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Int. short film program | 2003 - 2024 | 75min. | OV
Jump into your boots, saddle up your horses - and get ready for a short film program that blows the dust out of the western genre's moustache. With a wink and a good load of cinematic ammunition, these films take the classic western tropes to task: ideas of masculinity, fantasies of conquest and human-animal relationships are questioned and undermined - and even the lone cowboy riding off into the sunset doesn't get away unscathed. Empowering and unadaptedly wild, these short films show what happens when you take the western off its high horse - and kick its ass lovingly but firmly.
Horizons from West
AT 2022 | D: Danny Nedkova, Lorenz Zenleser | 15min.
Horizons from West is an essay film about the relationship between “the” horizon and our view of the world. Combining images from western films with thoughts about metaphorical horizons, it reflects on the horizon as a socially shaped idea.
AT 2022 | D: Danny Nedkova, Lorenz Zenleser | 15min.
Horizons from West is an essay film about the relationship between “the” horizon and our view of the world. Combining images from western films with thoughts about metaphorical horizons, it reflects on the horizon as a socially shaped idea.
Pistoleras
AT 2023 | D: Natalia del Mar Kašik | 2min.
A duel - confrontational, violent, masculine? Pistoleras quotes Western tradition with jeans, Colt gestures and an Italo score, only to radically reinterpret it: In this Western remake in minimal form, the cowgirl and her mirror image also confront the genre itself.
AT 2023 | D: Natalia del Mar Kašik | 2min.
A duel - confrontational, violent, masculine? Pistoleras quotes Western tradition with jeans, Colt gestures and an Italo score, only to radically reinterpret it: In this Western remake in minimal form, the cowgirl and her mirror image also confront the genre itself.
Geschwisterliebe
AT 2023 | D: Ulrich Schwendinger | 1min.
Bang! A shot is fired in the legendary Western City in Lower Austria. Shot - Countershot: In just 12 seconds (!), this masterpiece sums up the essence of the western. And turns it on its head without further ado.
AT 2023 | D: Ulrich Schwendinger | 1min.
Bang! A shot is fired in the legendary Western City in Lower Austria. Shot - Countershot: In just 12 seconds (!), this masterpiece sums up the essence of the western. And turns it on its head without further ado.
Assured
DE 2023 | D: Tilo Neuhaus, Rueya Guercan, Jette Bachmann | 3min.
"Is this person queer? Is she a lesbian, like me?" The tension rises, the glances become more intense, the two approach each other. Only one thing is certain at this moment: the ultimate symbol of lesbian semiotics... (Now available in all five colors of the lesbian Pride flag - for those who want to be on the safe side!)
DE 2023 | D: Tilo Neuhaus, Rueya Guercan, Jette Bachmann | 3min.
"Is this person queer? Is she a lesbian, like me?" The tension rises, the glances become more intense, the two approach each other. Only one thing is certain at this moment: the ultimate symbol of lesbian semiotics... (Now available in all five colors of the lesbian Pride flag - for those who want to be on the safe side!)
To Beat A Dead Horse
FR 2023 | D: Gabrielle Selnet | 5min.
Without shoes, Gab is unceremoniously thrown out the door by her mother. She traverses chaotic Paris in search of her own apartment. Constantly on the move, carried by fluid animation, bright colors and a strong need for independence, she encounters danger and cruelty and finds courage and security in something unexpected.
Without shoes, Gab is unceremoniously thrown out the door by her mother. She traverses chaotic Paris in search of her own apartment. Constantly on the move, carried by fluid animation, bright colors and a strong need for independence, she encounters danger and cruelty and finds courage and security in something unexpected.
The Id, the Bad and the Ugly
UK 2024 | D: Hannah Eccles, 5min.
The psychological odyssey of a cowboy and his truck leads through the vast nothingness framed by tumbleweeds and battered western backdrops, past the few but iconic stops of the genre - of which one in particular seems inevitable: therapy.
Fast Film
AT 2003 | D: Virgil Widrich | 15min.
Fast Film races through film history on a breathless chase (with Grace Kelly, Cary Grant and Sean Connery in top form, among others!), quoting, dissecting and transforming scenes and stars from western and action classics on thousands of paper prints into a new film - and is therefore very probably the Austrian film with the most Hollywood star presence.
UK 2024 | D: Hannah Eccles, 5min.
The psychological odyssey of a cowboy and his truck leads through the vast nothingness framed by tumbleweeds and battered western backdrops, past the few but iconic stops of the genre - of which one in particular seems inevitable: therapy.
Fast Film
AT 2003 | D: Virgil Widrich | 15min.
Fast Film races through film history on a breathless chase (with Grace Kelly, Cary Grant and Sean Connery in top form, among others!), quoting, dissecting and transforming scenes and stars from western and action classics on thousands of paper prints into a new film - and is therefore very probably the Austrian film with the most Hollywood star presence.
Eastwood
HR 2024 | D: Filip Prša | 1min.
The famous Clint Eastwood leans against the counter in the dusty western saloon. The atmosphere is tense, the air is still - and then the saloon doors swing open. But in this film, the legendary scene fragments come together to form an unexpected duel of a completely different kind.
HR 2024 | D: Filip Prša | 1min.
The famous Clint Eastwood leans against the counter in the dusty western saloon. The atmosphere is tense, the air is still - and then the saloon doors swing open. But in this film, the legendary scene fragments come together to form an unexpected duel of a completely different kind.
Ida Western Exile
US 2014 | D: Courtney Stephens | 9min.
Against the backdrop of Georgia O'Keeffe's artistic desert landscapes, Ida Western Exile tells of fantasies of the West, of retreat and loneliness - and asks what voluntary isolation means for a woman in today's information-saturated world, where a solo trip to the “wild west” complete with survival tips is just a phone call away.
US 2014 | D: Courtney Stephens | 9min.
Against the backdrop of Georgia O'Keeffe's artistic desert landscapes, Ida Western Exile tells of fantasies of the West, of retreat and loneliness - and asks what voluntary isolation means for a woman in today's information-saturated world, where a solo trip to the “wild west” complete with survival tips is just a phone call away.
Spell of the West
US 2018 | D: Sam Lane | 7min.
Rose's life on the lonely cactus farm is actually idyllic and peaceful. But when a mysterious figure suddenly appears, chaos reigns instead of cactus. Now the fearless heroine and her eccentric group of friends must set off on a real cowgirl mission to put an end to the haunting.
US 2018 | D: Sam Lane | 7min.
Rose's life on the lonely cactus farm is actually idyllic and peaceful. But when a mysterious figure suddenly appears, chaos reigns instead of cactus. Now the fearless heroine and her eccentric group of friends must set off on a real cowgirl mission to put an end to the haunting.