Dieter Kovačič
Dieter KOVAČIČ (1973, Austria) lives and works in Vienna. He performs under the stage name Dieb13, and makes avant-garde music. As the life partner of Billy Roisz, he started making films. In 2013, they co-directed the short film Bring Me the Head of Henri Chrétien!. This project is a part of Vertical Cinema, a compilation programme consisting of ten experimental films on 35mm celluloid, made for projection on a monumental vertical screen. In 2017, Roisz and Kovačič made Toutes directions.
Filmography
Schnitzel '07 (2008, short, co-dir), Bring Me the Head of Henri Chrétien! (2013, short), THE (2015, short, co-dir), Toutes directions (2017, short, co-dir), Scary Objects (2017, short, co-dir), In Troust We Dust (2019, short doc), AQUAMARINE (2019, short doc, co-dir), SURGE (2019, short doc, co-dir), TWIXT (2019, performance, co-dir)
Dieter Kovačič at IFFR
Close Your Eyes
13'
Austria
IFFR 2010
Bring Me the Head of Henri Chrétien!
9'
Austria
IFFR 2014
Toutes directions
13'
Austria
IFFR 2017
TWIXT
Roisz & Kovačič delve live into their AV archives. The collision between concrete and abstract images leads to a synaesthetic media meltdown.
45'
Austria
IFFR 2020