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The Automotive Human
A society gone astray and ways to get it back on track
The documentary is an appeal for a radical transport transition as an essential prerequisite for serious climate protection, not to mention long-overdue conservation of land and natural resources and sustainable urban and regional development – with examples from Austria, Germany and Switzerland, South Tyrol, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. Using compelling examples of best practice, the film shows that we can all manage perfectly well with far fewer cars. On the other side of the coin, it also shows how political opportunism and economic lobbying, paired with an unquestioning belief in technology and a fixation on growth, stand in the way of a turnaround. Some of the cases are indeed so absurd that one doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. More about the film
Houses for People
Human Housing in Austria
"Houses for People" is a portrait of four model housing developments, the architects behind them and their philosophy: Gartenstadt Puchenau near Linz (Roland Rainer), Wohnpark Alt Erlaa in Vienna (Harry Glück), Nachbarschaftliches Wohnen Guglmugl in Linz (Fritz Matzinger), and Sargfabrik and Miss Sargfabrik in Vienna (BKK-2 / BKK-3). The four very different living environments from different decades show some surprising parallels, demonstrating that holistic housing design is not a question of typology, but of unconditional orientation towards people's needs. More about the film
Architecture of Remembrance
The Monuments of Bogdan Bogdanović
Portrait of the life and work of the surrealist architect, urbanist and man of letters, one-time mayor of Belgrade and later dissident, Bogdan Bogdanović (1922-2010): 20 large-scale monuments against war and destruction that were built in Yugoslavia from the 1950s onwards, viewed with hostility by nationalist zealots throughout their lifetime — and once more overtaken by the region's violent and tumultuous history during the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. His timeless works of art are a universal appeal for humanism and reconciliation. More about the film
Earlier productions
Urban planning documentaries looking at Vienna, Paris, Dresden, Dessau and Weimar, exemplary residential buildings in the German-speaking region, urban development and migration, gentle urban renewal, mass tourism in the Alps — and also sustainable development in rural areas. More about the films