When the captain of a ship suddenly dies and a passenger is taken to the bridge, that poses a certain risk, even if that passenger had been at the helm of a sister ship for almost three decades. When the crew, however, acts like the team Hans Hurch put together and shaped in the 20 years of his work, there is no doubt that the course will be maintained and that the ship will enter the intended port. Thus, this year’s Viennale will be yet another Viennale by Hans Hurch, “a festival for the most exciting, independent, vibrant and essential films of the year. In short: a festival of films,” as he defined it last year.
Franz Schwartz
First preview of films that will be screened at the Viennale 2017 (Status: August 25, 2017):
The final program will be published on October 10, at 8 pm here on this website
Features
120 BATTEMENTS PAR MINUTE Robin Campillo, F 2017
24 FRAMES Abbas Kiarostami, Iran/F 2016
3/4 Ilian Metev, BG/GER 2017
ABSCHIED VON DEN ELTERN Astrid Johanna Ofner, A 2017
L'AMANT D'UN JOUR Philippe Garrel, F 2017
ARÁBIA Affonso Uchoa, João Dumans, Brazil 2017
BEACH RATS Eliza Hittman, USA 2016
CASTING Nicolas Wackerbarth, GER 2017
ESTIU 1993 Carla Simón, E 2017
FÉLICITÉ Alain Gomis, F/Senegal/B/D/Lebanon 2017
GEU-HU Hong Sangsoo, South Korea 2017
GOLDEN EXITS Alex Ross Perry, USA 2017
HELLE NÄCHTE Thomas Arslan, GER/NO 2017
I AM NOT MADAME BOVARY FENG Xiaogang, China 2016
LICHT Barbara Albert, A/GER 2017
LUCKY John Carroll Lynch, USA 2017
MILLA Valerie Massadian, F/P 2017
NELYUBOV Andrey Zvyagintsev, RUS/F/B/GER 2017
PERSON TO PERSON Dustin Guy Defa, USA 2017
RAMIRO Manuel Mozos, P 2017
SANDOME NO SATSUJIN Koreeda Hirokazu, J 2017
TEHERAN TABU Ali Soozandeh, GER/A 2017
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Martin McDonagh, USA/GB 2017
TIERE Greg Zglinski, CH/A/PL 2017
WESTERN Valeska Griesebach, GER/A/BG 2017
Documentaries
12 JOURS Raymond Depardon, F 2017
78/52 Alexandre O. Philipp, USA 2017
A L'OUEST DU JOURDAIN Amos Gitai, F/Israel 2017
AUS EINEM JAHR DER NICHTEREIGNISSE Ann Carolin Renninger, René Frölke, GER 2017
BECOMING CARY GRANT Mark Kidel, F 2017
DENK ICH AN DEUTSCHLAND IN DER NACHT Romuald Karmakar, GER 2017
DISTANT CONSTELLATION Shevaun Mizrahi, USA/Turkey 2017
EX LIBRIS - THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Frederick Wiseman, USA 2017
THE FORCE Peter Nicks, USA 2017
MACHINES Rahul Jain, India/GER/FIN 2017
MAKALA Emmanuel Gras, F 2017
MAMAN COLONELLE Dieudo Hamadi, F/DR Kongo 2017
NO INTENSO AGORA João Moreira Salles, Brazil 2017
OLANCHO Ted Griswold, Chris Valdes, Honduras/USA 2017
THE PUBLIC IMAGE IS ROTTEN Tabbert Fiiller, USA 2017
PURGE THIS LAND Lee Anne Schmitt, USA 2017
READERS James Benning, USA 2017
ROMY - PORTRAIT EINES GESICHTS Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, GER 1966
SHAKKEI. BORROWED LANDSCAPES Hartmut Bitomsky, 2017
TA PEAU SI LISSE Denis Côté, Canada 2017
TINSELWOOD Marie Voignier, F/Cameroon 2017