IN ZWETTL AM KAMP
In Zwettl am Kamp – produced in 1934 by Österreich in Bild und Ton – is part of a long series of propaganda documentaries made in Austria mainly between the 1930s and 1940s.
Month: February 2022
DIAGONALE’22 – IN REFERENZ: AYUB, PEZOLD, HANEKE AND MORE…
With the In Referenz series, the Diagonale interlaces, mediates, and expands emphases of its current festival program. In reference to this year’s film competition, the Diagonale’22 will show early works by Friederike Pezold and Kurdwin Ayub: Two films from each artist will supplement their recent works Revolution der Augen (D: Friederike Pezold, AT 2022) and the opening film Sonne (D: Kurdwin Ayub, AT 2022). Viewers are thereby invited to become acquainted with or rediscover two extraordinary positions in Austrian film production.
THE UNFISH
The Unfish is a decidedly original feature film as far as Austrian cinema is concerned. Director Robert Dornhelm, for his part, was clearly interested in what was being made abroad, showing particular curiosity in 1980s fantasy films.
HENRIK GALEEN – LIGHTS AND SHADOWS
One of the most noteworthy names in Weimar cinema, Henrik Galeen – to whom the Viennale 2021 has dedicated a special retrospective – stood out at the beginning of the last century above all for the dark and disturbing character he used to give his works, now as scriptwriter, now as director or actor.
RAUSCH AND COME AND SHOOT IN THALIWOOD: TWO HISTORICAL SPECIALS AT THE DIAGONALE’22
The Diagonale is pleased to announce two historical specials that will be available for viewing in April at the Festival of Austrian Film. The first historical special of this year’s Diagonale is called Rausch and comprises six programs that were selected by the Diagonale, Filmarchiv Austria, the Austrian Film Museum, and the ORF Archive.
JET LAG
In Jet Lag, the images filmed by Zheng Lu Xinyuan’s camera immediately acquire a deep and layered meaning and develop on two (not too) distinct spatial-temporal levels.
A LITTLE LOVE PACKAGE
A Little Love Package is a film made of pictures, flavours, sensations. The taste of a boiled egg at breakfast eaten by Nikolaus, owner of Café Weidinger. Stunning images of a drone filming distant lands. A visit to the museum. A brief return to one’s home country. A loving homage to the beautiful Vienna, presented to us almost as a timeless place by Gastón Solnicki.
ROMY AWARDS 2022 – THE NOMINATIONS
Yesterday, Monday, February 14, the nominations for the prestigious Romy Awards 2022 were announced. The film and television awards, established in 1990 by the Kurier newspaper, will be presented this year on April 23, at the Hofburg in Vienna, and the award ceremony will be broadcast live by ORF.
MUTZENBACHER
The room is very spacious, the sofa decidedly comfortable, the topics dealt with often excessively controversial. But that is precisely the point of Mutzenbacher: to allow everyone to identify with those who are usually strongly judged, feeling vulnerable in turn and trying to understand dynamics that are anything but simple.
SONNE
Kurdwin Ayub is not afraid to dare and experiment with new film languages. This, after all, is what she has always done in her previous works as well. In Sonne, therefore, the director also finally feels free to develop and explore themes close to her heart from the perspective of teenagers who live in a big European city, but who come from all over the world. What, then, does homeland mean?