Archive of films Home Is Where the Scars Are From / Heim ist wo die Narben sind
Austria
2020, 29 min
Section:
Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema
Year: 2021
Andi shares a deserted building with a group of fellow-squatters he considers his family. One day his sister turns up unexpectedly with her small son Levi, seeking refuge from her abusive boyfriend; she has nowhere else to turn. So Andi suddenly finds himself in the role of uncle, the squat is transformed into an alternative kindergarten, and the estranged pair become the siblings they once were.
Synopsis
Andi shares a deserted building in Vienna with a group of fellow-squatters he considers his family. One day his sister turns up unexpectedly with her small son Levi, seeking refuge from her abusive boyfriend; she has nowhere else to turn. So Andi suddenly finds himself in the role of uncle, the inhospitable squat is transformed into a kindergarten, and its inhabitants become Levi’s friends, whose company the little boy much prefers to his time at the real nursery. The apparent calm gives the adult siblings time to touch upon wounds from the past and perhaps the opportunity to try to heal them… A film whose main roles are played not only by actors, but also by the building itself, whose walls have a lot to say.
Anna Kořínek
About the director
Mathias Seebacher (1989, Austria). Filmography: Autodrom (2011, short), Subterranean (2012, short doc.), Ein Alter Mann (2014, short), Tokyo (2018, doc.), Home Is Where the Scars Are From (Heim ist wo die Narben sind, 2020, short).
Contacts
Austrian Films
Stiftgasse 6, 1070, Vienna
Austria
Tel: +43 1 526 33 23
E-mail: [email protected]
www: austrianfilm.com
About the film
Color, DCP
International premiere
Section: | Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema |
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Director: | Mathias Seebacher |
Screenplay: | Mathias Seebacher |
Dir. of Photography: | Adrian Bidron |
Music: | Frank Rottmann |
Editor: | Lukas Meissner |
Art Director: | Martina Pöll |
Producer: | Clara König, Mathias Seebacher |
Production: | Filmakademie Wien |
Cast: | Andi Winter, Levi Veith-Winter, Daniela Golpashin |
Contact: | Austrian Films |
Guests
Mathias Seebacher
Film Director