乌拉·施特克尔，Ula Stöckl is one of Germany's most important Filmmakers. She has made over 20 films, the majority of which she was screenwriter and producer/co-producer. Her films have been screened at more than 70 festivals and she has been a guest-lecturer at a number of universities. She has also given presentations at the Goethe Institute in many different countries throughout Europe as well as in Australia, America and Canada.Her visual language developed early and is recognizable for its multi-layered narrative, breaking the confines of traditional film language. The use of montage, fantasy, metaphor, documentary narrative and a mixture of non-professional and professional actors all contribute to a fascinating depiction of reality, where dreams, fears and the unsaid all play an important role. Ula Stöckl’s films give the viewer the opportunity to gain a fresh insight into his/her own reality. Retrospectives of Stöckl’s films are frequent, providing a forum for stimulating discussion and proving that her work is as relevant today as ever.Her most successful film is The Sleep Of Reason, for which she received the Deutschen Filmpreis (Germany’s most important film prize) in 1984 and the German Critics’ Film Prize. Since the 80s Ula Stöckl has also been active imparting her knowledge and experience to students. She has taught at many institutions, including the German Academy For Film And Television in Berlin (dffb) and Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia in the Unites States. Currently she lectures on directing and women and film at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando. As a film expert, she has also been on the selection committee and a jury member of numerous festivals. She demonstrated particular innovation at the International Woman’s Festival Films de Femmes in Paris, where she worked for 15 years since its launch in 1978. Since 1982 she has taken part in the selection committee for the Competition and the Panorama sections of the International Film Fest