Untitled

"The most beautiful film I can imagine is one that never comes to rest," says Michael Glawogger at the beginning on the soundtrack: his heartfelt project Untitled was a dream of realizing this concept - to travel the world without a predetermined theme in order to finally document all the incredible things one encounters along the way, liberated, with alert senses and infinite curiosity. In December 2013, he and his core team (camera: Attila Boa, sound: Manuel Siebert) set off on a year-long journey, but five months later he died of malaria in Liberia. His long-time master editor Monika Willi has constructed a stirring montage symphony from the footage shot (Balkans, Italy and Africa) and voiceover texts (mainly from Glawogger's travel diaries): a journey of discovery full of astonishing sequences of scenes - a legacy, a farewell and a gift. A movie that never comes to rest, not even in the mind and heart of the audience. (Christoph Huber)

"I want to give a view of the world that can only emerge by not pursuing any particular theme, by refraining from passing judgment, proceeding without aim. Drifting with no direction except one's own curiosity and intuition." (Michael Glawogger)

Photo: Austrian Film Museum