Piggy Bank
2024 | 97 min | Independent
The unemployed filmmaker Christoph is to spend a year testing a “climate strike” in a self-experiment for Austrian television.
Christoph Schwarz
ActorDirectorChristoph Schwarz is a versatile actor and director known for his work in both film and television. He has appeared in a variety of roles, showcasing his talent for dramatic and comedic performances. While specific film credits may vary depending on the source, he is recognized for his contributions to the entertainment industry. He is an experienced director with a keen eye for detail and storytelling.
Films
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Vienna, 1996: two MiniDV tapes resurface, containing footage from a student film project. The students Alina and Flora investigate paranormal phenomena, interviewing people who claim to have witnessed unusual encounters. What begins as a playful inquiry gradually develops a momentum of its own. Through encounters with conspiracy believers, self-proclaimed experts and unreliable witnesses, a theory takes shape: reptilian extraterrestrials live among humans and are secretly advancing their hybridization. As ...
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2022 | 103 min | Independent
Director Martin Miotk accompanies cultural journalist Marion Christen on her search for the true origins of avant-garde music. Her discovery: six East German artists (Dagmar Gelbke, Giso Weissbach, Barbara Lauritzen, Gabriele Thöns, Sabine Deskouw and Desireé Mansky Kalauke) not only produced the most important innovations of New Music, but still indulge in a subversive cultural underground. The sprightly pensioners have always officially posed as pop and entertainment stars. However, they disguise ...
A Pile of Ghosts
2021 | 70 min | Documentary
A PILE OF GHOSTS showcases construction workers and real estate brokers at work in both authentic and staged settings, blurring the lines between documentation and fiction. The story follows the dandyesque hotel owner Charles in the last hotel, still standing amidst condemned buildings, as he defies the urbanization process. Raidel's film is a haunting commentary on the retort-like environment of contemporary Chinese cities, layered with seemingly disparate building blocks to form the title's "pile". Raidel's ...
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A satirical story that revolves around director Otto Spalt, who tries in vain to score funding for his latest project. He is confronted with all the absurdities of the bureaucratic apparatus that makes funding decisions.
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