On the occasion of the Locarno Film Festival 2023, directors Julia Gutweniger and Florian Kofler will present the premiere of their documentary Vista Mare. Cinema Austriaco had the opportunity to have a chat with them and learn more about their work and their career. Interview by Marina Pavido.
Sotto le Stelle dell’Austria 2023 kicks off. In Rome, at the Forum Austriaco di Cultura, from June 20 to July 5, 2023.
On the occasion of the Diagonale’23, Cinema Austriaco had the opportunity to meet Sebastian Höglinger and Peter Schernhuber, who have directed the Festival of Austrian Film since 2016 and who will hand over their directorship to Claudia Slanar and Dominik Kamalzadeh from June 2023. Interview by Marina Pavido.
Presentation of the Diagonale 2023. The Festival of Austrian Film from March 21 to 26, 2023 in Graz.
Presentation of the Berlinale 2023. The 73rd Berlin Film Festival from February 16 to 26, 2023.
On the occasion of the Viennale 2022, director Claudia Müller presented her documentary Elfriede Jelinek – Language unleashed, focusing on the figure of the famous writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Cinema Austriaco had the opportunity to have a chat with her and learn more about her work and career. Interview by Marina Pavido.
In 1906, Josefine Mutzenbacher wrote the erotic novel “Josefine Mutzenbacher: oder Die Geschichte einer Wienerischen Dirne von ihr selbst erzählt”, which caused quite a stir at the time. Director Ruth Beckermann decided, more than a hundred years later, to see how this novel is received by people today. This is how the documentary MUTZENBACHER, awarded Best Film in the Encounters section at the Berlinale 2022 and premiered in Austria at the Viennale 2022, came to life. Cinema Austriaco had the opportunity to have a chat with her and learn more about her film. Interview by Marina Pavido.
Sotto le Stelle dell’Austria 2022 kicks off. In Rome, at the Forum Austriaco di Cultura, from June 21 to July 6, 2022.
On the occasion of the Diagonale 2022, director Kurdwin Ayub presented her feature film Sonne, the festival’s opening film, which had already been screened at the Berlinale 2022, where it won the GWFF-Preis for Best Debut Film. Cinema Austriaco had the opportunity to have a chat with her and learn more about her work and career.
