Hotel Metropole

FrOm Grandeur to terror HOTEL MÉTROPOLE Hotel Métropole: From Grandeur to Terror  Built for the 1873 World Exhibition, the Hotel Métropole was one of the most opulent hotels in the Habsburg Empire. Travelers from around the world, including Mark Twain, stayed here to experience its modern comforts. It stood as a beacon of progress—until history […]

Holy Prostitution

HOLY PROSTITUTION HOLY PROSTITUTION, filmed in 2020, deals with the discrimination and oppression of women under the current regime in Iran. Filmmaker Mehdi Kazemi takes great risks to expose and question the practice of religiously legitimized prostitution through “temporary marriage.” Some parts of the film were shot with a hidden camera. Three women and a […]

rise of the working class

VIENNESE MILIEUS RISE OF THE WORKING CLASS Vienna in the 19th century. The city is changing at a rapid pace from the medieval center of a dynasty to an up-and-coming metropolis. In the course of industrialization, millions of people from all parts of the multi-ethnic state stream into the heart of the empire. Technological progress […]

Habsburgs Untergang Full Film

DOWNFALL OF AN EMPIRETHE END OF THE HABSBURG MONARCHY Steven Beller: “Never has an irrelevant empire been more relevant!” This documentary looks at the last period of rule of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and its path to decline and thus to the European catastrophe. Military conflicts and the resulting loss of power within Europe caused the […]

Habsburgs Untergang

Downfall of an EmpireTHe END OF THE HAbsburg Monarchy Steven Beller: “Never has an irrelevant empire been more relevant!” This documentary looks at the last period of rule of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and its path to decline and thus to the European catastrophe. Military conflicts and the resulting loss of power within Europe caused the […]

Der Sohn und sein Vater

SHORT FILM DER SOHN UND SEIN VATER The son and his father go about their daily business in a small, shabby apartment. They start playing a game. Both seem to know exactly what to do. The course of action of the game resembles a ritual. The game – a staged bank robbery. Or maybe more […]

FREISCHWIMMER

SHORT FILM FREISCHWIMMER Michael, Tom and Benno are fully enjoying their vacation on the island of Gran Canaria. But their vacation paradise goes awry. After an envening of misfortune Michael finds himself cought in a nightmare, pennend up with African refugees in a reception camp for illegal immigrants. Waiting in unsecurity begins. Running Time: 18 min […]

Nancy Transit – High Castle

MUSIC VIDEO nancy transit – high castle Music Video for the Song High Castle by Nancy Transit. Produced 2013Original Language: EnglishLocation: Austria