THANK YOU FOR BOMBING

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Kategorie: Internationales Programm Wahrheit
Show: Saturday, 01. April 2017, 06:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Saal

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(Feature film, AU 2015), German Version, 100 min.Director: Barbara Eder
Actors: Erwin Steinhauer, Manon Kahle, Susanne Stach, Raphael von Bargen
Director of Photography: Christian Haake
Screenplay: Barbara Eder, Tommy Pridnig
Editor: Monika Willi, Claudia Linzer

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Three journalists in Kabul. The images of war and terror, which Ewald delivered to the Austrians and their TV screens for years, have long been forgotten. He himself has been a psychological wreck ever since. Then, he unexpectedly receives the assignment to fly to Afghanistan. He is taken immediately back to his past as he sets his foot aground at Kabul Airport. Meanwhile, the US journalist Lana reports from Kabul about the impending war. Her colleagues do not take the beautiful woman seriously and two US soldiers demand something for an interview they could not have from a male reporter. Spectacular images of destruction are expected from correspondent Cal. Waiting until the first bomb goes off, turns into a fight with himself. The episode film THANK YOU FOR BOMBING accompanies three correspondents to their war workplace and portrays their everyday lives beyond cameras and satellite telephones – somewhere between bomb scares, washing socks and Bach flower therapy.

The film celebrated its world premiere at the TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. At the ÖSTERREICHISCHER FILMPREIS, THANK YOU FOR BOMBING was awarded prize for the best feature film, best director, best screenplay and the best edit.

“Precisely in its most dramatic moments, this film conveys impressively the feeling of being a direct witness. Even if you’d rather look away.” (The Standard)