Transform the way you tell stories.
Who decides how someone is seen on screen? Download the free ebook "An introduction to the counter-gaze in film" and discover the tool that changes how you watch films. And how you make them.
It is about power, perspective, which stories get told and from whose gaze. The counter-gaze is a decision you make while developing the script, on set and in the edit. It radically changes the kind of films you are able to make.
What you'll find
The three gazes
What the male gaze, the female gaze and the counter-gaze are, explained through specific films (mine included).
Beyond who is behind the camera
Why deconstructing your gaze does not depend on whether you are a man or a woman.
Films that keep mattering
How directors make decisions about the gaze that keep their films relevant years later.
Techniques for your projects
How to apply the counter-gaze when you write, direct or produce.
Who it's for
Curious filmmakers
If you want to understand the different gazes and points of view that exist in film.
Filmmakers looking for their voice
If you already make technically good films and want to take the next step: a voice of your own, conscious and authentic.
Creative people
If you want to explore films that use the counter-gaze to tell powerful stories.
Let's transform film.
The most powerful stories are born when you dare to create from a different place. Leave your name and email to get the ebook.
Josephine Landertinger Forero
Director, screenwriter and producer with more than fifteen years of experience in documentary and fiction. With a Colombian mother and an Austrian father, I grew up between Lesotho, South Africa and Portugal. I studied film in Berlin.
My work explores identity, migration, family bonds and gender roles from an intercultural, female perspective. Alongside directing, I write scripts, curate for film festivals and teach at universities, film schools and my own academy, Just Love Film Academy.
My films have been released in cinemas, air on television and stream on platforms such as Amazon Prime Video, Filmin and Flixolé.