Austria & Jordan Night - EAS Festival

The ACF DC is the proud partner of the Embassy of Jordan in this year’s EAS festival. Join us at the Austrian Embassy on June 16 at 7:30pm for an Austria & Jordan Night to watch new short films from both countries and to enjoy finger food from Jordan and Austrian wine! All films are presented with English subtitles.

The featured films are:

Tala'Vision (Jordan) | Cornetto im Gras (Austria) | Du Hund du (Austria)

Doors open at 7:30pm for a wine & food reception, film screening starts at 8:00pm.

ABOUT THE FILMS

Tala'vision
Jordan, 2020, 27 min.
Director: Murad Abu Eisheh

Trapped in a war-ridden reality, 8-year-old Tala finds solace and freedom in a forbidden television. However, the secret TV becomes a matter of life and death.

Cornetto im Gras
Austria, 2023, 29 min.
Director: David Lapuch

Richard, a young man who leads a fairly ordinary village life, takes care of his grandfather and a sausage stand at the village sports field. Within just one evening, Richard’s life becomes unhinged, and he finds out that within every ending is a new beginning. Winner for best short fiction film at Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film.

Du Hund Du

Austria, 2022, 12 min.
Director: Benjamin Laabmayr

The village swimming pool as a place of everyday bizarreness. A boy diving for batteries or children deciding the future of their parents by means of tarot cards—these are examples of short scenes that sometimes continue to spin. The director leaves everything mostly ambiguous: Is it about alienation or observation? Are the characters being exhibited or portrayed? Is it a matter of staging or documentation?