Favoriten

Documentary Film, AT 2024, DCP, 118 min, OmeU

Nerjiss, Liemar, Alper, and Furkan are in the second grade in Vienna’s largest elementary school in Favoriten, the 10th district. Ruth Beckermann accompanied the class with her camera for three years—from the very basics to their first test, from a trip to the mosque to a visit to St. Stephen’s Cathedral, from parent-teacher conferences to carnival. As the children prepare for secondary school, their learning environment begins to crumble. And when the teacher, Ms. Idiskut, becomes pregnant, there’s no one to replace her.

Director: Ruth Beckermann
Script: Ruth Beckermann, Elisabeth Menasse
Cast: Ilkay Idiskut und 25 Schüler:innen
Camera: Johannes Hammel
Editor: Dieter Pichler
Location Sound: Andreas Hamza
Sounddesign: Andreas Hamza
Additional Credits: Regieassistenz: Elisabeth Menasse; Produktionsassistenz: Jana Waldhör; Postproduktionskoordination: Franziska Aringer
Producers: Ruth Beckermann
Production: Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion
Distribution in Austria: Filmladen Filmverleih
Funded by: ÖFI – Österreichisches Filminstitut
FFW – Filmfonds Wien
ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen
FISA – Filmstandort Austria
World Premiere: Berlinale Encounters 2024
Austrian Premiere: Diagonale '24
Production format: digital