Glimpses of my life. Friends, snow, two tulips, skaters on the frozen lake of my childhood, balloons in the morning sun, my godchild Paulina running up and down the hill, Ulrike’s 50th birthday on the Baltic Sea, my desk in November 2003. I collect these moments, mostly edited in the camera while filming and later joined together in a new order. Each retains the immediacy of a first impression, one next to the other. „Halbmond is a meander“, a friend said, “without a beginning and an end.“

"Half-Moon for Margaret and India each have a strong diaristic sensibility not unlike the autobiographic films of Jonas Mekas. An intentionally silent film, Half-Moon for Margaret includes striking imagery...friends observing a lunar eclipse, family gatherings and celebrations, delicate images of flowers and vast landscapes. Aurand’s expressive camera technique and editing style – which preserves some sequences that were edited in the camera – lends to joyous spontaneity of the work. ..Her staccato length shots flash like bursts of energy, adding a rhythmic dimension to the handheld cinematography...“ Susan Oxtoby, programmer of Wavelengths, Toronto International Film Festival 2005