The search for human connection is a striking aspect of this year's film program for director Eva Sangiorgi. Shortly before the start of the festival, she talks to Alexandra Zawia in the Viennale Podcast about her approach to presenting explicitly political films as well as about the extraordinarily interesting works of some of the female directors in the program. She also reveals a few rituals that she likes to practice shortly before or during the festival.
01:12 - 02:58
on this year’s Viennale sujet
03:13 – 05:10
on the social and political topics & themes in this year’s program
05:38 – 08:55
on her approach to selecting outspokenly political films
09:43 – 12:15
on the function of cinema in countries facing crises
12:59 – 13:55
on the importance of gathering for debate in cinema
14:50 – 17:29
on the Cinematography HAUNTED BY HISTORY
17:55 – 18:58
on films dealing with traumata linked to colonialism
19:36 – 22:50on the trope of the soldier, Roberto Minervini’s THE DAMNED and this year’s Viennale “Textur #7” dedicated to Minervini
23:21 – 24:50
on films that “restore your faith in humanity”
25:04 – 26:56
on the films of female directors in the program
27:07 – 28:54
on Juliana Rojas and her films / female representation / body transformation
29:45 – 31:19
on the diversity of formal aesthetics in the program
32:11 – 33:26
on the audience for radical and innovative films
33:40 – 36:06
on the work of Robert Kramer
36:38 – 39:00
on film education & spaces for a young audience
39:20 – 44:23
on personal routines & challenges before and during the festival