work in between
2024/coproduction
Vienna Anthropology Days international conference 2024
Care work is rarely visible. It takes place in the background, is mostly performed by women, is underpaid and undervalued. Work between us is a cinematic journey through the care landscape of Austria, a reflection on our ideas about care and an observation of different forms of caring. The film team poses questions about the Austrian healthcare system and the ways we’ve (un)learnt to live together: How are family carers coping? What circumstances do 24-hour carers find themselves in? And how is inclusion practiced in care institutions in Austria? In discussions with researchers, care workers and activists, it becomes clear that practitioners have a lot to say to politicians about a societal re-evaluation of care work, possible reforms, or even the complete collapse of the care system. The film gives care experts a voice and highlights the interdependencies we need to function as a society, to live in a meaningful relationship with our social environment.
Assistant director, cinematographer, graphics
Working With the Mussels
2023
The number 1 species that have gone extinct since the 1950s are mussels. The shy mussel has an important role in keeping the waters clean and preparing nutrients for others. In this film, I analyze how a small group of rewilding specialists are trying to save freshwater pearl mussels, an endangered species in Estonia. It portrays the different ways how experts are taking care and nurturing the mollusk whilst it grasps for survival amidst the 6th mass extinction.
Director, cinematographer, sound designer, editor
Frauen in Fahrt
2022
How to encourage women to cycle who have never cycled before? Moreover, how do they perceive cycling whilst having never cycled? An organization that teaches biking is returning the feeling of empowerment back to women and giving them the ability to move freely in the city of Vienna.
Director, cinematographer, editor
Papa
2021
Pärnu Film Festival 2023
BOB student film festival 2021
Papa is 93 years old and has been living alone for the past 5 years. Life is different compared to the past: his joints are stiff, body covered up with crumpled up skin, and everything takes longer time and bigger effort. Every weekend he is being visited by his children and grandchildren to offer some company, check up on him and help Papa with everyday tasks. It is hard to live in an old body and it is hard to see a body becoming old. Especially if it is someone close to you.
Director, cinematographer, editor
What Is On The Minds of Viennese People
2022
Vienna Anthropology Days international conference 2022
Street art can be a message by invisible people written visibly onto walls, posts, ground, doors, etc. What makes it extra fascinating is that this art gives voice to the voiceless, to the people of the city, to make their opinion public whilst remaining anonymous: in this way one might be able to voice their political, social or personal feelings, beliefs, thoughts and understandings; to show resistance, power and/or agency. Discovering the city landscape through invisible people.
Director, cinematographer, sound designer, editor
Wiener Waschbären
2022/coproduction
Ethnocineca 2022
Investigates Vienna’s dumpster diving community.
Director, cinematographer, sound designer, editor, colorist
Salty, spicy, crunchy
2021/coproduction
Finno-Ugric Film Festival 2021
Director, sound designer, editor