA, Museum of Modern Art
New York, NY, USA
     
December 2017 ZUCKERBABY
Sugarbaby
35mm Color 1985
Director of Photography
Donostia Kultura
San Sebastian, Spain
     
April 2016 DECODER
16mm Color 1984
Director of Photography
Goethe-Institut New York
New York, NY, USA
     
March 2016 DECODER
16mm Color 1984
Director of Photography
Kommunales Kino Metropolis
Hamburg, Germany
     
September 2015 DECODER
16mm Color 1984
Director of Photography
Werkstattkino
Munich, Germany
     
September 2014 ZUCKERBABY
Sugarbaby
35mm Color 1985
Director of Photography
Filmmuseum München
Munich, Germany
     
July 2012 DECODER
16mm Color 1984
Director of Photography
New Horizons International Film Festival
Warsaw, Poland
     
December 2010 KOL ISHAH - The Rabbi is a Woman
Beta SP Color 2008

Jewish Filmfestival, Vienna
Votiv Kino, Wien

     
June 2010 SUBWAY RIDERS
16mm Color 1979/81
Director of Photography and Producer

Österreichisches Filmmuseum, Vienna
Introduction: Alexander Horwath, Director Filmmuseum
Curator: Christian Höller

     
September 2004

THE ART OF REMEMBRANCE

Q & A with Johanna Heer
Loudoun County Public Library
, Leesburg, VA, USA

     
April 2001

MEET THE MAKERS:
THE ART OF REMEMBRANCE

Q & A with Johanna Heer
Donell Library Center
, New York, NY

     
March/April 2000

JOHN ZORN FILMWORKS
THE ART OF REMEMBRANCE

KIND OF BLUE - Jazz Film Festival 2000
Milano, Italy

     
November 1997

THE ART OF REMEMBRANCE
Die Kunst des Erinnerns
16mm Color 1994/95

Fort Lauderdale Film Festival
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

     
February 1997 THE OTHER EYE
Der andere Blick
16mm Color 1991

Retrospective G.W.Pabst
47. Berlin International Film Festival

     
January 1997 THE ART OF REMEMBRANCE
Die Kunst des Erinnerns
16mm Color 1994/95

Laemmle Theatres
Los Angeles, USA

     
October/November 1996 ECSTATIC STIGMATIC
Cinematography
SUBWAY RIDERS
Director of Photography and Producer
NO WAVE CINEMA, 1978-87
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY, USA
     
June 1996 THE ART OF REMEMBRANCE
Die Kunst des Erinnerns
16mm Color 1994/95

Regenbogenkino
Berlin, Germany

     
February 1996 DER ANDERE BLICK
Filme über Wiesenthal und G.W.Pabst
Filmmuseum München
Munich, Germany
     
February 1996
THE ART OF REMEMBRANCE
Die Kunst des Erinnerns
16mm Color 1994/95

4th Mumbai International Film Festival
Mumbai, India

     
October 1995 THE ART OF REMEMBRANCE
Die Kunst des Erinnerns
16mm Color 1994/95

Denver International Film Festival
Denver, Colorado, USA

     
October 1995 THE ART OF REMEMBRANCE
Die Kunst des Erinnerns
16mm Color 1994/95

Mostra
São Paulo International Film Festival
, Sao Paula, Brazil

     
June 1995 THE ART OF REMEMBRANCE
Die Kunst des Erinnerns
16mm Color 1994/95

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC
and Los Angeles and Seattle, USA

     
May 1995 THE ART OF REMEMBRANCE
Die Kunst des Erinnerns
16mm Color 1994/95
Filmhaus Stöbergasse, Vienna
Theatrical Premiere
Panel discussion: Simon Wiesenthal, Richard R.Seibel, Johanna Heer, Werner Schmiedel, moderated by Doron Rabinovici, Introduction: Rudolf Scholten (Culture Minister, Austria), Swanee Hunt (United States Ambassador to Austria)
     
December 1994 THE ART OF REMEMBRANCE
Die Kunst des Erinnerns
16mm Color 1994/95

Diagonale, Salzburg, Austria
Intendant: Peter Tscherkassky

     
October 1994 THE ART OF REMEMBRANCE
Die Kunst des Erinnerns
16mm Color 1994/95

Filmcasino, Vienna
Panel Discussion:
Simon Wiesenthal, Julius H. Schoeps, Johanna Heer, Werner Schmiedel

     
September 1993 TRIBUTE TO
CINEMATOGRAPHER/DIRECTOR JOHANNA HEER

Cornell Cinema
Ithaca College, Department of Theatre Arts
, Ithaca, New York

     
October 1992 THE OTHER EYE
Der andere Blick
16mm Color 1991

Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain

     
July 1992 THE OTHER EYE
Der andere Blick
16mm Color 1991

Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel

     
June 1992 MEISTER DES LICHTS
Europäische Sommerakademie 1992
Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
     
February 1992 THE OTHER EYE
Der andere Blick
16mm Color 1991

42. Berlin International Film Festival, Panorama

     
October 1991 THE OTHER EYE
Der andere Blick
16mm Color 1991

29th New York Film Festival, New York, NY, USA
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center

     
August 1991 THE OTHER EYE
Der andere Blick
16mm Color 1991

Telluride Film Festival, Colorado, USA

     
June 1991 THE OTHER EYE
Der andere Blick
16mm Color 1991

MAK - Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Introduction: Peter Noever, Director MAK
Curator: Brigitte Huck

     
March 1988 ON MEMORY
Photo/Video Installation

MAK Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Spontan & Konkret, Künstler zur Lage der Nation
Peter Noever, Director MAK

     
December 1987 ZUCKERBABY (Sugarbaby)
DECODER
A KUTJA EJI DALA
(Nachtlied des Hundes)
SUBWAY RIDERS
GOLD - Dance Dream Myth

Österreichisches Filmmuseum, Vienna, Austria
Films by Johanna Heer - Director of Photography
Introduction: Peter Konlechner, Director Filmmuseum

     
July 1987 ZUCKERBABY
Sugarbaby
35mm Color 1985
Director of Photography
92nd Street Y, New York, NY, USA
Summer Film Festival: "The Seven Deadly Sins"
Moderator: Sybil DelGaudio, Professor of Film Studies, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Talk with Director of Photography Johanna Heer
     
January 1987 GOLD - Dance Dream Myth
Video Color 1983-85
ICA - The Institute of Contemporary Art
Boston, MA, USA
     
September 1986 GOLD - Dance Dream Myth
Video Color 1983-85
7th San Francisco International Video Festival
San Francisco, CA, USA
     
May 1986 ZUCKERBABY
Sugarbaby
35mm Color 1985
Director of Photography
Athens International Film Festival, Athens, Ohio, USA
     
February 1986 GOLD - Dance Dream Myth
Video Color 1983-85
NBK Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
     
December 1985

KUTYA ÉJI DALA
Nachtlied des Hundes
35mm Color 1982/83
Director of Photography

SUBWAY RIDERS
16mm Color 1979/81
Director of Photography and Producer

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA
Q & A with Johanna Heer
     
September 1985 GOLD - SUDDENLY GOLD IMAGES
Multi Media Installation 1985
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands
     
October 1985 ZUCKERBABY
Sugarbaby
35mm Color 1985
Director of Photography
23rd New York Film Festival, New York, NY, USA
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
Q & A with Johanna Heer
     
August 1985 Member of the International Jury 5e Festival International du Film de Comédie
Vevey, Switzerland
     
June 1985 ZUCKERBABY
Sugarbaby
35mm Color 1985
Director of Photography
Filmfest München, Munich, Germany
     
February 1985 ZUCKERBABY
Sugarbaby
35mm Color 1985
Director of Photography
35. Berlin International Film Festival
15th Forum "Surprise Film", Delphi Filmpalast
     
December 1984 N°440 Johanna Heer
Directeur de la Photographie
Cinématon de Gérard Courant, Paris, France
     
October 1984 GOLD - The Dance
KUTYA ÉJI DALA
Dog's Night Song
35mm Color 1982/83
Festival International Du Nouveau Cinéma & Vidéo, Montréal, Canada
     
September 1984 GOLD - Dance
Video Color 1983
World Wide Video Festival
The Hague, Netherlands
     
February 1984 DECODER
16mm Color 1984
Director of Photography
34. Berlin International Film Festival
14th Forum, Delphi Filmpalast
     
February 1983 KUTYA ÉJI DALA
Nachtlied des Hundes
35mm Color 1982/83
Director of Photography
33. Berlin International Film Festival
13th Forum, Delphi Filmpalast
     
January 1983 KUTYA ÉJI DALA
Nachtlied des Hundes
35mm Color 1982/83
Director of Photography
Hungarian Film Week, Budapest, Hungary
Johanna Heer was nominated for "Best Cinematography"
     
November 1982 SUBWAY RIDERS
16mm Color 1979/81
Director of Photography and Producer
Viennale '82, Künsterhauskino, Vienna
     
February 1982 SUBWAY RIDERS
16mm Color 1979/81
Director of Photography and Producer
32. Berlin International Film Festival
12th Forum, Delphi Filmpalast
     
January 1982 SUBWAY RIDERS
16mm Color 1979/81
Director of Photography and Producer
Rotterdam International Film Festival
Rotterdam, Netherlands
     
October 1981 SUBWAY RIDERS
16mm Color 1979/81
Director of Photography and Producer
BFI London Film Festival, London, United Kingdom
     
September 1981 SUBWAY RIDERS
16mm Color 1979/81
Director of Photography and Producer
Figueira da Foz International Film Festival
Figueira da Foz, Portugal
     
September 1981 SUBWAY RIDERS
16mm Color 1979/81
Director of Photography and Producer
7e Festival de Deauville du Cinema
Deauville, France
     
August 1981 SUBWAY RIDERS
16mm Color 1979/81
Director of Photography and Producer
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
     
April 1981 SUBWAY RIDERS
16mm Color 1979/81
Director of Photography and Producer
Carnegie Hall Cinema, New York, NY, USA
World Premiere