Piazza Grande
JACKdirected by Elisabeth Scharang (epo-film)
A girl dies on a winter night, brutally mauled, frost bitten. Jack is in prison for this murder. He channels his dark character into poems that he writes. After his release from custody after 15 years he becomes a star in Viennas high society as a poet and a lover. But can a person change fundamentally? Can he defeat, or at least silence the devil inside of him? Or does a murderer remain a murderer forever?
with: Johannes Krisch, Corinna Harfouch, Birgit Minichmayr, Paulus Manker, Inge Maux
Semaine de la critique
LAMPEDUSA IN WINTERdirected by Jakob Brossmann (Finali Film & Wortschatz Produktion)
The Italian “refugee island” of Lampedusa is in the firm grip of winters tristesse. Tourists have left, the remaining refugees fight to be taken to the mainland. As a fire destroys the worn down ferry, that connects the island to Italy, the mayor Giusi Nicolini and the local fishermen struggle for a new ship. The tiny community at the edge of Europe is engaged in a desperate struggle for solidarity with those who many consider the cause of the ongoing crisis: the African boat people.
