
Stations of an animal refugee story in which, thanks to Social Media, the cat gets a German passport sooner than its owners.
Stations of an animal refugee story in which, thanks to Social Media, the cat gets a German passport sooner than its owners.
Young Israelis performing a rite of initiation, the “Journey to Poland”: seven days, three mass graves, four concentration camps, and cameras running all the time. An exercise in identity made up of YouTube videos – horror 2.0.
A fragmented and haunting image of the US between a spirit of departure and hopelessness at the beginning of the Obama era.
A look at the incendiary political situation in Austria at the end of the 1970s. It was the time that made Beckermann turn to film.
A passionate runner who can hardly walk. A highly talented painter whose pictures tell a tale of self-destruction. A dark secret which the film approaches cautiously.
Fishermen on a beach in Ghana. A patient and respectful observation of work processes in fixed shots – a substantial work in the spirit of the inventors of cinematography.
Cinema’s leap into the digital age and vanquishing of the analogue – a promise of salvation. An opulent essay about the visions and losses brought by a dubious departure.
Africa is still ruled by malaria. A thriller about the larger connections between the parasite and the pharmaceutics industry, claims of heteronomy and the richest man on earth.
About the last residents of a Venice reduced to a Disneyland for cruise ship tourists. Scary images of a city turned capitalist nightmare.
The biggest criminal case in Austria, where harmless animal rights activists were accused and convicted of being enemies of the state. A Kafkaesque swan song for Western democracy.
A sensitive dissection and an experiment with the discourse and the speechlessness of lovers: we see wet eyes and hear heavy swallowing in the face of words that sometimes weren’t even posted.
It would be good to have no images of certain things, Beckermann’s urgent narrator’s voice says. That way they would be remembered.
A year on an organic farm in the Waldviertel of Lower Austria: Elfie and Gottfried take care of sheep, goats and various products made by animals and humans together.
“When I look for inspiration or an entry into high society, I read the phone book …
Systems of security are challenged by abstracting manipulations when sound and image oscillate between confidence and irritation.
The filmmaker’s father dies. Based on photos and home movies, Michaela Taschek imagines a doppelganger story that provides a plot for her long-term feelings of alienation.