In Person: Astrid Ofner

In recent years, Astrid Ofner has established her reputation as a sensitive and very precise filmmaker with her documentary essays based on literary works. Less well known, however, are the two works from 1993 that will be presented on this evening and whose settings could not be more contrasting - or complementary: Ins Leere leads into the world of masochism, so to speak - a documentary chamber play about man and woman, mistress and slave and the condensation of a ritual. The eleven "Sisters of Bethany" in Jetzt und alle Zeit follow other rituals in their small castle near Graz. The hourly prayer structures their otherwise silent, strictly monastic daily routine. (Florian Widegger) In conversation with Astrid Ofner: guest curator Florian Widegger (Filmarchiv Austria)