Launched at the Berlinale or at the Venice Film Festival Austrias most outstanding documentary films 2014 are about
to close a successful festival year by making their appearence at the 27th IDFA in Amsterdam (Nov 19 to 30) : WE COME AS FRIENDS
by Hubert Sauper, IN THE BASEMENT by Ulrich Seidl, THE GREAT MUSEUM by Johannes Holzhausen, and ULRICH SEIDL A DIRECTOR
AT WORK by Constantin Wulff.
Masters
WE COME AS FRIENDS
directed by Hubert Sauper (KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Productions, Adelante Films (F))
A modern odyssey, a dizzying, science fiction-like journey into the heart of Africa. At the moment when the Sudan, the continents
biggest country, is being divided into two nations, an old civilizing" pathology reemerges that of colonialism,
clash of empires, and yet new episodes of bloody (and holy) wars over land and resources.
International sales: Le Pacte
Screenings:
Nov 23 15:00 Tuschinski 2 zo
Nov 24 19:15 Brakke Grond Expozaal
Nov 26 21:00 EYE Cinema 1
Nov 29 21:15 Tuschinski 1
Nov 30 10:15 Munt 09
Framing Reality
IN THE BASEMENT by Ulrich Seidl (Ulrich Seidls Film Produktion)
The film is about people and basements and what people do in their basements in their free time. The film is about obsessions,
brass-band music and opera arias, about expensive furniture and cheap male jokes, about sexuality and shooting, fitness and
fascism, whips and dolls. A film essay that is both funny and sad, it uses the director's characteristic film tableaux to
delve into the underground of the Austrian soul.
International sales: Coproduction office
Nov 21 22:00 Tuschinski 1
Nov 22 17:15 EYE Cinema 1
Best of Fests
THE GREAT MUSEUM by Johannes Holzhausen (Navigator Film)
This documentary portrays one of the most important museums in the world, Viennas Museum of Art History. An extensive
look behind the scenes at this fascinating institution employs a number of charismatic protagonists and the varied routine
there to show us the museums special world.
International sales: Wide House
Nov 19 19:30 Munt 11
Nov 21 13:30 Munt 09
Nov 22 10:45 Tuschinski 5
Nov 28 12:15 Melkweg - Rabozaal
Nov 30 16:00 EYE Cinema 1
Panorama
ULRICH SEIDL A DIRECTOR AT WORK by Constantin Wulff
The film portrait depicts the controversial Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl at work for the first time, painting a vivid picture
of the much-debated Seidl method.
International sales: autlook films
Nov 23 10:30 Tuschinski 4
Nov 26 19:30 EYE Cinema 2
Nov 27 16:00 Munt 10
Nov 28 22:00 Tuschinski 5