Archive 2003
SPECIAL FILMS FROM AUSTRIA - COOP 99
One of the most important representatives of present Austrian Cinema is the author and production association "coop 99" with the four members Barbara Albert, Jessica Hausner, Antonin Svoboda and Martin Gschlacht. "coop 99 is the platform for a new generation of film makers in Austria. Our films stand for authenticity, personal attitude and individuality" is how they describe themselves - very ambitious and dedicated to author cinema!
Barbara Albert's "Nordrand" (1999) and Jessica Hausner's "Lovely Rita" (2001) won a number of international prizes. While Svoboda and Gschlacht are working at the moment on their first full-length film, the new productions "Kaltfront" by Valentin Hitz and "Böse Zellen" by Barbara Albert are being played at numerous festivals. Albert, Hitz and Svoboda will be present to talk about their work and ambitions.
Discussion
Fr, October 31, 11:00
The Brunswick Film Festival invites you to a discussion about the experiences of film makers and producers and their working conditions, as well as about promising future strategies for German-language cinema.
Participants are Barbara Albert (coop 99), Jakob Claussen (producer, Claussen+Wöbcke), Martin Hagemann (producer, Zero Film), Katrin Schlösser (producer, Ö-Film), Antonin Svoboda (coop 99).
Moderator is Peter Claus, Deutschlandradio Berlin.
Böse Zellen
Director: Barbara Albert, A/D/CH 2003, 120 min, 35 mm, colour, GV
Th, October 30 20:00 CinemaxX 4 Guests: Barbara Albert, Antonin Svoboda
Fr, Oktober 31 12:45 CinemaxX 3 Guests: Barbara Albert, Antonin Svoboda
According to the chaos theory the wingbeat of a butterfly in the Amazon jungle can cause a storm over the Atlantic. The plane Manu is flying home in crashes because of just such a quirk. She is the sole survivor, returns to her home in Austria, gets married and works in a local supermarket. Mother of a five-yearold daughter she has a fatal accident on her way home from a discotheque.
Nordrand
Director: Barbara Albert, A/D/CH 1999, 103 nin, 35 mm, colour, GV
We, October 29 13:00 CinemaxX 4
Fr, October 31 14:45 CinemaxX 2 Guests: Barbara Albert, Antonin Svoboda
Jasmin is blonde and not exactly spoiled; but she is hungry for life. She always seeks and finds new men. One night she runs away from her violent father and roams through the northern districts of Vienna until she collapses in a drunken stupor. There, Senad, a Bosnian refugee, finds her and takes her to a hospital, where Tamara, a Serbian nurse, works. Jasmin moves in with Tamara and begins a love affair with Senad. In this way a winter passes at whose end there are broken hearts and a lot of unanswered questions.
Lovely Rita
Director: Jessica Hausner, A 2001, 79 min, 35 mm, colour, GV
Th, October 30 15:00 Universum 2
Sa, November 1 20:15 Universum 3
Ri ta is fifteen, introverted and unsure of herself. Her parents, a typical middle-class couple, cannot deal with their daughter. More and more obstinately Rita tries to break out of her circle of isolation. However, her acquaintance with a boy from the neighbourhood and a bus driver only makes things worse and ultimately leads to a catastrophe...
Inter-View
Director: Jessica Hausner, A 1999, 48 min, 35 mm, colour, GV
Th, October 30 22:30 CinemaxX 4 Guests: Barbara Albert, Antonin Svoboda
Günter, an obviously unattached young man, conducts interviews with people he does not know. Gertrud works in a flower store. She too seems to have no close contact in the city. One day he wants to interview her. When the young woman refuses to answer his increasingly insistent questions his reaction is quick and brutal.
Sonnenflecken
Director: Barbara Albert, A 1998, 24 min, 35 mm, colour, GV
Th, October 30 22:30 CinemaxX 4 Guests: Barbara Albert, Antonin Svoboda
Idiko and Uschi are friends. They live and work in a small restaurant on the outskirts of Vienna with Uschiīs little daughter and her guinea pig. Daily life consists of simple things: work, the household, going to the disco, flirting, fun. Both women dream of finding happiness but they donīt know where to find it.
Grosse Ferien
Director: Antonin Svoboda, A 1997, 40 min, 35 mm, GV
Th, October 30 22:30 CinemaxX 4 Guests: Barbara Albert, Antonin Svoboda
The summer of 1978, the legendary year when the Austrian national football team had one of their best tournaments in Argentina. Tondo, nine years old, is spending the summer in Vienna. The long holidays have their own rhythm: at first time seems to stand still and then it just flies away. A perfect atmosphere of languidness and sexual sultriness.