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AUN: The Beginning and the End of All Things

When looking for alternative energy sources, the Japanese scientist Sekai tragically dies. Twenty years later the Brazilian mathematician Euclides continues his research. The lack of an essential component won't allow a breakthrough. Only AUN, Sekai's son, seems to hold the key to protect mankind from self-destruction. In the aftermath of the nuclear tragedy in Fukushima the film appears like a prophecy. AUN's dream-like images, complemented by music from Christian Fennesz and Ryuichi Sakamoto, lead into a fantastic and exciting world, full of brightness and darkness of life.

Midas' Ants

Phaethon asks to ride the sun chariot for a day. Helios tries to dissuade his son – but in vain. When the night ends, Phaethon mounts his father's precious sun chariot. The four horses race off but soon, control of the chariot is lost. Phaethon leaves the daily route between Heaven and Earth, triggering a catastrophe of universal proportions.

The Mozart Minute

Twenty-eight well-known filmmakers living and working in Austria were invited by WIENER MOZARTJAHR 2006, to produce associative miniatures on Mozart. Requirement: they had to be one-minute artistic short films. The directors come from a whole range of different backgrounds, ranging from animated, experimental and short film to documentaries and feature films. The result is a multi-facetted sampler of diverse formal and contextual positions with regard to Mozart’s person and his influence on today’s society, art and culture. The contributions run the gamut from experimental-conceptual statements through socio-critical and documentary observations to pithy short feature films.

Erni

Based on the Carol Reed film 'The Third Man', Edgar Honetschläger's Erni unfolds in Vienna. Two Japanese women and a young boy wander around the city. From time to time the boy sees the figure of a chicken, Erni, appear, each time dressed differently. This short, which is part of a portmanteau film, was screened at the Aichi exhibition in Japan in 2005.

George in Hollywood

George is the filmmaker’s old, trustee and motheaten cuddly toy. He plays the lead in a small film in an equally motheaten Hollywood, that will make everyone happy, even if it is full of sarcasm.