Filmprogramm: Abenteuer Alltag

Film Program: Everyday Adventures
The occupied Arena in 1976, a ride on a double-decker bus, gardening during the war years, a bakery in Floridsdorf, a 13-year-old’s idea of ​​first love, people in trees and on rooftops during the 1955 State Treaty celebrations, a young woman reading and eating a sausage sandwich, proto-wakeboarding on the Danube in 1957, the Südbahnhof (South Station), a passionate kiss, graffiti reading "In Italy," the 1962 Vienna International Garden Show, a night of ecstatic dancing, a film capturing views from a window, ice bathing in February 1929.

The Austrian Film Museum views amateur film not merely as a document, but as a living practice. Films that defy clear categorization have the potential to offer keen observations on political realities, capture the atmosphere of an era, and make contemporary history tangible. This program presents a curated cross-section of material from the research project. (S.Z.)

Many filmmakers will be present to discuss their work and the contexts in which the films were created.