Empfehlung: SLOW DOWN! FILMISCHE HINWENDUNGEN ZUR REDUKTION. Ausstellung im WUK
Am kommenden Mittwoch, dem 8.11.2017 eröffnet um 19h im Wiener WUK die sehenswerte Ausstellung zur gegenwärtigen künstlerischen Praxis mit einem vom Verschwinden bedrohten Format, dem ehemals in der unabhängigen FilmemacherInnenszene zentralen Produktionsmittel, dem analogen 16mm-Film. “Slow Down!” etabliert produktive Momente der künstlerischen Reduktion mit Film in Hinblick auf Filminstallationen, die aus dem zweidimensionalen der Leinwand heraustreten und den Raum, den Ausstellungsraum, für sich reklamieren. Mit Arbeiten von Helga Fanderl, Philipp Fleischmann, Rosa John, Björn Kämmerer, Johann Lurf, Susanne Miggitsch, Peter Miller, Sasha Pirker, Viktoria Schmid und Antoinette Zwirchmayr. Die Ausstellung ist bis zum 16.12.2017 in der Kunsthalle Exnergasse zu sehen. Nicht versäumen !
LATE BLOSSOM BLUES with ongoing success on festival-tour
The portrait of today 85 year old Blues guitarist and singer Leo “Bud” Welch, whose carreer startet when he became 81, sensitively and impressively put in scene by Wolfgang Pfoser-Almer and Stefan Wolner, can be seen these days at the Hofer Filmdays in Germany, at Florida’s Naples Film Festival and in a couple of weeks at the Mekka of Music-Documentaries, the Doc´n Roll-Festival in London. Watch out for it !
sixpackfilm - a tribute @ Close-up/London and The Cube/Bristol
We are very happy about the invitation of two thematic programs as a tribute to sixpackfilm at London’s Close-up-Cinema on oct 27th and at The Cube Cinema in Bristol on oct 28th & 29th. Gerald Weber will be present to introduce the programs – thanks to the generous support of the Austrian Cultural Forum in London. Program details on our FB-site
Viennale 2017
We are very happy that sixpackfilm will be represented again at the upcoming Viennale 2017 (19.10. – 2.11.2017) with a number of new films. Johann Lurf’s epic found-footage-film ★ will premiere as well as new works by Siegfried Fruhauf, Friedl vom Gröller, Elke Groen or O.N.L.S.D. beside new sixpack-artists like Sasha Reichstein and Bernhard Hetzenauer. All program-details and screening dates take from the Viennale-site
Empfehlung: Analog_Digital - Ausstellung & Filmprogramm im MetroKinoKulturhaus in Wien
Vom 3. Oktober 2017 – 28. Jänner 2018 läuft im Metro KinoKulturhaus die Ausstellung und das Filmprogramm ANALOG_DIGITAL Media (Ex)Changes – eine dringende Empfehlung! – U.a. mit Arbeiten von Gibson/Recoder, Rainer Kohlberger, Lydia Nsiah und Virgil Widrich. Alle Programmdetails auf der Seite des MetroKinoKulturhauses
HOW WE LIVE by Gustav Deutsch @ Montréal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
We are extremely happy to announce a world premiere and two further selections for the upcoming Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montréal (oct 4-15 2017) ! Gustav Deutsch’s latest movie how we live – messages to the family will have it’s World Premiere in Montréal on october 8th in presence of the filmmaker.
Further selected within the section LES ALCHIMISTES NOUVEAUX: Siegfried Fruhauf´s FUDDY DUDDY and Ben Pointekers IMPASSENGER – all details at the festival pages
TICINO by Friedl vom Gröller selected at TIFF / Wavelength
Great news: like in the previous years one of Friedl vom Gröller´s personal and contemplating 16mm-shorts has been selected for the Wavelength section of reknown Toronto International Film Festival. TICINO will celebrate it World Premiere on this occasion. details & schedule: TIFF/Wavelength
Focus on Austria at Marienbad Film Festival
Located in the famous czech Spa City Marienbad, the first edition of the Marienbad Fim Festival will focus on recent austrian experimental film. In two programs within the Cinema Excelsior section one can see selected movies by Peter Tscherkassky, Rainer Kohlberger, Billy Roisz und Dieter Kovacic, Siegfried Fruhauf and many more. Starting on August 29th. Program details on the festivals FB-site
Robert Cambrinus wins Grand Prix with A DAD at Poznan´s Animator Festival
Great News from Poland: A DAD by Robert Cambrinus was awarded with The Golden Pegasus at Poznan´s Animator Festival. Congratilations !
to the jury-statement
ATELIER DE CONVERSATION (Bernhard Braunstein) wins SPECIAL JURY PRICE at Karlovy Vary IFF
At the closing ceremony of the 52. Karlovy Vary International Film Festival the wonderful documentary ATELIER DE CONVERSATION, directed by Bernhard Braunstein (AT, FR, LI 2017) was awarded with the Documentary Special Jury Price. Congratulations to Bernhard and his team to this well-deserved recognition !
