THE WHITE RIBBON
In The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke is more insightful than ever in his exploration of disturbing dynamics within everyday life. Violence is commonplace. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
Category: 2009
WORDS
With a (seemingly) simple, minimalist and highly experimental staging, words is a metaphorical and imaginative representation of how words are used today and how they are perceived within a conversation.
JOBCENTER
Jobcenter gives us an up-close look not only at the daily activities inside an employment centre in Upper Austria, but also – and above all – at the feelings, fears and concerns of those who, for one reason or another, are out of work. At the Viennale 2025, monography Angela Summereder.
COMA
In Coma, violence, suffering, guilt, but also unconditional love and self-sacrifice are the main emotions that play the leading roles in a complex and visually captivating work.
HANA, DUL, SED …
Hana, dul, sed … is a documentary that plays on contrasts. The contrast between the greyness of a city, Pyongyang, and the colours of traditional clothing. The contrast between the coldness of a sterile everyday life and a tender chat with lifelong friends. Brigitte Weich has given us an intelligent, captivating and at times even moving work.
THE LITTLE ONE
The little One is a contemporary fairytale that could happen today, just as it could have happened yesterday. A timeless fairytale set in a world where time itself seems to be, unfortunately, completely limited.
BURNING PALACE
Burning Palace by Mara Mattuschka and Chris Haring is the living, breathing image of the inner self of every human being, of their dreams, of their needs. A film that has a thousand interpretations and is characterised by an attentive, but also courageous and experimental direction. At the Viennale 2021.
LOURDES
Disenchanted, rational and appropriately satirical – with even a touch of subtle irony – Lourdes, by pointing the finger at a hypocritical and “respectable” society that lives only on illusions, shows us a very different reality from the one we imagine.
LILLY THE WITCH: THE DRAGON AND THE MAGIC BOOK
Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book – directed by Oscar-winner Stefan Ruzowitzky, as well as the film adaptation of the famous homonymous short story written by Knister – despite its linear development and its good and dynamic direction, is not as incisive as previous similar works.