A DAY FOR A MIRACLE
A Day for a Miracle has the appeal of an adrenaline-fuelled thriller, but it is also an important human drama in which no one is truly innocent, and only courage and perseverance can truly save lives.
Actor: Hilde Dalik
PERLA
Trauma, identity, but also a deep sense of guilt and subtle manipulation make Perla a particularly complex and well-written work, in which each individual character is multi-faceted and in which everyone can be considered both victim and perpetrator at the same time.
SACHERTORTE
The comedy Sachertorte is an (often excessive) celebration of young, international love and, at the same time, a tribute to the legend of the world’s most famous chocolate cake.
WIE KOMMEN WIR DA WIEDER RAUS?
Following the model of the first chapter, director Eva Spreitzhofer also uses the same basic topic for Wie kommen wir da wieder raus?, i.e. the shocking announcement of a rebellious daughter, which will wreak havoc on the precarious relationships that usually lie behind every family.
HOTEL ROCK’N’ROLL
In Hotel Rock’n’Roll one never knows what to expect, and alongside amusing misunderstandings, clumsy policemen, “impossible loves” and speed cameras ready to treacherously take photographs, there is always time for an evening with old and new friends, singing and drinking merrily.
TAKING IT BACK
The working-class struggle, the need to ‘grow up’, but also – and above all – love torments are the absolute protagonists in Taking it Back. Andreas Schmied, who has always had a great aptitude for entertaining comedies, has attempted a mix of social discourse and sentimental aspects, paying more attention to the latter.
THE HAWK
The Hawk is a bizarre, irreverent feature film with an almost TV-like style, which, through a simple and at the same time complex story, questions certain family dynamics and precarious balances that risk breaking down forever when the past comes knocking at the door again. At the Diagonale’22.
FLY AWAY HOME
In her important Fly away Home Mirjam Unger has made everything develop on two distinct levels: on the one hand there is war, poverty, the destroyed city and the army. On the other is Christl with her curiosity about the world and her joie de vivre.
SARGNAGEL
In the film Sargnagel – directed by Sabine Hiebler and Gerhard Ertl – one never knows where fiction ends and reality begins. Is it simply a feature film? A documentary? Probably both. Or perhaps none of the two? At the Diagonale 2021.
WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO DESERVE THIS?
The smart comedy What have we done to deserve this?, the second feature by actress and screenwriter Eva Spreitzhofer, which had its Italian premiere during the festival Sotto le Stelle dell’Austria 2019, aims to break up every cliché by focusing on a world with which we are in close contact, but of which we in fact know far too little.