Images, scenes, ballast. Mantra and metamorphosis. In the three new films by Antoinette Zwirchmayr, women figures find themselves in various spatial and temporal constellations. We witness formalized sequences and gestures in stage-like architectures or against enchanting natural backdrops, accompanied by powerful words. The dense language of playwright Dea Loher in Land Without Words (2024) and—hauntingly reduced—in YahneYahne Or the Drowned Child (2025) ultimately makes way for the siren-like singing of musician Teresa Rotschopf in Currents And Orders (2025). The cinematic conjuring of presence is narratively interlaced with various facets of temporality.

Program

Antoinette Zwirchmayr,
Land Without Words, 2024, 37 min
YahneYahne Or the Drowned Child, 2025, 10 min
Currents And Orders, 2025, 10 min

Presented by Antoinette Zwirchmayr

Land Without Words (2024) and YahneYahne Or the Drowned Child (2025) will be shown in the original version in German language. A text sheet with the English translation will be provided.

Antoinette Zwirchmayr lives and works in Vienna. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, the Friedl Kubelka School, and the University of Vienna. Her films were screened at Berlinale, the Toronto International Film Festival, FID Marseille, CPH:DOX, Viennale, and other festivals, winning several awards. She has had numerous solo exhibitions and programs, including at the Austrian Film Museum, the Anthology Film Archives in New York, CINEMATEK in Brussels, Cinémathèque Québécoise, Salzburger Kunstverein, and Galerie Eva Presenhuber.