ANIMISTICA by Nikki Schuster in SUNDANCE 2019

We are very pleased ! Again a film from our distibution program has been invited to US-american Sundance Film Festival in Park City: The eery-beauteous animation animistica by Stop-Motion artist Nikki Schuster will play in the Animated Shorts. Congratulations Nikki!
line-up sundance-shorts 2019

ANIMISTICA by Nikki Schuster in SUNDANCE 2019

"BEYOND CINEMA. Austrian Underground Film from the 1960s"

Titled BEYOND CINEMA. Austrian Underground Film from the 1960s Alternative Film & Videofestival Belgrade will present between 12.-16.Dezember 2018 a filmprogram curated by Gerald Weber along the festival focus on COLLECTIVism.
Including works by VALIE EXPORT, Kurt Kren, Hans Scheugl, Peter Weibel, Ernst Schmidt jr a.o.
Program details & schedule

"BEYOND CINEMA. Austrian Underground Film from the 1960s"

Sabine Marte mit der "Gloriette" ausgezeichnet

Wir gratulieren Sabine Marte zur Gloriette, erstmals vergeben von FC GLORIA – Frauen Vernetzung Film für herausragende Leistungen von Frauen in der Filmbranche. Gestiftet von Verband Filmregie Österreich • VdFS – Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden und The Grand Post
Zu den weiteren Preisträgerinnen und zum Jurystatement
Foto: Elsa Okazaki

Sabine Marte mit der "Gloriette" ausgezeichnet

OUSTANDING ARTIST AWARD 2018 for Katrina Daschner

This year´s OUTSTANDING ARTIST AWARD für Experimentalfilm by the Art Section of the Austrian Federal Chancellery goes to Katrina Daschner!
Congratulations to Katrina and all award winners!
Foto: Daniel Hoesl, Katrina Daschner, Verena Dengler

OUSTANDING ARTIST AWARD 2018 for Katrina Daschner

Awards ! Awards ! Awards !

Several of sixpackfilm-distributed shorts collected a number of awards within the last week:
La sombra de un Dios by Bernhard Hetzenauer received another major award at a mexican festival: Best Short Documentary at International Filmfestival in San Luís Potosí,
Gouvernment House by Herwig Weiser was given the Grand Prix Riga Short by the jury of Riga Film Festival,
Lukas Marxt gained further recognition for his Imperial Valley with Jury Main Awards at Gijón International Film Festival and at Cologne Shortfilmfest.
Last not least Animistica by Nikki Schuster and WHERE DO WE GO by Siegfried Fruhauf received Best Sound plus Audience Award and Best Experimental Animation at the Vienna Two Days Animation Festival.
Cordial congratulations to all of the artists !

Awards ! Awards ! Awards !

Friedl Kubelka Vom Gröller: "Paris Épisodes" at Centre Pompidou

Book release presentation, filmprogram and talk: on dec 5th 2018 “Friedl vom Gröller” will show her “Paris Movies” at the Centre Pompidou, accompanied by a talk with Dietmar Schwärzler from sixpackfilm to present the latest INDEX-DVD publication One is not enough about photographer and filmmaker “Friedl Kubelka vom Gröller”.

the program at Centre Pompidou
Book + DVD: ONE IS NOT ENOUGH at INDEX-DVD

 Friedl Kubelka Vom Gröller: "Paris Épisodes" at Centre Pompidou

"A ★ over Spain"

After a sensational first festival year, Johann Lurf´s extraordinary compilation film is recently touring spanish festivals and cinematheques – often accompanied by a selection of Lurf´s experimental shorts. After Gijón Festival the program makes stop at the Filmoteca de Galicia in A Coruña, at Filmoteca de València, during the Muestra de Cine on Lanzarote and last not least earyl next year at Cineteca de Madrid.

"A ★ over Spain"

KURT KREN retrospectives in Italy and Czech Republic

Titled “Sorry, it had to be done”, Milano´s Filmmaker Festival presents a complete retrospective of Kurt Kren´s Ouevre from november 17th in the recently restaured digital version while PAF – Festival of Film Animation and Contemporary Art in Olomouc will show the fims from their original 16mm copies. Two fantastic occasions to see and experience the beauty of Kren´s specific shooting and editing techniques and his unique aesthetics.

KURT KREN retrospectives in Italy and Czech Republic

Retrospective Björn Kämmerer in Moscow

Organized by Moscow Experimental Film Festival Mediaartist Björn Kämmerer shows his films on December 6th at Moscow´s NIKFI (Cine-Photo Research and Development Institute)
Details

Retrospective Björn Kämmerer in Moscow