Upcoming:
Mar 28 - 14:00 - THREE SONS - with protagonist Thomas Frankl
Raphael Wallfisch, int. cellist, London, André Laks, philosophy professor, Paris, and Thomas Frankl, gallerist, Vienna have one thing in common: one parent had survived Auschwitz. The film is about the so called 2. Generation and their attempt of making a balancing act between oblivion and reminder.
Special screening on March 28 at 14:00 in the presence of Thomas Frankl
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
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.
