Michael Schindegger

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.

During the preparations for its 100th anniversary, the Chamber of Labor is accompanied and proves to be a unique contact point for the many people fighting for their rights.

A short story about the post-traumatic experience of Ukrainian refugees in Europe after being occupied by Russian troops in the spring of 2022.

In “The Naked Empress”, the Sissi myth serves as the starting point for a Vienna thriller that combines a mysterious criminal case with a disastrous curse. While inspector Alexander Haller relies on his investigative instincts, his partner Nikolai Falk has to overcome irrational fears. Screenwriter Nils-Morten Osburg uses the admiration for the Habsburg monarch, who, out of vanity, did not allow herself to be photographed for decades, as the background for a sophisticated story about a photograph that should never have been taken.

Philipp Hochmair, the newly appointed special investigator, and his partner Andreas Guenther immerse themselves in the equally dazzling and twilight world of the Prater showmen in the sixth "Vienna thriller". To solve the murder of a strikingly successful businessman, the opposing duo must not only uncover his secrets, but also get a tight-knit circle of suspects to speak up.

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.

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.

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.)

Alex works as a project manager for an automobile parts supplier and is sick of it. It's obvious just looking at him. When the next project is announced already at the final meeting for the last one, he leaves without a word and decides to change his life. He meets Anna, a film student, and lapses into the idea that she should shoot a documentary about his life. Maybe it will be easier for him to start a new life after first passing review over the old one?