IF 19|20

Does money have an ego? – A good question, which
could be followed by this: If you’re talking about
money (and are funded by it), can your authorship
remain uncorrupted? In his feature films Soldate
Jeannette and Winwin, Daniel Hoesl dealt with the
full consequences of this question with great humor,
so that this question must continue to be posed in
the hope of finding some good answers. On the one
hand, by relinquishing the production budgets that
are taken for granted in the branch. On the other
hand, by working hand in hand with a collective by
the name of European Film Conspiracy. And furthermore,
by using stories and modes of storytelling that
enable the endless swirl around money to become a
veritable hara-kiri commando. In Austria, where the
more or less brief contemplation of (neo-)capitalism,
as well as the “Capital” is short-sighted, albeit with
long-term consequences, Daniel Hoesl’s approach
is an exception. We advise the prizewinner to: “Take
the money and run!”
JURY: GABRIELE MATHES, SUDABEH MORTEZAI, CLAUS PHILIPP
English translation by Renée von Paschen
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