Paradise: Faith
Paradies: Glaube · dir. Ulrich Seidl
Austria, France, Germany 2012, 113’
Screenings
10/26, 15:30 · Kino Centrum
For Anna Maria, an X-ray technician, paradise lies with Jesus. She devotes her vacation to missionary work, so that Austria may be brought back to the path of virtue. On her daily pilgrimage through Vienna, she goes from door to door, carrying a foot-high statue of the Virgin Mary. One day, after years of absence, her husband, an Egyptian Muslim confined to a wheelchair, comes home. Hymns and prayers are now joined by fighting. “Paradise: Faith” recounts the stations of the cross of a marriage and the longing for love.
| Director: | Ulrich Seidl |
| Screenplay: | Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz |
| Cinematography: | Wolfgang Thaler, Ed Lachman |
| Editing: | Christof Schertenleib |
| Cast: | Maria Hofstätter, Nabil Saleh, Natalya Baranova, Rene Rupnik |
| Awards: | MFF w Wenecji / Venice IFF – Nagroda Specjalna Jury, Nagroda CinemAvvenire / Special Jury Prize, CinemAvvenire Award (2012) |
2013 Programme
- Downloadable programme
- Films from A to Z
- Opening gala
- ON AIR
- SHORTCUT
- FROM POLAND
- LOCALIZATIONS
- The Worlds of Ulrich Seidl – a retrospective
- Martin Šulík’s retrospective
- Forward!: Małgośka Szumowska
- Focus: Syria
- Phenomena: Bruce Lee
- Woman in Russian Cinema
- New Romanian Cinema
- Forum 2012/2013
- The Best of Sofia IFF
- The Best of Jameson CineFest
- 3 × Colombian Cinema
- Special screenings
- Open meetings with the guests of the festival
- Masterclasses
- Accompanying events