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Flimmit and FM4 as platform for online festival; current reporting and Austrian films in ORF 1, ORF 2 and ORF-III
Vienna (OTS) – This year’s diagonal had to be canceled – but ORF is bringing the Graz Film Festival into the living room at home: at the same time as the opening scheduled for Tuesday, March 24, 2020, the ORF on-air and online offer is all about ” The Unfinished “. In addition to the current reporting and a contribution in “kulturMontag”, four film premieres in ORF 1 and ORF 2, film highlights in ORF III and a wide range of FM4 programs, ORF also rings a large online festival on the VoD platform Flimmit with more than 40 Film a. Films that would have celebrated their premiere as part of the Diagonale meet highlights from the special programs and Austrian film treasures from the archive. Among them are a. Productions by Barbara Albert, Kurdwin Ayub, Florian Flicker, Michael Glawogger, Jessica Hausner, Marie Luise Lehner, Karl Markovics and Anja Salomonowitz. In this way, ORF’s close cooperation with Austrian film producers, filmmakers, film festivals and funding institutions is expanded by an important area in a joint initiative by ORF, Diagonale and the online video store Flimmit.
ORF program director Mag. Kathrin Zechner: “Bringing Austrian cinema diversity into your living room”
“Especially in times like these, Austrian film needs a strong presence. As the diagonal as a performance show of the domestic film industry cannot take place this year, it was particularly important to me to offer the filmmakers a platform through which they can reach their audience simply and easily. I am pleased that ORF-, kulturMontag ‘together with Diagonale is now bringing Austrian cinema diversity into the living room at home.”
ORF television film director Mag. Katharina Schenk: “Austrian film brings people together”
“I am very pleased that the Diagonale’20 on Flimmit and in the ORF programs has been given a virtual home this year. Austrian filmmakers, film enthusiasts, film friends and all those who want to get it right now or now have access to a curated selection of films with a multifaceted accompanying program on television and radio. I would like to thank all partners and institutions with which we have put this initiative together and hope that the exchange in the digital space will be as lively as it is during the festival in Graz. In times of social distancing, Austrian film brings people together. ”
Sebastian Höglinger and Peter Schernhuber, Festival Director Diagonale: “A little bit of diagonal flair for at home”
“The selection is not representative and, of course, film festivals and cinema visits are social events that cannot be replaced online. Especially not if the festival program was conceived as an analog cinema event. When selecting, it was also important to take legal requirements and personal wishes into account. Because of all these restrictions we are very happy to be able to offer at least a little diagonal flair for at home for a month! First of all, we would like to thank the filmmakers, the enthusiastic colleagues from Flimmit, who have put a lot of effort into the past hours and days, the restless Diagonale team and the colleagues on ORF! ”
Flimmit: highlights, pearls and news from Austrian film
Simultaneously with the festival opening scheduled for Tuesday, March 24, 2020, the online festival offers diagonal films for one month (www.flimmit.com) for at home – in the festival subscription for 4.99 euros. Like the Diagonale program, the Flimmit online festival also presents films of all lengths and genres: feature film highlights and documentary pearls meet experimental films, animations and films that seek to be close to the visual arts. Short films in tête-à-tête with music videos. The online collection curated by the directors of Diagonale contains more than 40 films of the planned festival program, which will be presented on Flimmit in four categories: “Competition Diagonale’20”, “About: Jessica Hausner”, “Highlights from the specials the Diagonale’20 ”and“ From the Flimmit Archive ”.
The Flimmit festival program also includes twelve productions co-financed by the ORF under the film / television agreement, including Karl Markovics’ latest work “Nobadi”, Peter Payer’s most recent work “Glückucky”, Jessica Hausner’s films “Hotel”, “Amour Fou” , “Lovely Rita” and “Lourdes”, Michael Glawoggers “Megacities”, Michael Palms “Low Definition Control”, Goran Rebic ‘”Jugofilm”, Florian Flickers “Halbe Welt”, Houchang Allahyaris “I love Vienna” and Sudabeh Mortezais “Macondo “. In addition, the audience can look forward to other highlights such as u. a. the historical film “Sunbeam” (Paul Fejos) and the documentary “This film is a gift” (Anja Salomonowitz). Also included are works by younger Austrian filmmakers such as Johann Lurf or Kurdwin Ayub, which can be seen with their current short documentary film “LOLOLOL” in a program that has been put together especially for students.
ORF 2 with current reporting and “culture Monday”
Not only the current ORF-2 reporting, but also the “culture Monday” (March 23, 10:30 p.m.) is dedicated to the diagonals: for a year, the two have prepared their program meticulously, with passion and passion, invited guests and events organized. Then Corona came and undid all plans. The cancellation of the diagonal in Graz was a hard blow for the two directors Sebastian Höglinger and Peter Schernhuber, since the annual film festival is extremely important for the industry. But legal agreements, temporary contracts, and financial and human resources also made a shift impossible. In general, there is also the question of what happens to those films that would have been released in the coming weeks. What do you do with this traffic jam of new films that might be postponed to summer or autumn? There will have to be drawbacks. But as is well known, necessity also makes you inventive. Together with the ORF video-on-demand platform Flimmit, Sebastian Höglinger and Peter Schernhuber are breaking new ground and are presenting their “unfinished” edition of this year’s diagonal. Martin Traxl in a Skype conversation with the two diagonal leaders.
Four films co-financed by ORF will also soon be celebrating their ORF premiere: For example tomorrow Marie Kreutzer’s drama “Boden unter den Fuß” (Sunday, March 22nd, 11:05 pm, ORF 2), u. a. with Valerie Pachner, Pia Hierzegger and Mavie Hörbiger. The following days followed by productions such as “This film is a gift” by Anja Salomonowitz about the artist Daniel Spoerri (March 23), Monja Art’s award-winning coming-of-age drama “Seventeen” with lead actress Elisabeth Wabitsch (March 24 ) and “Interpreter” by Martin Sulik with Peter Simonischek and Jiří Menzel (March 29). After the TV broadcast, all films are available on the TVthek as video-on-demand.
ORF III film focus
ORF III Culture and Information is devoting a focus to Diagonale’20 and will first show on Friday, March 27, 2020, two award-winning historical dramas by Austrian filmmakers co-financed by the ORF under the film / television agreement. It starts with Barbara Albert’s “Licht” (11:05 pm) from 2017, followed by Jessica Hausner’s “Amour Fou” (0:40 am) from 2014. ORF III is also a co-producer of Markus Mörth’s documentary “Die Grazer Gruppe”, which is part of of this year’s diagonal premiere.
Radio FM4 on air and online with four premieres and coverage
Although the screen is smaller, the anticipation for the diagonal is the same as always – and so Radio FM4 on air and online is all about the “Diagonale20 – The Unfinished”. On Tuesday, March 24th, the fm4.ORF.at live stream at 8:15 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. presents Sebastian Brauneis ’feature film premiere“ 3Freunde2Feinde ”(working copy). On Wednesday, March 25th, the audience can also look forward to Jasmin Baumgartner’s documentary premiere “Robin’s Hood” including the supporting film “Wanda – Ciao Baby” at 8:15 p.m. And on Thursday, March 26th, Radio FM4 will be devoting itself to the diagonal program with selected short films (“Bloom” by Nicola von Leffern and Jakob Sauer as well as the premieres of “LOLOLOL” by Kurdwin Ayub and “Favoriten” by Martin Monk): As part of the reporting, listeners also expect interviews with the directors.
At ORF-TVthek, all programs relating to the “Diagonale’20 – The Unfinished”, for which corresponding license rights are available, will be available as a live stream and for seven days after the TV broadcast as video-on-demand.
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