We are very happy to announce invitations to the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival (August 12th-19th 2022) for Thomas Fuerhapter’s documentary feature Zusammenleben / Living Together that takes a close look on intercultural exchange within a specific setting, the so-called “integration courses” in Vienna, and for Valentin Stejskal’s narrative short 5pm Seaside in which two men leave the safe space of their self-chosen isolation to encounter one another.

Heartfelt congrats to the filmmaker’s and their teams – and a great festival to everyone present in Sarajevo!

Today we receive the very sad news that our longtime friend and fellow member Brent Klinkum passed away quite suddenly while hiking. Brent will be remembered as a passionate person, brimming with wit, who loved cinema culture in all its formulations. In 2012, with great esprit and an unusual approach, Brent curated the retrospective Breaking Ground for sixpackfilm, an appreciation of Austrian experimental film history over the past 60 years. It is an abrupt departure, very painful for all who knew him. Our heartfelt condolences go out to the relatives and friends.