Once brimming with ambitious social-utopian promise, Viennese housing complex Alterlaa now at best evokes nostalgia for a futurism of the past. A disillusioned elderly inhabitant seeks to end her life, only to find even the most drastic of escapes rendered impossible by rigid design. It is precisely this cruel irony that plunges her into a true community – one that introduces her to an unorthodox antidote.
– Loes van Keulen
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Sinking Feeling
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Elysium vô bờ
A singular, creative animation depicting a futurist ritual on an island in the Mekong Delta.
Content Guidance
This film contains content on potentially sensitive topics.
Film details
- Country of production
- Austria
- Year
- 2024
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2025
- Length
- 21"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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