Hjalti Bager-Jonathansson

Sleeping with a Tiger is a hybrid film about the Austrian painter Maria Lassnig. A film about her struggle in the male dominated art world and the quest to find her own personal artistic way of expression in which she brings her inner pain on canvas. And of course a film about her great artistic success.

When Hoffmann's past catches up with her, not only is the relationship with Oberländer put to a test, but also the safety of her family is severely threatened.

Just as the freediver Victor is about to start a new record attempt, the body of his wife is found in the depths of Lake Constance. Detectives Oberländer and Hoffmann suspect that Victor himself may have been responsible for the drowning of his wife.

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.

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.

Johanna Dohnal, whose political career spans three decades, was one of the very first explicitly feminist politicians in Europe. As a member of the Austrian socialist government and the first Austrian minister for Women’s Affairs from 1990 to 1994, Dohnal was responsible for founding Austria’s first women’s refuge as well as criminalizing of marital rape. Yet her legacy remains yet to be discovered and re-examined. DIE DOHNAL makes a first step, and it makes Dohnal come alive.

An environmental spy infiltrates the global syndicate for illegal timber trading. With the aid of a hidden camera he documents the chain of illegal activities, from harvesting of the wood to the marketing of “washed” products in supermarkets. This turns out to be an excellent motor for political change.

Фильм-размышление о создании гуманоидных роботов-андроидов. Тема раскрывается с захватывающих разнообразных точек зрения, благодаря участию в картине японского гуру робототехники Хироси Исигуро, трансгуманистки Наташи Вита-Мор и многих других. В то время как разница между людьми и андроидами постепенно стирается, конфликт между технологиями и социальной ответственностью растет настолько же, насколько расширяются утопические видения. Из этой мозаики возникает напряженная амбивалентность, которая, с одной стороны, ставит под сомнение футуристические процессы, а с другой — восхваляет тех, кто осмеливается создавать эти новые машины, которые пытаются отразить нашу человечность.

Ежегодно человечество перемещает несколько миллиардов тонн земли – с помощью лопат, экскаваторов и динамита. В шахтах, забоях и на крупных строительных площадках режиссер Николаус Гейрхальтер наблюдает за людьми в их неустанном стремлении овладеть планетой.

Разрозненные архивные кадры, на которых пять братьев, будучи детьми и подростками, проводят лето на вершинах гор, купаются в реках, дико скачут и танцуют — придают началу истории некое легкомыслие. А далее поиски причины гибели их старшего брата приводят парней в гостиничный номер в Порту.

Паула — способная и подающая надежды старшеклассница, в которую влюблены едва ли не все парни в школе. Отбиваясь от постоянных подкатов, девушка пытается найти способ сблизиться с Шарлоттой, в которую тайно влюблена сама. Однако вскоре у неё появляется новая подруга, то и дело склоняющая Паулу к провокационным поступкам.

The film introduces viewers to Vienna's animal shelter and its inhabitants.

The film introduces viewers to Vienna's animal shelter and its inhabitants.

As times get tougher in the Arab world, people reminisce about the greatest diva of all time: Asmahan. Today, many Arabs go to Vienna in search of the dream that was whispered to them. But things are not that simple. Singer and actress Asmahan is a Syrian princess who emigrated to Egypt in the 1920s and where she enjoyed a career in show business, eventually becoming an Egyptian Diva.

At 6am on May 21, 2008, armed police burst into the apartment of Austrian dog trainer and animal-rights activist Sabine Koch, arresting her. After three months in custody, Koch, together with 12 other animal-rights activists, went on trial. They were charged with being members of a criminal organisation and therefore breaching article 273a of the Austrian Penal Code, introduced in the wake of 9/11. The article’s intention is to allow the state to stifle terrorist activity. Years of observation, house searches, and undercover agents – the police left no stone unturned in its bid to prove the animal-rights activists’ guilt. The sobering result: five million Euros worth of investigation, no proof and a great deal of scepticism towards the Austrian justice system – and democracy itself. Filmmaker Igor Hauzenberger captures one of the highest profile cases this alpine republic has ever seen.

Documentary about Austrian city Judenburg and its art scene.

Потрясающие кадры документируют зрителю до сих пор не познанный им мир высокотехнологичной сельхозпромышленности. Производство продуктов питания в разных населенных пунктах Европы кажется утопией - но лишь на первый взгляд. В картине присутствуют, например, захватывающие сюжеты о машине, способной в течение пятнадцати минут отряхнуть маслину, машине для кастрации поросят и многих других приспособлениях, повышающих эффективность крупного производства на максимум.

Deep disappointment and reciprocated love often come in close succession. Mountain Meadow Movie spends a year observing the emotional highs and lows of four people who work at an agricultural workshop for the multiply handicapped.