Natalie Schwager

Feminism WTF is an international Topic Documentary on feminism and gender equality. The film reflects on current debates and analyses the potential of intersectional feminism to profoundly change our future societies.

Feminism WTF is an international Topic Documentary on feminism and gender equality. The film reflects on current debates and analyses the potential of intersectional feminism to profoundly change our future societies.

엄마처럼 수의사가 되고 싶은 마티는 자그마한 시골 마을을 벗어나 대도시로 떠날 생각이다. 하지만 과연 그녀는 미래를 맞이할 준비가 되어있을까? 그녀는 목덜미 제모를 마치고 긴 머리를 말아 올린 채, 드레스를 입고 있는 자신의 모습이 우습기 그지없다. 또래 남자아이들과 오토바이를 타고 채석장 근처를 질주하는 게 훨씬 더 즐겁기 때문이다. 졸업파티에서는 마티의 친구가 같은 학교 여학생을 성추행하는 사건이 벌어진다. 그 여학생이 저항하자, 마티는 오히려 그 여학생의 얼굴에 침을 뱉는다. 부모님의 결혼이 그랬듯, 사랑과 우정, 섹슈얼리티가 개입하자 기존의 인간관계에도 금이 가기 시작한다.

오스트리아 빈에 위치한 동물 보호 센터를 배경으로, 그곳을 찾아오는 이들과 그곳에 사는 이들 모두를 조명한다. 인간과 동물의 조우, 바로 그 과정에서 만나볼 수 있는 각각의 특색 있는 이야기는 아주 매력적이지만 때로는 슬프기도 때로는 이상하기도 하다. 동물의 본성을 따뜻한 시선으로 바라보며 인간의 무책임함을 신랄하게 비판하는 작품이다.

오스트리아 빈에 위치한 동물 보호 센터를 배경으로, 그곳을 찾아오는 이들과 그곳에 사는 이들 모두를 조명한다. 인간과 동물의 조우, 바로 그 과정에서 만나볼 수 있는 각각의 특색 있는 이야기는 아주 매력적이지만 때로는 슬프기도 때로는 이상하기도 하다. 동물의 본성을 따뜻한 시선으로 바라보며 인간의 무책임함을 신랄하게 비판하는 작품이다.

In his essayistic documentary Sigmund Steiner investigates the work, lives and generational relations of three Austrian farmers. Even though none of them are his father, each one of the film's protagonists reflects on one aspect of Steiner's complicated father-son relationship.

American investment fund buys Austrian companies, but also takes over politics in Vienna. Money still makes the world go round.

Fourteen-year-old Jasmin longs to be near her biological mother, Eva. Following her mother’s release from prison, an excursion into the country together becomes a first test for the fledgling mother-daughter relationship. They smoke, dance and stroll together – the mood is promising. But time and again, it is revealed that their needs and expectations are light years apart. For the moment, neither Eva nor Jasmin seem up to the task of fulfilling each other’s need for identity and support. (Talea is Italian for scion, a detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting.)

Fourteen-year-old Jasmin longs to be near her biological mother, Eva. Following her mother’s release from prison, an excursion into the country together becomes a first test for the fledgling mother-daughter relationship. They smoke, dance and stroll together – the mood is promising. But time and again, it is revealed that their needs and expectations are light years apart. For the moment, neither Eva nor Jasmin seem up to the task of fulfilling each other’s need for identity and support. (Talea is Italian for scion, a detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting.)

Fourteen-year-old Jasmin longs to be near her biological mother, Eva. Following her mother’s release from prison, an excursion into the country together becomes a first test for the fledgling mother-daughter relationship. They smoke, dance and stroll together – the mood is promising. But time and again, it is revealed that their needs and expectations are light years apart. For the moment, neither Eva nor Jasmin seem up to the task of fulfilling each other’s need for identity and support. (Talea is Italian for scion, a detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting.)

A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the laws of nature.

Luisa returns to her parents' home when her father becomes bedridden. She's expected to help her mother deal with the drudgery of caring for him, but their relationship is tense and the physical contact with the man proves to be unpleasant for her. In quiet moments she remembers scenes from her childhood Long repressed and forgotten memories force their way back into the present, until a final realization brings a family secret to light.