Maja Classen

Germany

Maja Classen

director, script writer

Berlin-based filmmaker Maja Classen grew up in Hamburg and is a graduate of one of Germany’s most renowned directing programs at film university Konrad Wolf. Maja's first success was a portrait of the Berlin club scene during the early 2000s, that was screened at numerous festivals and today is still perceived as an important portrayal of the electronic music scene of that time.

Since 2008, Maja has also been teaching documentary filmmaking at several film and art schools.

With her new documentary films A BODY LIKE MINE and TRUTH OR DARE, she once again immersed herself into Berlin’s club scene, this time exploring queer sex-positive spaces with the aim of breaking down taboo subjects.