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Austria & Jordan
In-person
NOTE: After you RVSP, you will receive information or a reminder email, but you may or may not receive this right away. Please look out for it before the event! Each event may be different.
A discussion will precede this program with special discussants:
Raja Gargour, Director of the Royal Heritage Directorate and member of the Board of Commissioners of the Royal Film Commission – Jordan
Including a reception at the end of the program!
All films are subtitled in English, unless otherwise noted.
Embassy of Austria
3524 International Ct NW, Washington, DC 20008
Tala'vision
Jordan, 2020, 27 min.
Director: Murad Abu Eisheh
Trapped in a war-ridden reality, 8-year-old Tala finds solace and freedom in a forbidden television. However, the secret TV becomes a matter of life and death.
Cornetto im Gras (Cornetto ice-cream in the Grass)
Austria, 2023, 29 min.
Director: David Lapuch
Richard, a young man who leads a fairly ordinary village life, takes care of his grandfather and a sausage stand at the village sports field. Within just one evening, Richard’s life becomes unhinged, and he finds out that within every ending is a new beginning. Winner for best short fiction film at Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film.
Du Hund Du
Austria, 2022, 12 min.
Director: Benjamin Laabmayr
The village swimming pool as a place of everyday bizarreness. A boy diving for batteries or children deciding the future of their parents by means of tarot cards—these are examples of short scenes that sometimes continue to spin. The director leaves everything mostly ambiguous: Is it about alienation or observation? Are the characters being exhibited or portrayed? Is it a matter of staging or documentation?
