“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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Black Tea Black Tea
Abderrahmane Sissako
Tuesday, 23. 07. 2024 / 18:40 / Main Hall
After saying “no” on her wedding day, Aya leaves the Ivory Coast to start a new life in Guangzhou, China.
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle, Karen O’Connor
Tuesday, 23. 07. 2024 / 19:45 / Small Hall
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My Crime Mon crime
François Ozon
Tuesday, 23. 07. 2024 / 21:00 / Main Hall
After 8 Femmes and Potiche, François Ozon returns with another witty comedy about women and fame, set in glamorous 1930s Paris.