Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s perspective is the long shot. If something attracts his interest, he takes a cross-border, often world-embracing look at burning issues of global coexistence. When Covid reduced freedom of movement for all of us to a minimum, he captured the state of emergency in Vienna with his camera, and in THE STANDSTILL he confronts us with the fragility of our supposed security.

When Covid reduced freedom of movement for all of us to a minimum, Nikolaus Geyrhalter captured the state of emergency in Vienna with his camera confronting us with the fragility of our supposed security.

THE STANDSTILL celebrates world premiere as a Documentary Competition contender at DOK Leipzig. Also showing at Leipzig: VISTA MARE by Julia Gutweniger & Florian Kofler in the Audience Competition.