Opening Film 2012

Spain, the first feature-length film by Anja Salomonowitz, opens this year’s festival as an Austrian premiere, on March 20, 2012 in Graz’s Helmut-List-Halle. Told in multiple storylines, Spain cleverly traces a web of interweaving destinies in a remarkable visual journey on the quest for support and security. As in her previous offerings, Anja Salomonowitz sets forth a critical, socio-political commentary through the charismatic character of Sava (Grégoire Colin), in which she tackles the theme of migration and how we deal with it.