Film & Discussion

Emergency Austria invites you to the Austrian premiere of LONG NIGHT - the new documentary by Lynzy Billing, investigative journalist, filmmaker, photographer, and three-time Emmy Award winner.

This powerful film honors the extraordinary Afghan doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers who have been providing free medical care for 25 years in a country devastated by war.

Wednesday, September 24 at 18:30

Duration: 40 minutes + discussion

Free entry - donations to support EMERGENCY's work are warmly welcomed.

Bräuhausgasse 31 was a cornerstone of Vienna's young art scene - participatory, accessible, and bold. This documentary captures the final days of a place where not only was art created and exhibited, but a community also grew, with a sense of solidarity that extends far beyond the loss of the physical space.

It is the start of a journey that will profoundly impact not only the lives of the twenty doctors and midwives who have embarked upon it. Following days of challenging travel, Gynecologist Nadja Taumberger and her team dive straight into the daily operations of Holy Family Hospital in Ghana. Situated as a vital hub in a vast and often underserved region, the hospital serves as a beacon of hope for many.

Anna und Moses haben sich 2021 auf das Abenteuer ihres Lebens gemacht. Auf der Suche nach fesselnden Persönlichkeiten und deren Geschichten über Zufriedenheit sind sie mit ihrem Kleinbus „Olaf“ Richtung Osten durch insgesamt 14 Länder, bis nach Armenien gereist.

Alltägliche Herausforderungen wie die ständige Schlafplatzsuche, fordernde Wetterbedingungen und das Leben auf engstem Raum lassen sie nicht davon abbringen, dass sie mit einer wesentlichen Erkenntnis zurück nach Hause kommen: Grenzen setzt man sich nur selbst im Kopf.

Faruk Sego, a failed Bosnian writer facing deportation from Austria, must prove that he has made a cultural contribution to Austrian society. His last chance is an off-theatre troupe that can stage a play he wrote as a young man. Faruk's reluctant return to the theatre will force him to realise what is truly important in life.

Special screening on April 9 at 18:00 in the presence of director Pavo Marinkovic.
 

Route 4 follows the sea rescue ship „Alan Kurdi“ and the NGO Sea-Eye for more than 15 months and witnessed five Missions as their media-team. In addition to these moving moments on the mediterranean, footage was also recorded in Niger, Tunis, Libya, Malta, Italy and France.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion hosted by Sea-Eye e.V.

A gloomy filmic contribution to sea rescue and a concentrated revelation of the mechanisms of systematic flight prevention in the Mediterranean and the people responsible for it.

Entrance will be free. The film will be followed by a panel discussion hosted by Sea-Watch.
 

The Mutfluencer*innen project gives young people the opportunity to implement their own projects on the topic of Covid-19. With their ideas and projects, they create a space for exchange, discussion and are looking for solutions to the social consequences of the pandemic. On April 26 some Mutfluencer*innen will present their videos and short films. The screening is hosted by ABZ, Caritas & Teach4Austria.

After André Levesque missionnaire, Oksana Karpovych is back at the RIDM with her first feature, which she filmed in her native country, Ukraine. To take the pulse of the country, the filmmaker adopts one of documentary cinema’s most prolific sub-genres: the train film.

On the night of September 9, 2020, the Mória refugee camp on the Greek island Lesvos bursts into flames. Amidst the dramatic events before and after this disaster, a friendship develops between a young refugee from Afghanistan and a volunteer helper from Austria.

Screening hosted by Amnesty International Austria and followed by a discussion with the producers and two volunteers.
 

Chechen refugee children, Oskar (8) and Lilli (13), who have been living in Austria for six years, are about to be deported along with their mother. However, her sudden attempted suicide results not only in the short-term suspension of their deportation but also in the forced separation of the family. The children’s hope that they will be reunited with their mother is nourished by their love for each other and challenges all bureaucratic obstacles with passion and poetry. A bittersweet odyssey about the many ways of perceiving the world around you in order to survive.

The world seems to separate people more than connecting them. A private couch shows a place of approach and strangers becoming friends.

Special screening on February 20 at 20:30 in the presence of director Christoph Pehofer
 

Film adaptation of French economist Thomas Piketty's ground-breaking global bestseller of the same name: an eye-opening journey through wealth and power.
 

VIENNA’S CINEMAS is a journey through Vienna’s movie theaters from 1896 to today. Told through the stories of movie theater owners, projectionists and technicians, audience members, an historian, and countless documents in film, photo and text, the film is a history of Vienna’s cinemas – from the first cinema on Kärntner Straße to the multiplex world of today.

A documentary that looks at the problems for young modern Israelis returning to the Germanic countries of central Europe, and in particular how this impacts upon older generations of their families, who had to leave countries like Austria and Germany. Central to the film is the impending move to Berlin of the two filmmakers Gil Levanon and Kat Rohrer. The former has a grandfather who cannot forgive Germany for what it did to him and his family, whereas the latter is an Austrian whose grandfather was a committed Nazi.

To make phone calls, send money, surf the net – that’s what brings people to this small call shop in Vienna. Homesickness and love, worries and hopes, doubts and uncertainty – all these issues are discussed in the small phone booths, where homeland and belonging stand in total contradiction.
To keep in touch or to say farewell? – In her latest film, Nina Kusturica (Little Alien) tells of living in a foreign land and the yearning to overcome distances.

Mals - A small village in Upper Vinschgau refuses to accept the ongoing expansion of apple monocultures in South Tyrol.

Special Screening on Wednesday, September 12 in the presence of crew member Franz Moritz

A cinematic expedition to the pioneers of a new society. Market economy has brought prosperity to developed countries - at the expense of other continents and with growing inequality. But apart from capitalism, is there even a social model worth discussing? „Utopia Revisited“ takes us on a promising journey to solidarity and cooperation.

Special Screening in the presence of director Kurt Langbein on Sunday, May 6 (2018) at 16:00

A 1932-born hard-working poor black man from the Mississippi backwoods becomes an internationally acclaimed Blues star after he releases his debut album at age 81.

Movie & discussion with director Wolfgang Almer on April 6 (2018) at 16:00

A privately funded theatrical release documentary (94') about the restitution of “aryanized” assets in Austria. Written, directed and produced by Burgl Czeitschner, 72, journalist, filmmaker and contemporary historian, based in Vienna.

Special screening on Wednesday, December 5 (2018) at 18:00 in the presence of director Burgl Czeitschner.