Austrian Cinema

A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at cultural institution the Vienna State Opera, portraying the variety of often invisible work that enables the world-renowned singers, conductors and musicians to delight their audience.

A bittersweet odyssey about the many ways of perceiving the world in order to survive, two Chechen refugee children - separated from their mother - try to avert their threatening fate with poetic and unusual means.

In conservative 1950s Vienna the youngest son of an established Austrian dynasty of confectionery millionaires discovers the power of love, humour and his own extraordinary ability to shape his realities.