A sense of melancholy, and at times even nostalgia, but also, at the same time, a welcome touch of irony contribute to making Nachts in der Provinz a feature film with a magnetic charm, which also stands out for its excellent characterisation of the protagonists in all their complex facets.
The Prince and the Dancer cannot simply be considered a light-hearted love story or a simple comedy of errors. What emerges, in fact, is also a strong critique of society which, regardless of the historical period in question, never seems truly immune to certain dynamics. Restored by Filmarchiv Austria and presented on the Filmarchiv On channel.
Dieter Kovačič’s In Trout we Dust is a particularly sophisticated and well-crafted documentary. A real pleasure for the eyes (and the ears), a brief but exciting journey into a world that few truly know from the inside.
Money captures well a reality that only those who have experienced it first-hand can truly understand, but which, in fact, concerns practically all of us and which, despite the passing of the years, remains so dangerously relevant.
In this hybrid and carefully conceived form, Die Passionsspiele im Tiroler Thiersee strikes us as particularly refined, a precious and rare historical document that sheds light on a reality still unknown to many people today. Restored by Filmarchiv Austria and presented on the Filmarchiv On channel.
Life in the small town flows peacefully. The camera, with its simple, essential shots, acts as a silent witness to it all. And through a direct, straightforward staging devoid of any virtuosity, Im alten Feldkirch finds its ideal form. Restored by Filmarchiv Austria and presented on the Filmarchiv On channel.
Die alte Hungerburgbahn adopts a purely classic and linear directorial approach which, further enriched by a welcome touch of irony, has proved to be the right way to give us a comprehensive insight into life in that corner of Tyrol a few years after the end of World War I. Restored by Filmarchiv Austria and presented on the Filmarchiv On channel.
In Alltag in Steyr, a heartfelt and entertaining tribute to the history of cinema provides a welcome diversion within a documentary characterised by a purely classical directorial approach, which offers us a comprehensive insight into what life was like at the time in the little, picturesque town of Steyr. Restored by Filmarchiv Austria and presented on the Filmarchiv On channel.
In KLITCLIQUE’s music video Auto, many clichés are deconstructed through an approach that is both critical and ironic. Anna Spanlang subsequently explored this same theme in several of her later works. Always in search of new cinematic languages, of course.
In That to You, Nana Swiczinsky simply told us about herself. And she did so through a little, precious film in which the constant search for new cinematic languages immediately takes centre stage.