Gli Appunti di Anna Azzori – Uno Specchio che viaggia nel Tempo is a feature film that is not afraid to take risks, which lets itself be inspired by a successful blending of arts and which, alongside excerpts from Grifi and Sarchielli’s previous work, also features archive footage, various hearing levels and – why not? – even a welcome touch of meta-cinema.
During the making of Running on Empty, for more than three years young filmmaker Lisa Weber closely followed the story of Claudia, who became a mother when she was only fifteen. This project, co-produced by Ulrich Seidl, strongly recalls the cinema of Richard LInklater.
If The Trouble with Being Born – directed by Sandra Wollner – on the one hand, reveals a good knowledge of film medium, on the other hand, it ends up being an essentially inconclusive film, which does not always make the most of its potential.
The faces of those who have witnessed different historical periods one after the other, hands intent on handling old card decks, cosy little taverns and cheerful choirs of old friends enjoying themselves singing – with the accompaniment of an accordion – old traditional Viennese songs are the true soul of Notes from the Underworld, the newest work by documentary filmmakers Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel.
What remains/Re-visited, the newest film by documentary filmmaker Clarissa Thieme, presents itself immediately as a fascinating combination of arts. A successful combination of cinema and photography, designed to tell us about ten years of change, suffering and stubborn resilience.
Presentation of the Berlinale 2020. The 70th edition of the Berlin Film Festival, from February 20 to March 1, 2020.
At the opening of the festival on March 24, the Diagonale’20 will award the Great Diagonale Acting Award for contributions to Austrian film culture for the thirteenth consecutive year. The Diagonale is happy to announce that this year the prize will be awarded to Ursula Strauss. The theatre, film and television actress will personally receive the award – a piece of art by Daniel Spoerri – in Graz.
Soldier Jane, the debut feature by young Daniel Hoesl, is the mirror of the present day. The mirror of a world in which money plays a key role. The mirror of a world in which a return to the past can sometimes seem the only way to live happily. The mirror of a world in which, nevertheless, the idea of a wealthy and gratifying life continues to have a certain appeal.
Due to the extreme care with which it was realised, Couples, by Austrian painter Maria Lassnig, looks like a very mature work, where animation, painting, photography and live action cinema come together to create a short but significant film, merging into one another in perfect harmony.
With the Zur Person series, the Diagonale’20 turns its focus on the director Jessica Hausner and her widely acclaimed film oeuvre. Beginning from her most recent film Little Joe, which was the only Austrian entry represented in the competition at the Cannes film festival, the Diagonale’20 will show a comprehensive retrospective of Hausner’s oeuvre including the rediscovery of her early works as a film student.