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Anja Salomonowitz

Director
Anja Salomonowitz is a filmmaker and director known for her work in Austrian cinema. She is acclaimed for her thought-provoking and socially relevant films. Some of her notable works include "Please, Step Out of the Frame" and "This Building Disappears Overnight." Salomonowitz has received recognition for her work, including winning the Prize of the City of Vienna for Film Arts. Through her unique perspective and storytelling, she has made a significant impact in the world of cinema.

Films

This Movie is a Gift

This Movie is a Gift

By Anja Salomonowitz

2019 | 72 min | Documentary

Daniel Spoerri is one of the most important representatives of object art, co-founder of the artist group Nouveau Réalisme and inventor of Eat-Art.

You will never understand

You will never understand

By Anja Salomonowitz

2003 | 52 min | Documentary

Anja Salomonowitz portrays three women from her family who as children lived through WWII but whose memories of that time diverge.

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Going Alone

2022 | 28 min | Documentary

Every year, five to ten percent of all deceased Berliners are buried by authorities because no relatives can be traced. Most of them are put into the ground single-handedly by funeral director Bernd Simon. But sometimes companions do turn up to say goodbye in their own special way. An observational documentary about a funeral service worker who aspired to become an entertainer. A portrait from a diffferent angle of a city, and a mirror of ways we deal with death, mourning, and remembrance. "A small, ...

Mary Bauermeister - One and One is Three

Mary Bauermeister - One and One is Three

2021 | 102 min | Biography

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Das Kreative Universum

Das Kreative Universum

2010 | 83 min | Documentary

Are we living in a kind of cultural schizophrenia, where people publicly profess the theory of evolution but privately prefer to believe in angels, shamans, gods and spirits? Can the images and values of spiritual traditions be communicated with the astonishing results of modern research or do they remain pure matters of faith? Scientific research continues to yield new insights into our environment, such as the detection of Higgs bosons or gravitational waves. At the same time, interest in esotericism, ...

Skywriters

Skywriters

2016 | 27 min | Documentary

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Focus on Infinity

Focus on Infinity

2014 | 80 min | Documentary

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The Long Summer Of Theory

The Long Summer Of Theory

2017 | 82 min | Drama

These three live precarious lives. Katja is a struggling actress. She gets by renting out apartments to tourists. Martina is a photographer who has no interest in her curator's flattery and prefers to scream her head off on stage with her punk band. Filmmaker Nola seeks to answer the question whether theory can still be translated into political practice today. In THE LONG SUMMER OF THEORY the women go on a search for meaning in an increasingly divided society. Especially Nola interviews sociologists, ...

Show Your Wound - Art and Spirituality in the Work of Joseph Beuys

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2015 | 84 min | Biography

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Soulscapes: Spiritual Places in Germany

Soulscapes: Spiritual Places in Germany

2025 | 111 min | Documentary

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Soulscapes: Spiritual Places in England and Wales

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2022 | 53 min | Documentary

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The Red Mountain

The Red Mountain

2022 | 110 min | Drama

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