Olivia Hunter Willke is a film writer, analogue filmmaker, and programmer based in Chicago by way of Texas. Her work blends political urgency, formal analysis, and emotional revelation.
Olivia Hunter Willke
Olivia Hunter Willke participated in “Greatest” Short Films of All Time 2025, a first-ever poll of its kind as a collective love letter to the art of short-form moving image. yanco and Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, in collaboration with Talking Shorts, invited filmmakers, curators, distributors, critics, and scholars worldwide to nominate 10 audiovisual works under sixty minutes that they personally consider the “greatest” of all time. This was Olivia Hunter Willke’s submission:
These films are listed in no particular order.
— Olivia Hunter Willke| Movie | Original Title | Director | Country | Year | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Jetée | Chris Marker | France | 1962 | 28’ | ||
| Arnulf Rainer | Peter Kubelka | Austria | 1960 | 7’ | ||
| Plumb Line | Carolee Schneemann | USA | 1971 | 15’ | ||
| Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass | Hollis Frampton | USA | 1971 | 26’ | ||
| Passage Through: A Ritual | Stan Brakhage | USA | 1990 | 49’ | ||
| Love’s Refrain | Nathaniel Dorsky | USA | 2001 | 23’ | ||
| My Name is Oona | Gunvor Nelson | USA | 1969 | 10’ | ||
| Walker | Tsai Ming-liang | Hong Kong | 2012 | 26’ | ||
| Lovesong | Stan Brakhage | USA | 2001 | 11’ | ||
| Song and Solitude | Nathaniel Dorsky | USA | 2006 | 21’ | ||