Exclusive: Director Anja Marquardt talks The Girlfriend Experience Season 3

Premiering this Sunday May 2 on Starz is Season 3 of the limited series “The Girlfriend Experience.” The series is a reimagining of Steven Soderbergh’s 2009 critically acclaimed movie of the same name and explores the relationships between exclusive escorts and their clients, for whom they provide far more than just sex. Known as GFEs, they are women who provide “The Girlfriend Experience”—emotional and sexual relationships at a very high price.

The third installment of the anthology series is set amidst the London tech scene and focuses on Iris, a neuroscience major (Julia Goldani Telles, “The Affair”). She begins to explore the transactional world of The Girlfriend Experience, only to find herself deep inside the uncanny valley with the relationships she creates. Iris quickly learns that her client sessions provide her with a compelling edge in the tech world and vice versa. She then begins to question whether her actions are driven by free will, or something else altogether, and heads down a deep path of exploration.

Directing all ten episodes is the season 3 creator is Anja Marquardt. The German native’s first feature film was the 2014 acclaimed She’s Lost Control, which had its World Premiere at Berlin International Film Festival where it won the CICAE Award, and also screened at SXSW and New Directors/New Films. She was previously known for her screen-writing and directing of critically acclaimed short films such as Thanksgiving, Nine Lives, Slim and Lena, and Harrow island.

BlackFilmandTV.com correspondent Sharronda Williams spoke to Marquardt on Season 3 and what to expect.