Catalogue des films de « Hjalti Bager-Jonathansson »

Ebensee is a small Austrian town surrounded by mountains. In 2009 a radical right-wing incident took place during the annual memorial service in the former concentration camp of Ebensee. It was caused by local teenagers. Director Sebastian...

An exploration of the harsh debt system in Austria. Invariably remaining on the side of the institutions – benevolent or not – Eva Eckart uses a clear and calm aesthetic and structure to cast light on appalling and painful situations. A film...

The West is where the sun goes down, and thus a place of darkness. Taking inspiration from this metaphorical classical notion, the filmmaker uses an unrelenting montage of sceneries to depict the condition of modern Europeans, who are held...

Vienna. An area behind buildings where all the shutters are closed. All of a sudden, human bodies appear, chaotic and unrecognizably folded together against walls, under benches, in corners. The bodies momentarily form a unity with their...

"Seized" tells the story of Marijan Ahel, an engineer who for the past seven and a half years has manned a ship in Naples’ harbour which is no longer totally seaworthy. He’s using it, the Current Valetta, as a bargaining chip in a legal...