“No to Waldheim, no to Waldheim!” chants a crowd of people in the centre of Vienna in 1986. Ruth Beckermann is one of the activists trying to prevent Kurt Waldheim from being elected, documenting the bitter political reality with her camera. More than thirty years later, she uses her footage together with extensive international TV archive material to analyse what marked a turning point in Austria’s political culture. While Waldheim’s attempts to reject the facts and mask the truth stirred revolt, they also effected denial by the Austrian political class and the outbreak of anti-Semitism and patriotism, ultimately resulting in Waldheim's election as President of Austria. Best Documentary Award at Berlinale 2017
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Inventory Inventura
Darko Sinko
Thursday, 17. 04. 2025 / 17:00 / Main Hall
Boris Robič is an ordinary man. One evening, while reading a book in his apartment, shots are fired at him. No one understands what happened. Not him, not the police. After all, Boris lived a quiet, peaceful life and believed he had no enemies. But when the detective closes the case, Boris starts his own investigation… World premiere at the San Sebastián film festival.
No Other Land No Other Land
Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Thursday, 17. 04. 2025 / 19:30 / Small Hall
Palestinian activist Basel Adra has been documenting for years how Israeli occupiers destroy villages in his home region of Masafer Yatta. While fighting to preserve his community, he forms an unexpected alliance with Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham…