Monday, April 27, 2009

Lendwirbel 09

Blockparty in Lend/Graz. 7th to 9th May. Official Website

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Santa Sangra

In course of the X-treme movie series of the Filmzentrum im Rechbauerkino they put a further Alejandro Jodorowsky film on their program: Santa Sangra, 1989.

Alejandro Jodorowsky is an absolute outstanding Chilean director, actor and author of a series of surrealistic films, such as El Topo (1970) and Montana Sacra (1973). Originally he was the designated director of Dune, before David Lynch was engaged for making this movie.

6th of May, 10 pm, Santa Sangra - special feature, Filmzentrum im Rechbauerkino, Graz

Obama's People

The Israeli photographer Nadav Kander shot portraits of Barack Obama's top members of his incoming administration. The 52 portraits are published on the New York Times website. Have also an eye on Nadav Kanders other photographic work, such as Yangtze - The Long River, Chernobyl - Half Life, Bodies and some his portraits, respectively of David Lynch on Nadav Kander's official website.

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Diagonale - awarded austrian films 2009

Gran Diagonale Price Feature: Michael Glawogger, Das Vaterspiel
Grand Diagonale Price Documentary: Constantin Wulff, In die Welt; official website
Diagonale Price for Innovative Cinema: Michael Palm, Laws of Physics
Diagonale Youth Jury Prize: Marvin Kren, Schautag
Diagonale austrian editors association aea Price: Anja Schürenberg, Rimini and Michele Barbin, PianoMania
Diagonale Diocese Graz-Seckau Prize: Bernhard Braunstein/David Gross, Pharao Bipolar
Diagonale Austrian Association of Cinematographers AAC Prize: Enzo Brandner, UNIVERSALOVE and Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 7915 KM; official website
Diagonale Kleine Zeitung Audience Prize: Marco Antoniazzi, Kleine Fische; official website (german)

6400 ASA picks of introduced films at the Diagonale film festival:

The Making of FUTBOL, Helmut Köpping, Michael Ostrowski: A film about the true, unadulterated essence of Austrian Football Culture.

And finally a very austrian film: Der Knochenmann, Wolfgang Murnberger after a novel by Wolf Haas; official website
Trailer (german)

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