A Wave Standing Still

A short documentary about Chun, who lives in Vienna.

The actor Max meets the student director Stefan for a rehearsal. When Max and Stefan start to work on the script, however, the difficulties begin on page five. When Max receives a message from his agent, the situation takes a turn for the worse. In the end, despite good and bad news, there can only be insults, right?

Set in LA’s celebrated, infamous stand-up comedy scene of the 1970s, this series delves into the inspired and damaged psyches that inhabit the hilarious, but complex business of making an audience laugh.

The reserved Julia has traveled to Vienna, especially to surprise her sister Johanna at her art performance. Johanna has rented a room for her feminist performance, hired two musicians and invited everyone she knows. However, the vernissage apparently turns into a miserably unsuccessful evening, which might bring the two siblings closer together again.

A summer day amidst languages, meals, and misunderstandings. Gül, far away from home, works in a Turkish village with a patchwork family. As young Filiz idles, Gül faces an unexpected early departure, her thoughts torn between her distant homeland and the life she's living.

A new home, a promotion, a loving partner. Anna has everything she could wish for, and yet, the gradual inevitability of things begins to create a pressure within her that she can no longer bear. But where does Anna escape to when her life seems pretty much complete? Into housing complexes that swallow their residents like a beehive? Into labyrinthine furniture stores filled with endless room displays? Or into the life of a missing woman who looks just like her and works at an IKEA store?