Working Worlds 2023: Art Is but a Job
02.03.2023 // With its 20 editions, the program section Working Worlds, dedicated to actual working conditions in 21st-century Europe, is a fixed component of the CROSSING EUROPE film program. Each year sees a different thematic focus examined from various cinematic perspectives. In 2023, entitled Art Is but a Job, the series draws a great line from the art scene to award-winning cuisine, immersing itself into the ordinary everyday lives of artists between the canvas and the brush, knife and plate. Four documentaries provide insights into the difficulties of the beginnings between entrance exams and self-doubts, capture the sometimes disenchantingly monotonous daily studio routine of someone who has succeeded, and accompany a future starred chef on her way to her own creations.
| Announcement of the first films from the Working Worlds section |
The other two Working Worlds section films will be announced at the press conference on 13 April and online on crossingeurope.at on 14 April. The program section was curated by Lina Dinkla of DOK Leipzig, the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film. With the kind support of AK Oberösterreich/Kultur.
| Announcement of the first films from the Working Worlds section |
- DANIEL RICHTER (DE 2022), directed by: Pepe Danquart, 118 min. – Austrian premiere | Austrian distributor: Filmladen | scheduled release date: May 12, 2023
Once a punk in the squatter scene, now a star on the international art scene: Daniel Richter’s works are in great demand across the globe, but the painter remains a rebel at heart. Over a period of three years, Pepe Danquart captures the artist’s professional daily life as well as private moments, follows him to exhibitions and the studio and asks him how a political mind can be reconciled with the capitalism of the art market.
- SHE CHEF (DE/AT 2022), directed by: Melanie Liebheit, Gereon Wetzel, 105 min. – Austrian premiere | Austrian distributor: filmdelights | scheduled release date: May 18, 2023
In SHE CHEF, directing duo Melanie Liebheit and Gereon Wetzel portray the rocky road of young Austrian cook and newly-named Culinary World Cup champion, Agnes Karrasch, who in her years of training and journeying in the European high-end gastronomy seeks not only for her own culinary style, but also questions prevalent traditions, gender norms, and hierarchies.
The other two Working Worlds section films will be announced at the press conference on 13 April and online on crossingeurope.at on 14 April. The program section was curated by Lina Dinkla of DOK Leipzig, the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film. With the kind support of AK Oberösterreich/Kultur.
