Film : CineClub

About CineClub

Established in 2007, CINE CLUB is the Austrian Cultural Forum London's platform for the moving image. Our programmes cover a wide spectrum of Austrian film, ranging from fiction to documentary and experimental shorts. This series provides an excellent opportunity to see young, contemporary works as well as rare historic cinematic treasures.

Up-coming: Cineclub: South

16 September 2010, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London

After a disastrous bank robbery in LA fails Bruce McGray finds himself badly injured and pursued by the FBI. He longs to leave everything behind and start a new life in a place in South ...

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Kick Off

8 July 2010, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London

To celebrate the Football World Cup 2010 in South Africa the ACF London presents this documentary film by Hüseyin Tabak. The Homeless World Cup is an annual, international football tournament, uniting teams of people ...

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Der Räuber (The Robber)

24 June 2010, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London

Following the successful Schläfer (Sleeper), Der Räuber (The Robber) is Benjamin Heisenberg’s second feature film. Based on Martin Prinz’s novel on Austria’s infamous “Pumpgun Ronnie”, the film tells the story ...

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Operetta on Film 1929–1938

18 February 2010, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London

A Special Cineclub Presentation by Brendan G Carroll When sound came to motion pictures in the late 1920s, as Warner Brothers released The Jazz Singer, a new genre – the Hollywood musical – came to dominate American ...

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For a moment, freedom. Academy award nomination screening

11 February 2010, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London

For a Moment, Freedom tells of the odyssey of three Iranians and a Kurdish group of refugees. Convincing actors – many of them non-professionals – together with a confident visual style make For a Moment, Freedom a ...

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The White Ribbon. Academy award nomination screening

4 February 2010, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London

In The White Ribbon, a series of strange retributive acts are perpetrated against the residents of a North German village prior to the outbreak of WWI. Peter Bradshaw writes in The Guardian that: ‘The White ...

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News

2010 Diagonale Film Festival Prizes

The Grand Diagonale Prize for the Best Feature Film went to Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel for “La Pivellina“. “Hana, dul, sed…“ – a fascinating film on North Korean women’s football by Brigitte Weich and Karin Macher – was selected “Best Austrian Documentary 2009/2010“. Winner of the Diagonale Prize “Best Cinematography” was cameraman Christian Berger, cinematographer of Michael Haneke’s “The White Ribbon” for which he was nominated for an Oscar.

Christoph Waltz wins Oscar

Austrian actor Christoph Waltz has won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in Quintin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. More information about the awards ceremony on oscar.go.com/

Diagonale Film Festival 2010

The annual festival of Austrian Film will take place in Graz from 16 - 21 March 2010. For more information about the festival and their programme please visit www.diagonale.at.

Christoph Waltz wins BAFTA

Austrian actor Christoph Waltz has won the BAFTA for best supporting actor for his role in Inglourious Basterds.