Rahlgasse 1 (corner of Theobaldgasse)
1060 Vienna
It is August, and Valérie Pelet takes us to well-known Italian vacation destinations close to the Austrian border. These places, which she explores with 16 mm shots and an off-voice, become more and more diverse. Shots of half-empty plates with food scraps are juxtaposed with stories of migrants and closed borders. The Fall of the Iron Curtain in August 1989, pictures of vacationers on crowded beaches, and butterflies flying towards the moon. All these impressions concentrate like the hot air in August, breaking barriers and creating new perspectives.
Chris Krikellis takes us to his former home country, Greece, but the journey goes far beyond his memories. At the border towns of the river Evros, which lies between Turkey and Greece, he talks to a pathologist who examines the bodies of refugees ...
Mustafe and his family have been living in Finland for 25 years, his children being born and raised there. When Mustafe learns about his ancestors’ land being full of copper and gold, he decides to exchange his family’s secure life in Europe for a...
Geyerhalter’s latest documentary is a visually stunning look at our global waste problem. Human-made waste surrounds us everywhere and at all times, be it on the mountain peaks of Switzerland, on the coasts of Greece and Albania, in Nepal, or in t...
