An Afternoon in LA

Lyrical scenes of childhood

Women reflect on their first year of motherhood and the many joys and challenges it brings – for parent and baby. A gentle, curious and informative conversational documentary about postpartum life, of sublime analogue beauty.

The setting of the film was simple and straightforward: the now 77-year-old Friedl vom Gröller asks a (homosexual) escort to do a nude film session, has the man’s fine rib underpants pulled down by her younger accomplice, filmmaker Josephine Ahnelt – who, like a puppeteer, remains hidden behind a wooden wall – and exposes his member. (Dietmar Schwärzler)

The diagnosis of mantle cell lymphoma not only ruined Albert Farkas' summer day when he received it. He narrates scenes from everyday life with the diagnosis. Josephine Ahnelt's short documentary shows Farkas' self-assertion through his humor, with which he defies the initial low point.

26 TAKES FOR HARUN FAROCKI is a film collage made by former students. One minute per take. This film was shot by Arthur Sumereder, Axel Töpfer, Björn Kämmerer, Christoph Kolar, David Pujadas Bosch, Franziska Pflaum, Georg Tiller, Jessyca R. Hauser, Johann Lurf, Josephine Ahnelt, Karo Riha, Mina Lunzer, Michael Poetschko, Monika Rabofsky, Mrova, Nathalie Koger, Patrick Schabus, Peter Muzak, Selma Doborac, and Thomas Lehner.

Short portrait film of a young man walking through the city.

Documentary about a stay in Japan.

16mm filmstock is the starting point for A Venture into Vegan Filmmaking, for which Josephine Ahnelt and Esther Urlus set out to prove that vegan film emulsions are possible, replacing gelatine with PVA. The result is a visceral, textural image from the past and the future.