The best of films from AUSTRIA from around the world today.

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

Best Short Film: Goodbye, Bunny-Head!
Best Micro-Short Film: Movement
Best Direction: When the snow begins to melt

When the snow begins to melt, 11min.
Directed by Marie Luise Lehner, Emil Huppenkothen
In their spectacular outfits, Lehner and Schmitz make not only fashion statements but also political ones. Here, characters wander into and out of their roles. The means by which the film is made become visible, and documentary mixes with fiction. A portrait of romantic solidarity in a melting world. Queer realities are inscribed in landscapes and mountain panoramas that the right wing and Nazis have claimed for themselves for many years. An unusual love story, told in a manner that is as funny as it is subversive, camp aesthetics meet Alpine romance and attempt to counteract the general shift to the right.

https://www.instagram.com/sixpackfilmvienna/

Movement, 4min.
Directed by Flora Marie Tremi
My short film is a visual exploration of the human body in motion—”Movement” blends dance, light, and space into an abstract, cinematic meditation. Additionally, it engages with movement, through soundscapes and abstract choreography, as both expression and transformation.

https://www.instagram.com/dierote.flora

Goodbye, Bunny-Head!, 12min.
Directed by Elif Koca
The somewhat quirky Ziggy is a loner who loves to enjoy French silent films or snack on rum-coconut sweets. His life is turned completely upside down when he suddenly finds himself in an unfortunate situation: an alien lands on Earth! And it’s Ziggy, of all people, that the alien is after.

https://www.instagram.com/eliffkocaaaa/