Lena Marie Rheinländer
Sound
Biography
Lena Marie Rheinländer (*1997) is a German filmmaker, stage performer and choreographer. Rheinländer studied in contemporary dance and street styles in Zurich, as well as film at the film department at Zurich University of the Arts. Her solo director‘s debut in the dance short film ALBA (2024) was selected for the semifinals of the 51st Student Academy Awards ® 2024 in the category “Alternative/Experimental". In 2025, she received the Alexis Victor Thalberg Award for her work in sound design in the documentary essay TERRITORY (2024) by Felix Scherrer.
Known For
A summer walk through Zurich ends in a police control. Prison ruins are turned into parks, old buildings give way to new ones. On the first of May, rubber bullets are fired. A person goes blind.
Territory
Thurgau, present day: For the anniversary of the Catholic convent of Tobel, the local TV station follows a community on the brink. Only two elderly nuns remain behind its walls, while overwhelmed civil servant Toni keeps things running. Secretly he hides Lee , a wanted hacktivist – rude, nerdy, and queer as fuck – beneath the convent walls. When Sister Hildegard dies and church and political authorities plan to turn the convent into a luxury yoga retreat, Scholastika fights back against patriarchal structures.
Convent
Crushed by the voices and opinions from their surroundings, Person C tries to bring order to their chaotic head.