IF 20|21

Filmkorrespondenz
Manfred Schwaba
Antoinette Zwirchmayr
From the spring of 2018 to the spring
of 2019, Austrian filmmakers Manfred
Schwaba and Antoinette Zwirchmayr – who
up to this point had maintained a faithful,
intense “letter friendship” – switched to
an unusual, artistic and intense method of
communication. Their letters adopted the
form of short analog films, shot on silent
16 mm, edited mostly “in camera,” to be
(hand-)developed by the receiver rather than
by the sender. (Neil Young)
Manfred Schwaba *1973 Vienna Austria
Films (selection) 52 Films or: My First Garden
(2017 a-g) Tagebuch bis erster Schnee (2017 a-g)
Atlantic35 (2016 a-g)
Antoinette Zwirchmayr *1989 Oberndorf Austria
Films (selection) The Shadow of Utopia (2018
a-g) Josef – My Father’s Criminal Record (2016 d)
The Pimp and His Trophies (2014 d)
Austria
No dialog
16 mm
b&w
60 min
Realisation
Antoinette Zwirchmayr
Manfred Schwaba
Contact
Manfred Schwaba
Antoinette Zwirchmayr
Pomp
Katrina Daschner
Pomp is the eighth part of a series based on
Arthur Schnitzler’s Traumnovelle. Circular
choreography, the dome of the sound stage
in Düsseldorf, a heavenly ceiling resembling
the firmament and universe: The pompous
circular choreography mixes with heavenly
projections. Finger dances in gold satin
gloves, brimming carafes of champagne
in pyramidal cones, performers in catsuits
who emerge from the same colored
background. Everything turns. Pure pomp.
Katrina Daschner *1973 Bad Kissingen Germany
Films (selection) Plum Circus (2019 a-g)
Pfauenloch (2018 a-g) Pferdebusen (2017 a-g)
Austria
No dialog
DCP 2K flat
stereo
8 min
Concept Katrina Daschner
Camera Hannes Böck
Editors Hannes Böck
Katrina Daschner
Producers Katrina Daschner
Anna Spanlang
Production Lady Chutney Production
Premiere May 2020
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
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