24/08/2005

The selection committee of the Viennale (14-26 October 2005) has just revealed some of its main features. Among the films already selected, some were present in Cannes (Manderlay [+see also:
trailer
film profile], by Lars von Trier), and some are yet to be discovered, such as Melegin dususu (Greece/Turkey), an impressionistic thriller by Semih Kaplanoglu, and Moartea Domnului Lazarescu [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (The Death of Mr. Lazarescu) (Rumania), a tragicomic odyssey by Cristi Puiu, set in a hospital. In terms of documentaries, it is worth mentioning Michael Glawogger's Working Man’s Death (Austria/Germany). The popular sidebar 'Propositions', created last year, will present twelve current films, including Eine andere Welt ('another world'), the second part of a five-part saga ('Lieder der Erde') on the history of modern European civilisation by the German director Klaus Wyborny.

This year, the retrospective and the debates organised within the section 'Working Class' (created last year) will focus on Andy Warhol's contribution to contemporary art and cinema. The Viennale will also dedicate a special section to the 46-year-old Portuguese director Pedro Costa, maker of five full-length films, fiction and documentary, (including O Sangue, 1990, and No quarto da Vanda, 2000), a radical work-in-progress by a despairing Utopian. A tribute will also be dedicated to the actress Jane Birkin, including twelve of her films.

The full programme will be published on 9/29.

(Translated from French)