Director of
FOREVER...FOREVER
Johann Lurf was born in Vienna in 1982 and is one of the best-known representatives of Austrian experimental film. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, completing his diploma in Harun Farockis class in 2009. His work has received numerous international awards, including the Diagonale Prize Innovative Cinema, and has been shown at festivals and cinematheques worldwide. His feature film ★ premiered at the Viennale in 2017 and subsequently screened at, among others, Sundance and Rotterdam. His new film FOREVER...FOREVER, made over the course of 22 months using a specially developed 65 mm camera at the Ottenstein Reservoir, opens this year's Viennale.
Films (selection): VERTIGO RUSH (2007), 12 EXPLOSIONEN (2008), ENDEAVOUR (2010), RECONNAISSANCE (2012), CAPITAL CUBA (2015), ★ (2017), FOREVER...FOREVER (2026)